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I’m joined by Kit OMalley, author of "Balancing Act: Writing Through a Bipolar Life," Kit is a mental health advocate, public speaker, and former psychotherapist who lives with bipolar disorder. Her personal experience and clinical background inform her advocacy and enable her to help herself and guide others toward mental health recovery. We talk about Kit’s work volunteering with the US National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and how they are supporting an national suicide and crisis line. We compared how mental health is supported in the UK and how Kit used creative ways to support her psychotherapy patients and her own mental health as she came to terms with living with a Bipolar diagnosis.

LINKS

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (United States) If you or someone you know is struggling or needs support now, 24/7: Call or text 988 988lifeline.org

You are not alone. contact the US National Alliance on Mental Illness: nami.org

Kit’s Website: https://www.kittomalley.com

BOOK LINK: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B083H59W59

Twitter; @KittOMalley

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

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

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.

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For episode 24 I’m joined by Wild Creative podcast host Emma Kvetna who is a Canadian writer and poet with ancestry in the UK and Czech Republic, currently living in Nova Scotia on the traditional territory of the Mi'kmaq Nation. Her work has appeared in Filling Station, Planisphere Quarterly, Bell Press and FAYD Digital and her work has been shortlisted in UK writing contests. Born and raised in Ontario, Emma graduated from the University of Victoria with a BA in Anthropology and has since worked  in various roles including self-publishing services. In 2019, she began offering web & graphic design, branding, and editing services working with clients in the creative and healing sectors. She is also an alternative writing teacher, musician and artist.

We talk about her Wild Creative podcast and her wide and varied creative practice , discussing how different forms of writing and journaling support her and her students.

To learn more about Emma’s work her links are here:

Instagram: instagram.com/emmakvetna

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/emmakventa

Wild Creative: https://rss.com/podcasts/wildcreative/

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.

You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!

Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:

And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.

For episode 16 we have another brilliant guest.This week I’m joined  from sunny California by Emily Schaules, a Transformational Coach who works primarily with women with invisible illness.

Emily is a former attorney, professional actor, Lead Coach at Masterpath Coaching, Founder/CEO of The Canary Club, and creator of the 7-Day Virtual Retreat, ‘Shift Yourself’. Emily went from suicidal and on 25 pills a day by the time she was 30, to thriving in her body, mind and spirit. She utilizes Hermetic and Universal laws, as well as practical health and wellness knowledge, to help those who are sick of the struggle and want to design a dream

life that honours their body and experience.

We chat about designing our working lives around our health to find better ways to beat burnout and smash stigma about talking about our health and protect our boundaries.

We also share ways to support people with ‘invisible’ illnesses with more compassion and creativity, and discuss the damaging health impacts of overwork and the ‘always on’ culture and how the 40-hour work week model is no longer a good fit for a healthy working life.

To connect with Emily and find out more about her amazing work, here are her links:

www.emilyshaules.com 

https://www.instagram.com/shift.yourself/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/shiftyourselfretreat

Watch Emily's TedX Talk "Shift Happens" here.

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here

If you want to create resilience, here is how I can help you:

And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.

For episode 25 I’m joined by Artist, illustrator and creative writer  Joe Kiney-Whitmore, who is originally from Wigan, England but has lived and worked in Poland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and now lives in Montreal, Canada. He has experience teaching creative workshops for children, young adults and adults with mental health challenges and learning differences.

He talks about his journey since getting sober over 2 years ago, and forging his own path as a self-employed artist and blogger. We also discuss his goal to build an online learning hub and community for young creative men who have lost their way with alcohol or have a negative relationship with substances and don't feel creatively fulfilled or who are struggling with reality and finding meaning in their lives.

We chat about how creativity helped Joe to find structure in his life and support his journey to sobriety and  maintain his daily life staying sober and he shares some great tips to get creative every day. 

To find out more about Joe’s work and story he is on Instragram: @joekineywhitmore and FaceBook here 

His Creating Sobriety group can be found here: @creating_sobriety

And on Facebook here.

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.

You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!

Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:

And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.

For episode 23 I’m joined by Jess Wiggins from glorious Devon in South West UK .

She is  a Transformational Coach who supports people with their mindset & confidence, helping them to overcome their fears, limiting beliefs & self doubt so they can stop procrastinating & feeling stuck & can finally start taking action to create the things they want in business and life. We chat about her experience of burnout and stress that caused her to develop heart problems, & how getting more creative helped her to  get through and turn her life around so much so that she is now a qualified Transformational Coach helping clients with mindset, thought patterns and limiting beliefs that keep them stuck and unhappy.

Jess has created a guide that sets out three simple yet powerful mindset shifts that will enable you to overcome your fears and self-doubt so you can take back control and finally start taking action towards the things you want, you can download it here:

Jess also has a free Facebook group, 'A Limitless Life' where she hosts weekly lives & shares tips & tools to help you develop the mindset and confidence you need to show up fully as yourself & to achieve your big goals so you can live a happy & fulfilling life. You can join here:

And find Jess on instagram here: 

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!

Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:

And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.

