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The Collective Wisdom Podcast the podcast that explores how to be a wiser version of yourself. This is a podcast that helps you to tap into your own inner wisdom and find the answers within you for how to live your best life.
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Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to episode 47 of Collective Wisdom, which marks the anniversary of the launch back in December 2020. I can still remember the feelings of apprehension as I put the very first episode out there. And it feels so good now to be able to look back and reflect on just how consistently showing up and practising can make something so much better. I already knew at the time, the power of stories to connect us on an emotional level. But what I've discovered is that there's a huge difference between knowing something to be true, and actually experiencing it. So this is a perfect opportunity to thank each and every one of my guests for showing up so graciously and trusting me with their stories. It's been a truly humbling experience to spend time with them. And I've been reminded time and time again, just how much we can learn from others if we take the time to sit down and listen. It's also a chance to thank you for joining me. And for all the really kind messages of support and encouragement I've received over the past year. They really have fueled me and knowing that other people are enjoying listening to it as much as I'm enjoying recording each episode is a real bonus for me. And I don't think this week's guest will be an exception. Fiona Mattesini is a journalist and accomplished writer. And she and I share a passion for all things podcasting. She's also been really good at following her intuition over the years, and as a result has a really interesting and exciting career path. That's given her a chance to truly explore her creativity, one adventure at a time. But what I think Fiona helps highlight more than anything is a universal truth, that essentially life is all about the relationships that you experience along the way. And we dig into how important that is, and how kindness and empathy play a part in building those relationships and making them so much stronger.
You can find Fiona on Instagram: @Fionamattesini
Emilie Wapnick: TedX Why some of us don't have one true calling
Song: ‘Sail On’ by Fergus O’Farrell for Interference
Wisdom: Write the book you want to read
CRISIS at CHRISTMAS - Making a difference to someone who doesn’t have a home this Christmas
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to episode 46 of Collective Wisdom, which I'm very happy to say I'm recording from sunny Singapore. And it's been such a treat to reconnect with friends, many of whom I haven't seen for almost two years now. Health and well-being are definitely front of mind again this week, as news emerged of the new Omnicon variant of COVID-19 virus. It's still very unclear at this point, just what an impact it will have. But a reminder to us all that when our health is threatened, everything else becomes secondary. This is something that my guest today, Ian Barry, has had to deal with for most of his adult life, as he was diagnosed with melanoma when he was in his early 20s. He was told by his surgeon at the time that his capacity to survive the threat that it posed, would largely be affected by his attitude. And that adopting an attitude of gratitude would go a long way to help as he is now in his late 60s, I think we can safely say it's had the desired effect so far. Sometimes it just pays to be playful, give compliments to yourself and to others, and to find something to be grateful for even when the chips are down. For me today, I'm simply grateful to have met Ian and had the pleasure of his company for this episode. And if after listening to him, I’m sure you will feel the same way.
Ian Berry’s website is https://www.ianberry.biz/
Ian Berry on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianberry1/
My relatively new service is https://www.ianberry.biz/we-need-to-talk where I have two vacancies for the 10AM AEDT session and one for the 8.30 AM UK time session
Enough. Unlock a life of abundance starting right where you are
Song: ‘Up Where Belong’ Joe Cocker and Jennifer Wares
Wisdom: Never forget when you look in the mirror that you are seeing a unique one-of-a-kind human being.
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to episode 45 of The Collective Wisdom Podcast. I'd like to wish anyone who's joining me from the US a very happy Thanksgiving weekend. It's really a great time of year to remind ourselves of all the people we're truly grateful to in our lives. And my guest today, Caroline Harvey has a really touching story about doing just that. We're also coming up to a year since I started this podcast. So it's my chance to say a huge thank you to all the amazing guests I've had on the show so far. So many of them are unsung heroes who are quietly getting on with making a difference to the lives of the people they serve. And I include Caroline amongst them, as in her capacity as a public speaking coach. She's helping people to really find their voice and then tap into creative ways of expressing it and bringing their true present to a stage or presentation. And if you listen very carefully, you may hear the word bark in the background as when we were recording there was a dog who must have been listening in and was putting in some practice finding his own voice. However, we didn't let it deter us from what was for me a fascinating and very informative conversation.
