Pearls of Wisdom

In this inspiring conversation, Julia speaks with Tim B’Vard — performer, former lawyer, and creator of The Bavard Bar — about a profound turning point in his life.  After eight years of hosting his fabulous live show filled with play, passion, and community, Tim has stepped away to make space for recovery, reflection and whatever comes next. He shares candidly about the unfolding of this new chap...

Julia Chi and Anadi James explore the power of perspective and how the lens through which we view the world is shaped by our own conditioning, beliefs, and lived experiences. We often think we’re seeing reality "as it is," but in truth, we’re seeing it as we are . This conversation dives into how awareness of our personal paradigm opens the door to greater understanding, connection, and...

In this conversation, Julia sits down with Anadi James Taylor to explore the profound truth that abundance is not something we chase—it's something we awaken to within ourselves.  Together, they unravel how societal conditioning and inner beliefs create a sense of lack, convincing us that love, joy, money, health, and nourishment are scarce.  But what if the opposite is true? Through deep inn...

In this powerful episode, I sit down with Anadi James Taylor to explore the deep truth that all external conflict—whether in relationships, the workplace, or the world at large—mirrors inner unrest. Together, we unpack how early life patterns and subconscious programming shape our reactions and how unresolved inner wounds perpetuate cycles of conflict. We delve into challenging territory, includin...

In this episode, I speak with artist Athena Jane Churchill: www.athenajane.co.uk Athena is currently engaged in three major creative projects, two in Devon: Our Freedom – ourfreedom.org.uk , and Barnstaple Public Art Consultation – barnstaple.co.uk She has recently been commissioned to lead a new initiative in Bognor Regis. In our conversation, Athena shares deeply personal insights into her artis...

 In this episode of Navigating Change , host Julia Chi and guest Anadi James dive deep into the world of change and uncertainty.  They explore how the only true certainty in life is found in the stillness within, and discuss how this perspective has shaped their own journeys.  Through personal stories and reflections, they share how embracing stillness helped them navigate some of their most chall...

In this podcast, Julia and Anadi explore further the idea :  'If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you' ... They discuss whether in being outside our comfort zone, we can discover inner strengths and attain skills we didn't know we were capable of. Julia and Anadi also investigate resilience and explore how this aspect can be developed to enable us to discover and...

This is part 1 of a dialogue of exploration between Julia and Anadi about the idea that 'If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you...' In this podcast Anadi and Julia explore the concepts of challenge and change, and whether we need to do either? They discuss investigating our own personal paradigm - our own map of how we see the world - to discover what is right for us...

In this podcast Julia and Anadi engage in a dialogue of exploration about 'Relationship as a mirror'... They talk about how the closer the relationship is the closer the mirror is for us to see ourselves reflected back - it can become a magnifying glass! And often when what we see, we don't like, we 'project' the un wanted  or unknown or unseen aspects of ourself onto the...

In this podcast, Julia talks about how all relationships exist in 'the space between' us, and how we can make a difference to the quality of the relating by being mindful of what we put into that space... What we say and do can heal or hurt the space, create harmony or conflict...

In this podcast Julia and Anadi explore intentional dialogue in more depth, and talk about how it is the bedrock of being present in  every moment in every interaction. Through a commitment to take responsibility for ourselves and our reactivities, we can play our part in keeping 'the space between' - where all relating exists - safe and harmonious and expansive.

'To thine own self be true', but who is our true self, how do we know, and even if we do how do we live our lives true to ourselves, especially if it goes against family or societal expectations... In this podcast, Anadi and Julia explore this, covering areas such as how much we are influenced by our conditioning that we may be living by default having lost the ability to hear our own tr...

In this podcast Julia and Anadi explore how to be aware of creating our lives consciously. 90 - 95% of all we do is coming from the subconscious mind... Julia and Anadi explore how the routines before sleep and upon waking help with clearing throughout the day and maintaining presence to create  from a place of stillness, free of unconscious patterns and programmes 

In this podcast Julia and Anadi talk about systemic therapy and social construction and how this can help people understand themselves better, and see the wider picture in terms of how they define themselves in their families, friendship groups and in society as a whole. By asking questions that are circular rather than linear it is possible to open the view of difficult situations and discover th...

In this podcast, Julia Chi and Anadi James have a conversation about Consciously relating and what this means and looks like... This is a definition of Conscious relationship: 'Conscious Relating involves becoming aware of how the imprints of your past experiences inform your current relationship patterns, learning tools to relate consciously from a place of safety and trust, and embracing ch...

Roy Palmer is a 'working on the street' calligrapher... He is affiliated with the Gagliardi gallery on the King's road. In this podcast, Roy talks about his journey from becoming homeless at the beginning of 2023, to transforming his life into popular calligrapher and artist. He can be found on instagram @royscribe

In this podcast Julia Chi has a conversation with her husband Anadi James Taylor about presence, and how they experience this in their lives. They also explore the process of clearing through being aware and present in every moment.

Pru Dawes is an event rider competing at 3 star level; she also show jumps up to 1 meter 35. Pru owns her own horse who she competes with, and she also owns Flash Cooley riden by Gemma Stevens.  Flash Cooley is a 4 star event horse and he is aiming for 5 star which is the highest level possible. In this podcast Pru talks about how she made the transition from ski ing as her main focus, to horse ri...

Jamie Jeffery is a an acrobatic gymnast. With his partner Aden, they achieved a silver medal when competing for Great Britain in the European Games in 2019. In 2021 Jamie ruptured his achilles tendon and although he made a full recovery, in this podcast he shares how his life and career changed direction following this event!  Jamie is now a teacher of core strength, flexibility and acrobatic skil...

Tim crook, AKA Tim B'Vard is the founder of the Bavard Bar, which is described as 'A delightful blend of TED, comedy and radio 4 - sort of'! The Bavard Bars opened its doors in March 2017 and has grown in popularity exponentially.  It 'happens' in the Towner gallery in Eastbourne on the 2nd Wednesday of each month; and in the Kino- Teatr in St Leonards on the 3rd  Wednesda...

Katie and Julia created a podcast together recently where they talked about Katie's art...  This is the link to that podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1192556/12046221 During the podcast they discovered they had both lost a parent when they were young. In this podcast they talk about their loss and the effects of this they have seen in their adult lives Katie Sollohub is an artist. She draws...

In this podcast Julia  has a conversation with her husband Anadi about being conscious in relating, with the bedrock of this being Intentional Dialogue. Intentional Dialogue which was created by Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt to help couple relate consciously. Intentional dialogue keeps the space clean and clear between anyone in a conversation We often don’t realise how little we are listening t...

Julian Oakland And I  recorded this podcast 2 years ago! Many things have changed since then...  I have put my shoes on the race again! I decided against running the length of the coutry barefoot and Julian has changed his job!  In this conversation Julian shares with us his running journey and how he came to start running in races and enjoy training to improve his times. Julian started on the LIF...

The London Marathon had always been Sam Simpson's dream, but she was told by the medical professionals that running, was out of the question. In this Podcast Sam tells us how she proved them wrong, and completed her first London marathon in October  2022! Sam is now in training for her second London Marathon this coming April 2023. Sam is raising money for Children with Cancer UK a cause very...

Joey Hogger started dancing when he was fifteen years old... He went on to train professionally, and his dancing took him touring as a contemporary dancer with multiple dance companies, for several years. Joey travelled all over the UK and Europe until 2020 when lockdown put a stop to his career, and resulted in a complete change of direction... In this podcast Joey talks about how he managed the...