For episode 20 we have another brilliant guest this week calling in from Calgary, Canada.

Dr Candice Staniak is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, Spiritual Yogi, Speaker, Author, Social Marketer, and a huge advocate for people having the ability to reach their spiritual potential. She understands the trials and tribulations related to the struggle of choosing and gaining freedom from the ego (mind, body, pain body, and collective unconscious).

Candice is a co- author of Business, Life and Universe Vol. 2 and has launched a successful 6 week online Energized You program, that helps people gain energy and detox. She is also the creator of the Whole Body Visionaries Facebook Group. Creating a community for people that value Holistic Care. She knows that health is wealth, and when health suffers so do many other areas of life.

We had a really interesting chat about her work and how she brings creativity into investigating the root causes of the symptoms that her patients present.  We discuss how keeping an open mind and feeling safe to deal with past trauma and limiting beliefs is key to balance your energy, and of course how to get creative about reframing and releasing to build resilience.

You can find Dr Candace at https://fatiguerelief.carrd.co/ and on Instagram @drcandicestaniek.

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.

You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!

Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:

And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.

For episode 18 we have another brilliant guest.This week I’m joined  from Richmond Virginia by Dr Amber Tichenor, founder of To Be, Coaching + Consulting® . Amber has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organisational Psychology and is a thought leader on the topic of female rivalry. 

Amber has 20+ years’ experience as an Organisational consultant and we also discuss her book, “Behind Frenemy Lines: Rising Above Female Rivalry To Be Unstoppable Together,”

Amber  helps leaders and organisations in uncertain times, to guide their teams to be productive and engage. and  be empowered and inspired, and in this episode we talk about how creativity can help with effective communication, in  both listening and responding to others in the workplace and our wider social world.

I particularly love this quote from Amber’s site: [email protected]

and hope that after listening to this you’ll be able to communicate better and stay in touch with your inner creative  and resilient self !

No woman should be so nice that she loses herself.

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.

You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!

Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:

And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.

For episode 17 I’m on catchup after catching covid and letting the recordings slip for a few weeks as life got in the way!

Hear all about the creative projects I’ve been involved with, as well as the exciting guests I've been busy recording for future episodes, and my reflections on a recent visit to Berlin with the family and all the creative inspiration from the museums as street art we saw there.

I also share some insights from the Social prescribing project I've been working on over the past year and the impact it has had on the participants that took part. The video I mention in the episode can be found here:

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.

You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!

Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:

And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.

For episode 16 we have another brilliant guest.This week I’m joined  from sunny California by Emily Schaules, a Transformational Coach who works primarily with women with invisible illness.

Emily is a former attorney, professional actor, Lead Coach at Masterpath Coaching, Founder/CEO of The Canary Club, and creator of the 7-Day Virtual Retreat, ‘Shift Yourself’. Emily went from suicidal and on 25 pills a day by the time she was 30, to thriving in her body, mind and spirit. She utilizes Hermetic and Universal laws, as well as practical health and wellness knowledge, to help those who are sick of the struggle and want to design a dream

life that honours their body and experience.

We chat about designing our working lives around our health to find better ways to beat burnout and smash stigma about talking about our health and protect our boundaries.

We also share ways to support people with ‘invisible’ illnesses with more compassion and creativity, and discuss the damaging health impacts of overwork and the ‘always on’ culture and how the 40-hour work week model is no longer a good fit for a healthy working life.

To connect with Emily and find out more about her amazing work, here are her links:

www.emilyshaules.com 

https://www.instagram.com/shift.yourself/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/shiftyourselfretreat

Watch Emily's TedX Talk "Shift Happens" here.

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here

If you want to create resilience, here is how I can help you:

And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.

For episode 13 we continue the music theme with another amazing guest. This week I’m joined by Kirstie Costar, who is also known as Bower music UK and Nomad Soul song tutor.

Kirstie is a singer songwriter and music tutor working holistically to create a learning experience that is student centred. Kirstie helps her students to improve musically and creates a safe and fun space for exploration of creativity, confidence and resilience.

She is a graduate of BIMM London in Popular Music performance vocals, and holds a Masters in Songwriting from Bath Spa University.

Kirstie writes and records her own musical material creating honest music about her own emotional experiences and subjects she feels strongly about such as inequality and conservation.

I’ve had the pleasure to have been friends and worked with Kirstie over the past eight years and she was also one of my early EFT clients- we didn’t get to talk about it in our chat here as we were so busy talking about Kirstie’s musical journey, but you can see an interview we did together here .

Kirstie shares her lifelong love of music and performing, and how she used travelling solo to build her confidence, learn about other cultures and use these as inspiration for her writing and music performance. We also explore how she teaches clients to find their voice through vocal coaching and breathing on her 10 week course 'The singer songwriter' s book of shadows' where she covers subjects such as meditative songwriting and yoga to aid singing and creativity vocal and general health through food, art as inspiration for writing and much more.

To learn more about Kirstie’s work and hear her beautiful music here are her links:

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’.

If you want to create resilience, here's how I can help you:

If you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.