ENOUGH. Unlock a life of abundance starting right where you are
Song: 'Babylon' by Don Maclean
Wisdom: The biggest waste of time is comparing yourself to others
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Hey there my wise friends, and welcome to episode 44 of Collective Wisdom, which is all about leading with empathy. And as if by magic, there was one of the most beautiful examples of doing just that. This weekend, I was watching one of my favourite TV shows 'Strictly Come Dancing'. 'Strictly' has evolved over the years into something that's more than just a dance competition. Behind all the spray tans and the fabulous costumes. It's really about showing people that if you put in the hard work and face your fears that you're always capable of far more than you often believe.
This week, all our hearts were completely won over by Rose Ayling-Ellis and her partner Giovanni Pernice. Rose is the first deaf contestant on the show and has had us all completely in awe with the way that she is nevertheless able to respond to the beat in the music that she can actually feel. So in their dance this week, there was a moment where they cut the music, and we all had just a tiny glimpse into roses world. Not only was the dance itself breathtaking, but it gave us all a chance to experience true empathy. There was no pity here for a woman who can't hear, but instead a whole new level of understanding of what it means to be deaf.
It was radical empathy that called my guest today to do the work that she's currently doing in Nepal. Michelle Welsch not only founded a social enterprise, The Learning House, which helps so many young people in Nepal get access to the education that allows them to really lean into their brightest fullest potential as humans, but she's done this without the backing of a team or resources to help her.
It's grit and tenacity, empathy, and a beautiful vision of what's possible if you keep going that have been the driving force behind her work. Michelle’s positivity and energy are infectious. And I'm just so thrilled she's here to join me to share her story.
Michelle Welsch, MSW
www.michellewelsch.com - about me
www.learninghousenepal.com - my education center in Nepal
Tweet me @redheadlefthand
Watch Giovanni and Rose on Strictly Come Dancing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QejOzrlovTQ
Song ‘Lucky’ by Russ
Wisdom ‘Leap and the net will appear’
and ‘Find your tribe’
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to episode 43 of Collective Wisdom, which today is all about the art of writing and what it can do for you. I'm in a very happy position that after years and years of filling up many, many, many, many notebooks with ideas and thoughts and reams of randomness. It did turn into a bit of a book project. I know you're probably thinking, God is she still going on about that, but the truth is that having spoken to and listened to a lot of writers, both here on the podcast and at literature festivals, and anywhere else I can find those conversations. I realised that the outcome really is not the point. It's what writing can do for you to help you find clarity about your identity, the conflicts that you find within you. Does anyone else have that experience of holding two seemingly conflicting ideas in your head at once?
Well, my guest today has a lot to say on that subject. And she has so much to share about how the practice of creating writing can really help you to understand yourself a bit better. As well as being a very gifted teacher, Adanna is also a coach. So that means that she has a superpower for really prompting you to not only find your own creative expression, but then to use it perhaps to help you guide through a transition or a challenge or, or simply moving towards doing more of what really lights you up, both in life and at work for anyone interested in the art of writing. This episode is a real gift and I'm so grateful to Adanna. So here she is to tell us a bit more about her story.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/invictawriters/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/adanna-onuekwusi-ma-pgce-307282175
Website: https://www.invictawriters.com/
Song ‘Strength, Courage and Wisdom’ by Indie Arie
Wisdom: ‘The art of simplicity simply means making peace with your complexity’
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to season five of The Collective Wisdom Podcast. We're kicking off this new season with a little bit of a difference because rather than having one or two guests this week, I have 16. Yep, I like a good challenge. Why the party? Well, because over the summer, I was lucky enough to be involved in a collaborative book project with a group of friends who are all members of an online community I'm part of called The Right Company, which was founded back in 2018 by Bernadette Jiwa and Mark Dyck to support freelancers, solopreneurs, and business owners. A few of us have been working together on that project. And this week, we're celebrating the launch of our book into the world. It's called 'Enough: Unlock a life of abundance starting right where you are'
In the book, we share our own perspectives on how we've set about doing work that feels aligned with our values, and gives us that sense of fulfilment, whilst also leaving us with enough time and energy to focus on perhaps the other things in life that matter to us. We've shared our compelling stories where we distil all the advice and wisdom we've learned along the way. We share insights from failures, celebrate creativity with poetry, and ask some powerfully reflective questions that we've often asked ourselves.
