Life's Rich Tapestry
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EP 18 - Music Hunter - Meg Benson
Life's Rich Tapestry
03/23/22 • 82 min
In this episode, Meg Benson talks about her early life which had its challenges, and disrupted attachments. Enthusiasm and choice were strong features for overcoming adversity. Even though Meg moved out of home at 14, she stayed at school until completion of HSC and was crowned school captain. Her resilience through optimism, skills of resourcefulness, and her can-do attitude shine throughout the interview.
She has a track record of picking the hard tasks; resuscitating the music industry, as the Blue Mountains Music Hunter since 2010, which she founded as a response to a need for increased opportunities for musicians and audiences in the upper Blue Mountains and beyond. The main focus has been to enrich the cultural landscape by curating a wide diversity of music, with excellence being the common denominator, and in so doing contributing to the cohesion of the community. Music Hunter has run over 200 events with audience capacities between 70 and 1500, of course during the Covid pandemic, strict adherence to Government restrictions regarding social distancing and crowd numbers were followed.
The interview is filled with a who’s who of past and current musicians, nuggets of inspiration, and an insight into what makes Meg the resilient and strong woman that she is.
EP 30 - All things wedding photography with Award-Winning photographers Fiona and Bobby
Life's Rich Tapestry
06/29/22 • 48 min
Join me on this episode with award-winning photographers Fiona and Bobby.
Professional photography is an essential part of any wedding as it involves capturing everything that goes on during the wedding day. While items such as flowers, decor, and attire wilt or are put in storage after the wedding day, your wedding photographs are items that exist long after the celebration to remind you of every single detail of the day.
They describe themselves as A little quirky, a little sassy, a little goofy, a little romantic, and an artistically driven duo who think outside the triangle.
Questions answered -
· When did your interest in photography start?
· How did you meet?
· When did you decide that you wanted to start your own business?
· Benefits of working together?
· When a couple contacts you what are your first initial steps?
· How far will you travel for a job?
· Do you have a limit on how many weddings you photograph in a month?
· Turn around for photos?
· Do you have a distinct style?
· What do you love most about taking wedding photos?
· What do you do about Weather challenges for photos?
· What is the most important thing for celebrants to consider?
· What other sort of photo projects are you working on? Boudoir?
To contact Fiona and Bobby click on the link below
https://fionaandbobby.com/contact/
Check out their fabulous work click on the links below
https://www.instagram.com/fionaandbobby/
EP 13 - The Dulcet Tones of Aurora Li
Life's Rich Tapestry
02/09/22 • 32 min
Bushfires, floods, and ultimately COVID took their toll on Aurora’s musical aspirations and robbed her of advance bookings, including several major folk and blues festivals. Virtual gigs filled in a few gaps including performing as one half of sister act, The River Li, for the Blue Mountains Gallery Gigs series. For the most part, though, Aurora has busied herself during lockdown with completing her HSC, writing new material, launching into a Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium, and preparing for her AMusA in classical piano.
Although born and raised in Australia, Aurora also embraces her Chinese heritage on her father’s side. She won Best Performance of a Folk song from Another Tradition at the 2021 Illawarra Folk Festival (Fresh Folk) with her ethereal rendition of the Kangding Love Song sung in Mandarin. Taking inspiration from a 2019 meandering boat journey up the Yangtze River, Aurora wrote the hauntingly beautiful ‘Emerald Gorge’, which takes its name from the emerald green waters and sheer, rocky cliffs of the furthest gorge of the Daning River. Her composition has been described by renowned Soviet-born, Australian composer, Elena Kats-Chernin as ‘astounding’ and ‘just extraordinary’, and her voice as ‘pure’ and ‘without ego’.
Still only 18, Aurora’s fresh and optimistic take on life can find a song in every joy and every heartache. Her spare, indie folk/pop sound is complimented by sharply observed lyrics that traverse her experiences of friendship, loss, regret, and redemption. Like her musical idols, Phoebe Bridgers, Lorde, and Taylor Swift, Aurora is a poet and the story itself is as important as the way it's told.
She aspires to set to music universal feelings and experiences in a way that brings unconscious or unarticulated thoughts into sharp relief. With a voice that gently takes you along for the ride, you will be enchanted and you will be mesmerized.
