Unabridged You

This episode summarizes the common four pathways to becoming unabridged that guests have spoken on in their episodes.

These pathways are

• Story
• Physical Movement
• Conscious Thought
• Creativity

I also share the exercise of blackout poetry that I have been practicing for the last 99 days.

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In this episode our guest is New Zealander Mason Ludlow, author of the recently released book called Becoming Diamond.

Here we discuss the core of his book and go into detail on some of the key concepts of Wisdom, Jungian thought and dream analysis, specializing in life as compared to being a generalist and other topics designed to help the reader/listener comprehend the idea of becoming diamond and work toward living a life of meaning.

The links to Mason's book can be found here:
AMAZON
    https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Diamond-Mason-Ludlow-ebook/dp/B0CTHRDN8B/ref=sr_1_1crid=1IGHUIEI6ARBW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HVa1n9FC5fLvk60AZVP0fsK7UvgSbnZzq_zigzq5jWvGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps._AI1UfKwasLoSbFLXy7_WVugjRAHTB_jc9jeTmCLUo&dib_tag=se&keywords=mason+ludlow&qid=1713833555&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C2954&sr=1-1
KOBO
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/becoming-diamond-1
B&N
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-diamond-mason-ludlow/1145011043?ean=2940185703991
APPLE
https://books.apple.com/us/book/becoming-diamond/id6479930150

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In this episode, our guest Hazel joins us via zoom from Ireland.  Hazel begins her story by reminding us of the fairytale character Rumpelstiltskin and how he teaches us what power there is in naming a thing. 
In this episode the named things that are addressed include acknowledging histories of trauma and experiences such as abuse, gaslighting, narcissism and the lived experience of being a female with ADHD. 
In this conversation we also consider Story in a different light.  In this podcast I hold the idea and vehicle of story quite high for how it can help with personal growth and social impact, but Hazel explains how story can be used to bend reality to the tellers will and I feel this is something important to be aware of going forwards. At the same time, Hazel reminds us that our stories are our stories and it is up to us what we do with them, how or when or if we share them. 
I acknowledge Hazel's honesty, because by her naming her experiences it may help others understand their own journeys to becoming unabridged.

If you would like to be in contact with Hazel these are the link to her webpage where you will also find the link to her podcast
https://traumarecovery.ie/

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Welcome back to Unabridged You.

Our guest this week is Rachel Fowler who talkes about becoming Grief Literate and her journey to her understandings.  She speaks of her award winning short film titles STILLNESS and her soon to be created Somewhere Very Near.  In this episode with Rachel we cover a lot from grief to international travel, AI and mixed tapes. 

If you would like to contact Rachel directly, either regarding her grief coaching or her creative side, this is the best way to do so:
www.rachelfowlergriefcoach.com

Main Takeaways from this episode include:
Understanding that Grief is not only about bereavement but also endings.
We talked about the idea of allowing someone to feeling their emotions, just witnessing it without the need to make ourselves feel more comfortable.
We also talked about and revisited the idea of giving ourselves some grace and being gentle on ourselves as we go through this journey of life.

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In this episode UK woman Lucinda Roberts shares her lived experience of receiving the diagnosis of an incurable autoimmune disease at 17.  She shares the story of her health journey and it has been a journey full of ups and downs and twists and turns including the realization of her mortality, her hedonist phase, being in liver failure and her hope for the future by being an organ donor recipient in her early thirties.   She also spoke of her passion for art, and the written word, her joy of animals, and her lived experience of being an organ donor recipient.  

I appreciated Lucinda’s candour, her willingness to share her experience and bring more light to the reality of needing an organ transplant and how accessible that is or is not in the UK, as well as sharing her learnings on health and wellbeing.  Part of shining a light on this area of health has been to make the information assessable in a children’s book called Lucy’s Liver Transplant which is currently translated into nine different languages.

You can follow along with Lucinda or learn more on alternative healing modalities on her website www.thishealingfeeling.com or at her podcast This Healing Feeling available on both Apple and Spotify or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thishealingfeeling

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Next Episode due 7 May 2024

Bill covers so much this episode.  The power lies in how he speaks first hand about his lived experience of life. Everything from the recognition of how contemporary society effected his health to motivate him to leave a traditional job, to witnessing the way people were effected by the way they were spoken to and spoke to themselves, to his conscious choice to heal through and thrive after his shock cancer diagnosis.

