Toxic Silence

What if the patterns you’ve spent your life trying to “fix” are actually doorways back to who you truly are? In this episode, I’m joined by Human Design expert, master coach, and host of the globally recognised  Human Design Podcast ,  Emma Dunwoody . Known for making Human Design and the Gene Keys practical, accessible, and deeply transformative, Emma bridges ancient wisdom systems with modern ps...

In this episode of  Toxic Silence , we explore one of the most surprising and intimate relationships in the body: the connection between the Heart and the tongue. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Heart “opens to the tongue,” governing speech, truth-telling, and the Shen — the light of spirit that animates us. And modern science is now confirming what the classics have always known: nearly half...

In this episode, we dive into the real world of  hypnotherapy  — far from stage tricks or swinging watches, and back to its ancient roots in the healing temples of Egypt and Greece. Modern hypnotherapy, shaped by Mesmer, Braid and Erickson, blends psychology, neuroscience and the art of working safely with the subconscious. Hypnotherapy isn’t about losing control — it’s about reclaiming it. By gui...

In today’s episode, we journey into the sacred sound traditions of  mantra  and  kirtan  — two ancient practices that use the voice as a vehicle for healing, devotion, and transformation. Mantra  — from the Sanskrit roots  “man”  (to think) and  “tra”  (to liberate) — means “a tool of the mind that leads to freedom.” It’s the rhythmic repetition of sacred sound or vibration to calm the mind and aw...

Healing doesn’t always require effort — sometimes it begins in stillness. A simple gesture, a soft breath, the willingness to bring awareness to the places we’ve abandoned. In this episode of  Toxic Silence , we’re exploring the body’s most ancient language — the quiet gestures, shapes, and postures through which emotion speaks when words fall away. This is the essence of Kriya, of Mudra, of movem...

Today we’re exploring something that lives beneath language… beneath thought… even beneath emotion. It’s the body’s own rhythm of release — a trembling, shaking, quivering movement that we’ve long been taught to suppress. It's something called it  TRE — Trauma and Tension Release Exercises  — a simple but profound practice that invites the body to remember how to let go. When animals experienc...

Today I’m joined by Kim Williams, founder of the Frequency Lab in Newtown, Sydney. Kim is an experienced wellness entrepreneur, aromatherapist, and sound medicine practitioner whose work bridges ancient healing and modern innovation. In this conversation, we explore the language of frequency — how rhythm, resonance, and light entrain the body toward coherence, release stored emotion, and help us r...

Today I'm honoured to be speaking with Vicki Noble, author, scholar, teacher, artist, mother, and one of the true pioneers of modern feminist spirituality. Vicki is best known as the co-creator of the Motherpeace Tarot, the first feminist deck of its kind.  For more than 40 years, Vicki has been a leading voice in the study and revival of the ancient feminine mysteries. Teaching about the Dakini,...

Today we’re diving into a profound conversation about the body as a vessel of memory, energy, and truth — and the spine as a living archive of both our pain and our potential. My guest is Dr Olivia Whan , a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine who also works in the quantum field through Spinal Energetics and trauma-informed Kundalini Activation . Olivia weaves these modalities into a practice th...

Today we’re entering a sacred conversation — one that takes us deep into the wisdom of the body, and more specifically, into the seat of our creativity, intuition, and lineage: the womb. Our guest is the radiant Zoe Bosco — a teacher, guide, and energetic practitioner whose work weaves kinesiology, ancestral healing, and the reclamation of the feminine voice. Zoe supports women to awaken their gre...

In this season of Toxic Silence, we’ve been exploring how silence can wound us—how unspoken truths, unmet needs, and lost attunement create toxic patterns in our lives. Today’s conversation takes us straight into the heart of that theme. When we talk about lost attunement, we’re really talking about one of the earliest forms of toxic silence: the silence of a parent who doesn’t respond, mirror, or...

