Create Your Story Podcast

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Create Your Story Podcast on Leadership, Self-Awareness and Life Trails.

I'm joined by Brian Lawrence, Director of Life Trails Consulting and an accomplished global facilitator, Leadership Coach, MBTI Master Practitioner and EQi Master Practitioner.

We chat about Brian's journey to leadership coaching and facilitating and his love of working with teams and individuals on self-awareness with many tools, including personality type and emotional intelligence. And his recently developed program, Dancing with Your Inner Wolves, which inspires personal growth through an innovative approach to the Jungian cognitive functions. It all focuses around how we can be a more whole human.

The full transcript is here:

https://www.quietwriting.com/leadership-self-awareness-life-trails-brian-lawrence/

We chat about:

• Self-awareness and personality type
• Leadership and self-leadership
• Value of certifications & learning frameworks
• Misunderstandings about introverts
• Brian's Dancing with Your Inner Wolves program
• Our 8 inner wolves and becoming holistic person
• Working with cards and tactile learning
• And so much more

Brian Lawrence is the Director of Life Trails Consulting and an accomplished global facilitator and coach. He is an MBTI Master Practitioner and EQi Master Trainer and has accredited over a thousand practitioners in 7 countries over 11 years. He has designed and led numerous programmes in team development, emotional intelligence and leadership across the globe. Brian's clients include The Warehouse Group, The West Auckland trusts, OXFAM, The Well Connected Alliance, Roche, ASB Bank, Shell, Rio Tinto and BP. He has been a leadership coach and facilitator for 18 years.

You can connect with Brian:

Website: Life Trails Consulting

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lifetrailsconsulting

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianlaw/

Email: [email protected]

Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition

Wholehearted Companion Workbook

Chapter 1 of Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition

Other free resources

Work with me

Personality Stories Coaching

The Writing Road Trip—a community program with Beth Cregan—kicking off 31 Jan 2022

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writingquietly/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writingquietly

Twitter: https://twitter.com/writingquietly

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terri-connellan/

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Create Your Story Podcast on Intuiting, Channelled Writing and Connecting.

I'm joined by Natasha Piccolo, Mama, Author, Speech Pathologist, Life Coach and Small Business Owner. We chat about Natasha's soon-to-be-published book, The Balance Theory and how it was written in a channelled way. And Natasha's multi-faceted life and the threads that connect it together.

We chat about:

• Following your intuition
• Writing The Balance Theory
• Channelled writing
• Dealing with loss
• Being in balance
• Healing our inner child
• Connecting as a core value
• Multiple life roles and how they connect
• Mental health challenges + learning
• Practical self-care tips

Full transcript: https://www.quietwriting.com/intuiting-channelled-writing-connecting-natasha-piccolo/

Natasha Piccolo is a mama, small business owner and author. She is always up for a good chat as her main work roles include clinical Speech Pathology and coaching. Her business, Resonate Holistic assists clients to facilitate healthy communication across the life span. Her first book, 'The Balance Theory' is out in March with the kind press. She has recently contributed to 'This I Know Is True' – a collection of stories to inspire community progress alongside 18 other women in the health and wellness space. Natasha hopes that her words motivate others to live a life that is consciously aligned.

You can connect with Natasha via:

Website: www.resonateholistic.com.au

Instagram: @tashspeaks

@resonate_holistic

@pina_piccolina

Book purchase links:

This I Know is True

Australia | Booktopia | Amazon AU

International | Amazon UK | Amazon US

The Balance Theory links - forthcoming when pre-orders open in March 2022.

Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition

Wholehearted Companion Workbook

Chapter 1 of Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition

Other free resources

Work with me

Personality Stories Coaching

The Writing Road Trip - a community program with Beth Cregan - kicking off Jan 2022

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Create Your Story Podcast on Creating, Grief Coaching & Pro-Ageing. I'm joined by Valerie Lewis, Grief & Loss Coach, Lifestyle Model, 60+ Pro-Ager and Creative Dabbler.

We chat about creativity as a central life value and practice and how it helps in so many ways including dealing with grief and loss. And about being a grief coach and 60plus pro-ager!

Topics include:

• Life after tragedy and loss
• Embracing creativity
• Choosing not to climb the corporate ladder
• Dealing with loss
• Making transitions later in life
• Grief coaching + supporting others
• Creativity + intuitive art
• Being a 60plus pro-ager
• Becoming a model

Full transcript: https://www.quietwriting.com/creating-grief-coaching-proageing-valerie-lewis/

Valerie Lewis is a multi-passionate 60plus pro ager. Through grief coaching and personal growth facilitation, she supports and empowers those who are lost and confused with the direction they want to take following a significant life event that has impacted them and their sense of self. Her interests include being an intuitive reader, Reiki and crystals practitioner and avid creative dabbler.

