{"id":26179,"date":"2026-07-09T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=26179"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:33:58","slug":"just-one-question-craig-foster-how-can-we-balance-our-tame-and-wild-sides","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/just-one-question-craig-foster-how-can-we-balance-our-tame-and-wild-sides\/","title":{"rendered":"Just One Question | Craig Foster: Why am I Afraid of Nature?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/d63263aa-cfca-4e27-a88e-a067ed02df84\/embed?theme=dark-custom&amp;primary_color=%23F60F60\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve all felt it: the excitement of heading out into nature, followed almost immediately by &#8220;wow, that&#8217;s a lot of bugs&#8221; energy. Turns out, that&#8217;s not just you being an urban dweller \u2014 it&#8217;s a genuine evolutionary paradox, and this week&#8217;s guest has spent his whole career living inside it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Craig Foster is the filmmaker and naturalist behind <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Octopus Teacher<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and in this episode he tackles a question Tami poses about her own experience: why can she melt into a deep, connected feeling about nature from the safety of meditation, but feel completely terrified and separate the moment she&#8217;s actually standing in a wilderness with wolves, cougars, or sharks nearby?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Craig&#8217;s answer reframes the whole thing. He explains that we&#8217;re each carrying millions of years of &#8220;wild&#8221; memory, hardwired into who we are, while our conscious, modern selves have only had a few generations to adjust to industrial life. The fix isn&#8217;t a heroic leap into the deep wild \u2014 it&#8217;s small, steady reconnection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few takeaways from Craig&#8217;s answer:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;re designed for wildness \u2014 our discomfort with it is a mismatch, not a flaw<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reconnection starts small: get to know the trees, insects, and animals right around your house<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comfort with the wild builds faster than you&#8217;d expect \u2014 sometimes in a matter of months<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even one backyard animal can teach you something profound about yourself and the natural world<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this got you thinking about your own relationship with the wild, you&#8217;ll want to hear the whole conversation \u2014 Craig and Tami go even deeper into what it means to live an amphibious life, split between our tame and wild selves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taken from the full <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conversation with Craig Foster. 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