Full Circle: Finding Your Way Home

In childhood, our lives are centered around playing and being creative, but as we age, we forget the importance of play. But as my next guest demonstrates, it is possible to enhance our lives by learning to tap into playfulness as an adult. Leila Rezaiguia is a vibrant Executive & Systemic Team Coach and Coach Supervisor, renowned for her high energy, enthusiasm, and fun-loving nature. She wor...

For some people, coming out as LGBTQ is easy – they’re comfortable with their identity and sexuality, and may have a supportive network. And sometimes it’s downright messy – they’re older, married with kids, or simply unable to accept their truth. Whatever the case may be - coming out can be difficult, confusing and painful. My next guest is Melisa Raney - a mother and advocate for coming out. At...

In this week’s episode, we are exploring the healing practices of Ayahuasca and other plant-based medicines that allow us to heal from within and discover our authentic selves. I am joined by Sara Verre, a Transpersonal Psychology Coach, Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Breath-work Facilitator and Energy Practitioner. She is also a Plant Ritual Facilitator at ‘Behold Retreats’, where she helps indiv...

What happens when the life you imagined for yourself is suddenly out of reach? This week’s guest is Joe Powell-Main, Wales’ first professional ballet dancer with a disability. An injury early on in his dance career changed the way he would perform ballet forever. But being in a wheelchair didn’t change his love for dance and he has used his disability to enable and inspire others in the ballet and...

The saying ‘I’m losing my mind’ couldn’t be truer for my next guest. This week I am speaking with Barbara K. Lipska, a Neuroscientist who was diagnosed in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain’s frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and was treated, she experienced behavioural and cognitive symptoms connected to a range of mental disorders, including dementia and her professional specialty,...

Why do we dream? And do our dreams have hidden meaning? These are some of the common questions that I am happy to have answered on this week’s episode of the Full Circle podcast. I am joined by Ian Wallace, a dream psychologist and best-selling author, who answers the most asked questions about dreaming and shares what recurring dreams and nightmares truly mean in our waking lives. By understandin...

Speaking openly about sex and desire is easier said than done for most. But what happens when you are unable to communicate with your partner about what excites you in the bedroom? Miriam Solis is a certified Sex Coach and Clinical Sexologist. She helps couples bring playfulness into the bedroom along with a new-found appreciation for meaningful sex again. She now helps individuals change their se...

To kick off the new season of the podcast – all around the theme of ‘discovery’ - I am joined by a gentleman who has experienced the kind of thing you only read about in books and see in movies. David Ditchfield survived a horrific freak accident and woke up in hospital to discover he had acquired astonishing new abilities beyond his wildest dreams. I am happy to have David join me to discuss his...

Host Gillian McMichael reflects on the third season of the Full Circle: Finding Your Way Home podcast, focused entirely on the theme of love. Gillian shares some of the meaningful lessons she learned this season, and shares a reading from her brand new book “Coming Home: A Guide To Being Your True Self” that touches on her own need to practise self-love. Season Four will be released in May and wil...

In this episode, you'll meet Virginia Oman – a woman who is no stranger to adversity. When she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, she lost all hope. But rather than accepting the "limited life" that doctors predicted, she took matters into her own hands. She realised that no one was going to help her unless she helped herself first…and by changing her mindset, she changed her life and broke fr...

One of the hardest things you'll ever do is live your life without a loved one. When you've lost someone so close, it’s often hard to know what to do with yourself, and how to keep going. In this episode, I am joined by Sasha Bates, who shares her personal story about the sudden loss of her husband, Bill. Although tragic, Sasha has found a meaningful way to live her life through writing various be...

Arranged marriages have been common practice for many centuries but there are fewer of them as society becomes more and more influenced by the west. My next guest is Mimi - a 29-year-old Content Creator based in New York City, known to her audience as Mimi Moments. Since the age of 15, Mimi felt pressure to find a suitor, but  pushed against it for many years. Eventually she married. Still, an arr...

