Wild Words: A collection of words from around the world that describe happenings in nature

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Book: Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World by Jenn Granneman & Andre Sólo Making up your own collective nouns; a snuffle of hedgehogs, a wriggle of worms, encourages children to closely observe the characteristics of a creature and select words that express how they look, sound or make us feel. This and a wealth of other imaginative activities can be found in (‘An Explorer’s Guide to The Lost Words’) by Eva John. Continued enjoyment of wild places is dependent on nurturing fragile habitats, a demanding challenge that could be aided by a language rooted in the natural world, providing a framework for how we might enjoy and manage the landscapes we care about. However, with native Gaelic speakers dwindling, this knowledge base faces an erosion of its own.

Bridget Holding is a former screenwriter. She cites the highlights of her early career as including being a winner of the Sky MovieMax Short Film of The Year Award, working on the editing of The Full Monty, and kissing Keanu Reeves (unfortunately only on the cheek). She is also a UKCP registered arts-based psychotherapist. Articles about her, or by her have appeared in The Telegraph Newspaper, Writing Magazine, The Psychotherapist, and Saga Magazine. She’s a former associate lecturer for The Open University, and has been a tutor of creative writing for The University of Exeter since 2008. Based in the French Pyrenees, Bridget is the founder of Wild Words, courses to unleash the passion, power and vitality in your words. If we want to live in a future that honors people’s well-being and that also supports the well-being of our planet, when we practice these rhythms we’re actually embodying and creating and laying the foundation for that future to exist. So if people are feeling like it’s selfish to do—no!—your joy is actually helping us to feel what that future would be like and to create it now. So say yes to rest, because it’s bigger than just your rest.”

Tantalisingly, north of Schiehallion there is An Catachan, a possible reference to wild cats. John Murray, author of Reading the Gaelic Landscape (an indispensable book for anyone seeking to better understand Gaelic place names), points out that a person from Sutherland is also called a ‘catach’. However, there is the puzzling ‘-an’ suffix. At the beginning of the pandemic, many of us bought home gym equipment and doubled down on exercise as a way to minimize stress. The Season of Listening to Your Body showed up in big ways, but beneath the surface, our nervous systems were on overdrive. This episode explores how the nervous system impacts your writing life and how to partner with it in new ways. As Ruairidh MacIlleathain asserts, “Gaelic is the language of the land,” and as walkers, climbers and conservationists we profit by learning it – not only boosting our enjoyment of Scotland’s Highland landscapes but learning how to care for them so that they may be enjoyed for generations to come. No, there’s an art to bringing the aliveness that lies within, out and into form. Rather than crank up the resistance, we allow ourselves to be held by something bigger. We work with respect for the survival strategies (those metaphorical bars) that have kept those words in, often for years, out of concern for our safety.

It’s easy to get caught up in what everyone else is doing, compare our journey to others who are two steps ahead of us, and forget to listen to the voice inside that knows what need. Seasonal creative living is the antidote to the hamster wheel, and the best philosophy I’ve found that honors where I’ve been, where I’m headed, and most importantly, where I’m planted right now. Consider this episode “required listening” for The Wild Words Podcast. I’m sharing 10 seasons of the writer’s life and what to expect from each of them so you can begin putting a name to common experiences we all encounter on the writer’s path. But when you are actually in a landscape looking at physical features on the ground and can relate the place name to what you are seeing, then that is particularly powerful. Especially with Gaelic place names which are so descriptive.

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Sonja Overhiser has run the award-winning food blog A Couple Cooks with her husband, Alex, since 2010, and co-authored Pretty Simple Cooking, which has been named a best vegetarian cookbook by Epicurious and Food & Wine. A Couple Cooks was awarded the IACP Best Individual Blog award in 2019 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, a professional food media association co-founded by Julia Child. A Couple Cooks has been featured on the TODAY Show, and in numerous national print and online publications, including Washington Post, Huffington Post, Oprah, Food & Wine, and Bon Appetit. As a healthy and sustainable eating advocate, Sonja works with the following organizations committed to improving planetary health and public health: Planetary Health Alliance, EAT Foundation, and True Health Initiative. She lives in Indianapolis with her family, where she is co-founder of the organization Indy Women in Food that champions women in the Indianapolis food industry, and has been featured as a trailblazing woman in food by the Indy Star. You can highlight the terms by the frequency with which they occur in the written English language using the menu below. The frequency data is extracted from the English Wikipedia corpus, and updated regularly. If you just care about the words' direct semantic similarity to wild, then there's probably no need for this.

