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In today’s conversation, Dani talks with Tom Swaffield, a first year farmer and practiced forager. Tom’s yearning for finding his own roots stems from a childhood of moving around, A LOT, and he now finds himself on a journey to the wildest of spaces as he seeks to find a space to call "home".

The conversation starts light and airy, like it typically does, and quickly shifts into some of the more challenging, stickier things that Tom has faced: his years of struggling with an opioid addiction, ending an 8 year relationship with his first long-term love, + finding the courage to live his authentic path even when it seems so different than those around him.

They also discussed: 

• soil restoration how his current job at Slice of Heaven Organic Farms has served as a massive expander for his dreams of owning his own micro farm someday 
• living a fruitful 
• sustainable life 
• how his restaurant industry position(s) lead him to foraging
• how his major jumping off the cliff moments have lead to his super aligned life today 
• the ending of Tom’s first long-term relationship 
• how Tom and his ex have been able to keep a friendship beyond their uncoupling 
• how chasing higher complexity in every aspect of life has been a theme in Tom’s life 
• how dating has not been a top priority since moving to Oregon for various reasons 
• the shame Tom still experiences when thinking about his addictive past 
• what Tom’s current insecurities look like 
• Tom’s theme for 2020 
• Tom’s words for 2020 
• Words of wisdom from Tom

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