The Adventures of Self Podcast

Exploring and Expressing Inspiration – with Amanda Hill Ryall


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This week's adventure is taken in the company of Amanda Hill Ryall, a primary school teacher who has written a book – ‘I Choose Me’ – about her change and learning in life and coming to accept herself and to move away from the Idea of perfectionism. She’s also written a series of four other books called ‘Mood Munchers’ for children which talk about processing emotions and that all emotions are OK.

They discuss all of this as well as what it means to be an inspiration living in the spirit of the moment in a tale of joy, compassion and discovery.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

  • Inspiring is literally drawing in breath to invigorate the body. The breath is the coming home. Life can get difficult and in situations where I’m feeling overwhelmed, I’ll stop for a moment and breathe deeply. We’re born with our breath and we’ll die with our breath, it’s part of us but we don’t use it and come home to ourselves enough.
  • The reason I decided to be a teacher of young children is because of their creativity, curiosity and innocence. They’re out to play, they don’t care what anybody things, they accept everything just as it is in the present moment. As we get older we lose that.
  • I ask my pupils ‘do you think I know everything? I may be an adult, but I’m the same as you, just a bit taller, we’re all connected.’ How we connect to each other is important
  • The biggest breakthrough for me, as an adult, was the statement ‘Thank you, btu what you think of me is none of my business.’ I thought, of course it’s my business how very dare you! That shocked me to my core to realise how attached I was to the approval of others. Why?
  • I was addicted to guilt and shame, they were my ‘go to’ places; you eat the chocolate cake and berate yourself for it the next day. Spend a day catching yourself and write down each time you do. What I look into now is gratitude; gratitude that I’m alive with my breath to stand up and meet and make connections with people. 
  • BEST MOMENTS 

    ‘We can all inspire, but you have to connect with yourself first.’

    ‘I was avoiding myself at all costs, but I wrote my first book to get over my victimhood and become centred.’

    ‘Taking silent time for yourself is the most beautiful gift you can give yourself.’

    ‘School should be about discovery. Discovery of self and discovery of learning.’

    ‘I’m not critical anymore, if something doesn’t go the way I thought it was going to I keep an open mind. That’s where growth is.’

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    ABOUT THE GUEST

    As a best-selling author and podcaster with her show ‘You Choose You Now’, Amanda is a leader in helping parents and adults to heal their inner wounded child so they can become the very best version of themselves to inspire their children – our future. With her passion, energy and enthusiasm Amanda is courageous in sharing her own story of depression and low self-worth to reveal how she overcame her limiting beliefs and inherited family narratives to become a woman that lives in complete gratitude and alignment with her purpose and in doing so, enable others to come home to themselves and lead others.

    As a mother and wife, Amanda is the CEO (Chief Energy Officer) in her family and with her sense of joy and excitement shows up as a role-model for her family and inspires them to accept who they truly are.

    A teacher working in both in the UK and abroad, Amanda has worked in the Education sector to allow children to show up as individuals to discover their interests through their curiosity, creativity and sense of wonder. Helping children to understand that they are not their thoughts or their emotions, Amanda has created her ‘Mood Munchers’ characters that are all the emotions we feel but are uncomfortable communicating. With her awareness and spirit of joy, she uses these characters in the classrooms to help children acknowledge their feelings. 

    Amanda is based in London, UK and has appeared as a guest speaker in podcast shows such as “The Mummy Warriors”, “Let’s Talk About Self Harm”, “The Journey” and more. She has been on radio with "The Yakking Show” and “Chat and Spin Radio”.  

    With her passion and purpose, Amanda is determined to help parents connect with their inner child and heal themselves so that they are their true authentic beings and as a result become amazing, inspirational parents.  

    In love, joy and compassion Amanda shows up every day to inspire and lead those around her so that the world can become a better place to BE.            

    ABOUT THE HOST

    Taylor Roark is the founder of Galliant Trainings, which guides and facilitates individuals and organisations in Creative Purpose.

    He has worked variously as a school bus driver, a blacksmith, a Wall Street lawyer and a developer of offshore wind farms. He has lived on 3 continents, travelled to more than 50 countries and currently resides in London, England.

    Taylor is a keen cyclist, an amateur photographer, an alchemical writer, a weekend DJ and a Taoist at heart. He chooses to live life as a mythical adventure.

    “The adventure you seek in life is yourself!”

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