Conversations with Earl Grey conversationswithearlgrey

"Anxiety makes you very vigilent and worried about threat, and uncertainty is the thing that is the worst for that. If you're not certain of an outcome then you're going to feel more anxiety..." 
 
We're (actually) back for the second half of season 2!
 
Nikki Florence Thompson a writer, academic in literature, sister, wife, mother of three children and author of a recently published book: “Fight, Flight and Faith  - A memoir exploring a life with anxiety and Jesus.” 
 
In this new episode, we chat about anxiety disorder, the loss of Nikki's brother, PTSD and also hope. 
 
Grab a cup of tea and kick off your slippers as we have conversations with earl grey. 
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"Everyone's just relieved that it's not cancer, but it's still bad; she still has life long complications..." 
 
We're back for the second half of season 2!
 
In this episode I chat with Emily Maurits, author of "Two Sisters and a Brain Tumour." We chat about being a carer, sister, supporter and what it means to find life in a turbulent time. 
 
Grab a cup of tea and kick off your slippers as we have conversations with earl grey. 
 

"The first time you're going to have disruptions [in the classroom]... the first thing you want to do is go on the attack... what I realised was that there are things going on in the students' lives which don't excuse these behaviours but they explain them."
 
This upcoming episode my friend Jonathan Kim Sing (Mista Kim Sing) a maths teacher and youtuber (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCia1fNrP6W40JXW3SlZtkNg), explores teaching both the discipline (maths) and the student. We explore his journey of becoming a teacher, and the influences that shapes his how he teaches and engages those within the classroom.
 
And yes, I did ask the age old question: "What has the theory of differentiation and parabolas got to do with my everyday life?"

"I feel like I'm being accepted for who I am, and I don't have to pretend to be anything other than who I am..."
 


This upcoming episode, my friend Rob Nicholls joins me to chat about his life-long journey in relating with people with disabilities, forming friendships, learning from others and how they have been mutually fruitful.

Ian is an artist based in the Blue Mountains of Greater Sydney. Recently he spent time with Syrian refugees in Lebanon; there, he not only taught them how to paint, but he painted a set of portraits of them. 
I caught up with him at the exhibition earlier this year to talk about his time in Lebanon and his task of humanising people who may be othered. 

Grab a cuppa and join me as I chat with Wendy this week. 
Wendy lost her mother at the age of 7. The last words she remembered was:
"That's Elvis Presley." 
Before her mother fell onto the floor. From aged 7 began a journey of grief and processing that continues today.