Less Surface Level

Less Surface Level

By Tessa LloydSociety & Culture
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Less Surface Level episodes

  • Breaking the "life is hard" cycle
    Today we’re acknowledging that things can be hard, and validating this with compassion and empathy. And today we’re also acknowledging that while this is true, sometimes we can stay in our sh*t for longer than is necessary. Sometimes we can find it easier to bond over the struggle, and look for reasons why things need to be hard. Sometimes, our ego or subconscious finds ways to make life harder for ourselves, because hard is what we’ve always known. Hard can feel like home. With adrenaline and low level connection being a seemingly positive payoff for creating an ongoing cycle of “life’s hard” for ourselves, it can be hard to break the cycle. Today, I want to talk about how we can do that. I chat on:The way dysfunction and illness can be an addictive thing for us to resonate with and sit in, because they serve a sneaky function of providing us with an identity What space we could make if our identity wasn’t centred around our dysfunction, our “brokenness” and our limitationsThe way filling up our lives with what feels GOOD, can be our guiding star for pulling us out of our sh*tWhy we can be drawn to making life hard for ourselves even when it’s not necessary, and how to break the story of “things need to feel hard to feel worth it”Enjoy my loves x
    27 min
  • S01 - E06 Sorting your finances with Ryan Monaghan (audio only)

    Today we’re chatting to Ryan from the Cashflow Co about money, the taboo topic that guides so much of what we do. We're going to explore:

    • The way that Money has been generally perceived in the past as private, dirty laundry not to be aired out with others.
    • How the Cashflow guys are helping to open and maintain a dialogue about the integrity and purpose of money. Why it’s important for us to be talking about and learning about money
    • How we can we rewire our “money stories” or limiting beliefs around money
    • How our intrinsic values and personality impact how we spend our money
    • Looking into if money can actually make us happy

    Enjoy x

    50 min
  • S01 - E05 Period talk with Shannon Beard (audio only)

    Today’s podcast is all about something society has seen us rarely talking about in the past, periods. We're going to be looking into menstrual cycles and the “seasons” within these cycles, and how these impact SO many components of our life.

    This episode is dedicated to anyone who identifies as a cyclical being. We acknowledge that not all those who menstruate identify as female (for example, transgender men), and not all female identifying people menstruate (for example, those experiencing menopause or Amenorrhea).

    We'll be exploring the following questions sent in by our podcast instagram family:

    - What are the different stages / seasons of the menstruation cycle?

    - What changes can a person that menstruates expect to experience in different stages?

    - What hormonal changes can be experienced?

    - How can the menstrual cycle impact mental health?

    - What self care practices would you recommend for the different stages of the cycle?

    - How can a person that menstruates begin to track their cycle?

    - How can someone track their cycle if they're no longer menstruating?

    Enjoy x

    1 hr 19 min
  • S1 - E04 Attachment styles with Tully O'Connor (audio only)

    Today we’re chatting love and relating with Tully O'Connor.

    Here’s a quick peak at what we touch on today:

    • Attachment styles, including the anxious, avoidant and secure attachment style

    • What it looks like when we lean towards a particular style and how to support ourselves during these times

    • How the relationship we had with our parents affects how we show up in relationships as adolescents and adults

    • How to show up for a healthy relationship

    • How to self soothe and change patterns of self-sabotage

    • How to take responsibility for yourself in a relationship

    • Non-negotiables in relationships and when you’ve crossed from healthy but needing to support, to a toxic / dangerous relationship

    • The different relationship stages, including the honeymoon phase and the shadow phase

