Liz Scott

What is the key to listening? It's much simpler than you think. It's got nothing to do with eye contact, or reflecting back what you've heard. Listening has got nothing to do with mirroring someone's actions or nodding in the right place. The true power of listening is in being present. Elizabeth Lovius joins me on this week's podcast as we explore listening. When you realise how simple it really...

What the world needs right now is a good listening to. This podcast is one part of a short series that looks specifically at listening. Today I'm speaking former surgeon Dr Giles Croft. We explore how our capacity to listen greatly increases when we understand 'separate realities'. In other words we begin to see how we are all creating our individual interpretation and perception of the world. In...

Nature is a restorative and healing space of exploration and discovery. Witnessing the cycles of nature as they daily unfold, is one of my deepest joys. That is something that is mirrored by Ian Watson. Ian is a 3P facilitator and homeopath. He believes we all have a yearning to have nature present in our lives: " It's is a requirement for us to participate in the natural world and to not be cut o...

Clare Dimond has spent a restless life seek, searching and trying hard to improve herself. She says she never felt quite right and didn't feel that she fitted in. In recent years she came across something that saw an end to this hunt for self-improvement. All the trying has fallen away and she has uncovered something that is universal to human-kind. Clare realises that all of us are actually peace...

Caroline Brewer has a background in HR and at one time used to be a serial planner and organiser.  She would learn tools, techniques and models to pass on to clients. Now she's happy to turn up and allow conversations to flow without a specific structure in mind. So what happened? In this interview Caroline shares what happened. "Before this understanding (the Inside Out understanding) my ego and...

Andrew Bridgewater knows all about depression. He suffered a severe bout of depression and burn out when he was in his mid forties. It left him in a psychiatric hospital for 5 weeks. At the time of his depression he was a qualified psychologist which baffled him. How could someone who had studied the mind and who knew so much about mental illness end up with depression? He's now fully recovered an...

When Debra Simmons escaped an abusive relationship she thought her problems would be over. However when the relationship with her children began to suffer she saw fresh problems emerge. It was only when she came across her Inner Compass (through the Three Principles) that he began to realise that she was lost in a world of thought. She also realised that she had been trying to find something in he...

What if there is a new take on mental illness? What if the medical profession began to see beyond the diagnosis and labels?  One psychiatrist Dr Rani Bora, offers real hope to her patients. Rather than focus on the transient thoughts and feelings, Rani wants her patients to see something that is beyond words. She points to the deeper essence and intuitive knowing that there is more to life. Severa...

What's the missing piece from the message of Christianity? That was the question Lizzie Paish kept asking herself. When she came across the Inside-Out understanding, the Christian message began to resonate more fully for her. She saw that the philosophy of Inside Out which is 'to look within' is something that is also present (but often missed) in the Bible. Bible passages have now taken on fresh...

Russell Pearson is the Deputy Head at an Exeter primary school. He is acutely aware that mental health is a key issue in all schools. He's determined not to provide a tokenistic approach to wellbeing. He doesn't want to provide tick-box staff meetings or training sessions. In this podcast Russell shares his own wellbeing journey. He also explores three areas that have made a big difference to him....

Stuart Newberry is a wellbeing coach, pointing people towards universal consciousness and oneness. His message is 'you are more than you think you are.' It's a far cry from his former role as a police Detective Superintendent, dealing with some of the most serious crimes in Devon and Cornwall. What happened? In this podcast Stu talks about: his time in Devon and Cornwall police and how he remember...

What would it be like if everyone knew that they were okay? That's the message Marie Arymar shares with her young clients. She often meets with troubled young people, who are struggling with life and are confused about what to do next. Marie doesn't cajole, or motivate or try to build confidence; she's got a much more powerful and sustainable way of connecting with young people. She points them ba...

