Jenny Lynne Sessions aka Jen-ix. Is a truly unique open hearted powerful, multi-dimensional, magical being . ….. A creative catalyst for change and transformation a compassionate cage rattler, shamanic healer, transpersonal therapist, seer, coach, poet, author and speaker, storyteller, songwriter, radio presenter,channel for higher guidance and healing sound frequencies. Honouring the interconnectedness of all life, Jen-ix uses the profound healing power of nature and the glorious gift of humour. She uses drum, voice and sacred song to harmonise discordant energy. This sonic process activates and liberates healing within the land, a person or an animal's energy field. It opens multi-dimensional doorways through which to journey deeply and heal. When facing death in 2009, with a severely fractured spine, Jen-ix chose to re-commit to life with a new frequency, becoming her own medicine and turning trauma to treasure. This is what she teaches with passion, compassion and gratitude. The wisdom of the elders and ancestors underpins her own medicine. Magic always surrounds her. If you would like to Harness your intent Challenge your edges Empower your mission Open your heart Experience multidimensional healing Trot over hot coals in a sacred way …. Turn trauma to treasure Become more authentically your own medicine Discover your authentic voice…. Re-member your self and align with soul purpose consciously Get in touch. I look forward to welcoming you to your hearth.You can find out more about her work at Healing Transformation | Become Your Own Medicine - Turning Trauma To Treasure www.becomeyourownmedicine.co.uk

In this episode, I interview Lisbeth who is a classmate from Emerson College, we are studying oral storytelling.

Elena Medusa was born in Thessaloniki Greece and had a career in cinema for fifteen years. She then started a second career as a voice facilitator. Six years ago she met the Odyssey again after not working with it since her school years. Odyssey and Elena started their storytelling adventure together. She lives in Athens and travels frequently to the islands and to ancient temples where she recites The Odyssey and performs storytelling of Medusa, Medea, Demeter and Persephone, and other myths.Find out more about her work via:Email: [email protected] Facebook page: Reciting Odyssey on ancient trails Facebook profile: Elena Medusa

In this brief episode, I talk about myself, which in itself is a personal challenge, as I'm more than happy to let others take the limelight. But as I explain in the episode, there is a lot of deep unravelling happening for me in this course.

I spoke with retired storyteller Jenni Woodruffe and we spent two hours chatting about her experience and life. Unfortunately, I had to cut a lot of the interview, but the original will be retained.

Michael’s has an interesting background. Ask him about his time living in Japan or Bangladesh; his time as a university lecturer; as a disability advocate; his time in the military; vipassana meditation in India; his clowning course in San Francisco; bushwalks in Tasmania; his one and only caving expedition; his Commerce degree; his MBA; trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas;  his storytelling; hot yoga in short shorts; riding a motorbike across the Nullarbor; keeping bees; living with a mother with mental illness; volunteer work with refugees; ESL teaching; performing as a magician, working with children.Those smile lines aren’t there for nothing!You can find out more about Michael at Magic show incursion NSW | Bamboozle and Company

Anamika Bhati is a Trinity Guildhall qualified speech and drama trainer who works with stories embracing different styles to ensure more engaging and holistic learning. She is an International storyteller, author, curator and podcast producer. She is a passionate trainer who works closely with children in schools, libraries, and festivals. Anamika’s stories involve cultural diversity and inclusion to develop lateral thinking and wider perspectives in young students. Anamika spent her childhood in Kenya and is now based in Singapore and has worked with audiences in Singapore, India, Kenya, Hawaii, Scotland, and South Africa. She is a member of the Storytelling Association Singapore, and FEAST.

Em Chandler (she/they) is a proud queer/trans storyteller, magician, and theatre-maker, based in Ballaarat and Naarm. With over 16 years of experience working with kids and their adults, Em adores connecting with others through kindness and wonder. Em loves to bring her unique repertoire of spells, stories and songs to every situation - whether intimate community events or major festivals. Passionate about social justice, fairy tales, and drinking tea, a stranger once told Em, “no offence, but you look like an elf”. The Sydney Morning Herald on the other hand calls Em "pure enchantment".You can find more about Em at Em.ChandlerStories on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Geetu Valecha has been a storyteller/ educator for nearly a decade. She feels that stories are magical and therapeutic and have to be shared. Her favourite audience is the little ones who are so into her stories when she narrates them dramatically and eagerly wait for more. She helps children learn their early literacy skills, empathy, creative thinking, imagination, and more through her story sessions. She holds multiple programs from age 2 - 10yrs. You can find her on InstagramThe book Geetu referred to in the interview was Clip Clop by Nicola Smee. You can find it on her website here.

Elena Asciutti is of Italian origins. Since 2003, she has worked in international cooperation and public affairs, within civil society organisations, the United Nations, the European Commission and academia.  For professional reasons, she has travelled and lived in many cities, such as Beijing, Beirut, Brussels, Damascus, Madrid and Rome. Currently, she lives and works in Florence, where she is in charge of external relations and strategic partnerships at the European University Institute (EUI), an academic institution and international organisation, with a mandate in higher education and research in the social sciences and humanities. During her stay in Brussels, in 2014, she began training in storytelling in French at La Maison du Conte (today called Le Théâtre de la Parole). Guided by talented trainers/storytellers, she entered the "fairy tale" universe, and has never left!  Once she arrived in Florence in 2019, she conceived the storytelling radio show "Diffusione Fiaba", which is broadcast twice a month by Radio Cavolo, an independent and community web radio established within the EUI. She likens Diffusione Fiaba as a radiophonic patch, where her guests can freely discuss storytelling as form of art, folklore and oral traditions as well as fabulist studies, whilst telling and listening to fairy tales and all other genres of stories.