The Art of Expression

What have you swallowed to keep the peace? An opinion? An objection? A great big, entirely justified er, NO? Perhaps tears, maybe anger. Or a sound you’ve never quite felt free to make. This conversation began with singing. After my chatter with the lovely Anna Beaumont , Patricia Meier left a comment about her own experience of using her voice to make intuitive sounds and how powerful, difficult...

I try to keep these conversations to around 45 minutes but this one was pure gold, and I couldn’t bring myself to cut a thing. Such was Billie Savage’s (can we pause to appreciate what a kick-ass name that is? Kick ass by name, kick ass by nature) wisdom, experience and extraordinary story. And still, there was so much we didn’t reach. We didn’t speak about grief, or acknowledge Billie’s recent lo...

The Art of Expression is back! And, in a minor technological milestone, this is the first episode I’ve recorded with an actual proper microphone. 😂 So if I sound approximately 73% more professional while remaining exactly as messy and all over the place, that’s why.🎙️ That moment before hitting record…ooof, still gets me. And that’s before I started…wait for it…singing down my shiny new microphon...

This whole chat feels less like an interview and more like stepping across a threshold. 🐝I’m joined by dreamworker, animist beekeeper and teacher Ariella Daly to explore bees, dreams, healing, visibility and the courage to create a livelihood rooted in inner knowing rather than inherited models. 🐝We speak about illness as initiation rather than malfunction, why the pressure to “find your purpose...

Do we cultivate awareness or remember it? This is a wee talk and then meditation on awareness (separate audio). Inspired by Hawk’s Eye, the stone of awareness, seeing the bigger picture and also the winter solstice this weekedn, this is an invitation to rise into a wider view, not to fix or analyse what’s happening, but to just notice and observe ourselves with kindness and compassion. Our awarene...

You might want to pop your fingers in your ears while I let out an excited scream… GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Ahem. Thank you. (Suzy regains composure.) That’s how gleeful I feel about dropping this conversation your way today. It’s a veritable goldmine of wisdom, depth, and BIG LOVE. Scott Stabile carries glowing words from Elizabeth Gilbert and Glennon Doyle on his book covers, and ha...

I went pedalling along the Leeds–Liverpool (in reverse) Canal with a bike heavy as a small donkey and panniers full of snacks, dreams, and entirely too few phone chargers. What I came back with (apart from sun burn) were lessons. Real lessons. Canal-wisdom. Life-wisdom. Suzyness magicks. 🎉 Thanks for reading Suzy Exhales! Hit subscribe (it’s free!) and consider it my birthday confetti. Oh and her...

There’s something sacred about hearing someone speak from the places they’re still healing from. No shiny solutions, no “10 steps to wholeness,” just a real-time unraveling of shame, survival, and becoming. Today’s guest, David Deane Haskell, is one of those rare voices. A writer and Substacker whose words offer raw soul-reflection and quiet courage. David isn’t reporting from some far off Utopia...

🧩This week’s conversation on the Art of Expression is for anyone who’s walked, or feels they continue to walk, through fire for their work to be seen. This week’s episode is a gentle, honest conversation with Dr. Bronce Rice. Bronce is a psychoanalyst, psychologist, and author of The Wellbeing Equation on Substack. What I love about Bronce isn’t just his professional depth, it’s his humanness. Hi...

🎙️ The Art of Expression 💫In this gentle, wisdom-rich conversation, I enjoy elevenses with artist and creative wellbeing guide Georgie St Clair. It was a total delight to go a-rummaging through Georgie’s world and studio for half an hour. ✨ Georgie writes and speaks so beautifully about how art, rest, and slow living aren’t just self-care — they’re a quiet rebellion against hustle culture, and a...

The Art of Expression (formerly Unmute Yourself) As already mentioned I’ve changed the name of the podcast because Unmute Yourself carried - at least in my head anyway - a kind of shouty energy. And that’s just not me. These conversations are about how we move through fear, shame and self doubt, find safety and the stillness within, so we can offer the fullest expression of our magic - whatever fo...

Show Notes: What if the reason your content feels heavy, your launches feel forced, and your voice doesn’t quite land… is because you’re building from someone else’s blueprint? That sure was me until I stumbled upon the magicks that is Rachael.🪄 In this expansive and empowering conversation, I chat with messaging mentor and Human Design expert Rachel Weaver, who has a gift for helping creatives,...