What if communities were founded on wellbeing? What difference would that make to the way we connect with each other? In January 2020 liz started an experiment in her local community Ivybridge. The project is called #ivybridgewellbeing and it is designed to explore the wealth of wellbeing, inspiration and good-heartedness that is already present in the town. They recorded this after the first week...

Many people are reticent about sharing the Inside-Out understanding. They are worried they don't know enough and they need to do more training to get ready. If you're the kind of person that says, 'I'll share this when, I've read more books OR I've been on another course OR I know more" Then this is for you. In today's podcast Liz and Stu bust some of the common myths that hold people back. There...

If you've ever got caught in the cycle of yo yo dieting, then you'll know the frustration of going on a strict eating plan, losing weight and then putting it straight back on again. What if there is a different way to healthy eating? What if it's not about building your willpower, but instead it is about understanding how the human mind actually works. This podcast will explain why faddy diets don...

  How can horses help those in mental distress? Deep in the heart of Devon two Arab geldings are playing a key role in supporting adults and young people in a therapeutic setting. We went to visit Belinda Seaward, Jo Frodsham and the two beautiful animals Dragonfly and Sherani to find out what they're up to. A recent course has been for women who have experienced abuse and another course supported...

What use is a spiritual/psychological understanding (the Inner Compass) when you've just gone through heart surgery? This is the question we explore in this podcast. Stu Newberry was diagnosed with heart disease in 2018 and then went through heart surgery in August 2019. Here's some of what Stu had to say: "It's so easy to get in crazy thinking about what may or may not happen with the health cond...

How can the traumatic issue of suicide be expressed in art? It's a question that artist Carly Jones has been answering over the past two years. Her MA art project took a complete change of direction when a family member took his own life. This suicide had a severe impact on the whole family and in particular Carly's partner Damon. He found himself re-experiencing a severe episode of PTSD and strug...

What if you knew that wellbeing was constant in your life? What if regardless of the emotional turmoil, you always knew you were OK? This week, community worker, Siobain Kelly shares her journey since learning about the Inner Compass through the Wellbeing Ambassador training. She finds she's more able to go with the flow and not overthinking things all the time. Here are some of the things she had...

Are we living in an era with a renewed interest in spirituality? Liz and Stu went to a festival and were surprised at the number of speakers, authors and comedians speaking about the theme of consciousness. It really does seem as though the conversation around non-duality is moving towards the mainstream. It's all very well talking about consciousness as a concept, how does it play out in the ever...

  What happens when two professional sportsmen share a spiritual understanding of how the mind works, with a group of traditional coaches? Grayson Hart and Sam Jarman were keynote speakers at a recent conference for South West coaches. In this podcast Liz and Stu ask Sam and Grayson how they described the Inside-Out understanding to coaches who are more used to hearing about tools, techniques and...

What impact does the Inner Compass have in day to day life? So what if our experience comes from the Inside Out? In this episode Liz and Stu discuss a client who was a leader. This leader was feeling frustration with a member of their team that was consistently performing below par. He knew he needed a conversation with the team member, and he was convinced it would be challenging. Liz and Stu dis...

Is it possible to embed the Inside-Out understanding within our community? What would it be like if everyone was just one person away from this understanding? This is a dream of today's guest, Clare Tanner. Clare Tanner is a leadership and strategy expert with over 20 years experience in leading, advising and coaching individuals, teams and organisations She along with myself Liz, Stu, a psychiatr...

What if everyone in our community knew that they weren't broken and didn't need fixing? What kinds of stories would emerge if teachers, GPs, charity workers and parents realised that they had an Inner Compass?  This isn't a pie-in-the-sky idea, this is something that is already happening. Liz and Stu are sharing their Inner Compass work in the community through a project called 'Wellbeing Ambassad...

How do you share a spiritual understanding in the cut-throat world of business? What kind of language might you use to share the Inside-Out understanding? In today's podcast Liz and Stu meet up with Vicky Kelly who is inspired to help businesses realise that high-functioning teams, collaboration and creativity are a by-product of a spiritual understanding