Mel Bampton Presents...How Human

Aftermath. What we find ourselves in after a big night out on the booze. When things are messy, unclear and we're wondering how many pieces of our dignity and our connections are we going to have to clean up.
 
Aftermath. The time after a tsunami. Trying to find people. Place. Seeing things that will never leave us.

Aftermath. The early years of sobriety.

Processing a lifetime's worth of sordid memories. Cleaning up the self, for the self. Finding all the things we thought we'd lost about ourselves and saying goodbye to the things we never needed.

If you're sober, you may already have heard of this warm, funny, witty woman.

The creator of the Sober Awkward (@soberawkward) podcast and champion of a life without alcohol.

Former trashbag, now international treasure @drunkmummysobermummy, Mamma, Author, blog writer (www.drunkmummysobermummy.com), speaker, creator of the Cuppa Community (www.cuppa.community) professional sobrietist, the glorious Victoria Vanstone.

And if you'd like to hear Lissie's power-packed sober sermon at the recent Messages From The Bottle: Stories of Sobriety show, click here.

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The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

What happens when you’re on a very straighty one eighty trajectory climbing the conditioned tiers of Christion upbringing, devoted wife, mother and Corporate CEO and then for the first time you take magic mushrooms at a festival in Portuagal and you have your mind blown out of the crown of your head, along with everything that was programmed into you to that point, and suddenly all you thought life was, is no longer holding true?

For Trauma-Informed Educator, Holly Rhodes it set in motion an odyssey of grand exploration - uprooting everything in her luxurious very corporate London life to find out what the hell happened in that pyschedelic experience and found herself going so deep into different spiritual studies, to living life between her new found place in the Kimberley region of northern Australia as well as with the phenomenal Aboriginal Women Elders of Balgo, who schooled her about life, the universe and everything, in one of the most remote Indigenous communities, with some of the most powerful law and knowledge keepers, in the world. This is a story of going where you never thought your life could go, to places and people you didn’t even know existed, by giving yourself permission to simply step through those doors one after another as they open up in front of you and find a purpose that no school counsellor ever offered up as possibility.

Special and vital acknowledgment to the Law Women of Kapululangu and Auntie Alison and the Mutitjulu Law Women for the work they do with the women's culture camps. If you're interested in the next one 28th March - 1st April 2023, you can email [email protected] for more info & the application form. More amazing camps planned in The Kimberley next year!

Holly Rhodes is a therapist who incorporates ceremonial healing, integrative therapies, community development and spiritual healing. She weaves a wealth of knowledge and experience into cultural immersions with Australia’s First Nations women. 
Holly spent over 4 years intensively training and finally initiated in Peru as a Currandera working with sacred plant medicines, she continues to offer traditional cultural experiences to Peru. For the past 9 years she has been intermittently living with and supporting the first contact Aboriginal Law Women of the Western Desert in Western Australia with their traditions, law and culture. She currently co-ordinates Women’s Culture Camps at Uluru with senior Elders who hold traditional Law ceremonies, in addition to deep for healing for participants. 
Holly studied her own European culture through a degree in Art History and English Literature at Roehampton University in London. S
 She is a Founder of the Strong Leeyan Collective, an initiative to support the development of Wellbeing and Empowerment hubs throughout the Kimberley where people can heal and educate themselves to be empowered in living more sustainably. 

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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• Subscribe to the website & get Mel's free 'Slaying Bad Habits Ebook'

Catch some of Mel's presentations:

The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Some of life's deepest and most important conversations are so often never had. Instead they languish behind the constructed veil of taboo or impoliteness, the most profound wisdoms left unshared. Leaving us all languishing in our own contemplative isolation

Sara Tindley has had a year none of us could conceive - thick with the heaviest blanket of grief, forced to acknowledge her own mortality, a catastrophic flood, all whilst being deeply engaged in motherhood, partnerhood, in the grand satisfaction of farming and the significance of writing songs to make sense of it all. 

In just a year,  lives completely changed - the loss of a daughter, a re-diagnosis and the most catastrophic of floods. This conversation is a profoundly rare opportunity to hear wisdom from inside the place we are all walking toward. It's a conversation of enduring the pains of human life and of the beauty and poetry that grows alongside.

If you're in the Northern Rivers, book your ticket for this remarkable woman's album launch Thursday 10th of November at Lismore's @theatrestarcourt And to witness the brilliance of Sara's gifted daughter Lily Bell-Tindley, watch the exquisitely moving Australian film Lou, in which she stars.

@saratindley and her brand new record Greetings From Lake St Clair. Starring on this episode of Lissie Turner Presents...

Dive deeper into the incredible world of Sara and www.saratindley.com

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Are you navigating the great minefield of the blended family? Rich no doubt in treasure but with booby traps set everywhere by young and old alike, being the mamma in a blended family takes a skill, a centredness and a suppleness like no other family construct.

Katie Rose has spent more than 25 years exploring eastern philosophy in yoga and in ayurveda, a passion that was inexplicably present within her even as a small child; a child captivated by thoughts of India, a country she'd never been to before nor knew much about at all. Yet so drawn to it she was, that at aged 16 she set off from the conservative hamlet of her upbringing and embarked on the adventure that would open up the door to the rest of her life's purpose. 

Using ALL of the tools from her years of study, Katie's unexpected life as a Mother of 5, has turned out to be her greatest ashram. This is an inspirational tale of global adventure distilled down to the most important one of all - that of being someone's mother, someone's partner and the discovery that every spiritual aspect has application and evolution within the home. This is the story of a contemporary woman overflowing with ancient knowledge, who has reached the great aspiration of - for the most part - liking herself.

