Welcome to RESIST Joy Filled Stories for Dystopian Days Episode 12 - The Anatomy of a Podcast - and we’re wrapping season 1! 

I tricked my brain to create a 3 part mini series… and it became a whole season! 

Tune in for sneak peek BTS of creative process in all the highs, lows and ugly cry learnings.

If you’ve got a creative project that’s bursting to flow out, or just curious about how stuff nearly doesn’t get made - this one’s for you! 

Thanks for all your Qs, feedback and contributions to making season 1 so fun.

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Here’s the episode timestamps: 

00:00 Welcome to Season One Wrap Up

02:49 Origin Story and a Brain Trick to Get Started 

07:07 Creative Flow Phases

07:52 Episode Journey Recap - BTS including all the ‘ouch’ moments 

12:01 Tech Chat and am I using AI?

19:00 Promotion and Why Asking for Help is So Hard

25:33 Unspooling Ideas - Allowing Emergence and Season Two Planning

29:34 Dealing with Visibility Vulnerability and Your Circle of 5

34:13 The Costs of Speaking Up 

35:27 Heroine’s Journey and Who Are Your Role Models

38:13 Outcomes and Metrics - How Do We Measure Success? 

41:41 Coaching Prompts for You, Farewell and See You Next Season!

Welcome to Joy Filled Stories for Dystopian Days Episode 11- and this is part 2 of Resistance as VOICE! 

In part 1 (Episode 10) we talked about why it can be so hard to find and use our voice, nurturing a healthy relationship with our inner voice, and speaking up when we see harm. 

…and in this episode we’re focusing on practical ways to use your voice in your cultural, societal and systemic spheres of influence (you’ve got them, promise!) 

‘But what can I do?’ Said 7 billion people - you may feel small, your voice still has power! 

We close with some practical coaching reflective prompts for you. Plus I get my Bs and Ds mixed up, and talk about it anyway.

Let’s dive in. 

Episode timestamps: 

00:00 Resistance as Voice Part 2

00:52 Systems and Workplace Harm

01:35 Educate Yourself and Speak Up

03:13 Privilege and Decentering

03:54 Amplify Missing Voices

04:33 Collective Voice and Solidarity

06:17 Citizens in Polycrisis

07:03 Join Movements Start Small

08:30 Money as Resistance

11:08 Embodiment and Reimagining

12:41 Reflection and Coaching Prompts

13:58 Recap and Abilene Correction, Normalising Imperfection When We Use Our Voice 

17:34 Listener Encouragement, Thanks and Next Steps 

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If you’ve ever felt like you’ve held back from speaking up, if you’ve ever walked away from a situation and wished you’d said something, or ever been a bystander and then regretted doing nothing - this one’s for you! 

Your voice is urgently needed in this moment, there’s a cost to apathy and silence, and yet it can be so hard to speak up. 

In this episode of Joy Filled Stories for Dystopian Days we talk about nurturing a healthy relationship with our own inner voice, and using our voice in interpersonal relationships, particularly at work.

We touch on themes of psychological safety, how privilege and intersecting identities shape our lived experience with voice, and the difference between safety and comfort. 

We talk about climate change, AI, bystanderism, speaking up when we see harm, amplification to uplift others, and what my kids’ primary school assemblies taught me about culture change. 

Episode timestamps: 

00:00 Welcome and Why Voice Matters Now In This Moment 

01:29 Adeline Theory and Speaking Up

03:30 Episode Roadmap

05:22 Inner Voice and Saboteurs

08:08 Interpersonal Voice and Boundaries

08:57 Bystanderism, Naming Harm and The Difference Between Safety and Comfort 

10:53 Shaping Culture with Your Words - My Kids VIP Assembly 

12:35 Amplification at Work

14:41 Amplifying Online and Sharing Power

15:42 Silence Has a Cost

17:18 Societal Voice and Solidarity

18:55 Part One Wrap and Next Steps

Resistance as VOICE is split into 2 parts, so go ahead to Episode 11 for Part 2! 

