the Henny Flynn podcast

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ My guest today shares how her time in the military and the challenges she faced as a young woman combined to help her reach the Gentle place. Debbie Edwards is a transformational leadership coach and energy healer. In our conversation, we explore: The importance of a gentle / compassionate stance in the workplace - and how hard it can feel when it’s conditioned ou...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ It’s taken me such a long time to work out how to begin this new series. Not through lack of willingness - perhaps in fact through too much WILLingness! I’ve thought and thought and thought and thought - and then I remembered that what I actually need to do is FEEL. So I did that instead - and it showed me the way in. Today's reflections include... Sometimes we ne...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ How can we begin to recover from Grief? When I explored bereavement counselling for myself, a few years ago, I heard that it’s best not to approach it until 6-months or so has passed. The idea being that until that first wave has passed, we’re not ready to explore how to move forward. But, this gentle advice left me feeling a little lost. Unsure how to process or...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Today’s episode is a chance to dance through some of the areas we explore in the Season Retreats. These retreats are all about INTENTION SETTING. Each one designed to help us consider what it is we wish to draw to us over the coming season. An intention is a feeling that arises that informs a SHORT, POSITIVE statement in the PRESENT tense as though it is already h...

I'm back with the wonderful Susan McCulley. And today we have a tender topic. When discussing shame it feels so essential to hold ourselves gently. We touch on areas that may feel challenging. We explore aspects of our own responses to shame, and the associated emotions that connect with it. We traverse the landscape of shame to see how we can hold ourselves with ever-deeper compassion. There are...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ What language does your body speak? My guest this week says: "When you understand your hormones and the impact they have on every aspect of your life, you are then in a position to choose what’s best for you to feel your most vibrant." Abi Adams has created a unique approach to menstrual cycle health, exercise and emotional wellbeing, and offers her clients tools...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ What happens when our choice to change gets questioned? How many times have you observed - in yourself, or someone else - a desire to JUSTIFY something that you’re doing - that you KNOW is really benefiting you… really serving you but that you suspect the other person won’t quite GET? Maybe it’s a little embarrassing to admit that you’ve adopted a new habit or beh...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ How can we relax into sleeping well... rather than striving to sleep 'better'? I met Dr. Kat when I was hosting an evening presentation, and she was the guest speaker. I was so impressed by her approach to the work that she does - and the huge range of knowledge she holds - that I immediately invited her to join me as a guest here. Dr. Kat Lederle, PhD, MSc, is So...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This episode was particularly important to me personally (well... let’s face it - ALL the episodes are important to me personally!), but this one felt particularly so…  30 years ago, I met Sarah Rozenthuler - then the girlfriend of my housemate at University… now a psychologist, coach and author. She has been part of my own change journey, sometimes in very subtle...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ “Every beginning is a consequence. Every beginning ends something.” Paul Valéry Shifting into changes means sensing the new beginning ahead of us. AND Saying goodbye to what went before. Endings are crucial to positive change. Whether that’s about shifting into a new life stage, a new job, a new mindset. And they’re often ignored - or rushed past. In this episode...

I am so delighted to say that once again I’m in conversation with the marvellous Susan McCulley. This episode builds on our most recent episode together, at the end of Series 3 - all about honouring what we need when we need it most. I’ve titled this episode ‘Hope is now’ as it was essentially where we landed with our explorations. And then Susan shared this quote from David Roberts: “Hope isn’t a...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ We’ve all seen over the past year how houses in more remote (and beautiful) parts of the country have become so sought after. People leaving where they’ve lived for many years to move to the countryside… escaping city life… moving to a new life. There are many things that drive a drastic move or change in direction. Sometimes it’s a sharp realisation of ‘if not no...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This episode was inspired by two personal, challenging events... that each required a moment to regroup, to come back to self. One of the events we discuss really belongs to my husband  - here I share my experience of his story. And the other belongs to my guest today, the wonderful Susan McCulley. Susan joined me in a previous conversation. That was the first tim...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Yoga Nidra is top of my personal self-care tool-kit. I use it for the long-term benefits it brings AND as a form of first aid whenever I feel tired and want to regather my energy, or if I feel that something is overwhelming me and I need to restore my sense of balance. If you're driving or walking or working on something, wait until you're somewhere you can fully...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ In 2015 I went to see a hypnotist, to see if she could help me stop smoking for good. This was before I'd learnt what I now know about what creates habits and drives behaviour and I was struggling with how to embed the change. I knew I needed some expert support. The woman I saw quite literally changed my life and I haven't smoked since. She also opened my mind to...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Today's guest was quite simply a joy to spend time with. Katie Hess is someone whose purpose and passion shines from within and I think you're going to love meeting her too. This is an opportunity to hear how flower botanicals can become part of our journey of change. Just as you may already use essential oils, this takes that experience to a whole new level. I've...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This week we’re in conversation with another wonderful guest… recorded with a live audience.  Canadian born, now living in Holland, Dr Jenn Salib-Huber is a Registered Dietitian and Naturopathic Doctor but let’s make it clear, while we ARE talking about eating, we are NOT talking about dieting! As any regular listeners to the show will know, my own relationship wi...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ I didn’t know what to focus this episode of the podcast on. Ordinarily I have a pretty clear idea, or something arises in the week and I think ‘oh, yes, that!’. But not this week. This week it took until Friday afternoon for me to realise I still hadn’t recorded it - and still wasn’t sure what to record it on. Then I had a chat with Angus (he of the intro / outro...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ There is a growing understanding that every woman’s menopause is different - and that what supports each woman is different too. And yet, we can often hold an unconscious bias around what menopause is like for others. Our unconscious bias is part of how we make sense of the world - and once we know it's there, we have the opportunity to change. A while ago a frien...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Self-compassion is part of what builds our bed-rock of self-care - and what helps us develop self-awareness, which in turn is what helps us make and manage change.  This episode is adapted from a recent micro retreat I ran, all about how we can develop this important quality of self-compassion. It includes:  Thoughts on the science of self-compassion, and why it's...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Inspired by a conversation with my own coach. This episode asks what’s truly important to you - for your whole self - and what is it you’re no longer willing to compromise on… There's an important caveat to this idea of 'non-negotiables' - that they don't then lead us into a fixed mindset. It's about identifying what's truly in our best service and then creating t...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This episode was recorded in December 2020 with embodied movement specialist, Susan McCulley. While the conversation begins with menopause it swiftly moves into the realms of how it is to care deeply for ourselves - from a multi-faced approach. These topics are relevant for us all - whatever gender you identify with, or life stage you find yourself in. Susan McCul...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Welcome back to series 3! This idea that began as a little idea nearly a year ago has resulted in 27 episodes and counting. Thank you so much for listening and for your comments, thoughts and reflections. It makes the creation of these episodes such a joy.  Over this episode we’ll look at a something that often arises at this time of year - but really is relevant...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ We all inherit stories from others. Whether that’s from our family lines, society or powerful others who’ve imprinted their own stories upon our beliefs and behaviours. As ever, with all of this work, the opportunity is to see what we have inherited and bring our compassion and non-judgemental observation to it… in  order to see what we wish to continue to carry w...

Tap to send me your reflections ♡ We’ve gone a bit off piste this week. But! There is a reason. If you’re a regular listener to the podcast, you’ll know that over the past few years I’ve taken myself on a journey of change. There’s little in my life that’s been unaffected. It’s what’s led to the work I do - and it’s led to this podcast… and, specifically, this episode. Through that time journaling...