You can connect with Valerie at her website Visualise and Bloom or via Instagram @visualiseandbloom

Newsletter sign-up: Blooming news + free guided meditation

You can also read Valerie's Wholehearted Story, The Silent Whispers of my Mind and an interview with Valerie on her transition journey: Sacred Creative Stories of Transition.

Book Club: Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club – open for enrolment now, closing soon – join us for January 19/20 book club start.

Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition

Wholehearted Companion Workbook

Chapter 1 of Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition

https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-chapter-1

Other free resources: https://www.quietwriting.com/free-resources/

Work with me

Personality Stories Coaching

The Writing Road Trip – a community program with Beth Cregan – kicking off Jan 2022

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writingquietly/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writingquietly

Twitter: https://twitter.com/writingquietly

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terri-connellan/

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Create Your Story Podcast on Shaping a Multi-Passionate Life.

I'm joined by Meredith Fuller, Psychologist, Author, Media Spokesperson, Career Change Specialist and Theatre Maker. We chat about shaping a multi-passionate life in practical terms! There are so many tips for living a full, wise and creative life without overwhelm.

Full transcript: https://www.quietwriting.com/shaping-multipassionate-life-meredith-fuller/

We cover:

• Making transitions from work or a life we don't love
• Tools for tapping into what is not conscious
• Living a full, multi-passionate life in practical terms.
• Meredith's book Working with Bitches
• My book Wholehearted & how Meredith is working with it with clients
• Thinking and Feeling preferences in women
• Choosing projects wisely
• How personality insights can help
• How tarot insights can help
• Setting boundaries

Meredith's concurrent careers have included author, playwright, columnist & media commentator, talkback radio guest, theatre director & producer, TV co-host, actor, psychological profiler and trainer. As a psychologist in private practice, providing counselling and career development to individuals and groups, she has also consulted to organisations on professional development and interpersonal skills for over 40 years. She ran a university careers counselling service for 12 years and has been a sessional lecturer in postgraduate courses in vocational psychology at several universities.

Meredith's website: https://meredithfuller.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mfpsy/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fuller.walsh

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-fuller-8075a110/

Book Club: Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club

QuietWriting.com

Chapter 1 of Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition

https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-chapter-1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writingquietly/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writingquietly

Book Club: Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Create Your Story Podcast on Developing an Artist's Life.

I'm joined by Lynn Hanford-Day of Sacred Intuitive Art – a visual artist working with sacred geometry, mandalas and Islamic patterns and a coach and psychotherapist.

We chat about:

• Challenging transitions
• Moving on from difficult times
• Developing an artist's life
• Lynn's art business & practice, Sacred Intuitive Art
• Balancing corporate and creative living
• Patterns and spirals in art and life
• Manifesting & discipline
• Living wholeheartedly & in the moment

Transcript and show notes: https://www.quietwriting.com/developing-an-artists-life-lynn-hanford-day/

Lynn Hanford-Day is a visual artist working with sacred geometry, mandalas and Islamic pattern. Lynn is also dual qualified as a coach/psychotherapist and works with women in transition who are seeking meaning, purpose and wellbeing. Lynn is especially interested in creativity and intuition, positive psychology and strengths, helping people to access and express their inner wisdom. Lynn helps women discover clarity and confidence, path and purpose.

Lynn's art on her website: www.sacredintuitiveart.com.

Lynn's Instagram

My Wholehearted Books:

Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition

Wholehearted Companion Workbook

Chapter 1 of Wholehearted

https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-chapter-1

Work with me

Personality Stories Coaching

The Writing Road Trip

Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writingquietly/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writingquietly

Twitter: https://twitter.com/writingquietly

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terri-connellan/

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Create Your Story Podcast on Writing Together and in Community.

In this episode, I'm joined by Beth Cregan of Write Away With Me—writer, writing teacher, mentor and workshop leader, and soon to be published author—and my co-writing buddy.

We chat about:

• Co-writing together at dawn
• The value of writing community
• Writing identity
• Supporting each other
• Editing & long haul writing journeys
• Writing her soon to be published book
• Collaborating on The Writing Road Trip program
• And so much more!

