Helen Amery shares several game changing moments in this episode all around seeing through the stories created about who we are and what we're capable of. There's plenty to relate to and learn from listening to Helen's experience.

Helen works with people one-to-one and in groups to reconnect them to their innate brilliance and to the real them that’s been hidden behind stories and conditioning.

Having spent her life striving to learn, grow and develop, she was pretty horrified when around 40 a couple of challenging relationships made it obvious something wasn’t working. Despite all the development programmes and coaching she’d had, she found herself behaving in the very way she’d been coaching and training others not to. So now what?

Fortunately she was led into exploring the essence of Buddhism which then led to discovering the Three Principles and Non Duality. Since the beginning of that exploration back in early 2018, she has been deeply immersed in learning, exploring, realising and reconnecting to that innate brilliance we all are, and which also naturally reveals the unique flavour of life that is us.

A pivotal moment came in 2020 when she realised “oh, I just have to be me” and another level of ease with life appeared.

This is what Helen helps others to remember – that you are already innately brilliant and that what you want, and what we want, is you ‘just being you’.

Links to connect with Helen and her work:

Website ~ https://wildfigsolutions.co.uk  via the website you can explore the free things on offer *sign up to her newsletter and get her book free *do her free 5-day course that introduces you to the work *listen to interviews and podcast episodes.

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I am joined in this conversation by Personal Freedom Guide Joy Perreras. As a Certified Spiritual Coach, Joy guides women through her one-on-one coaching, workshops, and
retreats, undressing their hearts, releasing stuck emotions, allowing more joy in, learning the art of letting go, and rediscovering their deepest soul's expression.
 
Joy’s beautiful vision is for soul-led 'seasoned' women to reclaim the true nature of their divine power... so they embody deep liberation and become the elixir of love and truth for humanity. Living their Aligned HellYES Life!

Joy clearly lives and breathes the work she does and you'll get to hear how she shows up in the world in this conversation and how she encourages and supports other women to do the same.

Watch on YouTube here - https://youtu.be/BCoXorUdPDw

Links to Joy:
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/joy.perreras/

Private FB Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/blossominsideout

Aligned HellYES Movement School:  https://bio.teachable.com/ (from Free to paid courses)

As a side note:
Joy touches on a sensitive topic of infertility and how at the time this experience left her feeling broken as a woman and not good enough. For anyone listening that feels the way Joy once did I asked Joy after the Podcast recording what helped her see things differently and realise that infertility did not make her less of a woman.

What helped Joy was the realisation of what was real and what was a narrative creating stories about who she is, who others are and what her circumstances mean.

The unhelpful thought loop Joy got into about what her body couldn't do and what that meant about her and her life compounded the situation, and none of the stories about herself were true. AND of course none of this could have happened any other way. We are only ever behaving based on our understanding in that moment so please be gentle with yourself.

Here are some suggestions if you resonate with what Joy experienced. Start being more in your body and really honouring the body, this is your vehicle to me intimately connected to throughout your life here on Earth. Nourish it, listen to it, take care of it and empower yourself to be responsible for your body and your health. Know what it needs, and what doesn’t support it to function well. A lot of suffering comes from wanting what's happening to be different and buying into stories about what's happening rather than facing what's real and taking the action that makes sense to take. 

Cultural conditioning like you should have a baby or you should be thinner or you should have short hair or long hair and so on all adds to us believing life should look and be a certain way and we should be a certain way too. Let’s support each other to know all of us is welcome. 

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Stories Worth Telling host Sara J. Sanderson was invited to be the first guest on the new Podcast 'Free To Be' hosted by Shaneen Mooney to share about her life, her understanding of life, and the social enterprise When Women Speak Global Network CIC.

Free To Be host Shaneen Mooney is a creative soul with a passion for love, life, music, self-care, and spiritual exploration.

She is a bass player for an alternative rock band called, Kath and The Kicks, and is working with essential oils to develop an online business that focuses on finding an understanding of self-care from within.

Shaneen is also facilitating a group called When Women Create and is in the process of developing a brand platform called Free To Be which consists of the podcast, a blog, and online discussion group.

