Truth & Transcendence

Catherine Llewellyn & Podfather Network
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  • Spirituality
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Truth & Transcendence | Hosted by Catherine Llewellyn | Brought to you by Being Space Welcome to Truth & Transcendence — a podcast for seekers, leaders, creatives, and changemakers who are exploring the deeper layers of human experience.  Launched in mid-2021, this show was born out of a time of global uncertainty.  It began as a space to support conscious leadership in challenging times — a call to strength, wisdom, and integrity. Since then, the podcast has evolved alongside the world around us. Now, we welcome a rich tapestry of guests: senior leaders, coaches, artists, spiritual guides, alternative practitioners, and everyday people living extraordinary lives.  Our focus is no longer just on navigating crisis — but on embracing the joy of creation, discovery, and soulful expansion. Each week brings two episodes: 🔹 Nugget Mondays – brief, insightful solo reflections. 🔹 Guest Fridays – open-hearted, unscripted conversations that dive deep.We don’t do scripts. We follow the energy of the moment....

  1. 12h ago

    Richard Smith ~ Consciousness Isn't Observing Reality ~ It's Creating It

    What if the world you perceive is not the world that exists, but the world you create? #Phenomenology #ConsciousLiving #PersonalGrowth ================== ✦ Step deeper into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity ================== About my guest Richard Smith: Richard has spent decades wandering the corridors of human consciousness, equally at home in scientific rigour and quiet wonder. A coach, academic, and author, he approaches each conversation as an expedition into how we construct our reality—and whether we might construct it differently. Where our conversation went: 00:00 Welcome to Truth and Transcendence 02:00 Introducing Richard Smith and his work 04:00 Everything is relevant, nothing is wasted 06:00 Childhood curiosity about human behaviour 08:00 Phenomenology and how we create experience 10:00 What does a leaf really look like 12:00 Does the world exist without us 14:00 It is never too late to begin 16:00 A phenomenal life is not always easy 18:00 The brain as meaning maker 20:00 Orbits of consciousness and our emotional cycles 22:00 Judgement creates separation between ourselves and life 24:00 Noticing anger rather than becoming anger 26:00 The exhausting experiment of total authenticity 28:00 Observing feelings takes away their power 30:00 How Richard works with people now 32:00 The book that had to emerge 34:00 Happiness is the path not the destination 36:00 The inner ocean and the outer ocean 38:00 We are all in this together #MindfulAwareness #HumanConnection #InnerWork #podmatch Where to find Richard Smith: https://aphenomenallife.com   Support the show ========================= More episodes https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step deeper into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity     🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: / https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Website: / https://beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world    Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

    40 min

  2. 4d ago

    Change the Container, Not the Contents

    What if the real problem isn't the thing you're trying to fix? #SystemicChange #HolisticHealing #OrganisationalCulture ================== ✦ Step deeper into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity   ================== Where our conversation went: 00:00 Welcome to Truth and Transcendence 00:10 Change something by changing its environment 00:27 Organizational change through environmental shifts 00:40 Revive roses by tending the garden 01:05 Do we need better leaders or better cultures 01:45 Family therapy heals by transforming the whole system 03:00 The board member who isn't actually the problem 04:05 Symptoms in the body reflect deeper environment 04:35 A Victorian house renovation and neglected knees 05:50 Choosing holistic healing over knee replacement surgery 06:45 Strengthen your core to help your knees 07:30 The body heals better in a thriving environment 08:00 Declutter your home and feel the shift 08:45 You have done this before without realizing 09:25 Conscious environmental change is sustainable and healthier #ConsciousLiving #FamilyTherapy #MindBodyConnection #podmatch   Support the show ========================= More episodes https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step deeper into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity     🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: / https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Website: / https://beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world    Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