Full transcript: https://www.quietwriting.com/writing-together-community-beth-cregan/

The Writing Road Trip—a community program with Beth & I—kicking off Jan 2022

Quiet Writing website: https://www.quietwriting.com/

Wholehearted Books: https://www.quietwriting.com/wholehearted-book/

Free copy of Chapter 1 of Wholehearted:

https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-chapter-1

About Beth Cregan

Twelve years ago, Beth combined her passion for creativity with her great love of writing to launch her business, 'Write Away With Me'. Since then, she's presented hundreds of writing workshops to inspire and encourage young writers to find their voice, develop their writing skills and connect with their inner storyteller. Her work has branched out to include presenting writing workshops for adults of all ages and stages and taking on the role of a writing mentor. She believes writing simply makes life better so in 2017, she set out on a journey to write a book to inspire teachers to develop a daily authentic writing practice in their classrooms. Soon to be published in 2022 by Hawker Brownlow Education, writing this book was a transformational experience both personally and professionally. Beth lives in Melbourne and when not writing or teaching, you'll find her painting, hiking, rummaging in her garden or in a forest, hugging trees.

Beth's website: Write Away with Me

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/write.away.with.me/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writeawaywithme/

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Create Your Story Podcast!

In this episode, I'm joined by Kerstin Pilz, published author, former academic, writing teacher, yoga teacher and retreat leader.

We chat about:

• Transition and turning points
• The healing power of writing
• Dealing with grief and challenges of loss
• Being a TEDx speaker
• The value of retreat for writing and life
• Being the author of your story
• Writing her memoir, 'Falling Apart Gracefully'
• Writing practices and teaching
• And so much more!

Full transcript: https://www.quietwriting.com/healing-power-writing-retreat-kerstin-pilz/

Quiet Writing website: https://www.quietwriting.com/

Wholehearted Books: https://www.quietwriting.com/wholehearted-book/

Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club: https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-selfleadership-book-club

Your free copy of Chapter 1 of Wholehearted:

https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-chapter-1

About Kerstin Pilz

Kerstin Pilz PhD is a published author, former academic with almost 20 years university teaching experience, a TEDx speaker and a 200 RYT yoga teacher. She is currently completing her memoir Falling Apart Gracefully. Her previous publications include academic monographs and travel features in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and the New York Times and travel industry magazines. When tragedy turned her life upside-down, she discovered the healing power of writing and now teaches creative writing online and on multi-day retreats in her beautiful home in Mission Beach, Far North Queensland, Australia and in Hoi An, Vietnam, where she lives part time.

Kerstin's website: www.writeyourjourney.com

Instagram: @writeyourjourney

Facebook: @writeyourjourney

TEDx talk on The Healing Power of Writing: https://www.writeyourjourney.com/kerstin-pilz-tedx-townsville-the-healing-power-of-writing/

or shortened version: https://youtu.be/btxVXcRDhqY

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Create Your Story podcast.

In this episode, I'm joined by Penelope Love, publisher, speaker and winner of the International Book Awards as author of Wake Up in Love and editor of my Wholehearted books.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Penelope's book Wake Up in Love
• The process and experience of writing Wake Up in Love.
• Collaboration on the writing journey
• Love, relationships and life connections
• Balancing writing and publishing journeys
• Writing practices
• Spiritual practice, Sadhana and Self-Inquiry
• And so much more!

Full transcript: https://www.quietwriting.com/waking-up-in-love-life-writing/

Quiet Writing website: https://www.quietwriting.com/

Wholehearted Books: https://www.quietwriting.com/wholehearted-book/

Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club: https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-selfleadership-book-club

Your free copy of Chapter 1 of Wholehearted:

https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-chapter-1

About Penelope Love

Penelope Love, MA, is a publisher, speaker and winner of the International Book Awards as author of Wake Up in Love. In 2000, her career launched in the editorial department of the University of Michigan Press, followed by Barnes & Noble, and the original publisher of Chicken Soup for the Soul. As she expanded into book design, production and business management, it was a natural evolution into the role of publisher. In 2016, she founded Citrine Publishing based on a visionary publisher-author partnership. Penelope passionately supports people in writing the books that only they can write, while also sharing the memoir only she could write, about sexual trauma healing and marriage to her spiritual teacher along a united path of Tantra and Self-Inquiry, illuminating these essential steps on the journey to liberation.

Penelope's Blog: https://www.wakeupinlove.com

Citrine Publishing: https://www.citrinepublishing.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penelopelovely

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penelopelovely

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/penelopelove

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/penelopelove

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PenelopeLove

Subscribe to Penelope's Love Life Column: https://wakeupinlove.com/subscribe

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Create Your Story Podcast!

This episode is the second Wholehearted Virtual Book Launch event on 10 September 2021. I chat with Beth Cregan, Lynn Hanford-Day and Meredith Fuller who have been key partners and supporters on the journey of writing Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition and the Wholehearted Companion Workbook.

In this episode, we talk about:

• An introduction to my book Wholehearted.
• The value of co-writing and community to help write
• Moving from Breakdown to Breakthrough
• How Wholehearted can help people in transition
• Tarot and intuition
• How creativity and art can help us heal and transition
• And so much more!