To connect, to be part of something bigger, to find the words that can express the strength of our inner experience (imagined or remembered, owned or given to a fictional character) in words. Theatre in the Rough reserves the right not to publish any poems that we feel do not meet the values of the project. This includes works that we perceive to advocate or encourage harm to the natural environment in a non-critical manner. No discussion will be entered into. High sensitivity is a term coined by Elaine Aron who wrote The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, and refers to how deeply you perceive and respond to the world, both your physical and emotional environments. The more deeply your brain processes information, the more sensitive you are. Sensitivity is a fundamental human trait (we’re all sensitive to some degree), but those with a higher degree of sensitivity experience and process the world differently. As creatives, this can be powerful, but it also means we need extra tending, rest, and recovery time. Tune in to learn more about thriving as an HSP writer, and how to support yourself along the way. Munro Gauld, a traditional flute player from Perthshire, is leading a musical project with local musicians, storytellers, artists and poets to tell “the story of place” at Schiehallion. “It helps if you can be creative in allowing people to access place name information as not everyone finds lists of direct translations interesting,” he explains.Lily Diamond is a writer, photographer, and proponent of rewilding in the kitchen and beyond. In 2012, she created the award-winning, much-beloved blog Kale & Caramel, which turned into a bestselling memoir-cookbook. Lily grew up on Maui and graduated from Yale University. She lives in California, and is the co-host of the podcast What’s Your Story?, and co-author of the forthcoming guided journal of the same name. There is something to be said for the thing that you don’t want to write about, or the thing that you don’t want to say, is actually what’s going to serve you to lean in and say at some point.” Heidi Fiedler does the deep thinking that’s needed to transform ideas into children’s books. She makes picture books, chapter books, and nonfiction for kids with curious minds and kind hearts. She believes books have the power to make us all feel a little less alone, and the best ones leave room for the reader's imagination. Whether it's a poetic picture book, a zippy early reader, or a kid-friendly take on the physics of time travel, her books are philosophical and filled with quirky tidbits, playful language, and lots of heart. It's been her pleasure to work on more than 300 titles for clients ranging from Target to Barnes & Noble. Her credits include 180 nonfiction books in partnership with Time for Kids, 90 picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels, plus a wide variety of activity books, and art and craft books. After working in publishing for nearly 15 years, she’s so excited to see her own picture books and chapter books making their way into the world. Schiehallion’s Coire nam Fraochag (Corrie of the Blaeberry or Whortleberry) and Malnanoirag (Meall nan Oighreag – Rounded Hill of the Cloudberry) show the diversity of native plant life – vital food sources for vulnerable species. Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

It is these subtle nuances in the Gaelic landscape which standard English fails to express. Gaelic place names provide a specific intelligence useful for hill walkers and climbers, providing an alternative lens through which to view familiar landscapes, and a surer means of orientating oneself.I made the decision I wouldn’t write because I didn’t deserve anything that brought me happiness. At the same time, I held a thought that I wanted to help people, to share my story at some point in some way so that I could help somebody not get in the car in the first place, or help someone who’s been in that situation, on either side.” Today’s guest is Andi Cumbo-Floyd, a writer and editor from Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains. She’s written 11 books—10 are self-published—so we talked about the learning curve, self-publishing tips, how to promote your book, what to share in a writing newsletter, and what Andi would do differently if she were just starting out today. Andi also shares a big life decision she recently made that helped her make more space to write. There are a few reasons, such as the Digital Ads EULA having terms that enable usage in digital ads and on As the project is for young people, Theatre in the Rough reserves the right not to publish poems that contain language or imagery deemed inappropriate. In such cases, Theatre in the Rough may suggest changes or edits.