Wildheart Club | the importance of integrity

Podcast notes and journal prompts for S9E2

Welcome to Wildheart Club! For those who enjoy our podcast, these posts include notes on each episode, alongside journal prompts to deepen your exploration of the words and themes we chat about.

Today’s post relates to Season 9, Episode 2: Integrity. We recommend listening to the episode first, before exploring the notes and prompts below.

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This week’s notes

Why is the idea of integrity so relevant right now?

Winter is a season associated with turning inwards, and often as part of this process we find ourselves thinking about things like purpose and values. For this very reason, in our Rewilding Wheel framework the word we connect with November (the first month of winter from a Wheel of the Year perspective) is ‘root’ - because it sums up that idea of sinking in, going beneath the surface, and considering the foundations of our lives and our sense of self.

When we do this kind of work, especially around values, what we’re often seeking is a kind of anchor: something (or a set of things or  ideas) to hold us steady and guide our path. When we’re clear on our values, it becomes easier to make intentional, aligned decisions because we have a system for judging what feels right and fits our vision for life, and what doesn’t.

One of the values that frequently comes up when we have these conversations as part of our Wild Academy work is integrity - probably because it’s a concept that neatly represents the sense of rootedness described above. When we describe someone or something as having integrity, we’re alluding to depth, strength, clarity, truth, authenticity…all qualities that create the solid foundation that we ideally want to cultivate over the winter to hold ourselves steady through the rest of the year.