Gillian chats with Robyn Harris about reclaiming your body, mind, and joy. Robyn shares her journey from burnout and ineffective treatments to empowerment through understanding how thoughts, beliefs, and nervous system regulation shape wellbeing. She dives into creating internal safety, the role of the vagus nerve, breathwork, and the power of response-ability over pressure.

Find out more on Robyn's website. HERE

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In this episode of Unmuted: Beyond the Good Girl, host Gillian Wray dives into this month’s SpeakEasy archetype theme: The Rebel.

But this isn’t leather jackets and dramatic exits.

This is the quiet, simmering inner protest that builds after years of being “good.” The over-functioning. The self-silencing. The staying when you already know something isn’t right.

Using her signature “fire phrases” exercise, Gillian explores how the Rebel often emerges not as chaos, but as a signal. A flare in the night sky that says: this isn’t working anymore.

She unpacks:

• Why rebellion is romanticised in culture but pathologized in women

• How the suppressed or shadow Rebel shows up as burn-it-all-down energy, contrariness, or bridge-burning

• The pattern of quiet rebellion, where resentment builds until a sudden, extreme exit

• Her own story of ignoring deep discomfort in a teaching job in the UAE before making a radical shift to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

• What an integrated Rebel looks like and how she helps you name what’s wrong, fight injustice, and realign with your values

Instead of shaming the fire, Gillian offers compassion, curiosity, and powerful journaling practices to work with it.

She leaves listeners with this prompt:
“Where am I being too nice to be honest, but too resentful to stay quiet?”

Plus:

• An invitation to join the Speakeasy membership for monthly archetype explorations, coaching circles, and journaling tools

• A peek at current and upcoming themes: The Lover and next month’s Crone

• A preview of next week’s guest episode with Robyn Harris on growing up in Northern Ireland, wonder, and Dancing with Life

If your inner Rebel has been pacing the halls lately, this episode is your invitation to listen before she flips the table.

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On Unmuted, we speak the truths we were trained to hide.

In this episode, Felicia Thomas shares her journey of overcoming fear and judgment to speak her truth and share her art.

We dive into how combining journaling and affirmations can shift old beliefs, build confidence, and support mindset changes that help anyone move past self-doubt.

Whether you’re exploring creative expression or looking to grow personally, this conversation offers practical insights on confidence, self-expression, and personal growth.

Links

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In this episode, I talk with Gen Z British-Pakistani poet Aiman Sabir about poetry as a tool for expression and cultural authenticity. She shares why embracing your mother tongue in poetry—without translating everything—is powerful, how it helps break cultural silences, and why dual heritage is something to celebrate, not hide.

The Unmuted Lounge is always open. Join the conversation.

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Body Sovereignty: Why Women’s Bodies Are Political, Personal, and Powerful

In this episode of Unmuted, I’m joined by Kat Shaw, an activist artist whose work makes one thing very clear: women’s bodies are not decorative, neutral, or up for debate.

Kat shares how her own struggles with body image led her to paint thousands of women as they actually are. Not idealised. Not apologetic. Not edited for comfort. Her art sits at the intersection of play, provocation, and protest, challenging the way women are taught to shrink, soften, and behave.

We talk about body sovereignty, the politics of the female body, and why reclaiming your body is never just a personal journey. It’s cultural. It’s confrontational. It’s necessary.

This conversation explores art as activism, the impact of patriarchy on how women inhabit their bodies, and what happens when women stop trying to be palatable. Kat also shares the stories behind her most provocative projects, including the Pussy Power Oracle deck and live events like Unapologetic and Uprising, where women are invited to take up space without apology.

Explore Kat's work:

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Secure a place at BAD DATES AND BREAKUPS

Winter isn’t twinkly lights and resolutions. It’s grief. Stillness. Burnout. And women carrying too much for too long.

In this solo episode, I talk about what winter really asks of us—and what we’ve been trained not to hear beneath all the glitter and noise.

We move through:

• The reckoning that comes after the holidays

• Myths, archetypes, and the shadow season

• Why “new year, new you” is a scam

• Winter as a time to listen, not perform

This one’s for the tired ones. The quiet ones. The ones not trying to reinvent themselves, just trying to rest.

If you want to continue the conversation join me in the Unmuted Lounge.

The Lounge

If you want to go deeper an explore how to tap into the power and wisdom of the feminine archetypes through journaling and deep mythic conversations then the SpeakEasy is open...

The SpeakEasy

What if branding wasn’t about colours and fonts—but about telling the truth about who you really are?

In this episode, I talk with ADHD brand strategist Katie Cope about unmasking, neurodivergence, and what it takes to build a business that reflects your actual energy—not the version the algorithm wants. We get into values, visibility, and why traditional branding advice often leaves the most honest voices out.

✨ Inside this one:

• ADHD, energy, and branding that doesn’t burn you out

• Unmasking and showing up when you’ve been conditioned to hide

• The lie of “professionalism” and who it’s really for

• How to build a brand around truth, not tricks

• Creating a business that feels like coming home

Find Katie Here

https://www.keppelleopardcreative.com/

or on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/katieatkeppelleopard/

The SpeakEasy is open

The SpeakEasy

What happens when the “good girl” finally dies? This solo episode kicks off Season 2 with a funeral—for Gigi, the obedient, over-functioning version of me who was built to survive but never to thrive.

I talk about how “good girl” conditioning shapes our stories, our silence, and our self-worth—and why I’m done with it. We also touch on the season ahead: guests, themes, archetypes, and what it really means to reclaim your voice in community.

This one’s part confession, part invitation, and part burial.

🔪 Topics:

• The myth of the “good girl”

• Archetypes + unlearning obedience

• How community helps us reclaim ourselves

• Season 2 preview + why it’s going to hit harder

Come to the funeral. Gigi would’ve wanted you there.

Replay in the Lounge

In the season finale of Unmuted, I step into the mirror. This episode is a confession, a contemplation, a small reckoning with the parts of me that live in projection — and the ones that write poetry from it.

I talk about the slippery line between longing and delusion, between the archetype and the actual person. I tell you about the Sovereign Poet. About how the imagination can be both a sanctuary and a snare — and how I’ve learned to live with it, use it, and not be undone by it.

If you’ve ever fallen for a fantasy, written a story in your head, or felt like your inner world was louder than your outer one — this one’s for you.

In this episode, I find myself thinking about what Voice actually is and the link between shame and silence; desire and voice.

I talk about fear and control and how the silencing voice gets formed.

I share a personal experience from my youth where I began to experience the internal cost of silencing myself.

I talk about my long path back to self-trust and the soul craft tools of poetry and journaling.

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