Do you think that in romantic relationships, love can get a bad rap sometimes? Even when the heartache or pain you’re feeling isn’t because you LOVED someone, but rather because of what else the experience brought up for you (i.e. past traumas, negative feelings or thoughts etc). And what about the different layers of love, and the way in which we love a partner can change with each relationship. Also, why do we break up even if we still love a partner – why is love not always enough? These are some of the questions we tackle in this episode of Whispers of the Soul :)

We also talk about unconditional love, the role of the ego, fear versus love and how our choices and actions are usually rooted in one or the other and we offer a beautiful guided meditation to drop out of the busy mind and into the heart to help you live a heart-led life. After all, we are designed to love, it is a gift that can bond us as one and together we can create a better world. (We also drop in a few song references as you do!)

We hope you enjoy!

Love Sally & Sibby x

Squash Falconer joins us for our last podcast of 2023 and what a way to end the year! Squash was the first British woman to summit Mont Blanc and paraglide from the top, having ridden there on her motorbike! She’s a record breaking adventurer and speaker, and captivates us as she recalls and shares her daring tales, including reaching the summit of Everest and the emotional moments she encountered there, that packs a powerful punch with a beautiful lesson about love.

Some of the qualities Squash talks about from her own experiences are things like teamwork, resilience, discipline, motivation and adaptability - all being key elements to her achievements and how these skills are transferable in everyday life.

We hear from Squash about the fabulous story of how she turned her adventurer spirit and love for the great outdoors, into a wonderful and successful career. Her unfound creativity and focus and self-belief saw her achieving the ‘impossible’ - you have to tune in to listen to this story firsthand.

Squash also shares a few syncronicities that she has experienced in her life which has given her a feeling of deep trust that things will work out, even when you can’t see ‘how’. And she shares an extraordinary experience that she has whilst traveling around the Americas on her motorbike filming a TV show out there, which resulted in a blessing being carried out in the middle of the Atacama desert with beer and sweets!

We are so grateful to Squash for coming onto the podcast and sharing her story and whispers of the soul! See you all in 2024!

If you want to find out more about Squash Falconer, you can on social media or on her website, www.squashfalconer.com and if you have any questions, Squash will always get back to you, if you get in touch.

We welcome to the show Pam Sidhu, who is a BBC Radio Derby presenter and a qualified Mindfulness Practitioner. Pam shares with us that mindfulness has taught her that “you can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.” A quote made famous by Jon Kabat Zinn, the founder of mindfulness as we know it today.

Pam loves helping others to quieten down the ‘noise’ in the mind so we can tune into the present moment and our inner voice that is more intuitive. There are so many benefits that mindfulness can gift, such as better sleep, an increase in happiness and a decrease in depression, better pain management and less stress to name a few.

Pam stresses that mindfulness is not a magic pill. You don’t do it once and then you’re set for life. It’s a practice that you need to build into your life. It needs strengthening, like a muscle.

During this podcast episode are also gifted with a short mindful exercise that Pam shares with us, to bring inner calm, peace and connectedness, so that you can feel more balanced and less ‘full up’ with other stuff.

To find out more about Pam, you can connect via Instagram or check out her YouTube channel.

The inspiring Tim Elliott returns to our podcast to talk about what it means to find and follow your North Star! Tim runs and collaborates on projects that use creativity as a catalyst for positive change, he’s also a mentor, workshop facilitator, speaker and climate reality leader. If you’ve never heard of what it means to find your North Star and are interested in learning techniques and practices to help you make the right choices, stay on track and take the necessary steps to fulfill your life’s mission, then we’ve got you covered in this episode!

So why are we not always aware of our North Star and what are we trying to find or follow instead? Well, Tim talks about how so many of us choose our path through fear disguised as practicality - and practicality is fog, it doesn’t help you ‘see’ as Tim explains.

The role of intention and what it means to have intentional lives and make intentional choices can also help navigate your path forwards as well as being mindful of connection and disconnection. What action can you take or belief or behaviour do you need to develop, to help you feel connected? Tim works with others to develop lists of words that clarifies what it means to feel connected and disconnected from your North Star.

The power of questions is something else that Tim uses. He gives us some examples during this podcast episode. Tim explains that the right questions can help you to see things from alternative perspectives and to know and feel if you are going in the right direction.

To find out more about Tim, click on this link: https://linktr.ee/timelliottuk.

The fabulous Gosia Gorna, an award-winning transformational coach, speaker, and a best-selling author of ‘The Expansion Game’ - a powerful method which transforms fear into successes - joins us for a mind-blowing, consciousness expanding episode where she shares her incredible insights with us that will transform your life for the better!

Over the past 20 years, Gosia has worked with thousands of people across the world supporting them in finding greater clarity and confidence and talks to us about her story and how she started and eventually channeled her technique into her book - The Expansion Game.

A fantastic insight into asking the right questions, really understanding the meaning of making an impact and how to listen and act on your own intuition - something that not only changed Gosia’s life but saved it.

You can find Gosia on Instagram: @gosia.gorna, or by visiting www.gosiagorna.com. Gosia’s wonderful book, The Expansion Game, is available from her website store or from Amazon.

Do you want to step out of lone wolf mode and build your business within an community that is part of the New Earth? We welcome Vanessa Smith, founder of the New Earth Collab, who is a Spiritual Mentor, Energy Guide and Holistic Business Coach, guiding leaders, teachers and messengers to step into the new paradigm version of themselves so they can do the work they are here to do.