It's our hope that reading our stories will inspire you to reflect on your own answer to the question of 'what is enough?' and explore your own unique gifts and creative talents to focus your attention on what it is you really want to achieve in life. Perhaps finding the encouragement to taking steps towards building or rebuilding a life that is rich in every sense of the word.
In short, we hope it's a call to action for how to use that propelling question of 'What is enough?' as a compass for living life on your terms.
Show Notes Quote (Timestamp):
ENOUGH: Unlock a life of abundance starting right where you are
Song: Up and Up by COLDPLAY
Contributors:
Jeremy Deedes - Words not deeds
Sue Heatherington - Quiet Disruptors
Joel Hughes - Glass Mountains Website Design
Caroline Harvey - Public Speaking Coach
Pete Michaels - Rock and Roll Copy
Claudia Brose - Living and Working with Attention
Tricia Van Vliet - The Wellness CPA PLLC
Jacquie Landeman
Con Christerson
Bernadette Jiwa: The Story of Telling
Edited by Siobhan Curham
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to Episode 40 of The Collective Wisdom Podcast.
I have an amazing guest to bring Season 4 to a close. Daniel Bauer is a teacher, coach and mentor. it's fair to say, to millions of people. He runs a really successful podcast called Better Leaders Better Schools, which although it's aimed at educators and school leaders, is actually relevant for anyone who wants to seek some professional development.
He asks better questions, he has conversations with really inspired people, and his love of learning comes through all the time. Danny believes that the number one thing that makes a difference to students is the quality of the teaching and the quality of leadership in schools. And as a school leader himself, he could never quite understand why schools were set to compete against one another, when actually if they collaborated and supported and encouraged one another, school leaders learn to get better together.
So he set up a series of masterminds and has just written his latest book, which is called 'Mastermind Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader' And it's all about the wisdom and experience that he's learned in the process of setting up these masterminds. How that encouragement and support has really built up a network of school leaders who are becoming better leaders every day. He lives and breathes his own philosophy, which is that everybody wins when a leader gets better.
Daniel Bauer is an unorthodox Ruckus Maker who has mentored thousands of school leaders through his Better Leaders Better Schools blog, books, podcasts, and powerful coaching experiences.
Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader is a book that reimagines what professional development for school administrators looks like in order to meet the needs of all school leaders who currently feel isolated and overwhelmed.
Websites and Social Links
BLBS Website: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com
Mastermind Book: Unlock the talent of school leaders
https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/mastermind/book275490#description
Book discount code: Use "RUCKUS" for 20% off the cover price + free shipping!
Book website with bonuses: https://www.betterleadersbetterschools.com/mastermindbook/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielevanbauer/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alienearbud
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alienearbud/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danevanbauer?ref=bookmarks
Medium: https://alienearbud.medium.com/
BLBS on Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-leaders-better-schools-podcast-daniel-bauer/id1036167679?mt=2
Sir Ken Robinson 'Do schools kill creativity?' TED TALK
Song: Waskara by Oliver Mtukudzi
https://open.spotify.com/track/3fDzjCoOuYUgCyTjY768Iz?si=08b4d26f6fb1414b
Wisdom: You’ll never go wrong treating people right
Enough: Unlock a life of abundance starting right where you are
A collaborative book project by members of The Right Company
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to Episode 39 of The Collective Wisdom Podcast. This week we're celebrating two very important national days. The first was yesterday, Monday the 18th of October, which is International Menopause Day. And I just like to say a huge thanks once again to Dr. Rebecca Lewis, who so kindly joined me back in Episode 35 and shared her immense wisdom about how to get informed and how to get access to the help you need to have a healthy menopause, including the balance app that was launched by the Newsome clinic, which really gives women the chance to track their symptoms and get the help they need. And this week also marks national Apple Day, Thursday the 21st of October is a very important day for celebrating orchards across the UK and to raise awareness of the environmental impact just to remind people of the importance of orchard fields, and nature to humanity in general. So to celebrate that I have two superstar guests with me this week, Vanessa Rigg, and Keyna Doran, who have together worked tirelessly to save and protect the over 100 year old World's End orchard in Chipping Camden. So find out all about the two of them, their story about orchards and why they matter so much.
