Let's Pay Attention - Hacking Consciousness

Cathy Dimarchos

Let’s Pay Attention - Hacking Consciousness invites you to slow down in a fast-moving world, to notice what truly matters. Hosted by Cathy Dimarchos, this podcast is for seekers, conscious leaders, and anyone ready to live and lead with deeper awareness. Together we’ll explore what it means to challenge the noise, live deliberately, and listen deeply. Because awareness isn’t just a concept. It’s a daily practice.

Episodes

  1. 19 JAN

    04. Why Discomfort Might Be the Doorway to Conscious Living with Laura Anderson

    In this episode, I sit down with Laura Anderson, a spokesperson, advocate, and connector working toward an awakened world, for a conversation about awareness, discomfort, and conscious choice. We explore what it means to slow down and pay attention, not because something is wrong, but because something deeper is asking to be seen. Laura brings an embodied perspective shaped by her background in the arts and her work in international health advocacy. Since 2020, she has been deeply involved with the Channel Island Integrative Health Alliance and the World Council for Health, supporting global conversations around health sovereignty, intuition, and personal responsibility without fear or confrontation. This conversation is an invitation to question the narratives you have absorbed without reflection, to notice where you may be living on autopilot, and to gently return to yourself through presence and curiosity. Awareness, as we explore here, is not about having answers, but about learning how to listen differently to yourself and the world around you. What We Talk About in This Episode 🟡 Why slowing down is not about doing less, but about seeing more clearly 🟡 How breath, intuition, and the nervous system shape our lived experience 🟡 The difference between reacting from fear and responding from awareness 🟡 Reclaiming curiosity and critical thinking in health, media, and daily life 🟡 Why discomfort often signals the beginning of real healing Questions for You to Reflect On 📝 Where in my life am I avoiding discomfort instead of listening to it? 📝 Which beliefs or narratives have I accepted without questioning? 📝 How might my body already be guiding me toward greater clarity? --- Connect with Me https://linktr.ee/cathydimarchos Connect with Laura Anderson Glow Pilates Retreat

    56 min
  2. 5 JAN

    03. Leading and Living Beyond the Lane with Bianca Stawiarski

    In this episode, I sit down with Bianca Stawiarski, a healer, social entrepreneur, and founder of Warida Wholistic Wellness, for a conversation that moved far beyond leadership frameworks and into what it truly means to live consciously. We explore presence, deep listening, and the tension many of us feel between logic-driven systems and heart-led ways of being. Bianca shares her lived experience of walking between worlds such as business and spirituality, governance and intuition, structure and freedom, and what it looks like to honour all of it without losing yourself. This conversation is an invitation to question the lanes you’ve been told to stay in, to reflect on what’s holding you back, and to consider how your presence alone can quietly influence the world around you. Conscious leadership isn’t about ticking boxes; it’s about how you move through life, and who you give yourself permission to be. What We Talk About In This Episode: What conscious leadership really looks like in everyday lifePresence, congruency, and how our way of being influences othersLeading from the heart while still honouring logic, governance, and ethicsThe tension between rigid systems and relational, community-led approachesQuestioning the lanes we’re told to stay in and what becomes possible when we don’tQuestions for You to Reflect On: Where in your life are you being asked to suspend logic and listen more deeply?What lanes have you been told to stay in and what would happen if you stepped outside them?How does your presence impact others, even when you’re not trying to lead? Connect With Me https://linktr.ee/cathydimarchos Connect With Bianca Warida Wholistic Wellness: https://www.warida.com.au/ BilaEmpower: https://bilaempower.org/ TAGS: conscious leadership, presence, heart-led leadership, social enterprise, intuitive leadership, living consciously, relational leadership, governance and intuition, ethical leadership, community empowerment, harmony over balance

    52 min
  3. 09/12/2025

    02. Conscious Leadership: When Logic Meets Intuition with Artemis

    In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend Artemis to explore what it truly means to live and lead consciously. Our conversation dives into the lived experience of awareness — how we catch ourselves when we fall out of presence, how we return, and how our values guide every decision we make. We speak about the balance between logic and intuition, the courage it takes to uphold integrity, and the reality of leading consciously in a world that often operates unconsciously. Artemis brings her incredible wisdom from psychology, mindfulness, and leadership, and together we open a space for reflection, clarity, and deeper understanding. This episode is an invitation to pause, breathe, and pay attention — not just to your external world, but to your inner one. Conscious living isn’t about perfection. It’s about consistently coming back to yourself, again and again. What We Talk About in This Episode What consciousness means in real, everyday practice How we catch ourselves when we fall out of presence The role of values and integrity in every decision we make Learning to trust intuition when the world leans on logic Why regulating the nervous system is the gateway to awareness Questions for You to Reflect On Where in your life do you feel misaligned — and what is it showing you? Are you present, or are you responding from habit and fear? What stories are you believing that may not be true? Connect with Me https://linktr.ee/cathydimarchos Connect with Artemis LinkedIn Aipeia Consulting Centre for Conscious Leadership

    35 min

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Let’s Pay Attention - Hacking Consciousness invites you to slow down in a fast-moving world, to notice what truly matters. Hosted by Cathy Dimarchos, this podcast is for seekers, conscious leaders, and anyone ready to live and lead with deeper awareness. Together we’ll explore what it means to challenge the noise, live deliberately, and listen deeply. Because awareness isn’t just a concept. It’s a daily practice.