Making peace with your body may seem like an impossible task in a world that tells us to be better, to work harder, and to be thinner. In this episode, Claire Vogeli joins me to discuss the body neutrality movement and improving your body image. Claireis a Confidence Coach, a photographer, and an advocate for self-love so she is perfectly placed to discuss ways of enhancing your relationship with...

When we think of love within the context of marriage, we often envision two people devoted and committed to each other. But the reality for many couples is that love fades, people stray, and reigniting that spark can be a challenge. Here to share her story is award-winning journalist and best-selling author, Marcia DeSanctis. When Marcia was 47 years old – married with children and leading a very...

When expecting a new child, our hearts and minds can be overrun with thoughts of boundless love – but what happens when postpartum disorders interfere with that perfect love we imagined? For today’s guest, her unexpected struggle with multiple postpartum mood disorders forced her to reexamine everything she thought she knew about becoming a mother. Emily Phelps, a Prenatal, Birth & Postpartum...

Finding true love is something that many people spend years – sometimes decades - looking for. And that's because finding your match amidst the messy world of online dating, ghosting, bad dates, incompatibility and so much more has made modern dating very difficult. Whether you feel exhausted by dating, are struggling to forget your ex, or simply want to increase your chances of meeting someone in...

Death is as much a part of life as birth. And, just like a birth, it is smoother when we are prepared for it. Not that we can control the dying process, but there is a lot we can do to make the final stages of life more meaningful and peaceful. To discuss the end-of-life process, I am speaking with Janie Rakow, the co-founder of Farewell Doula. As an End of Life Doula, she journeys with the dying...

Sexual intimacy can be the ultimate physical expression of passionate love, though many people struggle to express their sexual desires with their partner, or avoid engaging in self-pleasure. To help us explore intimacy, self-pleasure and self-love, I am speaking with Sex Therapist and Certified Somatic Sex Educator Stella Anna Sonnenbaum. She helps couples and individuals find more intimacy, conn...

Love; undoubtedly the most powerful force in the world. Revealing a new theme, in this season I am exploring the topic of love and how it manifests in our lives. When it comes to love, we all believe in different things – but if you’re anything like me, you may wonder if love is in the ‘stars’ and whether your star sign can impact who you fall in love with. To answer these questions, I am joined b...

Host Gillian McMichael reflects on the second season of the Full Circle: Finding Your Way Home podcast, focused entirely on the theme of transformation. Gillian shares her personal transformation story and her most memorable lessons from each episode. Season Three will be released in February 2022 and will focus on the theme of "love". Until then, stay well and invite joy and curiosity into your l...

Today we are exploring the idea of transformation through the lens of body-image and acceptance. Many of us embark on a journey to change our physical selves, with the promise of happiness, but true transformation is as much about changing a physical aspect of ourselves, as it is about accepting ourselves. In this episode, Sarah McDonald shares how carrying extra weight impacted her sense of self,...

The popular understanding of sexuality is that it develops from a young age and solidifies as a person grows older. “Gay” and “straight” are treated as the default categories, with labels like “bisexual” or “asexual” often entirely forgotten. Although in recent years, more space has been made for people who identify with being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer later in life. Living our truth requir...

In 1999, Flight Lieutenant Caroline Paige made the choice to undergo a gender transition, making her the first transgender officer to serve openly in the British Armed Forces. What followed after a nearly 20-year career with the Royal Air Force were immediate calls for her dismissal.  However, Caroline moved forward as the person she was meant to be, becoming an LGBT+ advocate inside and outside o...

In this episode, I am joined by Sumi Mukherjee to discuss childhood bullying, and how those experiences can have longstanding effects into adulthood. Sumi was a victim of intense bullying as a child which triggered severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. To regain control, Sumi embarked on a transformative healing journey which he details in our conversation. Today, Sumi is an author , anti-bullying...

Many of us will change our careers multiple times in our lives – but as we age, the idea of a career change begins to look not only scary, but impossible. In a time when our lives are so wrapped up in our careers, sometimes the only way to find our most authentic and happy selves is to change our jobs.   My guest today is Laura Sheehan , a career coach and speaker. Laura was a U.S lawyer when she...