EMBODIED REBELLION

I joined Janis of 52 convos for a quick conversation on work, life and movement, an equivalent of an espresso shot. https://www.fiftytwoconvos.com

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts' as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. A short New Year catch up as we talk about some of what we have learnt about ourselves last year, and not have the pressure to create a "new year new me" goal.

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. Is awareness enough ? Of course it is! enough for what, to help in whatever way it does that. Awareness is always here and we drop in and out of it many times a day. Everything is appropriate or helpful until it's not This question of awareness been enough came up when having a couple of conversations recently in terms of change and having an impact on self, others, communities and the world.

Mari Curteanu is the founder of BodyMind&Soul Fitness. Her life is a result of a series of bold decisions she took from a very young age. She moved countries and married young, become a mother, all when she was 19. Became a professional financial advisor in her early 30's, while she was a single mother working on a demanding business environment. Dropped the security of the corporate world and followed her calling to empower people in her very late 30'. She was recently faced with a life threatening diagnose and three brain surgeries in just one year. Her resilience to rise above these tremendous challenges exceeded every expectation and deeply moved everyone who followed her journey. Not only that she overcame this adversity, but she is now thriving and turned her life crisis into her mission. She empowers and guides people to achieve personal growth and transformation by overcoming life adversities. Mari does that by coaching them how to navigate challenging situations using modern applied coaching skills, as well as a series of on-line programs and workshops that she designed based on her extended knowledge and experience over the years and her immense passion on the subject of body mind connection.

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. In this episode we speak with Rose - (Wildly off track ) were she shares some of her experiences on her journey to healing. "I was following the script of what I thought I should be doing with my life until I was 19 and dad died. Since then I've been on a quest to heal from the consequences of that happening so suddenly and in a death phobic culture. I've moved through a series of jobs and courses trying to find my way and now at two years sober my emerging work is all about supporting people heal and unhook from systems of harm through collective care, ritual, and writing".

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. In this episode we are in conversation with Steve Beckles Ebusua on not believing everything you think, and the power of questioning what you really Believe. Steve is an international speaker, soft skills trainer, author, presenter, and Amazon Top 10 bestseller. He motivates and inspires people to exceed their expectations. He achieves this by delivering strategies and techniques for developing a growth mindset. Steve believes that when you challenge a belief pattern and replace it with an alternative belief pattern, everything will change. .

Our quest Natalie Alleyne a Social Justice Mentor and Business Consultant DEI Director, Camden and Islington United, Features Editor and Ghost writer to prominent figures. We spoke about privileges, touched on marginalisation, oppressive ideology and having industrial revolution money. ​​Natalie offers support to Donation run black community support for those in search of the words and tools to articulate themselves against microaggression and racist ideology. Integral to these sessions is an element of healing; many people of colour find that tradition therapy is non inclusive to intersections of identity and social context. These sessions act as a support. https://www.nataliealleyne.com

In this  episode I speak with Angela  Wells who is an NLP Coach who also works in  asset management as well as being   The co founder The  NLP conference  India. We spoke about navigating  the stories we tell ourselves  and how curiosity  can reframe how we tell those stories. We started off with a little interference as Jason was away so we had to continue without him. Those that know, that I don't edit the recordings therefore after a minute or so, we continued without Jason and without interference. Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) NLP combines cognitive behavioural and humanistic therapies with hypnotherapy. It works on the theory that life experiences, from birth onwards, programme the way you see the world. Practitioners help you to discover how you have learnt to think or feel so that you can take control of your actions. They will also look at your successes, so you can use these to develop further successful skills and behaviours.

In this episode Jason and I spoke to Kate winter an ex-police detective (10 years) turned personal trainer/yoga & mindfulness teacher turned sales & marketing director. She had suffered from anorexia/OCD and learnt to meditate whilst in hospital. Kate discussed , being stuck making change and being at home within. Her path out/through has been through Ashtanga practice meditation, psychotherapy and writing.

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings.

We spoke with Mary Rogers about being grounded and balancing life . Mary is an English teacher, writer of poetry and prose, short fiction and children's stories . Mary also studies the universal principles and laws with John Demartini ans is a trained facilitator of the Demartini Method. She is curious and finds joy in the simple things while manoeuvring life with her best pal Rockie the Australian Shepherd.

Today we have with us Rosanna copper who is an Integrative Art Psychotherapist who is passionate about mental health, social cohesion and creative living. Rosanna currently. offers the following: Write From the Guts/ Creative Discoveries Write From the Guts: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-from-the-guts-tickets-85377483351 Creative Discoveries: https://www.facebook.com/creativediscoverieslondon This was the quote by Charlie Kauffman that I read out or stumbled over at the end “People all over the world spend countless hours of their lives every week being fed entertainment in the form of movies, TV shows, newspapers, YouTube videos and the internet. And it's ludicrous to believe that this stuff doesn't alter our brains. It's also equally ludicrous to believe that – at the very least – this mass distraction and manipulation is not convenient for the people who are in charge. People are starving. They may not know it because they're being fed mass produced garbage. The packaging is colourful and loud, but it's produced in the same factories that make Pop Tarts and iPads, by people sitting around thinking, ‘What can we do to get people to buy more of these?' And they're very good at their jobs. But that's what it is you're getting, because that's what they're making. They're selling you something. And the world is built on this now. Politics and government are built on this, corporations are built on this. Interpersonal relationships are built on this. And we're starving, all of us, and we're killing each other, and we're hating each other, and we're calling each other liars and evil because it's all become marketing and we want to win because we're lonely and empty and scared and we're led to believe winning will change all that. But there is no winning. What can be done? Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone not yet born, someone who won't be born for 500 years. Your writing will be a record of your time. It can't help but be that. But more importantly, if you're honest about who you are, you'll help that person be less lonely in their world because that person will recognise him or herself in you and that will give them hope. It's done so for me and I have to keep rediscovering it. It has profound importance in my life. Give that to the world, rather than selling something to the world. Don't allow yourself to be tricked into thinking that the way things are is the way the world must work and that in the end selling is what everyone must do. Try not to.” Charlie Kaufman

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. Sometimes a conversation can take a little while to warm up or get some flow and I think this happened with our first one hour podcast. I definitely felt nervous at the start and was very conscious about the little voices trying to throw me off my game with no- sense. it took a little time to settle into this one. Why ‘Embodied Rebellion'? Well because life has to be embodied to be fully expressed. Instead of rejecting those elements of ourselves that we dislike and shunning our authenticity, we can pick up all of the pieces of who we are, and place them back into the puzzle of our authentic selves.

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. This short introduction gives a flavour of both who we are, and the many pieces of our possibilities. Why ‘Embodied Rebellion'? Well because life has to be embodied to be fully expressed. Instead of rejecting those elements of ourselves that we dislike and shunning our authenticity, we can pick up all of the pieces of who we are, and place them back into the puzzle of our authentic selves.