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/auroralimusic/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviHKZaWbMsFTAoyd_CptPw
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/auroramli/
Website -https://auroralimusic.wixsite.com/website
EP 24 - Discussing End-Of-Life and Death with Lisa Potter
Life's Rich Tapestry
05/18/22 • 55 min
Listen in on this highly informational podcast with Lisa Potter who is a
End of Life Guide and Doula | Death Educator & Advocate | Funeral and Memorial Celebrant | Grief and Loss Navigator
She first discovered her desire to demystify and normalize dying and death at a fairly young age, after experiencing several impactful deaths in her immediate family. She has committed 25+ years to both personal and professional development, ongoing research, and industry-relevant formal study. She has over a decade of applied experience in providing love-guided support, service, care, and advocacy for families and individuals at end of life stages and thereafter. She also is an author of “Many Rivers to Cross” which chronicles her caregivers' journey through her sister’s terminal illness diagnosis.
Lisa serves to educate and support her community in dealing with end-of-life processes. This includes providing services as an end-of-life doula, a death educator, mentor, and advocate, to assist with pre-planning end-of-life options, running workshops, creating tender farewells, and providing space for grief journeying and expressing emotions through grief circles.
Discover Lisa’s
- Interest in death, when did that start?
- What/who were the impactful deaths in her family?
- Tell us a bit about your sister?
- Through caring for your sister, what were valuable lessons you learned?
- When you wrote your book, what was your main objective?
- How do you become a death doula?
- What made you become a funeral/memorial celebrant?
- What is Death Literacy?
- What trends do you see in the funeral industry?
And so much more.
To get in contact with Lisa -
https://www.lisapotterservices.com.au/
https://www.instagram.com/lisa.potterlifeanddeath/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.potter.106
For Lisa’s Book
https://www.amazon.com.au/Many-Rivers-Cross-Lisa-Potter/dp/1291785892
EP 14 - Neville "Croc" Burns - "A gift from the snake that bit him"
Life's Rich Tapestry
02/15/22 • 66 min
My next guest , Neville Burns was born with a love of wildlife and was fascinated by any wild creatures he came across. First shown a Bluetongue lizard at the age of 5 by his father, Neville made up his mind to catch one. At 8 he caught his first snake, at 12 he received his first mildly venomous snake bite and it was the panicked reaction of adults that were present that inspired Neville to want to tell people the truth about snakes, particularly venomous ones.
His insatiable passion would see adventurous travels through-out Australia encountering many snakes and meeting like-minded Herpetologists .
With over 60 years experience, Neville has built a reputation as ‘the best in the business’ as far as educating people about venomous snakes.
Neville is by nature a storyteller endowed with a wry and quintessentially Australian sense of humour. This trait has served him well when he presented shows in wildlife parks, educated attendees at reptile demonstrations or while lecturing students.
Neville has appeared on television, been a columnist for two reptile magazines, produced educational D.V.D.’s, is a published Author, and sought after speaker.
And Today he is with me on Life’s Rich Tapestry,
You will find out in this indepth interview --
That Neville was an Animal handler for the Skippy the Bush Kangaroo a popular TV show in the late 60s.
His adventurous spirit taking off to Far North Queensland at 16 years of age.
Brown snake that bit him on the 23 March 1969
Wing Chung and his up and coming book
How the popularity of Crocodile Dundee influenced his business
Questions about Snakes answered –
Why snakes like bat colonies ?
Clarify between Deadly VS Venomous Snakes?
Do Snakes have personalities -
How is antivenom produced ?
What is the procedure if you are bitten ? if you step on a snake
If bitten and survive do you become more resistant to the next bite or less resistant?
Snakes in the Blue Mountains compared to other places in Australia? Elevation affect where snakes are,
Why are there so many venomous snakes in Australia
The difference in Snakes in America
Some snakes lay eggs or live snakes – what is the difference
What do snakes eat, diet?
Can snakes chase you, how fast do they travel?
https://www.facebook.com/CrocBurns
EP 29 - Nic Newling's journey through Bi-Polar to being an outspoken advocate for mental health, suicide prevention and sharing personal stories.
