MEATSUITS

Former language teacher Maria Beadell combined a love of storytelling, performance and history to create Herstorical Tours. Drawn to the women who have too often been left on the margins of history, she set out not simply to tell different stories, but to ask why those stories disappeared in the first place. Maria researches, writes and performs immersive walking tours through London that uncover...

The first of a 6 part exploration of EMPATHY - a word simply too big for us to handle in anything less! EMPATHY is the word of the moment - on everyones lips, in politics and business; completely 'buzzworded' in the ether of modern life. Hang on... if EMPATHY is not sympathy and not compassion, then what is it and have I been doing it wrong? What does it mean? How do we apply it? Can it be...

There is a tendency to call anyone "main character' at the moment - a shorthand for a person seeking to elevate themselves above others, a narcissist perhaps, with negative intentions... Isn't this only one side of the story ? Don't we all need to be the main character in our OWN life more? Better boundaried, and self confident in our own validation... Tune in to explore the diffe...

We never know whether we are on the right track, especially when we are making changes. Sometimes we fear the consequences of our choices - and then our will to make changes in life wavers... that is doubt. Doubt is a positive breathing space, a moment to confirm your ideas, to set sail on your new path. Trouble comes when this safety check results in feelings that limit your perception of freedom...

There are always 3 dimensions in any situationship and in this episode I invite my Husband in to the studio to talk about the types of circumstances you can expect to encounter as a team as well as on your own. In a committed partnership you are in a life long project of mutual change. It could be said that we marry the people we love now BUT that we should be marrying the people they are becoming...

We can get confused between EGO and Personality. EGO is not bad but it tends to push us a little more and promote us a little further than the truth might support. The inner Optics on this then serve discomfort, worry; cognitive dissonance, if you like formality. Personality is a tool we only loosely understand but it is the powerful operational lens you use in the world to bring you 'success...

Welcome to a world of pattern - habits colour our lives, often unseen or unnoticed... more frequently accepted and relished. There is always extremes of good and bad - but the chemical result in your brain is the same :) Honestly discussed. We are in recognition of our own choices (good and ill) which is a refreshing change for us, realised through the path of self work.

In this *SPECIAL REPORT* episode of Meatsuits , I sit down with Steve Nobel — spiritual teacher, channel, and founder of The Soul Matrix. This conversation centres on the lived reality of transformation — how to recognise life transitions as they arise, why change can feel uncomfortable, and what it takes to move through it. Steve shares openly from his own journey, exploring the role of belief, r...

You might get paid to do a job of work for a business, but if someone suggested you were "only' that one thing - be it barista, soldier or solicitor: you are correct in feeling that your life worth is not solely based on what you are paid to do... Our habits (actions) reinforce the things we believe about ourself to others - and its wise to think about the messages you send out to the world non ve...

Join us for a really honest conversation about something that can be hard to put into words: the feeling of slowly disappearing behind the responsibilities and roles of everyday life. Anna works with Women, who from the outside, appear to be holding it all together - but on the inside feel overwhelm, disconnection, and more worryingly, unsure of who they are anymore. Anna explains how that happens...

Beginning to explore my own experience, from the inside of MEATSUITS has produced some interesting results. Launching the podcast has bought a wide range of reactions from friends, family and newer acquaintances. Observing those responses has been revealing in ways I didn't fully expect While the outward act of making a podcast is visible, the more interesting changes have been happening inter...

I know the Big G word, but don't panic - this ep is not about Bereavement, but that we have had the word Grief taken away from us as a process to deal with ongoing change in life. We DO lose things as we go through life and that is definitely not all bad! Jobs come and go, as do friends, relationships, diets, exercise, health, schools and houses. Sometimes it is our will that moves us onward t...

Confusing isn't it? Mainstream modern thinking asks us to believe we are alone, zipped inside a meat suit. Separate. PLOT TWIST - Science does not support this. In fact it is beginning to look as if we are ONE thing. Connected at a psychological level at least... So what does this mean practically? In this episode we consider our connection and how, when we act in the space of connection, we p...

Caroline Williams the respected science journalist and author, joins me in the studio to discuss her work with Interoception: a fascinating and little explored avenue of science. We live in a well explored world of the 5 senses; as we were all taught at school. However, the sixth of the senses is very real and discernible, located INSIDE us. INTEROCEPTION is our inner processing of stimuli. Caroli...

If I asked you what the tone of your inner conversation was what would you answer? Our Meatsuit comes equipped with a fabulous inner voice or "aspect of ourself" who we trust with important tasks; keeping us authentic, hard working, creative or fun Trouble is - we never really define its job role do we? It was helpful once, but a few years on, it hassles us day and night, often criticisi...

PERI is the root of the word PERIL and it sits at the centre of your life exPERIence... The word itself feels big and heavy doesn't it? think and feel it as you consider this episode... You might even think do I want to hear about FEAR? Whatever comes up constitutes your perception at this moment in time... Of course not all fears are Fear, are they? how do we tell the difference any more? Mod...

The world makes us very untrusting of emotions - those we encounter on the outside as much as our own. Often we do not recognise what emotions we are experiencing and - if we do - they seem big and complex in their own right. Emotions are non negotiable! It would serve us well to re-aquaint ourselves with them because they are the key MOTIVATOR of our life. Cash value of such emotional literacy is...

The Ego is of vital importance for a healthy and successful life. Trouble is, who we THINK we are; is not who we REALLY are... Navigating change means developing a purposeful rudder in the water of modern life. Getting to know your Ego and understanding how you operate on a deeper level empowers you, beyond managing into succeeding.. Listen in for some tips on how the ego might manifest its issues...

Why is it so tough to extend yourself the same compassion we so freely give to others? In this episode we consider this subject and try to do exactly that! Are you being nice to you? Are you on the rollercoaster of emotions?

When we review our day, we can often be victims of cringe. Our personality arbitrates and determines our behaviours as right, or wrong. Often, we berate ourselves for assumed ghastly and abhorrent wrongdoing. Do we need the guilt trip? Is it justifiable? We can avoid that pattern by applying a bit of reflective calm. Dialling down and refining personality, making our inner life much nicer to live...

The stuff you avoid doesn’t disappear — it waits. This episode is about understanding that it takes A LOT of your daily energy to ‘compartmentalise’ your life journey, and that there is nothing to be scared of by pragmatic life admin. Just as you begin to feel like you are finally beginning to clam your mind for peace. Your mind presents every decision as the "worst" decision you ever made, with a...

You have all the answers even though it might not feel that way. It can be hard to see the wood for the trees... Here we describe some of our experiences that pointed us in the direction of self improvement, and reassured us that mindful change is self inflicted.. You are the architect of your life :)

It is very high-brow to argue over what consciousness is, but when we consider what it can DO for us - things get interesting! We look at when consciousness has shown up in our lives and how we have recognised its potential AND its ramifications! Join our conversation about how we experience the need to understand our selves..

Meatsuits is the result of confusion in the world of wellbeing. This is a raw dialogue exploring topics that we have found to have real importance to the quality of our lives... Playing better versions of ourselves has never been more important, or harder to do... Meatsuits examines all sorts of consciousness topics in short, spicy bites, explaining their cash value and asking thought provoking, r...