You can find Katie Rose and all of her glorious, life-affirming offerings at www.bhaktirose.com.au

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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Catch some of Mel's presentations:

The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Ben Tillman did not hold back on starting adult life. At aged 20 with no idea about business, he and his mates started a cafe that would morph into an art gallery, a bar, a music venue and eventually a festival called Yours and Owls.  All of this kicking off around the same time as losing his father to a self-destructive spiral that would for a time feed his own. 

In 2012 Ben would jump behind the wheel of car with his two mates after a night on the booze, a split second decision to risk the short drive home. Within moments the car was upside down. And Ben, whilst conscious and in no pain, could not move his body. 

This is the story of the already bold life that proceeded that accident and of the phenomenal decade that came after. This is the school of finding acceptance for what is, whilst simultaneously, enthusiastically steering change.  This is the odyssey of one man discovering the potency of subtle tools for grand results and the affect of his mind on his healing.

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The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Did you know right now in the world there is an organisation called The Responsible Metaverse Alliance and that it exists to ensure the safety of people within the virtual world? Have you heard of transhumanism and what the greatest danger to humanity is in relation to artificial intelligence? Did you know that in the unregulated Metaverse, there is a sexual assault issue?

Unless you yourself are deeply embedded in the world of technology and AI, this episode is going to explode your mind. This is the story of a future that is already here. Of artificial intelligence, of a Universe that exists with visuals but no matter, yet creates a visceral and emotive response, it’s the mind-blowing reality of the Metaverse, it’s dangers and it’s opportunities and at the centre of it all, one woman on a mission to get ahead of it’s immensely rapid expansion and create a safe Metaverse foundation for all, it’s the incredible tale of a woman journeying through real planet earth deserts and jungles on her own adventure of self-discovery through pychedelics. 

Dr Catrina Wallace is the Founder of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance and the Executive Chair of Boab AI - Artesian Capital's AI Accelerator and VC fund, she has been recognised by the Australian Financial Review as the Most Influential Woman in Business & Entrepreneurship and was the Founder of Ethical AI Advisory, now part of the Gradient Institute, where Catriona is a Director. 
 
 She is the co-author of the book Checkmate Humanity: the how and why of Responsible AI.
 
Catriona was the Founder of Artificial Intelligence ASX Listed company Flamingo AI, which exited in 2020. Flamingo AI was the second only woman led (CEO & Chair) business ever to list on the Australian Stock Exchange. 

Beneath all of that Dr Catrina Wallace is a Woman, a Mother and a Medicine Woman in training – but perhaps not the kind of medicine you think.

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The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

The tale of Maori Scottish legend Jamie Milne, holds nothing ordinary. From the circumstances of his conception to the breaking of a world record with nauseating endurance, and every small and large action in between.

From a most unusual upbringing, that saw Jamie at the helm of his household from a very tiny age, to foster homes, heart-shattering rejection, a coming of age in the military, to ultra marathons, mind-boggling feats of physical pain and a piss-yourself laughing sense of humour. This is the gritty story of a glorious human.

Jamie Milne is the Founder of JMT Mind Gym, based on the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia, he's a leading Corporate and High Performance Coach, a champion in his community and the captain of this adventure. So buckle up, it's a bumpy ride that'll have you laughing till you cry and crying 'til it hurts.

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The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Kidnapped. Not once but twice. Years of her childhood diverted to lonely confusion and a lasting feeling of displacement. This is the story of two adults trying to find leverage for their own dreams and of the children at the beating heart. Three siblings who carry the ongoing burden as adults now themselves, of trying to reconcile their different incarnations of the same devastating story. The story of one child taken.

This is a beautiful tale of how humans can not just endure but bloom into the most glorious people, even when carrying the heaviest loads. This is a conversation on perspectives and more than anything else, on the importance of listening.

Safa Fatayerji is a brilliant, warm human being, an adult full of heart and love, who is trying to make sense still of what she experienced as a child, motivated and inspired by her childhood to find her own spectacular place of belonging.
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The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Sitting in story around the metaphorical campfire with this vivacious, tenacious, brilliant babe, is a rich and glorious treat. Always.

Danni Carr, Founder of How I Quit Alcohol and Earth Bottles, my sister in sobriety, bold, brave and beautiful through and through, is an absolute firecracker of self-exploration. She's a Mamma, Sober Coach, eternal student and wife of Ash Grunwald. 

Committing to powerful daily routines to move through the remnant pain of a drug-addicted Mother, to losing her life's longest love, finding it again in unexpected places, to being in conscious relationship with her husband Ash and the courage to pour all of herself into all of the things, Danni Carr is the representation of a person who has landed in her own skin, embodied in honest reflections of self, of change and owner of one of the world's most adorable giggles.

This woman is one of my life's favourites. Take a listen and you'll hear why. 

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

What happens when two recovering bogans get-together to discuss making peace with someone after they've died, growing up in South East Qld ghettos and a career as an intrepid vaginal cartographer? A fucking brilliant chat, that's what.

Karlyn Digitalis is an Erotic Educator, Yoni Mapping Therapist and a Breath/Body Work Trauma Specialist. She grew up tough in the SE Queensland town of Toowoomba, learning how to find peace from life's fear, finding the free-spirited subculture that would ignite her self-discovery, move across the world to land right back at home - the home of her own body.

If you've ever wondered what the hell Yoni Mapping is or how to alchemise your inner bogan into a driving life power, then tune in and to the glorious, deliciously likeable, Karlyn Digitalis.

And if you want to contact with Karlyn, or find out more about her upcoming offerings and workshops find her on insta @the_erotic_alchemist or at https://linktr.ee/Karlyn_Digitalis

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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• Subscribe to the website & get Mel's free 'Slaying Bad Habits Ebook'

Catch some of Mel's presentations:

The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety