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Each week we dive into what it means to practice love, compassion and courage and all the hard work of showing up to shape a compassion revolution across healthcare.

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    • Oct 9, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 11m AVG DURATION
    • 63 EPISODES


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    S3, E6: Showing Up Hard

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 41:18


    In this podcast Mary Freer dives into the beauty and muscle of boundaries with Shannon Weber.  This is a conversation for anyone who has experienced boundary crossings, violations and harm where we have needed to create boundaries. It's also for all of us who want to be of service or grow in relationship with others.

    S3, E5: The Neuroscience of Art, Beauty and Overwhelm

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 30:27


    Mary Freer joins Dr Sará King to talk about all things neuroscience. The conversation traces Sará's work with MOMA to build trauma informed galleries and museums where people can enjoy art through to an enlivening conversation about what actually happens to our bodies and minds when we experience trauma and sustained stress.

    S3, E4: Co-designing a kinder world

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 43:13


    K.A McKercher joins Mary Freer in conversation about co-designing our work with others in the hope that we might build kinder, more caring and just worlds.

    S3, E3: Creating Spaces for Listening

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 34:19


    Kate Bowles is narrative researcher and patient advocate and teaches at the University of Wollongong. Kate writes online at musicfordeckchairs.com. Brigid Russell is a coach and facilitator who works alongside people in the public and third sectors across Scotland. She believes in a relational approach to coaching and development. You can dive into #spacesforlistening on X (what was Twitter). Kate and Brigid will present on the second day of the Compassion Revolution Conf on the 25th October.

    S3, E2: Post-Traumatic Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 25:55


    Selma Quist Møller is a pyschologist and researcher specialising in post-traumatic growth. Ahead of her visit to Australia, Selma talks with Mary about how times of crisis and trauma can provide windows for transformation.

    S3, E1: Grief at Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 26:05


    In this episode Mary joins her guests Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn, Founders of the Good Mourning Podcast to talk about the experience of grief and some of the ways we can create a compassionate work place.

    S2, E4: SUMA

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 9:58


    In this episode Mary introduces us to the practice SUMA - Showing Up, Understanding, Moving Closer and Acting. Oh and a little heart tap at the end.

    S2, E3: Showing Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 7:57


    Until we show up the play can't start. We are an important character in the narrative arc of this story of our own life. Until we show up we can't make anything worthwhile happen.

    S2, E2: Ripe for Redesign

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 11:27


    a moment that is so ready for our attention. Now is a time to line our values up to support our roles so we can make recovery possible.

    S2, E1: Keep Going

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 10:03


    In this episode Mary gets a bit excited about her new book and reminds us just how much she loves a constraint.

    Episode 53: Doing The Work Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 7:35


    This is part two in the series Doing The Work. This week Mary introduces us to some of the Black writers and teachers she is learning from. This episode is an invitation to white identified listeners to come along and do the work of compassion. #BlackLivesMatter

    Episode 52: Doing The Work Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 8:15


    This week Mary declares her white privilege and talks about how she is committing to dismantle it as a daily effort. This podcast is an invitation to white identified listeners to come along on the journey of doing the work of compassion. #BlackLivesMatter

    Episode 51: Begin Again

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 7:56


    Every day, every hour, every breath we get a chance to begin again. Fresh start.

    Episode 50: 50 Shades of Grateful

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 8:03


    This week Mary celebrates fifty episodes of the Compassion Revolution podcast and offers up 50 things she has come to be grateful for during this global pandemic, including hand sanitiser.

    Episode 49: Hello to all the things

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 7:26


    Maybe we could sit still for a moment today and say hello to all the changing, rumbling, expansive and contracting things that coronavirus has brought into our lives?

    Episode 48: This is not a sprint

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 9:12


    This week we go on a hike, instead of sprinting our way through this pandemic we take very deliberate steps with our eyes wide open.

    Episode 47: What’s Love Got To Do With It

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 7:46


    This is our once in a lifetime opportunity to really shape the future. What do we want a post-corona world to look like? Let’s talk about the politics of love.

    Episode 46: Rise Up Revolutionaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 11:58


    This week Mary goes deep in the blanket fortress to tell us all everything our hearts need to hear to get us through the next 6 months.

    Episode 45: Renè and Georgette

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 6:14


    Making friends is an essential part of life and there are just so many people and animals and plants and landscapes and seascapes to be friends with.

    Episode 44: Do Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 7:53


    Mary is reading all about how to do nothing in the attention economy. This week she reminds us that we are human beings not human doings.

    Episode 43: When All The Blocks Fall Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 8:31


    This episode is all about how we maintain our composure when things get bumpy.

    Episode 42: Sometimes there is pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 7:11


    Pain visits everyone. Sometimes she stays for a whole lot longer than we would like. How can we keep loving ourselves through all the pain?