Free To Be is a way of Shaneen being able to live out her soulful mission of sharing a message that we are all free to be who we are in nature. 

To connect, or to find out more about what Shaneen is working on you can access her through any of these links:

Website: shaneenmooney.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/shaneenmooney

Instagram: www.instagram.com/shaneenmooney

Self Care and Oils: www.instagram.com/selfcareandoils

Band: www.kathandthekicks.com

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Website ~ https://www.wwsgn.com/
Facebook private group ~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/whenwomenspeak
Facebook public page ~ https://www.facebook.com/whenwomenspeakglobalnetwork
Email ~ [email protected]

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In this episode guest Marissa Loewen shares how her curious nature and being unafraid to ask challenging questions is met with different responses - from gratitude to being blocked on social media. Marissa has the ability to make the uncomfortable comfortable if you are willing to question your ideas and beliefs and the way you think things should be done.

I knew Marissa would have plenty to say and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to what was shared and all the thought provoking questions that arose. Plenty to reflect on and consider for the year ahead and how you want to show up and be with yourself and others.

You will hear many questions put forward during the episode such as:

·      Where could you have more joy in your life?

·      How can I be more intentional?

·      How can I bring more ease into my life?

·      How does what I do impact?

Other questions to consider for society and social change also came up such as:

·      Why are we maintaining systems that hurt people?

·      How do we make this great for everybody?

·      How do we get to a basic minimum for everyone?

·      How do we help billionaires distribute their wealth (if they want to)?

·      What power structures are being maintained in philanthropy as it is?

·      Why can’t we take an idea and make it better?

Marissa is a Transformational Business Coach, Community Catalyst and Creative Entrepreneur. Marissa's first foray into owning a business began at age 11, when Marissa wanted to sell cold milk and chocolate milk to classmates at lunchtime. With permission from Marissa's grade school, a janitor's closet was turned into a thriving food service business. With a corporate background in media, marketing, communications, online sales and web design, Marissa created one of the first pop up companies in North American focusing on made-local and art sold in temporary retail shops, art galleries and large scale events, partnering with Etsy Canada. 

Marissa works with small business owners to create the rules in order to create thriving, resilient, prosperous businesses that fuel the business owner. In addition to a signature system for creating profit and ease in businesses, personal coaching and an online digital profit planner, Marissa also is launching her first podcast called The Little Podcast of Big Questions. 

Links to find more:
www.createtherules.com
instagram.com/createtherules

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Website ~ https://www.wwsgn.com/
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Facebook public page ~ https://www.facebook.com/whenwomenspeakglobalnetwork
Email ~ [email protected]

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In this episode we get to talk about sex with guest Leah Carey,  a sex and intimacy coach working with women who want to move beyond laying-back-and-accepting-whatever-their-partner-does-to-them, and are ready to become equal co-creators of their sexual experience.

Leah is no stranger to Podcasts because she’s the host of her own show called Good Girls Talk About Sex.

In this episode as well as sharing her own stories, Leah speaks to some of the reasons sex can be more complicated than it need be and what can happen when rather than having open communication we default to our conditioned ways of behaving in regards to sex and intimacy.

This work was not an obvious life choice for Leah.  Growing up with an abusive father, she learned to be a VERY “good girl.”

She got involved in a series of emotionally abusive relationships, always convinced that SHE was the problem – not pretty enough, smart enough, or sexually skilled enough. And because she wasn’t having pleasure during sex, so she was convinced she was broken.

At age 42, life threw Leah an opportunity to build a new story: with both parents gone and no siblings, she could put aside the family mythology of the “good girl.”

She began challenging her old beliefs about worthiness, attractiveness, and desirability. Watching her phenomenal growth, friends started seeking her out to help them do the same.

Today, Leah works with women to reflect their true sexual nature back to them, without the judgment, shame, or fear that can get in the way of seeing it for themselves.

She's a guide for embracing the sexuality that is innately yours, no matter what it looks like. Her clients sink so deeply into their true sexuality that the old version of themselves that was scared to speak up for their own needs feels like a mirage from another lifetime.