Rooted in Truth, Free in Spirit – A Conversation with John who goes by the name of Zudlow. This week on Unmute Yourself, I have the absolute joy of talking with the soulful, intrepid, and wildly creative John—also known as Zudlow. He’s multi-lingual, a writer, artist, world-traveler, boat-washer, English teacher, tour guide and he’ll drop everything at the chance to enjoy life… honestly, he’s livi...

Unmute Yourself - Chapter 11 💫 ✨Unmute Yourself is a podcast about breaking through fear, finding our voice, and sharing our magic with the world. It’s for those who have spent too long holding back—whether from self-doubt, past conditioning, or the fear of being truly seen. 💫✨Through candid conversations with inspiring creators, we explore the courage it takes to express oneself fully, to be...

Unmute Yourself - Chapter 10 💫 ✨Unmute Yourself is a podcast about breaking through fear, finding our voice, and sharing our magic with the world. It’s for those who have spent too long holding back—whether from self-doubt, past conditioning, or the fear of being truly seen. 💫✨Through candid conversations with inspiring creators, we explore the courage it takes to express oneself fully, to be...

Unmute Yourself - Chapter 9 💫 ✨Unmute Yourself is my podcast about breaking through fear, finding your voice, and sharing your magic with the world. It’s for those who have spent too long holding back—whether from self-doubt, past conditioning, or the fear of being truly seen. 💫✨Through candid conversations with inspiring creators, we explore the courage it takes to express oneself fully, to b...

Unmute Yourself - Chapter 8 💫 ✨Unmute Yourself is my podcast about breaking through fear, finding your voice, and sharing your magic with the world. It’s for those who have spent too long holding back—whether from self-doubt, past conditioning, or the fear of being truly seen. 💫✨Through candid conversations with inspiring creators, we explore the courage it takes to express oneself fully, to b...

💫Once upon a time, there was an enchanted series, where folk gathered to hear the tales of creators who bravely faced, conquered, and continued to conquer, the demons of fear, thus revealing their magical gifts, skills, and true essence to the world.✨ 💫I’ve been sitting with wondrous souls—artists, travelers of distant lands, weavers of words, capturers of light, coaches, practitioners, and wis...

💫Once upon a time, there was an enchanted series, where folk gathered to hear the tales of creators who bravely faced, conquered, and continued to conquer, the demons of fear, thus revealing their magical gifts, skills, and true essence to the world.✨ 💫I’ve been sitting with wondrous souls—artists, travelers of distant lands, weavers of words, capturers of light, coaches, practitioners, and wis...

(I’m still working on sound quality with audio…thank you for your glorious patience!) John Cleese once said that the greatest fear of the English is embarrassment. I’ve collected some hardcore qualifications in the Art of Squirming. Floofing up. Wanting the ground to swallow me whole. When your personality is one part open-hearted extrovert, one part deeply sensitive introvert, it’s like oil and w...

The ‘Unmute Yourself’ Podcast 💫Once upon a time, there was an enchanted series, where folk gathered to hear the tales of creators who bravely faced, conquered, and continued to conquer, the demons of fear, thus revealing their magical gifts, skills, and true essence to the world.✨ 💫I’ve been sitting with wondrous souls—artists, travelers of distant lands, weavers of words, capturers of light, c...

💫Once upon a time, there was an enchanted series, where folk gathered to hear the tales of creators who bravely faced, conquered, and continued to conquer, the demons of fear, thus revealing their magical gifts, skills, and true essence to the world.✨ 💫I’ve been sitting with wondrous souls—artists, travelers of distant lands, weavers of words, capturers of light, coaches, practitioners, and wis...

💫Once upon a time, there was an enchanted series, where folk gathered to hear the tales of creators who bravely faced, conquered, and continued to conquer, the demons of fear, thus revealing their magical gifts, skills, and true essence to the world.✨ I’ve been sitting with wondrous souls—artists, travelers of distant lands, weavers of words, capturers of light, coaches, practitioners, and wise...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. ~ James Russell Lowell ~ 💫Once upon a time, there was an enchanted series, where folk gathered to hear the tales of creators who bravely faced, conquered, and continued to conquer, the dragons of fear, thus revealing their magical gifts, skills, and true essence to the world.✨ I’ve been sitting with wond...

Chapter One Just over two years ago, I hosted a mindset webinar for the charity I’d ran the London Marathon for in October 2022. Even though the webinar went well and I have a passion for public speaking, what followed was a significant contraction—a trauma response, if you will. It was a shrinking of self and a desire to never be seen or heard again. I actually stayed in bed for several days afte...