Life's Rich Tapestry
06/22/22 • 50 min
Nic Newling is an outspoken advocate for mental health, suicide prevention, and sharing personal stories. Having lived through the experience of suffering with a mood disorder throughout high school and losing his brother to suicide, he has since dedicated himself to changing the way mental illness is addressed in schools, workplaces, and communities.
Nic has reached millions of people through television, live talks, radio, print, online, documentaries, and eHealth programs. He strives to make a continuing positive impact utilizing sharing and listening to encourage helpful, unscripted conversations around mental health, suicide prevention, and getting the most out of life.
Questions answered
- Let’s start at the beginning, where did you grow up, ?
- Tell us a little bit about your family ?
- When did you realize that you weren’t coping mentally ?
- What sort of help did you get at the beginning ?
- What was not helpful ? helpful ?
- When did you decide that you wanted to help people learn from your experience?
- Black Dog Institute, Australian Story, etc
- When did you start The Champions?
- Do you find that teenagers have more challenges/pressures now then say 10 years ago?
- What sort of effect has COVID had on Mental Health?
- What tools are the most helpful for teenagers?
- What is the value of sharing personal stories?
- What do you love most about your job?
To contact Nic
https://www.thechampions.org/contact
https://www.instagram.com/thechampionsorg/
MEDIA –
Conversations with Sarah Kanowsi
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-13/nic-newling-bipolar-disorder-recovery-mental-illness/6386978
EP 28 - Dreadlocks and Tarot with Ginny
Life's Rich Tapestry
06/15/22 • 27 min
Join me with Ginny who has been a seeker all of her life leading her to the bigger questions, who am I, is there a god and why am I here. This self inquiry led to a deep fascination with the tarot, Buddhism, and the healing arts in her late teens and early twenties.
She was drawn to a career in hairdressing and found it gave her a deep insight into human behaviour, social structures, and family dynamics. In 2009 She opened a salon in Forster, NSW specializing in Dreadlocks with a few years later setting up Dreadlocks Sydney.
Ginny has been fortunate to combine both her love of dreadlocks and the healing arts creating two sustainable businesses. Not only does she create dreadlocks and heal with the tarot, but offers both skills in the form of workshops and training.
Questions answered
· Let’s start at the beginning, where did you grow up? what sort of family – brothers, sisters, etc
- Your love of tarot started in your teens, how did this interest develop? what drew you to the tarot, a specific deck?
- Explain what Tarot is ? difference between clairvoyant, intuitive readings ? Etc
- What spread do you find is the most beneficial ? etc
- When did you start hairdressing ?
- When did Interest in dreadlocks start ?
- Explain the process of a dreadlock ? or how do you get dreadlocks ..misconception that they can’t be washed, is this true, is it your own hair or weaved in with other hair?
- Can someone learn how to do their own dreadlocks?
- When did you move to the Blue Mountains ? start your business ?
- Do you find currently in 2022 there is a more keen interest in Tarot ? why is that? More interest in individual readings or group readings? What do you prefer? Online – how does that work?
- How is tarot linked to Psychology ? Carl Jung?
- What sort of workshops do you offer ? Where?
- What is the thing you love the most about what you do?
Contact Ginny –
0420 984 481
https://www.instagram.com/leadinglightcollective/
https://www.instagram.com/ginny_shearer
https://www.dreadlockssydney.com/
EP 27 - Discussing Funeral trends with Asha from Grace and Blue Mountains Funerals
Life's Rich Tapestry
06/08/22 • 27 min
My next guest Asha is the General Manager of Grace Funerals and Blue Mountains Funerals. Along with her father Tom, they have owned their business for almost 10 years and have a collective experience of over 30 years in the Funeral Industry. Along with their committed team, they are dedicated to offering the highest quality of service, the deepest care and compassion, and the most memorable experience possible.
Questions answered -
- Let’s start at the beginning, where did you grow up, study, earlier jobs ?
- When was it decided that you would work with your father ?
- How has the transition been from Hotels to the funeral industry ?
- How has the funeral industry changed ?
- What about regulations amongst different states in Australia ?
- What does the Australian Funeral Directors Association do ?
- What is a No service Cremation, What has the trend been/
- How has Covid changed the funeral industry ?