Links:
website ~ www.LeahCarey.com
Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/goodgirlstalk/
Listen to the Good Girls Talk About Sex podcast! And contact Leah if you'd like to be a guest!

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Freedom to Be You ~ https://www.wwsgn.com/freedom
Website ~ https://www.wwsgn.com/
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In this episode we are joined by intuitive coach Sara Priestley who’s also a guide in our exploration of true nature, a poet and mother to four cats who you can listen out for in the background.

Sara and I speak about enjoying life as it appears, the usefulness of knowing your Human Design, what Lenormand cards are and how they can support you to talk to yourself at a level where conditioning doesn’t apply. Sara also shares her take on storytelling and why sometimes it’s not appropriate to tell everyone your business. Sara suggests a question you could ask yourself “is telling this story advancing my freedom or humanity?” 

The work Sara does now follows previous careers in IT consultancy, the investment sector, teaching massage & Pilates, and collecting post-grad qualifications. Her first poetry collection, quintessence: the poetry of true nature, is available from Amazon.

Links:
Website ~ sarapriestley.com
Facebook ~ https://www.facebook.com/sara.priestley/
Book ~ https://www.sarapriestley.com/quintessence/
Lenormand Cards ~ https://www.sarapriestley.com/product/sunflower-lenormand/

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Website ~ https://www.wwsgn.com/
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Email ~ [email protected]

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In this Podcast episode we are joined by the fabulously talented, warm, generous and open hearted powerhouse, and professional photographer Laura Wood. 

We get to hear what this interesting year so far has shown Laura, the importance of breathing, and speaking your truth whilst not diminishing others. Laura speaks on creating a dynamic online community that feels safe for people to show up in, how it’s ok to express yourself and indulge in life’s pleasures, and moving beyond people pleasing.

Laura is a photographer and educator based in South Yorkshire, England. She is mum to two young boys with motherhood and daily life inspiring much of her photography. 

Finding catharsis through self-portraiture Laura takes feelings and emotions out of her head and heart and holds a mirror up to herself by way of the camera. This process has given her a tangible way of dealing with everything from sleep deprivation, depression and anxiety to overwhelming love and gratitude. This outpouring of feelings into art has connected her with womxn around the world who share her experiences. 

These connections told Laura there was a need for further equality and for womxn’s voices to be heard more loudly in the industry, so she co-founded a photography community for womxn, Phlock Live, with her sister Sarah. Laura is dedicated to elevating the position of womxn in photography - committed to encouraging womxn to find their voice and letting it speak loudly through their art. 

Laura is a firm believer that finding our voice is simple when we strip away expectation and pressure, and focus solely on instinct, impulse and freedom. 

No more people pleasing or trying to be the "good girl".

Links to Laura Wood:
https://www.instagram.com/ourkiddo/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/phlocklive/?hl=en

Links to When Women Speak:
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Facebook private group ~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/whenwomenspeak
Facebook public page ~ https://www.facebook.com/whenwomenspeakglobalnetwork
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We are joined by self confessed Podcast addict Alexandria Maria, an Empowerment Coach and Business Mentor for women all over the world. 

Alexandria is on a mission to help as many women as possible make their dream life a reality. 

She aims to help women move from feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and lost to feeling aligned, motivated, and driven by a clear vision.

In this episode Alexandria speaks of feeling caged, tasting freedom, trying to conform that led to symptoms of depression, changing direction, and making a commitment to keep choosing into what feels aligned.  

Having always followed the “rules of life”, Alexandria was thriving on the outside but on the inside, she was fighting a battle with anxiety, which ultimately resulted in a breakdown. Her breakdown became her breakthrough, as she realised that her depression was not an illness but a symptom - a sign of how unhappy she was with the life she had created. She ripped up the rule book, left her corporate job and decided to create her own path. One that would inspire and empower other women to do the same.

Links to Alexandria Maria:
Website ~ https://www.alexandriamaria.co.uk/
Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/iamalexandriamaria/

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Did I Choose My Trauma?

A provocative question and title of a new self funded documentary short by today’s guest Yemi Penn. In this episode we hear about the project and the next steps for it to become a full length documentary and even a TV series exploring different aspects of trauma and our relationship to it. Yemi also shares how recent events involving Black Lives Matter and the collective willingness to have difficult conversations has inspired her.

