The Living Your Legacy Podcast

This week Kim talks with Michelle Mills-Porter about her experience of living as a refugee after being in the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka. Michelle talks about living with other international survivors in a villagers garden, feeling afraid, venerable & how this has led to her work in Human Magnificence. Kim & Michelle talk about…The power created when humanity comes together & what happened when they finally got home. Michelle is an award-winning Speaker, Author & a Master Behaviour Profiler.

In Episode 9 we’re talking about emotions. Why its hard to handle them & accept where they take us?  What we can do when they swerve out of control? Our natural inclinations is to resist conflict & potential stress. Anxiety takes us into the unknown. If our emotional state is raised over time we feel overwhelmed & vulnerable.  As we very quickly get used to raised levels of anxiety in our daily lives, each new level becoming a new norm very quickly as we adapt to the raised state of ‘danger’.

In this episode Helen interviews Jill Cox, author of Moments of Meaning. Jill has worked for many years in the environment of End of Life & Community Care. Jill has great insight & empathy within this sphere. Her book was the result of this wealth of hands on experience & study. Through her sensitive insights, Jill enables the listener to enter a world where fear is managed & difficult relationships resolved in order to help with ‘dying well’.

In this episode we look at the Big Players in life that get in our way of living fully & consistently with our values. When we try to adjust our habits we face blocks which make change difficult. The challenges we set for ourselves are too unrealistic & are often focused on fast changes. So what can we do to help ourselves? Work on yourself first in order to find out what’s really important & achievable for you. Don’t give up!

Kim interviews Nikki Owen, who shares her unbelievable story that takes her from Holloway prison to an international speaker. Nikki’s journey began at 18 when she was incarcerated in Holloway prison for intent to kill. It was her barrister who saved her & made legal history as the 1st case to consider PMS. Kim & Nikki talk about, how she overcame her guilt, low self-esteem & loathing to now helps other to do the same. How hormones can cause split personalities & creating havoc.

This week we talk to Rachel Smith, The wonky Artist. Rachel’s story is ultimate roller coaster of trauma, adversity & courage. She has fought to survive an accident which paralysed her. 20 years ago she was hit by a wave in Indian Ocean which broke her neck. Unable to walk & no grip in her hands. Her body was paralysed but her sense of humour has always remained! Her husband one day brought paints & brushes to her bedside. Discovering that she could paint gave her a new lease of life.

This week we dive into the subject of authenticity. Being truly ourselves can be scary. It takes bravery & courage to remove our social masks & just be ‘real’. Most people find it easier to live disconnected from who they really are. This leads to stress & anxiety as we strive to fit in with social norms. Most people aren’t even aware of this detachment.. We take a look at what causes us to disconnect & how to learn to do things differently.

In this Episode of the Living Your Legacy Podcast we look at what it means to ‘Live In The Moment’, how it can enrich and make sense of your daily life and why it is so important for us all to stay in the moment as much as possible.  We allow our lives to become full of unrealistic targets and anxieties, we let other people direct us and shape who we become, and we rely on media to tell us how we should look/what we should eat/how we should live our lives every day.

Episode 2 of the Living Your Legacy podcast looks at being Bold & Brave when embracing life’s opportunities, breaking out of your comfort zone and making great choices today for the rest of your life. Saboteurs constantly get in your way of living authentically, following your own moral code and beliefs every day. Fear and survival are your default settings in life and it is tough to break habits and move into new patterns and routines.

Episode 1 of the Living Your Legacy podcast looks at Living Your Legacy Today, not waiting for others to tell your story when you’re gone, but being positive and focused each day, on living the best way you know how.  Its all about living ‘your story’, in ‘your words’, on ‘your terms’,  ‘your way’. We’ll be talking about what it means to live authentically, being in the moment, facing adversities with courage and making choices boldly.