Connecting The Dots - Because despite appearances, the dots are not placed at random.

The power of a good story to delight and challenge us is known, but sometimes it can be easy to forget that stories can ease our fears and help us move through difficult seasons with more courage than we might otherwise be able to muster. Re-writing our stories can also give us a safer way to approach really painful aspects of our history. Books mentioned in this episode The Rock That Is Higher -...

We can relish the idea of peace and quiet, but when we get it, it can feel both overwhelming and also frustrating when that quiet seems to be a permanent silence from inside that threatens to go on forever. We can start to panic that we have somehow broken our minds and that maybe we have no longer got anything to offer, with the only solution being to push harder and force ourselves to do more. B...

We so often think that our direction through life should be a linear process - a to b to c, will get us faithfully to z and our goal, and whilst there are some things which benefit from following a clear route (such as a new recipe), life very often has other ideas. Perhaps as we get more confident trusting that inner voice, we can grow in confidence that - despite appearances -  our tangents and...

** New Season starts today!! ** As we move through the end of Summer into the Autumn and all the changes of rhythm and energy that brings, it can be easy to find ourselves caught up in the strength of the tide and lose ourselves in the potential for stress and crazy. How can we put in (or take things out) little rituals and shape to our days that offer us a sense of rhythm and an anchor point for...

This week - Cheerleading Your Skills and Resources. How do you keep growing and creating and leaning in to the tough stuff? You need encouragement and people to cheer you on, but if you are simultaneously being down on yourself, then you are going to get stuck. You need to become your own best friend and cheerleader - not delusion protractor - but encourager.  Support the show If you would like to...

How do you keep growing and creating and leaning in to the tough stuff? You need encouragement and people to cheer you on, but if you are simultaneously being down on yourself, then you are going to get stuck. You need to become your own best friend and cheerleader - not delusion protractor - but encourager.  Join me for a short series on how to be your own best cheerleader and what that can look...

How often do you really listen? Do you find that you are only taking in the facts, but missing the connection and the underlying story, or do you struggle when you are on the receiving end of only being half listened to? Truly listening, learning to go deeper and really hear each other, can be a more complicated process than we think, but it's worth the extra effort and discomfort of becoming...

So 2022 is already in full swing - I mean it is the second week of February already - maybe you hit the ground running,  in which case 'atta girl!' But if you haven’t found that the change of year number brought you automatic joy and energy, or abundant creativity and the poise you crave - perhaps you could give yourself a reset, instead allowing yourself to ease in more gently, whatever...

You might be exhausted, but you are certain that the key to living a deeply connected life is not something that can be stumbled upon... it takes work and a level of vulnerabilty which can feel a little scary.  However, you are not someone who is prepared to risk sleeping through your life,  missing out on the richest experience available - no you, my friend want to be all you can be and live life...

Being Spontaneous is often a highly valued creative trait, but how can we be responsive to our impulses without being caught out by them? Today I talk about the differences between being spontaneous and being impulsive, and how we can understand better how to work and parent out of a more spontaneous place. I shall be back with season 4 in the New Year 2022. Have a wonderful holiday season. Suppor...

What happens when you had a whole host of dreams and creative, when you used to be so clear on what you wanted and how to go and get it, but now feel as though you are floundering around in a haze of confusion, circumstances and exhaustion? What can you do to find your feet, or better yet gain a new perspective on where you are at? Today I share five points for approaching this place with a new pe...

So this week I'm exploring how changing our physicality can really help with our thought processes, and specifically how allowing a new thought to take hold, will naturally change the direction of our lives down a particular path - and yet, because with each new thought we are free to change direction, this should fill us with confidence because we are always able to change again, if it doesn...

When we, our children or those we care about are at the height of overwhelm - it can be really hard to stay calm and not react from a place of panic. We can feel afraid of the massive nature of such emotions, and they can trigger loads of other feelings in us, making it difficult to keep a healthy perspective.   Something that has served me well is my 20minute rule. So tune in to today's epis...