Yemi is a British born Nigerian living in Sydney, Australia. An Engineer by profession, an entrepreneur by passion, and mindset transformation coach by mission.

The life she currently leads was not planned, nor did Yemi even imagine it was possible, having spent a big part of her childhood in Nigeria and being homeless some 13years ago. As a single parent to two children, she almost inherited the story that suggested life needed to be a struggle. Yemi describes herself as self-made, not just because of business success, which is unexpected for a solo parent to two kids, but because the legacy she’s intent on leaving goes well beyond imparting business tools but tools of self-empowerment, growth and contribution.

Yemi currently runs four successful businesses; an engineering consultancy based in Sydney, an F45 Fitness Studio in Brixton, London, a Transformation business under the name Yemi Penn and her latest ‘baby’, Golden Thread Café in Sydney. 

Through her Management Consultancy in Sydney, Australia Yemi provides leadership and strategic direction to a range of clients and industries including: Sydney Metro, Transport for New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney, UNSW and F45 Training.

People often wonder how Yemi manages to run four businesses and parent, the short answer she says is “I practice being in the NOW. When I do that I am able to effectively squeeze 40 hours out of a 24 hour day. My formula for achieving more in less time is insane! And is just one of the many tools I share within my personal programs”.

Yemi is a living testament to the power of owning our story, stepping out of our shadow and finding our voice.

Links to Yemi Penn and the Did I Choose My Trauma? documentary:
Website ~ https://www.yemipenn.com/
LinkedIn ~ https://www.linkedin.com/in/yemi-penn-nee-solanke-35413411/
Kickstarter ~ now ended


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CHANGE HAPPENS When Women Speak campaign fundraiser ~ now ended. 

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Real Change ~ Into The Body starts 19 October! Space for 8 women ready to uncover the foundation of lasting transformation and from that understanding and embodiment, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE!

                            >>https://www.wwsgn.com/real-change<<

Todays episode is a conversation about what was uncovered during the first Real Change deep dive earlier this year. Tia Ho and Ame-Lia Tamburrini share realisations on the psyche, the body, spirituality and the state of the world as they answer questions relating to Real Change.

Mentioned in the episode:
Adam Quiney ~ https://adamquiney.com/ep-123-introducing-another-series-along-the-spectrum/
Jenée Johnson ~ https://youtu.be/dq_-v9znmlY


Our two guests:

Tia H. Ho, PhD guides sensitive, transformation focused professionals toward realising their innate resilience and expanding their emotional support capacity so that fear isn’t making their decisions for them. Through integrating expertise in community health with sensory-based mindfulness, brain science and our connection to nature, Finding Mindful Now's courses and offers support participants in taking consistent action on self care so they can keep being the change they want to see.     

Website ~ www.findingmindfulnow.com
Current offers ~ https://findingmindfulnow.podia.com/
LinkedIn ~ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiahho/

Ame-Lia Tamburrini is an engagement and dialogue specialist with degrees in kinesiology and epidemiology. Her passion in human health has grown from the physical body, to the environmental and social determinants of health, to the ways in which we interact and connect. Following many years of engaging with project proponents, government, Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities around the world and seeing the ever-increasing divide between people she became determined to change the ways in which we engage with each other. Her company, Hum Consulting was born out of that desire and aims to create more harmony, unity and momentum in our communities, one conversation at a time.

Ame-Lia is an advocate for the circle dialogue method for its ability to decrease power differentials, build interconnectedness and give everyone a voice. She delights in the idea of bringing that process to organisations and communities everywhere. Ame-Lia is grateful for all her life experiences that have given her the skills and desire to guide conversations that heal. Today she resides on the traditional territory of the Lkwungen peoples (Victoria, BC) and loves soaking up the beauty of this land.

Website ~ www.humconsulting.ca
LinkedIn ~ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ame-lia-tamburrini-47b3b935/
Women's Leadership Circle ~ https://humconsulting.lpages.co/womens-leadership-circle-waitlist/


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