Among the jewels of wisdom Bill shares is the power of our self narrative.  Of obtaining a download of 24hours worth of self talk.  What do you think?  For me all of the thoughts aren’t totally thought out, but the negativity that can happen in my head some times… I wouldn’t talk to someone else like that and I would not be proud for someone to hear me talking to myself like that… Thank you Bill for offering this simple illustration to share your point.  The narrative we tell ourselves is very important.

Previous guests have spoken about meaning and in our last episode I spoke about meaning, truth and perspective.   I think that, in general, we can see how we give meaning to the would around us.  I had not taken the idea further to consider if the meaning I give a thing, an experience, a thought, a perspective, an understanding, is useful or not.  Bill asks us to consider it the meaning you prescribe to a thing have use, and what is that use?  Is it constructive or is it necessary?  Not that those two things are mutually exclusive, but this is a way of thinking I will employ more in the future.

If you would like further guidance from Bill here are his social media links and you can find his program through his website 
www.thrivingaftercancer.info

https://www.linkedin.com/in/billlee-emery/

https://www.facebook.com/bill.lee.emery

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In this episode Perspective, Meaning and Truth take center stage as we consider How To Get Along With People.

I share my understandings, how the episodes to date are inspiration for this episode, a story of how I came to my understandings and evidence of why the answer I offer to this question can be seen to make sense.

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In this episode Leslie Maloney, host of the podcast Meaning And Moxie After 50, shares her story.  Having been an educator for a lot of her life, helping people explore other perspectives she comments that she recognizes there is wisdom at all ages and has a current focus on positive ageing which she is promoting with her story based podcast.

In this episode particularly enjoy hearing about Leslie's desire to inspire and provide role models through the stories on her podcast.  She explains that she is also living the life she talks about by actually living life, taking chances, showing moxie and going on adventures such as the trip she will take in a few weeks to walk the 512mile Camino Del Norte trail in Spain. I am really keen to have her back to share about this journey, hopefully this will not be the last we hear from Leslie.

If you think to hear more from Leslie, or find out about the life of a full time Santa and real life treasure hunter among other awesome guests, you can check out her website to find all the ways to connect with her including her podcast and books
https://meaningandmoxieafter50.com/

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In this episode Nikki shares her story which was sparked by grief.  Nikki speaks of her Dad passing and how this deeply affected and effects her, how it lead to her being broken down and busted open.  An experience she can now look at with gratitude as it prompted her to explore her beliefs, stories and energies.  All of this lead to Nikki to begin to comprehend Grief as an alchemist which has helped her understand herself better; why she was showing up in the world in the way she was and how she would like to show up going forwards. Unraveling or unfurling these beliefs, stories and energies, slowly but surely also allowed her to alter her experience of imposter syndrome.

Nikki and I talk about creating something, planting a seed, showing up how we want to be in the world and recognizing that the way the created thing, the experience, the seed is taken and nurtured or not by another person is up to the perspective of that person.  You worth or value is not tied up in their perspective and in that way, it becomes even more precious to explore the way you want to be in the world. I quoted the Eagles "don’t let the  sound of your own wheels drive you crazy", be at peace with your actions and the choices you make for yourself without waiting for validation.   

I hope you get something out of this conversation, I certainly did.  Each of these episodes teaches me something and opens my eyes to another way to view the world.

If you think Nikki might be a person to help you on your journey through grief or connecting with your self you can find her here:
https://www.facebook.com/kindsoulrising

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In this episode LAPIZ shares his story. 

He explains he has travelled and lived in a few places in the world, that art was a hobby that became his full time.  As a scientist, his PhD helped him learn a way to think that he now applies to art.  The experience allowed him to learn a lot about resilience and his experience living in different places adds to his political art as a type of social commentary.

When LAPIZ speaks about art he explains that as an artist he feels he has a responsibility to create discussion, continue discussion, and change discussion, with his art.  Although people have his prints in their houses and he has displayed his work in galleries, creating a mural in a public place is one way his art opens those discussions, by making available ideas in the form of images that one may not normally consider or be aware of.

LAPIZ mentions, and I think it is a really interesting discussion point even by itself,  that “art is only whole with an audience”.  What do you think?

These social media and website links for LAPIZ are
https://www.instagram.com/lapizgraffiti
https://lapiz.ca

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