Full transcript: https://www.quietwriting.com/wholehearted-virtual-book-launch-2/

Quiet Writing website: https://www.quietwriting.com/

Wholehearted Books: https://www.quietwriting.com/wholehearted-book/

Your free copy of Chapter 1 of Wholehearted:

https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-chapter-1

About Beth Cregan

Twelve years ago Beth combined her passion for creativity with her great love of writing to launch her business, 'Write Away With Me'. Since then, she's presented hundreds of writing workshops to inspire and encourage young writers to find their voice, develop their writing skills and connect with their inner storyteller. Her work has branched out to include presenting writing workshops for adults of all ages and stages and taking on the role of a writing mentor. She believes writing simply makes life better so in 2017, she set out on a journey to write a book to inspire teachers to develop a daily authentic writing practice in their classrooms. Soon to be published in 2022 by Hawker Brownlow Education, writing this book was a transformational experience both personally and professionally. Beth lives in Melbourne.

Beth's website: Write Away with Me

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/write.away.with.me/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writeawaywithme/

Lynn Hanford-Day is a visual artist working with sacred geometry, mandalas and Islamic pattern. Lynn is also dual qualified as a coach/psychotherapist and works with women in transition who are seeking meaning, purpose and wellbeing. Lynn is especially interested in creativity and intuition, positive psychology and strengths, helping people to access and express their inner wisdom. Lynn helps women discover clarity and confidence, path and purpose.

Lynn's website: Sacred Creative Art

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredintuitiveart/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lynnhanforddaysacredintuitiveart

Meredith's concurrent careers have included author, playwright, columnist & media commentator, talkback radio guest, theatre director & producer, TV co-host, actor, psychological profiler and trainer. As a psychologist in private practice, providing counselling and career development to individuals and groups, she has also consulted to organisations on professional development and interpersonal skills for over 40 years. She ran a university careers counselling service for 12 years and has been a sessional lecturer in postgraduate courses in vocational psychology at several universities.

Meredith's website: https://meredithfuller.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mfpsy/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fuller.walsh

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Create Your Story Podcast!

This episode is the first Wholehearted Virtual Book Launch event on 9 September 2021. I chat with Penelope Love and Kirsten Pilz, who have been key partners and supporters on the journey of writing Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition and the Wholehearted Companion Workbook.

In this episode, we talk about:

• An introduction to my book, Wholehearted
• How the concept for Wholehearted was born
• The writing, editing and crafting process
• The value of retreat in the writing process
• Personality and writing
• Tenacity and the long-haul writing process
• Shadow careers and developing journeys
• And so much more!

Full transcript: https://www.quietwriting.com/wholehearted-virtual-book-launch-1/

Quiet Writing website: https://www.quietwriting.com/

Wholehearted Books: https://www.quietwriting.com/wholehearted-book/

Your free copy of Chapter 1 of Wholehearted:

https://www.quietwriting.net/wholehearted-chapter-1

About Penelope Love

Penelope Love, MA, is a publisher, speaker and winner of the International Book Awards as author of Wake Up in Love. In 2000, her career launched in the editorial department of the University of Michigan Press, followed by Barnes & Noble, and the original publisher of Chicken Soup for the Soul. As she expanded into book design, production and business management, it was a natural evolution into the role of publisher. In 2016, she founded Citrine Publishing based on a visionary publisher-author partnership. Penelope passionately supports people in writing the books that only they can write, while also sharing the memoir only she could write, about sexual trauma healing and marriage to her spiritual teacher along a united path of Tantra and Self-Inquiry, illuminating these essential steps on the journey to liberation.

Penelope's Blog: https://www.wakeupinlove.com

Citrine Publishing: https://www.citrinepublishing.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penelopelovely

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penelopelovely

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/penelopelove

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/penelopelove

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PenelopeLove

Subscribe to Penelope's Love Life Column: https://wakeupinlove.com/subscribe

About Kerstin Pilz

Kerstin Pilz PhD is a published author, former academic with almost 20 years university teaching experience, a TEDx speaker and a 200 RYT yoga teacher. She is currently completing her memoir Falling Apart Gracefully. Her previous publications include academic monographs and travel features in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and the New York Times and travel industry magazines. When tragedy turned her life upside-down, she discovered the healing power of writing and now teaches creative writing online and on multi-day retreats in her beautiful home in Mission Beach, Far North Queensland, Australia and in Hoi An, Vietnam, where she lives part time.

Kirsten's website: www.writeyourjourney.com

Instagram: @writeyourjourney

Facebook: @writeyourjourney

TEDx talk on The Healing Power of Writing: https://www.writeyourjourney.com/kerstin-pilz-tedx-townsville-the-healing-power-of-writing/

or shortened version: https://youtu.be/btxVXcRDhqY