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🎶Music is ‘Persephone’ from Uppbeat

💗Thankyou for all your comments, suggestions, recommendations, feedback and general encouragement - Keep it coming! 

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Welcome to Joy Filled Stories for Dystopian Days Episode 9, and this is part 2 of our epic unpacking of Resistance as REST! 

In Part 1 (go back and listen in to Episode 8) we talked about why we find rest so challenging, busting the societal, cultural and systemic myths around rest, and I shared some of my personal story  with rest. 

…and this time we’re focusing on practical ways we can build rest in to our daily lives, unpacking 7 types of rest, and along the way we explore seasonal shifts at peri-meno, politicised somatics and whether you’re in ‘essentials only’! 

We’ll close with some practical coaching reflective prompts and affirmations for you. 

Let’s dive in. 

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Music is ‘Persephone’ from Uppbeat

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Here’s the episode timestamps:

00:00 Resistance as Rest Part 2

00:42 What Rest Really Means and 7 Types of Rest

04:43 Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annual Rest Practices

08:02 Start Small Micro Rest

10:42 Morning Routine Reality Check

12:55 Are you in ‘Essentials Only’? 

14:08 Digital Detox Deep Dive

16:26 Peri/ Menopause - moving through Winter to a second Spring

21:14 Redefining Work -its more than what you get paid for! 

22:17 Politicised Somatics

24:26 Affirmations and Coaching Reflection Prompts 

26:17 Closing, Ways to Stay Connected and Next Episode

Welcome to Joy Filled Stories for Dystopian Days Episode 8 - Resistance as REST - and this is a juicy one! 

We’re exploring why Rest is foundational to our resistance, how we build rest into our daily lives. But to do this we explore first why rest seems so hard for us, how systems are designed to keep us exhausted, and what real rest is beyond naps, baths and luxury wellness.

Along the way we’re redefining the nature of work, what it means to have a successful life, sweat maxxing our way through a heatwave, and I share my personal journey with rest.  

Warning #1: You may find this episode angry making! Our socialisation around this stuff runs deep.  

Warning #2: You may find this episode enables you to feel seen! You may feel less alone with the shoulds and oughts you carry around rest. 

Resistance as REST is split into 2 parts, so go ahead to Episode 9 for Part 2. 

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Here’s the episode timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to Resist and Why Rest Matters

01:49 Burnout Patterns - which do you recognise?

05:16 Rest as Resistance

06:00 What Real Rest Is

08:17 Systems Keep Us Tired

11:23 What’s the Protestant Work Ethic got to do with it?

12:30 Maxxing Madness

15:13 Slowing Down during Heatwaves 

19:07 Shifting to Collective Care 

21:51 My Story with Rest 

29:27 What’s coming up in Part Two 

Thankyou for all your comments, suggestions, recommendations, feedback and general encouragement - Keep it coming! 

Welcome to Joy Filled Stories for Dystopian Days Episode 7 - I’m tracing how music and movement's shaped my life from childhood car singalongs and ballet auditions, to charismatic worship, festivals, sober raves and community dance spaces. 

Why dancing is so good for us, how the dance floor metabolises body self-consciousness, comparison and ‘the gaze’, EDM’s roots in liberation and struggle, and how dancing becomes a practice of freedom, solidarity, and joy. 

*side effects*: may cause symptoms of spontaneous movement, flow and joy

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Accompanying Tracks: As by Stevie Wonder; Play Dead by Bjork; Glue by Bicep; Everything in its Right Place by Soma, Jules, Yuma and LNora; Innerbloom by Rufus Du Sol; Mexico, the Punctual remix by SHELLS.

Here’s the episode timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to Resistance as DANCE 

01:10 Recent Dance Quests 

05:00 Tracing the Thread: Dance Roots

07:15 From Worship to Festivals to Raves

09:40 Finding Freedom on the Dancefloor 

12:38 Euphoria, Grief and Healing

15:08 Why is Dancing so Good for Us? The Science of Raving

19:43 Dance Music as Resistance 

22:37 Dance Floor as a Mirror

25:07 Coaching Prompts, Tracks and Next Steps

27:21 Final Thanks and Outro

Welcome to Joy Filled Stories for Dystopian Days and today we’re diving into Resistance as JOY. 