With the busy holiday season on the final countdown again this year, how do you stay connected to your creativity and your sense of self, as the expectations and practical tasks ramp up? I really think that learning to take space to check in with yourself and your reasons can be really helpful. So I have 5 principles to share with you today. Check out The Lazy Genius here. Support the show If you...

Why do we do the things we do?  Why do we take on certain projects over others, what is driving the decision and how much are we paying attention to these reasons? Today I explore the process of asking questions of ourselves to get to the deeper places of our hearts, and how that insight and understanding will help us connect more deeply with our work and our parenting. Support the show If you wou...

Today join me for a chat about sitting with and navigating some of these big emotions in our work, our families and for ourselves. Support the show If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here! And you can also click here to sign up to my newsletter Connect, Create & Resonate Original Artwork - Eleanor Oliver & Cassie Hubert Original Music - Cassie Hubert.

Do you have loads of ideas, but never seem to find the right impetus or energy to work or develop them? Are you frustrated that you are not doing anything as well as you'd like, but know that there is more in you? Perhaps you are trying to move outside of the season you are in, and that is why there is a disconnect.  Today on the Pod, I talk about the importance of knowing what season you are...

Does that question ever make you feel inadequate or like it is a cue to start proving your worth and the value of your efforts in your current season? Perhaps we are using the wrong measure, or we simply don't know our own definition of success. This is especially true when our work (art/parenthood) and it's outcomes aren't very easy to quantify. Support the show If you would like t...

Do you ever feel like the idea had, of what this season of life or work you are in would be like, is actually quite different from your expectations? Like maybe it's just way harder, or perhaps everyone around you seems to be experiencing so much more joy than you are and you are left wondering how things can be better? Well often the answer is to re-connect with our love for the actual work...

Welcome to our final week of Poetry Month! Today's episode brings you a selection of poems reflecting on our human capacities for Wanderings, Wonder & Love,   and I am really excited to share them with you the Winners of My Poetry Prize Draw! They Are Anna, Bev, Jennie and Pete, so hurrah for these guys! I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud - William Wordsworth One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII - Pa...

Welcome to Week Three of Poetry Month! Today's episode brings you a selection of poems reflecting on this funny old life - to do with life, relationships and self and I am really excited to share them with you today, they are : You, Reader, As I Imagine You - Chase Twichell Won't You Celebrate With Me? - Lucille Clifton A Daughter's Difficulties As A Wife....  - Ann Stevenson A Marr...

Welcome to week two of Poetry Month! Today's episode brings you a selection of poems reflecting on mother's and motherhood, and I am really excited to share them with you today, they are : First Miracle - AE Stallings Morning Song - Sylvia Plath Mother  - Nikita Gill Across Your Bed;  Quietly Sinking; Hope - Cassie Hubert Mother, A Cradle To Hold Me - Maya Angelou Handbag - Ruth Fainligh...

Today is the first episode of Poetry Month and I have curated and performed a selection of poems for your delight on the theme of SUMMER . Todays Poems... The Summer Day - Mary Oliver The Swing - Robert Louis Stevenson Sonnet 18 - William Shakespeare On The Move - Thom Gunn Re-Fuelling - Cassie Hubert The Lake Isle of Innisfree - William Butler Yeats (musical arrangement and performance by Cassie...

It takes a village to raise a child - we've heard, and I think it's true, but what if it also takes a village to raise our inner creative child?  Join me as I discuss how we can widen our influences and expand our pool of people who encourage us and our children with accountability, insight and connection Support the show If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here! And...

No it's not a description of how babies are made - Lol! But whilst families come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, they are intended to be places of safety for us to grow, mess up and discover who we are - and in this episode, I want to explore how we can create this kind of intentional family in our work places and our homes, to nurture our creativity and relationships. Support the show If y...