Today we journey along the banks of the Rhine River in Germany, a mythic waterway that has carried stories, merchants, crusaders… and mystery for centuries. From this sacred soil flowed Hildegard of Bingen—born in September 1098, fierce, fertile, and destined to move with purpose. Hildegard was the tenth child of noble parents and, as such, was given to the Church as a spiritual offering. At just...

Join us as we journey into the heart of Australia’s landscape—its scent, its medicine, its memory—through the lens of  flower essences . Our guest is  Ian White , founder of  Australian Bush Flower Essences , whose work has helped countless people connect with the healing wisdom of native plants. If you’ve ever wondered why a walk in the bush can shift your mood, or why a single flower can feel li...

Rudolph Steiner is quoted as saying -  "For every human illness, somewhere in the world there exists a plant which is the cure.” Plants have been human’s companion since the beginning of time - providing us with everything we need to survive and thrive.  Yet in today’s modern world of instant gratification, processed food devoid of a life force, screens everywhere, all the time, all at once,...

The ancient Mayan and Incan civilisations were the first to record various theories of consciousness. Since then many different definitions have sprouted up in various spiritual, psychological, medical, and moral texts in both Eastern and Western cultures. The ancient Mayans were among the first to suggest an organised sense of each level of consciousness, it’s purpose and relationship to humanity...

Hippocrates once said - A physician without a knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician. And many centuries later - super psychologist Carl Jung made this comment - We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Jyotish is the traditional Hindu system of astrology, orig...

The word 'Yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj', meaning 'to unite; ’to join' or 'to yoke’. So yoga means union, but we don’t see a lot of uniting going on with trikanasana these days do we?   Have we lost the point of yoga, or have we never found unity to be the point?  As per Yogic scriptures, the authentic practice of Yoga leads to the union of Individual con...

‘Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice. It's not a thing to be waited for, it's a thing to be achieved’ . I had this quote by William Jennings Bryan stuck on my fridge for decades, as I've often thought about the difference between fate and destiny. Maybe we can control our destinies, but not necessarily our fate. And the difference is what? Some would say that...

For many thousands of years ancient sages and enlightened communities have understood the significance of sound as a sacred instrument of immense power and potential, not only for healing but also for spiritual development. All tribes throughout history have been working in harmony with sound, and weaving it into their rituals, ceremonies, rites of passage, meditations, celebrations and healing ph...

A single moment can last forever in our memory, yet research has shown us that perhaps our memories are less than accurate.   Which begs the question - if the average person has approximately 60,000 thoughts per day, and 75% of these thoughts are negative, and 95% are repetitive - what would happen if we consciously changed or ‘reprogrammed’ our traumatic memories? It’s a traditional Lakota belief...

There was a time, and not so long ago, that matriarchal -or Mother-centred societies were the norm, and within this system there was Goddess worship - known as The Triple Goddess. During these times, especially in modern Pagan traditions, the Triple Goddess was said to represent the cycle of a woman’s life. Honouring the Maiden, Mother and Crone, and is often associated with Artemis - the Maiden,...

Psychologist Carl Jung called the energies that reside within us archetypes, and one of the primary archetypes we all possess is that of the Inner Child. The inner child is the part in our psyche that retains its innocence, creativity, and sense of wonder and awe - irrespective of our actual biological age. The Wounded IC feels that in the deepest parts of their being, there is something terribly...

EMDR is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with PTSD. In other words, it enables clients to heal from the emotional distress and physical symptoms that are the result of difficult life experiences.  The Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho has a quote that goes something like this - ‘To heal a wound you must stop scratching it.’ He’s likening hea...

The interaction between the mind and body was first put forward in the west about 500 years ago by the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes. Descartes believed that the mind was non-physical and permeated the entire body - interacting via the pineal gland, (also known as the ‘third eye’). And indeed we now know that the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis is stimulated via the...

PTSTD or Postnatal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder could in many situations be avoided if the mother had been heard. Instead we have too many women being diagnosed with PTSTD, stemming from a less than ideal birthing experience.  PTSTD is a type of anxiety disorder, also known as birth trauma, with symptoms including vivid flashbacks - feeling that the trauma is happening right now, not being able...