Wisdom From Lived Experience with Jennifer Winfield

This week on the Wisdom From Lived Experience podcast I am going to be sharing how my chronic illness carved a path back to my creative self when I discovered the healing power of dot painting.

I was taught to dot paint by Auntie Daphne (Kal-Ma-Kuta) and Uncle Digby Moran, two Aboriginal elders who found art later on in their lives as part of their own healing journey. The Aboriginal people know the power art has to heal our bodies. Many remote Aboriginal communities have art centres where they are encouraged to paint, throw clay, and screen print, as a way to express and transform their pain and suffering.

For me, the mesmerising and meditative placement of each dot settled me in a way that nothing else could. Even in my most anxious and fearful moments, the colour and movement helped me to find some calm.

The paintings I created connected me back to my ancestral homelands after losing my parents. It was a time of endless suffering and I found the painting brought glimmers of hope and joy back into my life.

This podcast precedes my interview with the artist, Hilary Herrmann, who will share her story next week.

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In this week's episode I am in conversation with Ravi Sharma, a Spiritual Guide from Rishikesh in India.

A huge thank you to Will Murray who edited this podcast for me and for upskilling and supporting my production and editing departments.

Welcome to the Wisdom From Lived Experience podcast.

In this episode I am sharing stories from my own experience finding out what spirituality meant for me.

It precedes my interview with Ravi Sharma a Spiritual Guide from Rishikesh in India which will be published the following week.

Do you have a sense of what it is to be spiritual? What does that word mean for you?

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I would like to acknowledge the Widjabul Wia-bal peoples of the Bundjalung nation as the original custodians of the land on which this podcast was recorded. Their sovereignty was never ceded.

So excited to share the news that I have decided to create a podcast sharing more Wisdom From Lived Experience.

I would like to acknowledge the Widjabul Wia-bal peoples of the Bundjalung nation as the original custodians of the land on which this podcast was recorded. Their sovereignty was never ceded.

We have been sitting in circles this week and are sharing our experience. Enjoy ;)

Smuggling this out of the draft folder because it is hilarious. Tech issues prevail but our heart is in it.

Not the best sound because we were eating breakfast, 6 weeks late, hope you enjoy our latest chat!

Advice for those with a full 'in tray'.