In this episode I am reading a poem that I wrote a couple of years ago called 'On Judgement'. I decided to read it recently because I've been noticing myself judge. I share a little bit about how I watch, with curiosity, the ways in which my mind judges people and experiences. 

It's also a bit of prelude to podcast 12 where I expand on the breathwork experience I mention in this episode, and riff into thoughts on authenticity and being real.

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In this episode I am reading a post I am shared on Substack on the 14th March 2025. I have made the decision to create audio versions of my written content to ensure the blindness and low vision community, or people who just prefer to listen, can access and enjoy my muse. 

It’s titled Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): Using EFT to overcome mental and physical dis-ease.

I come off script a little when I am sharing the EFT protocol. You can learn more about EFT from a video I have on YouTube which you can find here. Or Dr. Peta Stapleton's website (who I mention in the podcast) here.

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In this episode I talk about my love of being barefoot. I share all of the amazing benefits of going barefoot and the importance of connecting to the earth; often called earthing or grounding.

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In this episode I share a story about an experience my daughter had at school that caused a big emotional outburst and the way that I supported her through that. 

I chat a little about the importance of emotional regulation within ourselves so we have the capacity to be great space holders, guides and supporters to our little loved ones.

I also chat about a practice that I really love for helping my daughter and myself to move through difficult emotional experiences called EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique (commonly called tapping).

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In this episode, I am reading a post I am shared on Substack on the 1st March 2025. I have made the decision to create audio versions of my written content to ensure the blindness and low vision community, or people who just prefer to listen, can access and enjoy my muse.

It's titled Seeing the light through my daughter's blindness, and how I follow her lead.

I talk about a beautiful moment I had with my daughter, who is blind, autistic and has a developmental delay, during some neurological testing, and how exposure to stressful situations as a special needs mum, and yoga, meditation and breathwork, taught me to weather any storm.

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In this episode I talk about the yearning and deep desire I had to shave my head, which I did do in 2021. And I share  a really powerful story about the unconscious and unaware driving force to that decision to shave my head, which is deeply tied in to past life connection and spirituality. 

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In this episode, I am reading a post I am shared on Substack on the 24th February 2025. I have made the decision to create audio versions of my written content to ensure the blindness and low vision community, or people who just prefer to listen, can access and enjoy my muse. 

It’s titled Holding on to the past: Losing generational stories and my responsibility to remember them.

I talk about being the daughter of a Greek immigrant, and the lost stories of my father's parents who left their world for a promise of something more in Australia in the 50s. I share how I feel a strong pull towards documenting my only surviving grandmother's story, before it's lost forever. 

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In this episode, I am reading a post I am shared on Substack on the 21st February 2025. I have made the decision to create audio versions of my written content to ensure the blindness and low vision community, or people who just prefer to listen, can access and enjoy my muse. 

It’s titled Storytelling: the power of community and sharing your story.

I talk about a women's storytelling event I attended recently and reflect on the lost of art of storytelling, and intergenerational importance of connecting, being in community, and having a voice. I share about an incredible opportunity I had to speak at a storytelling event in 2018, and how saying yes to that landed me in Australian actress, Heather Mitchell's house, for a private workshop on how to write and present my story! 

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In this episode, I am reading a post I am shared on Substack on the 20th February 2025. I have made the decision to create audio versions of my written content to ensure the blindness and low vision community, or people who just prefer to listen, can access and enjoy my muse. 

It’s titled I let it all go, again. As one doors closes, another opens.

I shares how being a special needs mother empowered me to accept change and all the change that is at the forefront of my life right now.

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In this episode I offer a little intro and insight to me, your host Tanya Savva, giving a little snap shot of my life trajectory and career. I introduce the fact that I am a special needs mum, how following my intuition has lead me to life changing and affirming decisions, and the influence of numerology on making decisions like starting a podcast and a substack platform. I also share the poem that inspired the title of my podcast

Forget about enlightenment by John Welwood

Sit down wherever you are
And listen to the wind singing in your veins.
Feel the love, the longing, the fear in your bones.
Open your heart to who you are, right now,
Not who you would like to be,
Not the saint you are striving to become,
But the being right here before you, inside you, around you.
All of you is holy.
You are already more and less
Than whatever you can know.
Breathe out,
Touch in,
Let go.

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