- What do you find the most challenging?
- What has been the most interesting request at a ceremony?
- Most requested song?
- What is the thing you love the most about your job?
https://bluemountainsfunerals.com.au
Penrith: 02 4735 6900 | North Shore: 02 9953 6900 |Blue Mountains: 02 4751 6166
https://www.facebook.com/gracefuneralssydney
EP 40 - Goalsetting with Myler Hughes
Life's Rich Tapestry
01/01/23 • 23 min
Join me with writer, poet, and author Myler Hughes as we talk about goal setting.
Find out about Voice dialogue and Personas, how they help us to create the life we are truly meant to live.
We also discussed the SMART goal system developed by George Doran, Arthur Miller, and James Cunningham .
Specific: What are you trying to do?
Measurable: How will you measure what you are doing?
Attainable: With the tools that you have can you reach your goal? What sort of action will you do?
Realistic: Can you actually meet the goals you are setting forth?
Timely: What is the timeline to meet your goals? Deadline
Relaunching on the 29th of January with more exciting episodes of Life’s Rich Tapestry.
To connect with Myler - https://www.instagram.com/mylerhughes/
EP 31 - Laughter and Bloopers - A recap
Life's Rich Tapestry
07/06/22 • 29 min
Today’s episode is all about laughter.
Research has shown that the health benefits of laughter are far-ranging. Studies so far have shown that laughter can help relieve pain, bring greater happiness, and even increase immunity
Laughter quotes shared –
“ I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable. “ — Viktor Frankl author of Man's Search for Meaning 1946 book chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II
“Laughter connects you with people. It’s almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you’re just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.” — John Cleese
“Laughter has no foreign accent.” — Paul Lowney
Guests in my compilation
EP 14 - Neville Burns-- With over 60 years experience, Neville has built a reputation as ‘the best in the business’ as far as educating people about venomous snakes.
https://www.facebook.com/CrocBurns
EP 11- David J.G. Doyle is a Freelance voice actor, singer, and voice director.
David is the head of Imagivotion. A YouTube channel dedicated to making a variety of animations, from fan films to original shows.
http://www.davidjgdoyle.com
Imagivotion - YouTube
EP – 13 Aurora Li has been making music for as long as she can remember. . Accompanying herself on guitar and piano, Aurora has performed professionally since the age of 14
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/auroralimusic/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviHKZaWbMsFTAoyd_CptPw
EP – 15 - Jayne Newling is a journalist with 25 years experience with print media. In 2014 - "Missing Christopher" - her memoir about the suicide of her middle son was published by Allen & Unwin and in that same year it won the Human Rights Award for literature.
missingchristopher.com
facebook.com/missingchristophernewling
EP 30 – Fiona and Bobby are award-winning photographers who describe themselves as A little quirky, a little sassy, a little goofy, a little romantic, and an artistically driven duo who think outside the triangle.
To contact Fiona and Bobby click on the link below
https://fionaandbobby.com/contact/
Check out their fabulous work click on the links below
https://www.instagram.com/fionaandbobby/
A Laugh
Poet: Ripley Dunlap Saunders
A laugh is just like sunshine,
It freshens all the day.
It tips the peak of life with light
And drives the clouds away.
The soul grows glad that hears it
And feels its courage strong;
A laugh is just like sunshine
For cheering folks along.
A laugh is just like music,
It lingers in the heart,
And where its melody is heard,
The ills of life depart;
And happy thoughts come crowding
Its joyful notes to greet;
A laugh is just like music
For making living sweet!
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FAQ
How many episodes does Life's Rich Tapestry have?
Life's Rich Tapestry currently has 52 episodes available.
What topics does Life's Rich Tapestry cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Life's Rich Tapestry?
The episode title 'EP 39B - Guided Meditation with Zoe Alexander - Emotion' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Life's Rich Tapestry?
The average episode length on Life's Rich Tapestry is 33 minutes.
How often are episodes of Life's Rich Tapestry released?
Episodes of Life's Rich Tapestry are typically released every 7 days, 2 hours.
When was the first episode of Life's Rich Tapestry?
The first episode of Life's Rich Tapestry was released on Nov 12, 2021.
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