A Thanksgiving of Appreciation: Resilience Takes Root When We Honor One Another

About this episode

This episode explores how Thanksgiving can inspire appreciation and resilience through the ecological wisdom of the Three Sisters.

What if Thanksgiving is really an invitation to let our giving nourish the world that nourishes us? In this Thanksgiving episode of Resilience Gone Wild, Jessica Morgenthal explores the ancient ecological wisdom of the Three Sisters—corn, beans, and squash—and how their centuries-old partnership reveals a living model of regeneration, cooperation, and shared strength. Through immersive storytelling and a powerful conversation with regenerative systems expert Rob Avis, this episode shows how appreciation circulates energy through people, communities, and ecosystems, transforming gratitude into something active, connective, and life-giving.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jessica Morgenthal, Kai M Sorensen

Guest: Rob Avis

Topics covered

• Thanksgiving
• resilience
• ecological wisdom
• regeneration
• cooperation
• gratitude

Keywords

• Thanksgiving
• resilience
• Three Sisters
• ecological wisdom
• gratitude
• regenerative systems

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Three Sisters

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