What does JOY have to do with the rise of the far right, climate instability and ageing...? 

What if joy is not denial, a luxury, or the absence of grief, but a practical antidote to despair, that helps us stay human, steady, and resourced for collective resistance against oppressive systems. 

This uplifting episode includes practical exercises and coaching prompts - discover your Joy List, your 3 Ps, and your personalised birthday affirmation.

Please note *side effects* may cause feel-good boost of energy, clarity and momentum.

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Music is ‘Persephone’ from Uppbeat

Episode timestamps: 

00:00 Welcome to RESIST 

00:57 3 Things since Last Episode …Political, Ecological, Personal 

06:26 Birthday Affirmation 

07:17 How is Joy part of our Resistance

08:50 Joy Vignettes 

12:15 Walking Day Ritual

13:57 Practical Exercise - Build Your Joy List

17:04 Relishing your Joy - 3 Ps Practice

21:06 Joy and Solidarity

23:56 Reflective Coaching Prompts

24:26 Thanks and What’s coming up on the Pod 

25:22 Join us for Resistance Rhythm 

I’m spiralling after scrolling Met Gala pics, and confessing the mirror moments it brings up for me. We explore what we mean by resistance, how we can start small, build a rhythm, and feel connected in community. This episode is raw and a bit rougher round the edges - let’s go! 

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Here’s the episode timestamps:

00:00 Invitation to Live Resistance Sessions

00:42 Met Gala Confession

03:12 Why This Podcast is called RESIST

03:38 Wealth Inequality and the System Exposed

06:53 Protest, Bezos and The Mirror

08:56 My Resistance Today

11:15 Resistance as JOY, Resistance as REST, Resistance as VOICE

12:48 The Potency of Starting Small and Building a Rhythm 

16:00 Self, Community, System Ripple Effects 

17:28 Closing Reflections, Invitation to Resistance Rhythm and What’s Coming Up Next

How can living seasonally help us experience more joy? Do the Fates live inside our heads? How do we stay tender, connected and human in these days? And why do we have to keep ‘singing it again’?  

We’re livin' it up on top with part 2 of our deep dive into the joy-filled story of Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin’s award-winning, magical, mythical musical ‘Hadestown’. 

Let’s dive back in! 

00:00 Welcome Back to Hadestown

01:41 Persephone and Seasonal Living

03:10 Cycles of Energy and Burnout

07:40 Quarterly Reset Invitation

09:04 The Fates and Inner Dialogue

13:16 Solidarity and Resistance

19:35 Finding Your Contribution

20:33 The Catharsis of Tragedy Repeated as Ritual

26:39 Reflection Questions and Takeaways

28:10 Ways to Stay Connect and Next Episode

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Music is ‘Persephone’ from Uppbeat

How do we stay positive in challenging times, what role does creativity, grief and solidarity play? 

Welcome to 'Joy-Filled Stories for Dystopian Days', exploring Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin’s award-winning, magical, mythical musical ‘Hadestown’ and the mirror it holds up for us in this social and political moment. 

What does this show have to say to us about hope and optimism, doubt and grief, action versus numbness, inequality and social justice, authoritarianism and dehumanization, climate collapse and collective resistance. 

Let’s dive in! 

00:00 Welcome to RESIST

00:41 Why Joyful Stories Matter

01:19 What’s Hadestown is all about 

02:36 Themes Roadmap

04:12 Hadestown Plot Summary

06:27 Hermes and the Fates

06:51 Orpheus the Dreamer

11:21 Eurydice the Pragmatist

13:33 Numbness and Survival

16:04 Power and Manipulation

19:14 Climate and Authoritarianism

19:47 Walls, Othering and Fascism

22:32 Solidarity and Collective Action

25:21 Part One Wrap Up

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Music is ‘Persephone’ from Uppbeat