    Episode 41: My House is On Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 8:09


    In the midst of a climate emergency, when so much of Australia has been burnt Mary encourages us to take up hope, A hope that is like an axe to break down a door.

    Episode 40: Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 9:42


    This week Mary revisits an episode all about Values. Might be a great time of year to re-think our values.

    Episode 39: Compassion is generative

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 7:28


    This week we revisit an earlier podcast where we are reminded of the ripple effect that kindness and compassion really have.

    Episode 38: Showing Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 8:02


    Mary revisits an earlier episode where we are encouraged to show up for ourselves as much as anyone else.

    Episode 37: Self Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 8:11


    Directing compassion towards ourselves isn’t easy and there are many obstacles. But this week we all need an extra dose. Enjoy!

    Episode 36: Loving Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 10:17


    It’s a proven fact that practising this little meditation every day for 2 weeks will change your brain. Go on, you know you want to.

    Episode 35: Can we Teach Compassion?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 12:10


    The answer to this question is ‘Yes!’ and this week Mary looks at the evidence.

    Episode 34: Tips for This Time of Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 8:32


    Around about now everything speeds up and people with a cart load of groceries appear in the ten items or less aisle. This week we practice finding our calm.

    Episode 33: Empathy or compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 10:24


    Do you ever feel like you have so much empathy you could burst? Let’s turn some of that empathy into compassion.

    Episode 32: Mind full or mindful

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 8:58


    It seems that people are thinking a lot about mindfulness at the moment. But are we all talking about the same thing?

    Episode 31: Come in from the cold

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 12:10


    Mary reflects on self compassion how we might include ourselves in the frame a little more. We get so very good at leaving ourselves out in the cold.

    Episode 30: Thirty things I wish I knew 30 years ago

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 7:52


    Time flys when you’re a podcast! This week we celebrate our 30th Episode with a little dose of wisdom, Mary style.

    Episode 29: The body is not an apology

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 8:59


    What if we practised a new kind of radical self love? Let’s give that a try.

    Episode 28: It’s me and I’m alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 9:45


    The joy of being alive! This week we come home to ourselves.

    Episode 27: Recharge OR Endure

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 12:56


    There’s a lot said about resilience, most of it wrong. To go the distance we need to recharge not endure. Mary shares a few of her own life-hacks.

    Episode 26: Love and Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 9:57


    Loving Kindness Meditation is Mary’s go-to meditation at airports and shopping centres. Find out how you can send love while you’re doing the shopping.

    Episode 25: Being Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 7:21


    What’s it like to be you? Mary asks the next question: what’s it like to be on the receiving end of you?

    Episode 24: Clearing Snow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 7:19


    How do we manage Advantage Blindness, even when we are setting out to clear snow. Nothing is only as we experience it.

    Episode 23: Is it love we need?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 7:26


    Everyday in so many ways we create these little temples to love. Mary keeps seeing them everywhere.

    Episode 22: Post Conference Euphoria

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 9:17


    The first Compassion Revolution Conference was last week and Mary is still on cloud 9. In this podcast she listens again to the amazing closing ceremony. Have you heard it ?

    Episode 21: Meet My Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 10:01


    This week on the podcast we think about the real purpose of friendship and how we can be a generous and reliable friend to ourselves and others.

    Episode 20: Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 9:22


    Understanding our values is powerful stuff. This week Mary bans the merch and encourages us all to own our values.

    Episode 19: So grateful my brain is changing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 11:45


    This week on the podcast we discover that being grateful actually changes the molecular structure of our brains. Thanks for that!

    Episode 18: The Joy of it All

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 9:30


    Serendipity takes over and Mary revisits the idea that joy is the labor by which we make the life we want to live possible. It’s like chopping wood and carrying water.

    Episode 17: Bridging

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 9:34


    As John Powell of the HAAS Institute says “Of all the forces shaping politics and power around the world, perhaps none are more important than our sense of who we are, and who we are becoming.” This week we look at Bridging and Breaking.

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    Episode 16: #realtalk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 9:01


    My friends us the term #realtruth to describe the things we need to say to people that sometimes feel really uncomfortable. Or the things we want to say about ourselves that take extra courage. This week it’s #realtalk

    Episode 15: Activism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 8:51


    Do you ever feel disheartened? This week Mary remembers that change doesn’t happen like a shot out of a pistol. It happens in all these amazing incremental moments. People lay the ground work and often they don’t see the fruit of their work or they don’t recognise that their work was instrumental.

    Episode 14: Relentless Optimism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 9:23


    Mary got challenged about her positivity and that got her thinking about how we make choices.

    Episode 13: Being Brave

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 10:04


    Courage calls to courage everywhere! This episode we look at the suffragists and the resistance workers all in the name of finding our brave. Oh, and Mary goes to Berlin and buys her foot an ice cream.

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