Today Sally talks about storytelling and the importance it has to bring us closer together. When we share our realities through our stories others can understand us better and maybe even see themselves in our story and understand themselves too.

The gift in stories is the shared humanity that is often echoed within the words, enabling us as readers and writers to connect to each other across the pages.

Why not join Sally for a moment as she tells her story?

This episode is part of the ‘What Women Know’ series. In it I reminisce about what I learnt from my mother and also connect to the generations of women in my family who went before me.

This conversation with myself is essentially an ode to my mother ,Pauleen. It also touches on the the significance of mothering. What might we teach our children when we are not even aware of it? How much might we be teaching our chidlren, with acts and words that may seem insignificant in the moment?

I discuss in this podcast the importance of some of the things I learnt from my mother. Whilst I acknowledge that much of our relationship is far from rosy I am also able to express gratitude for the good things in our connection and how they sustain and help me in my current life. This feels like a good place to be.

Why not listen on to find out more about what I discovered about my relationship with my mother and what I learnt from her?

In this episode Sally talks about what happened when she lost her mojo, and she was left feeling directionless and without much interest for things that she had always been passionate about.

In this journey, she discovers that her dream life had opened up, and without realising it, she was living her best writers' life. She learnt to match up her dream with reality and to enjoy what she had, rather than wishing things were different.

Ultimately, she learns to embrace the ground she has to walk on, to accept what is given and to celebrate the changes in her life and to see them as positive and life enhancing.

Maybe you will find something here that will help you navigate changes in your life? Why not join Sally as she explores her life changes?

Someone once asked me how much of myself is in the stories that I write about. And the answer is that there is always something of me in what I share.

Today I am talking about something I realised whilst folding laundry.

The battle to find matching socks has become a metaphor in this podcast for a shift in mindset for how I approach the mundane and ordinary tasks that fill my life. Instead of seeing them as a battle I also have the chance to shift my mindset, and to see them as a way of showing love for my family.

My realisation has been when I change my perception of what I am doing, I also change the energetic intention around it, and ultimately the effect of what I am doing changes too.

Curious? Why not listen in to find out more?

This short and simple meditation is ideal for beginners who would like to build up experience doing meditations.

You will be guided to sit, feel your body and your breath. With a slow build up you will eventually be invited to use your breath as a healing experience to bring new energy into your body, whilst letting go of the unwanted with the outward breath.

If you are feeling stress, as if your brain is too busy this might help you slow down, find some space for yourself and relax.

Someone once asked me how much of myself is in the stories that I write about. And the answer is that there is always something of me in what I share. Today I am talking about my work, and take a different stance, one that might be seen to be more political, which challenges the norm and is potentially more complicated.

As I write this, I also acknowledge that I have colleagues who are dealing with intensely difficult situations in their schools and communities. Where the basic human needs of housing, safety and food are not being met for the children. I can imagine that for these teachers to hear me go on about the being teacher is nonsense, because there are too many fundamental issues they are dealing with in their classes that need to be in place before we can deal with the higher emotional and psychological needs in human development.

However, I know I also have colleagues who are able to hear this message. And as you hear me say very often in the podcast…… imagine…………… Maybe we can take this moment to imagine a different way of being as a teacher. Of course, this message goes beyond a particular job, we could all potentially relate to the idea of bringing a state of being-ness to our work – and that is ultimately the invitation here.

Curious? Would you like to imagine a different way? Listen on to find out more.

In this episode Sally talks about tapping into her own wisdom, the inner knowing she carries in her body all the time, and which she is learning to listen to and act on more and more often these days. She talks about her route to self-acceptance and self-love, which has ultimately helped her listen more intently to her heart and find the right words to connect and communicate with others.

In this episode Sally talks about being in pain whilst suffering from a back problem. She connects her physical, body pain to the emotional pain she has buried deep within her body and finds that the two are more connected than she ever realised. She learns that she cannot treat her mind, body, feelings, or emotions as being separate to each other.

Sally discovers that by healing one aspect of herself, she can heal more of the layers attached to her pain, and discovers the unity of her life, body, and experiences.

Why not treat yourself to some down time, grab a cup of tea, switch off the world for a while and tune in for some slow time healing of your own?

In this episode Sally explores the ideas we attach to physical and energetic space. She discusses how we can connect to both spaces and in doing so practice the art of being in the moment. She talks about how it is more important to learn to be in the moment and not search for any other way of being than resting with what presents itself in each second.

Ultimately, she realises that all she has to do is hang out with life and have fun with whatever is there. Whilst it sounds easy, she discovers it is sometimes more difficult than you imagine it should be!!

If you would like a moment to rest, hang out with life and just be, why not take a moment for yourself and listen in?

In this episode Sally asks the question, “how big am I?”. She wonders about metaphorical and physical size and looks at her inside and outside size. Ultimately she connects the size of her body with that of her heart and discusses the journey she made to connect the two and be at ease with the size of each of them.

Listen on to find out more about her journey and what she discovered along the way.