    10 min

  3. Jun 12

    Layering Time and Space: Inside Stan Lai's Creative Method

    What if the secret to a lifetime of masterpieces was doing absolutely nothing at all?   #playwrightlife #livingtheatre #artandlife ================== ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity ================== About my guest: Stan Lai grew up under martial law in Taiwan where no one became an artist, yet the clouds above Washington DC whispered to him about stillness, acceptance, and letting things form themselves. A Berkeley PhD who accidentally became the most celebrated Chinese-language playwright alive, he has spent forty years conducting plays like weather systems, layering time and place so audiences feel life unfolding all around them. The New York Times named his Secret Love in Peach Blossom Landone of the essential works of theatre of the last century. Where our conversation went: 00:00 Welcome to Stan Lai 01:15 The clouds taught me everything 03:00 Stillness at five years old 05:20 Letting plays form like clouds 07:45 Knowing the rules, then releasing them 10:10 Nature as the ultimate teacher 12:30 The conductor of living theatre 15:00 Layering time and space onstage 18:20 Theatre does what film cannot 21:00 The hidden play nobody knew about 24:15 How love chose his path 27:00 No scripts, so he wrote his own 30:00 The scholar director is found 33:20 Secret Love and divided worlds 36:00 When wisdom meets method 39:15 The fingers are incredible but 42:00 Creativitry after twenty years 45:10 Rewriting wisdom for English readers 48:00 Staying just ahead of the audience 51:00 Being here with you now 53:00 Where to find Stan online #theatre life #creativewisdom #stillnesspractice #podmatch Find Stan: https://pwshop.com/in His book Creativitry: https://a.co/d/0epZTDwu =========== Support the show ========================= More episodes https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity     🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: / https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Website: / https://beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world    Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

    54 min

  4. Jun 8

    Beauty Stops You Cold | Why Wonder Works Better Than Silence

    What if the fastest way into the present moment is through wonder rather than silence? #presentmoment #consciousliving #mindfulawarenes ================== ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity   ================== Where our conversation went: 00:00 Welcome to truth and transcendence 01:15 My first LSD trip in the seventies 02:30 Being pulled irresistibly into presence 04:00 Chemicals showed me what presence feels 05:45 Feeling flat and mentally freewheeling 07:00 Walking into the churchyard suddenly 08:15 The world conspired to grab me 09:30 Gasping at unutterable beauty everywhere 10:00 Presence through vividness not through emptiness 10:45 Your lover touches your hand unexpectedly #spiritualgrowth #beautyinordinary #innerpeace #podmatch   Support the show ========================= More episodes https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity     🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: / https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Website: / https://beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world    Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

    11 min

  5. Jun 5

    The Moment Kanika Vasudeva Stopped Chasing Success and Started Living

    What if your deepest loss was actually your soul's wake-up call? #consciousbusiness #soulgrowth #energyhealing ================== ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity   ================== About my guest: Kanika Vasudeva was a successful engineer and MBA who felt hollow inside until the stillbirth of her daughter shattered everything. Through energy work she healed, reconnected with her daughter's spirit, and rebuilt her life around meaning rather than titles. Today she helps conscious coaches build profitable businesses by blending energy healing with strategic clarity. Where our conversation went: 00:00 Welcome and introduction to the episode 01:12 The longing to be the real me 02:45 Looking good on the outside but unhappy 04:20 Losing her daughter at thirty-one weeks 06:15 Grieving while watching her toddler thrive 08:30 Starting the journey of deep introspection 10:05 Success without internal fulfillment means nothing 12:40 Money as frequency of exchange and growth 15:00 Shifting identity and clearing old imprints 17:30 Business growth mirrors your own inner growth 20:00 Living your purpose as greatest self-love 22:15 Connecting with her daughter through meditation 25:00 Daughter's message about their soul agreement 27:30 Energy healing work with celestial beings 30:00 What clients experience working with Kanika 32:45 Increasing capacity before increasing visibility 35:00 Blessing your bills even in scarcity 37:20 Closing and how to reach Kanika   purposefulwork #innertransformation #entrepreneurmindset #podmatch Where to find Kanika: https://artoflifecenter.com Support the show ========================= More episodes https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity     🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: / https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Website: / https://beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world    Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

    39 min

  6. Jun 1

    The Rebellious Child Dance That Destroys Connections

    How recognising parent, adult and child modes can transform every interaction.   #TransactionalAnalysis #EgoStates #ConsciousCommunication   ==================   All episodes can be found at https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity   _____________________   What we discussed:   00:00 Welcome to Truth and Transcendence 02:00 The three ego states explained 04:00 When child mode pulls us into parent 06:00 The rebellious child and controlling parent dance 08:00 When parent mode triggers our own rebellion 10:00 How adult mode invites adult mode back 12:00 Choosing presence over unconscious reaction     #PresentMoment #SelfAwareness #BeingSpace   #podmatch   Support the show ========================= More episodes https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity     🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: / https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Website: / https://beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world    Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

