The Couragemakers Podcast | Encouragement, Inspiration & Rebel Rousing for Mission Driven Doers, Makers & Shakers |

Meg Kissack | The Rebel Rousers: Creativity, Inspiration & Dreamchasing
The Couragemakers Podcast | Encouragement, Inspiration & Rebel Rousing for Mission Driven Doers, Makers & Shakers |

Couragemakers is a weekly podcast for creative and passionate,mission-driven doers, makers and world-shakers designed to inspire and encourage fellow couragemakers, and spark a movement of women who are choosing themselves. Building the life you want and putting stuff in the world takes a boatload of courage, but you don’t have to do it alone. Every Monday, unconventional couragemakers all over the world share their stories, their advice and their dreams as we have honest conversations about everyday courage, living a wholehearted life and dream chasing. We’ve figured out what we don’t want in life, now we’re figuring out what we do want. And we talk about the things that make us feel on fire as well as the monsters that hide under our beds. Couragemakers is brought to you by Meg Kissack of That Hummingbird Life. Because everything changes when you believe you matter. Let’s shake things up together. Warning: contains courage, vulnerability and a desire to leave the world a brighter place than how we found it.

  1. 191: Unconventional productivity, self compassion and choosing your own path with Emma Willmer

    MAR 12

    191: Unconventional productivity, self compassion and choosing your own path with Emma Willmer

    Today I’m so excited and conversation with Emma Willmer! We cover all of my favourite topics and we do a deep dive into taking an unconventional path, and an unconventional approach to productivity, and bringing compassion into our lives. **Get your pickle answered for the new podcast, Creative Pickle, here!**   About Emma Willmer: Emma is a compassionate coach and positive psychologist, and is on a mission to empower empathetic women who are tired of feeling stuck, feel suffocated by societal expectations, and want to stop second guessing themselves and sacrificing their own wellbeing for the sake of others. Emma uses her voice to help advance the dialogue on the effects on women of inter-generational sexism, healthy relationships and living a joyful life.  Emma's Website | Instagram     About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers. I’m a coach, writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.   When I'm not recording episodes, writing b******t-free Letters of Rebellion to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website | Instagram | The Daily Pep! Podcast | Letters of Rebellion | Rebel Creators

    1h 20m
  2. 190: Overcoming overthinking and practicing everyday mindfulness with Sam Isles

    MAR 4

    190: Overcoming overthinking and practicing everyday mindfulness with Sam Isles

    This week I’m so excited to share my conversation with Sam Isles who is all about helping people get out of your head and into their life! This is such a practical episode full of ways to overcome overthinking and practise everyday mindfulness!   **Get your pickle answered for the new podcast, Creative Pickle, here!** About Sam Isles: Sam is based in the UK, and is a friendly, practical, no nonsense life and mindfulness coach, and she is all about helping overthinkers manage their frustrations and move forward confidently. Sam has this saying that I absolutely love, and it's all about getting out of your head, and into your life. Sam is passionate about helping others. She's worked many jobs to find the right path - she's been on this path for a decade, fuelled from a desire to help overthinkers, and to continue learning and growing.   Sam's Website | Sam's Insight Timer     About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers. I’m a coach, writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.   When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Letters of Rebellion to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website | Instagram | The Daily Pep! Podcast | Letters of Rebellion | Rebel Creators

    1h 18m
  3. 02/15/2023

    188: Self Validation + Quiet Pride with Helen Jones

    This week I'm joined by the wonderful Helen Jones! We chat about Helen's experiences as a bisexual disabled woman, retiring in her 20s, reconfiguring her life, and the influences behind the first ever Quiet Pride event.   **Check out the Rebel Creators Community! It's £12 per month and is full of community, fabulous resources and a private podcast!**   About Helen Jones:   Helen is a disabled, bisexual woman living in York, England. She's been called an encyclopedia of weirdness, in the nicest of ways! She's curious about the world, passionate about learning and a compassionate activist. She writes about nature, disability, sexuality and tarot, she is a perpetual student and describes herself as finding herself, and I am finding her way through a prickly, untrodden path.   Helen's Website | The Quiet Pride Manifesto      About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers. I’m a coach, writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.   When I'm not recording episodes, writing b******t-free Letters of Rebellion to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website | Instagram | The Daily Pep! Podcast | Letters of Rebellion | Rebel Creators

    1h 12m
  4. 01/26/2023

    187: Having fierce loyalty to yourself with Claire Frances Turner

    This week I'm joined by one of our fabulous Rebel Creator Claire Frances Turner! Claire shares her journey of conscious transformation, and we discuss how hard it can be to move on from dreams, either through choice or circumstance. **Check out the Rebel Creators Community! It's £12 per month and is full of community, fabulous resources and a private podcast!**   About Claire Frances Turner:   Claire is a writer, spiritual philosopher, and a creative advocate for disabled young adults. Claire specialises in conscious self-transformation and is working on a project series called Illness my Teacher, beginning with Soul Evolution via Illness: awareness, identity, and formal and informal meditation. Alongside her writing and spiritual work, she is studying web development.   Claire's Website | Instagram | Claire's newsletter | 101 Spaces | Illness my Teacher |     About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers. I’m a coach, writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.   When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Letters of Rebellion to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website | Instagram | The Daily Pep! Podcast | Letters of Rebellion | Rebel Creators

    1h 23m
  5. 01/12/2023

    186: Coming home to yourself with Rachel Warrillow

    For the first episode of 2023, I'm chatting with the fabulous paper crafter, and community leader Rachel Warrillow. We dive into creativity, how hard it can be to let go of old dreams, and the path to stepping into our zone of genius. Enjoy!   *Sign up for my weekly Letters of Rebellion here!*     About Rachel Warrillow:   Rachel is the the founder of The Quirky Quillers, and is on a mission to mission to inspire and encourage others to enrich their lives with more creativity, and to find community and connection with other crafters.   Rachel lives in a beautiful spot in a village called Heptonstall, at the top of a hill in West Yorkshire, having returned to her home county after 21 years away and is at her happiest when she's making things, thinking about making things or talking about making things. Crafting is her passion, therapy, business, and a way to connect to the world. She adores pattern and colour, her rescue cats, books, being in her pyjamas and amazing vegan food.   The Quirky Quillers | The Quirky Quillers Collective (launching February 1st 2023!) | Instagram | Facebook | Rachel's Rebel Directory   About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers. I’m a coach, writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life. When I'm not recording episodes, writing b******t-free Letters of Rebellion to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin.

    1h 32m
4.8
out of 5
61 Ratings

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Couragemakers is a weekly podcast for creative and passionate,mission-driven doers, makers and world-shakers designed to inspire and encourage fellow couragemakers, and spark a movement of women who are choosing themselves. Building the life you want and putting stuff in the world takes a boatload of courage, but you don’t have to do it alone. Every Monday, unconventional couragemakers all over the world share their stories, their advice and their dreams as we have honest conversations about everyday courage, living a wholehearted life and dream chasing. We’ve figured out what we don’t want in life, now we’re figuring out what we do want. And we talk about the things that make us feel on fire as well as the monsters that hide under our beds. Couragemakers is brought to you by Meg Kissack of That Hummingbird Life. Because everything changes when you believe you matter. Let’s shake things up together. Warning: contains courage, vulnerability and a desire to leave the world a brighter place than how we found it.

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