    Enjoy x

    1 hr 20 min
  • How to Create your 2021
    Who were you before the world hurt you?I asked and you delivered - you guys told me about the things holding you back from creating your life, and I’m going to riff on them today. Funnily enough all of them linked to the three main pillars of this podcast, authenticity, bravery and intentionality. Today I’ll be addressing:Expectations, societies expectations and conditioningFeeling like shame and fear takes over. Imposter syndrome, not feeling worthy of taking up space in the area that you want to take up space in.Not feeling like I have the time or money to show up.P.s. Here are the journal prompts mentioned as we close off 2020 today.What habits, behaviours, people and places do you want to leave behind in 2020?What do you want to call into 2021?What is one way you want to be more authentic, more of the real you?What is one way that you want to bravely show up?What is one way that you can be more intentional about your life?What do you want to create for yourself and your life in 2021?Love you ALL. Thank you for a wonderful first season of Create Your Life. See you next year!T x
    57 min
  • Georgia Wall from Motea Pleasure discusses the S word, P word and M word
    Welcome to episode 09, my loves. Today we’re talking to Georgia Wall from @motea.pleasure.Georgia is an Occupational Therapist working within a Melbourne hospital, and is also the founder of Motea.Motea is a platform that promotes equality, diversity, confidence, self esteem, body awareness and positivity, sexual and sensual experiences for all, and personal power through pleasure.Today we’re going to be talking about:What led Georgia to walking the path that she is now.Some of the reasons are alot of us still not talking about sex.The shame that can surround things that bring us joy and pleasure.The differences in the way males and females are taught about sex at a young age, and if as a society we still want our girls to be “good girls.”The ways that we can support ourselves when we have a low lobido, and the ways that we can transition from work mode, to sex mode, to sleep mode.Masturbation and self pleasure.The importance of being aware of, acknowledging, and promoting the inclusivity of sex and pleasure amongst ALL groups of people, such as older adults, people with a disability, and the LGBTQIA+ community.Body positivity, hygiene and sexual healthMotea: Georgia’s wonderful wonderful platform of story sharing, pleasure products, education and community energy.This conversation turned out to be huge growth for me, I hope you can grow with us during this conversation too. x
    1 hr 31 min
  • S1 - E03 Ego talk with Kat John (audio only)

    Today I'm talking to my life coach. She's someone who is influencing my life in the most powerful way at the moment; Kat John. Kat runs a movement called the Zero Fks movement, where she encourages her clients and wider community to save their fucks for the things that matter.

    Kat has SO much knowledge about the ego, the limiting beliefs that we can have about ourselves which serve to hold us back in the world, staying in our personal power, living with intentional, intuition, meditation - the list goes on. Kat has supported me to understand my limiting beliefs and how to co-exist with these and heal the patterns these can create. I hope to share with you Kat’s magnificence in today’s podcast. We will be chatting on:

    • the ego and the sneaky way that this can influence our life
    • the nine common limiting beliefs and the ways that these show up in our lives
    • how these limiting beliefs create enneagrams (identities) that shape the way we show up in the world
    • the limiting beliefs that Kat and I both lived into prior to doing “the work”, and the ways that this can still show up in our lives
    • practical ways of staying true to yourself rather than acting from stress and ego

    Enjoy x

    1 hr 12 min
  • S01 - E02 Men's mental health with Gabe McClelland (audio only)

    Today I’m talking to Gabe McClelland from the men's mental health movement, Hey Mate.

    This absolute legend supports men to firstly open up about what’s going on for them, and secondly to live a life that feels true for them. I believe that he is quite literally saving lives, at a time where male suicide rates are higher than ever. Hey Mate is one of many emerging beautiful movements that provide a bridge for men who know they need to talk about something and figure things out, but don’t know where to start. Currently eight Australians die each day by suicide, and 75% of those who take their own life are male. 1 in 4 Australians report feeling lonely and unable to seek support for the stress that life brings. And this data doesn’t even look at the amount of men who feel lost, disconnected, misunderstood or pressured to live a life that they don’t want to live. Research shows us that the following protective factors are the leading support systems for men in managing mental health:

    • supportive social relationships
    • a sense of control
    • a sense of purpose
    • family harmony
    • effective help-seeking
    • positive connections to good health services available,

    all of which I believe Gabe and his amazing Hey Mate team are promoting.

    Here’s to humans doing brilliant work and inspiring others to do the same. It was an honour to chat about this with Gabe, and we all thank you for showing up how you do. Enjoy x

    1 hr 13 min

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