    13 min
  7. Jody Brooks ~ The Emptiness at the Bottom of the Scroll – And How to Fill It

    May 29

    Jody Brooks ~ The Emptiness at the Bottom of the Scroll – And How to Fill It

    Why serving yourself first is the only authentic way to truly serve others.   #MutualityMatters #MessyMidlife #AuthenticLiving    ==================   All episodes can be found at https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity   _____________________   About my guest Jody Brooks: Jody Arran Brooks is a midlife transition and workplace coach who helps adults 35+ move from overwhelm, anxiety, and loss of identity into clarity and purpose. Drawing on his own messy midlife turning point, he guides clients through his Nine Principles of Authentic Living to reconnect with their values and rediscover joy. Jody also facilitates men’s groups in the homelessness and addiction sector, bringing deep compassion, integrity, and real‑world experience to every conversation.   What we discussed: 00:00 Welcome to Truth and Transcendence 02:30 Jody Brooks joins the conversation 05:00 Discovering mutuality through volunteering 07:30 The people pleaser and childhood survival 10:00 Dopamine, endorphins and the hormones of singularity 13:00 Oxytocin, serotonin and the chemistry of connection 16:00 Why anxiety and overwhelm are off the scale 19:00 The emptiness at the bottom of the scroll 22:00 Belonging and being seen, heard and listened to 25:00 The conspiracy of chasing the wrong things 28:00 Gender, labels and the pressure to conform 31:00 Toxic masculinity versus negative masculinity 34:00 Messy midlife is not a crisis, it is a calling 37:00 Picking up the pen to write the next chapter 40:00 Put your own oxygen mask on first     #ConnectionChemistry #ConsciousAwakening #SelfServiceFirst   ___   Where to find Jody Brooks: www.authenticcoaching.me   Support the show ========================= More episodes https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity     🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: / https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Website: / https://beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world    Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

    41 min

  8. May 25

    Stop Measuring Leaders by Their Titles

    Why the experience of being human matters more than any title or outcome.   #Phenomenology #EmpathyMatters #HumanConnection   ==================   All episodes can be found at https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity   _____________________ What we discussed:   00:00 Welcome to Truth and Transcendence 02:00 Discovering phenomenological research 04:00 The power of asking what was that like 06:00 From executive coach to curious inquirer 08:00 The world of the nonexecutive chairman 10:00 Autonomy in relationship ebook launch 12:00 Real people versus not real people 14:00 Remembering everyone is just human   #ConsciousLeadership #EmotionalIntelligence #BeingSpace   Find the eBook Autonomy in Relationship ~ The Human Side of Being a Non-Exec Chairman here:  https://beingspace.world/#ebooks   Support the show ========================= More episodes https://truthandtranscendence.com   ✦ Step more deeply into your Calling & bring it more to Life Book a Clarity Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/clarity     🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: / https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Website: / https://beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world    Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

    15 min
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Truth & Transcendence | Hosted by Catherine Llewellyn | Brought to you by Being Space Welcome to Truth & Transcendence — a podcast for seekers, leaders, creatives, and changemakers who are exploring the deeper layers of human experience.  Launched in mid-2021, this show was born out of a time of global uncertainty.  It began as a space to support conscious leadership in challenging times — a call to strength, wisdom, and integrity. Since then, the podcast has evolved alongside the world around us. Now, we welcome a rich tapestry of guests: senior leaders, coaches, artists, spiritual guides, alternative practitioners, and everyday people living extraordinary lives.  Our focus is no longer just on navigating crisis — but on embracing the joy of creation, discovery, and soulful expansion. Each week brings two episodes: 🔹 Nugget Mondays – brief, insightful solo reflections. 🔹 Guest Fridays – open-hearted, unscripted conversations that dive deep.We don’t do scripts. We follow the energy of the moment....

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  • Creator
    Catherine Llewellyn & Podfather Network
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Being Space
  • Show Website
    Truth & Transcendence

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