Vanessa highlights the deep alchemy that can take place when we are just being ourselves with each other. As we become clearer about the truth of who we are and committed to expressing that in the world, that’s when we actually birth the collective experience that we want to have in order to be happy.

She also shares that energy is more real than physicality for her, because there isn’t the same limitation. She believes that the Empath is the next evolution of humanity, and that our collective energetic structures are changing and shifting.

Through the New Earth Collab, Vanessa looks to activate transformation on a mass level, authentically engaging with our awakening process as a collective. She talks of ways in which we can do this through creative projects in our communities, thereby activating transformation in our local area. She believes in embracing the practical as well as the spiritual in this paradigm shift.

You can find out more about Vanessa by visiting www.newearthcollab.com, or she is also on LinkedIn, YouTube as well as Instagram as: @your_energy_guide.

We chat to the fabulous Buckso Dhillon-Woolley, an international and motivational speaker, actor, host and author who mentors and coaches spiritual entrepreneurs.

Buckso has had a variety of TV and film roles and is now expanding her creativity by diving deeply into her real passion as a speaker. From the stage, she shares her energy and wisdom, which she gained clarity on during an awakening she had in 2020.

She talks to us candidly about her awakening process that brought about a cataclysmic change within her and as a result, she became the truest version of who she was meant to be on this earth.

During her awakening she reveals to us that it was more about her ‘remembering’ who she really is and exploring the connection we all have to source and the power of opening up and surrendering to higher wisdom.

Her work now is all about enabling others to do the same and to realise the brilliance we each hold within - she often refers to this as our ‘inner diamond’.

This all started from a realisation she had during the funeral service for her father. She explains that we have carbon in our bodies which, when we die, can be made into diamonds. But why, she asked herself at that point, do we have to die in order to shine? Why not shower other people with our brilliance now? Because after all, life can be short! And one day, inevitably, our physical bodies will die. So, her mission is simple. It is to reveal the diamond in you.

You can find out more about Buckso on Instagram: @bucksodw or by visiting her website: www.bucksodw.com.

We are blessed with another beautiful guest - Katy Henry - who joins us to share her own whispers of the soul that meant her whole life was about to change quite dramatically!

Katy’s world became quite different after she left the hustle and bustle of her life that sometimes meant she was working up to 80 hours a week and now is a self-proclaimed ever-evolving human! We love that!

She has such a richness of experience which includes training as a 5 Element acupuncturist, she also co-owns The Bridge Centre for Natural Health in Derby, is the founder of the Gathering on the Hill and the creator of the Embody Your Essence and Vital Woman programmes.

We delve into her story and discuss how she began to have visions about the rise of the feminine. Katy started to receive intuitive messages to ‘gather the women’, which eventually led her to create The Gathering on the Hill at Upper Hurst Farm in the Peak District after her fortuitous meeting with Sue, guardian of the land there.

Her collaborative approach to bring women together at the Gathering on the Hill was about creating a space where women can engage in conscious conversations, listen to the whispers of their souls and hold space for each other, as well as connect with the energy of the land itself.

Katy believes the connection between the heart and womb space is also key to healing ourselves as women and finding our truth and this is very much honoured in all the work that she does.

You can find out more about Katy on Instagram: @katyhenryactivate or by visiting her website: www.activateandadvance.co.uk.

Our magical guest Emma Griffin joins us to talk about being a modern-day witch and the real-life Molly Weasley! She has created a worldwide community through her work as a witch and is known for her Guidance Medicine Readings®, her sisterhood circles and her lifestyle. Emma shares with us her magical practices and witchy wisdom to modern day life in a relatable way.

It all took off for Emma In 2019, when she started sharing her witch lifestyle on her Instagram account and opened her services to the world. It very quickly went global with her work rooted in her energetic gifts, magic and spiritual practices.

Since then she has created courses, circles, new services and has written a book - Find Your Soul Path: Discover The Sacred Life Within which is available to buy now on Amazon and she has recently celebrated signing as an author with Hay House! Amazing!

We fully enjoyed stepping into the magical world of witchcraft with Emma and talk about everything from soul wisdom to restless spirits with some beautiful insights shared along the way.

You can find out more about Emma on Instagram: @emmagriffinwitch, on TikTok, or by visiting her website: www.emmagriffinwitch.co.uk.

During this podcast episode, we are joined by Chris Holland - a leading inspiration in the field of nature connection and environmental education for families, schools and businesses. Chris has a natural talent for working with groups of people, telling stories, sharing bush craft skills, foraging, creating environmental art and he’s also a ‘world class’ didgeridoo player!

Chris shares with us how his love of Nature began and describes how play, including playing music, can bring about a sense of oneness with the world around us, and how education takes place in the heart and body – not just in the head. He believes that play is how we all learn best.

We chat about the family camps and other activities that Chris facilitates to promote rest, relaxation and kindness while nurturing a heartfelt connection to themselves, each other and Planet Earth.

You can find out more about the wonderful work that Chris does by visiting: www.natureconnection.co.uk or naturalmusicians.co.uk.

Here's a special coupon for you lovely listeners to get 20% off some of Chris’s resources: https://www.natureconnection.co.uk/?coupon=WHISPERS. This covers I love my world as a book or ebook, a family storytelling and nature connection online resource called NEST and the Acorn plant of the week sheet.

If anyone wants to know about the family camps then please go here: www.trillonthehill.co.uk/family-camp.