Friends of Wolds End Orchard Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/SaveWoldsEnd/
Campden Edge Youth Arts Charity - https://www.facebook.com/SaveWoldsEnd/
Song My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars - https://open.spotify.com/track/1SRkKyJ2JjMZgyDWC30zKv?si=2cd8adfbbf2d49b2
Music Credo Mass in C Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - https://open.spotify.com/track/0hneOtkiKbXm4oreUfWzaI?si=43ec56b767894b84
Wisdom: Get informed and be prepared before you go into battle.
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to Episode 38 of The Collective Wisdom Podcast. My guest this week, Marco Houwen, who as well as being a fellow iPEC coach, is also a founder, CEO and investor. And his latest business creation is a business called Zentrapreneur and the eternal art of being, which has as he describes a simple aim to equip entrepreneurs with the insight practices and personal awareness that reveal what's just beyond one's own external conditioning. Marco believes this is the only personal leadership experience that helps leaders to align who they truly are, with what they do. And in doing so leading the way to an enlightened entrepreneurial era. That leaves the digital Dark Ages forged in Silicon Valley behind. His vision is for a world where the operating system for authentic value creation and personal leadership is fully aligned with the progress of the human race. I sat down with Marco to talk about some of the challenges along the way, how he's crafted this vision, how he's come to these conclusions, and to hear just a little bit more about his story.
Find Marco Houwen online:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zentrapreneurship/
‘Just Beyond Yourself’ by David Whyte - https://onbeing.org/poetry/just-beyond-yourself/
Song You can’t rush your healing by Trevor Hall - https://open.spotify.com/track/7kdJcH97qbvW7ubH6ukOTf?si=58957b7cf3e7407f
Wisdom: Don’t underestimate what you can achieve in 10 years
ENOUGH: Unlock a life of abundance starting right where you are - https://enoughthebook.co/
A collaborative book project by members of The Right Company.
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Hey there, my wise friends and welcome to Episode 37 of The Collective Wisdom Podcast, which is all about hope in the face of challenge. My guest today is Rien Macdonald and, it's true to say he's been facing a few challenges of his own lately, having lost his job and living in Melbourne where lockdown continues and the obvious challenges that presents. In fact, we wanted to make this episode precisely because we recognise just how many people are facing really tough times at the moment. We also talk about mentors, and it is a great chance to reflect on what one of my favourite mentors, Robin Kramer once said to me, which is, “no one got to be where they are today alone.” So this is a chance to thank the mentors in my life, and I know Rien has also been really grateful for the support he's received in helping him to get started with his new business. It's also true that as my lovely friend Melissa Camilleri says, “we rise by lifting others.” So having the opportunity to help someone always has a positive impact. I hope that Rien’`s positive energy and his amazing stories help make your day a bit brighter.
The Hope Initiative - https://thehopeinitiative.simplecast.com/
The Hope Initiative Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hopeinitiativepod/
RUKKUS - https://www.rukkus.com.au/
Trust the Process - Cat's Episode on The Hope Initiative - https://thehopeinitiative.simplecast.com/episodes/42-trust-the-process
The long and the short of it podcast - https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/
Wisdom: We are all imposters. Have some self compassion and jump into the arena
Songs
‘Days Like This’ by Van Morrison - https://open.spotify.com/track/3xINh6YqkLfucEtjoa4x7D?si=d2ea8f0273d84ef0
‘Spanish Sahara’ by FOALS - https://open.spotify.com/track/3xINh6YqkLfucEtjoa4x7D?si=d2ea8f0273d84ef0