Big Little Things

Capacity - our ability to acknowledge and be with all that life brings us.  In this episode we talk about what having capacity actually means in our day to day life and work, how building it supports us in our leadership, our presence and our relationships, what robs us of our capacity and why all of this is important.

Natalie and Laura explore the idea of ‘rest’ in this episode. Something we all seem to crave, and yet simultaneously resist, it seems that rest is an increasingly important capability for humans to develop.  So how do we learn to welcome the idea and energy of rest into our lives - finding ways to rest inside ourselves, and in the presence of each other?  What if rest was an act of preparation, rather than just one of reparation - a thing of necessity rather than a reward?  

In this episode we talk ‘power’ - what does it mean to have power in today’s world, how are our views, our demonstration and our use of power changing to meet the needs of the major shifts in our society and workplaces due to COVID, racial inequality, and technology?   How can power be used well and how is power connected to ‘being the right size’ in both our personal and professional relationships?   A topic we’re both passionate about so there maybe a swear word or two in this episode!

How connected are you to the language of your body?    Here Nat and Laura talk about ‘Embodiment’ the idea of living more in and from our own body. They explore how one might develop a stronger connection with what the body is saying and showing, and how that can enable a life that is more aware and choiceful.

This is about way more than the semantics of language - it is about an energetic stance that we can each hold more consciously in service of staying open. Open to reality, open to possibility, and most importantly it feels, open to each other; a critical exploration at this time when 'EXPERTS' are deferred to more than ever, when it comes to the blueprint for how we live our lives.

In this episode, Nat & Laura go LIVE and invite their listeners to join them in conversation; sharing their insights, experiences, and questions as they explore the topic of CONTROL! As most of us are currently in some sort of lockdown or have imposed restrictions in our daily lives, we ponder whether the ‘normal’ amount of variety, choice, and busyness we have in our day-to-day lives is at the root of our common feeling of needing to be ‘in control'. We ask ‘what lies underneath our need for control?’ and invite all of us to reflect on what 'control' feels like, and to embrace our current lack of control and keep showing up where it’s useful.

Some of us avoid it at all costs, some of us can’t get enough of it. In somewhat of an oxymoron, in this week’s episode, Nat and Laura talk ‘Silence’. They talk about the power of sharing silence together online, why it’s important to have people in our lives that we can share silence with. What being a permission giver for silence might mean for you at work, how silence impacts the depth of our personal relationships, social gatherings and teams, and why being able to be with ourselves in silence allows us to really be alongside others.

Fear. What even happens in you when you read the word...? A universally felt emotion that can impact us at every level, the experience of fear doesn't have to be frightening. Here we explore how fear shows up for us personally and collectively, what impact that can have, and how if we cultivate a relationship with it it can, perhaps paradoxically, be deeply resourcing.

With big topics connecting us and disconnecting us around the world at the moment, in this episode we explore the mammoth topic of ‘connection’.   We talk about how the concept of connection touches every facet of our lives - individually and collectively - and why it’s important to connect with others from a place of self-connection first.  Asking questions like ‘where can we stay with the discomfort of disconnection and not recoil?’ We also share tips on how to stay in the richness of human connection when connecting virtually across technology and timezones, what connection and disconnection feels like in the body and why creativity is connection.

What’s your relationship with time? Are you always in a battle to get more of it or do you work easily with the ebbs and flows of it? In this episode, we ask things like ‘how does ‘linear‘ time resource us and in what ways does it challenge or limit us?’ We explore how living our working days in 30 min or 1-hour chunks might be stifling our creativity, why constant mindfulness might not be conducive to productivity, how our different propensities towards time can impact our mental health, and, how show up in the world physically. 

In this episode, Laura & Nat explore the murky depths of ‘success’. Asking each other the big questions ‘what does it mean to be successful at work?’ ‘does ‘success’ have a place in our personal lives?’ ‘Does ‘success’ equal power? Whilst reflecting on being raised on a staple diet of 80’s ‘success’ movies, is how we have traditionally thought of ‘success’ now going out fashion?

Nat and Laura share a cuppa across the miles, to talk about the beauty and magic of tea. They share thoughts on how tea is way more than an everyday beverage and explore how this simple yet immensely powerful plant medicine can connect us all more deeply to ourselves, each other and the world around us. To know more about the Tea Community and ChaDao ceremonies mentioned visit http://www.globalteahut.org  

Nat and Laura kick off the Big Little Things series with the topic of ‘presence’ Asking some big questions like ‘What even is presence?’ and ‘Is it possible to be simultaneously present with myself and others?’  They explore the challenges of being present in an increasingly complex world and consider how this might be the thing that actually makes things simpler for us all.

As this new podcast launches, Laura introduces herself, her work, what 'big little things’ means for her – and why you should listen.

As this new podcast launches, Natalie introduces herself, her work, what 'big little things’ means for her – and why you should listen.