Tara Jackson is a creative guide, author, and owner of publishing home Global Soul Press.

In this episode, we talk about what it actually means to live a book before you write it and Tara shares the journey her own 5 books have taken her on.

I've always associated Tara with her work with colour and she shares how you can use colour in your own creative project and the magic and insight it can bring to your own process.

Tara's unique guidance aligns you with what you are here to create and Global Soul Press exists to bring books into the world that are shaped by lived experience: philosophical, spiritual, creative, cultural, or deeply personal, that expand how we see ourselves and the world.

Join me in this inspiring, genuine and beautiful conversation with Elizabeth O'Connor Bandeen, a psychotherapist and dear friend as we share about how we came to our own shared but also very individual and personal understanding of "finding peace".

Since meeting Elizabeth over three years ago, both of our lives have drastically changed, both physically and internally. In this conversation, we discuss the magic that occurs when you step into the unknown by choosing to act differently, even when it's terrifying as you let go of everything that you know and have lived by.

We backtrack through our own experiences of dealing with the many sides of ourselves, including the hurt, reactive ones, and why cultivating safety is so key to being able to make different choices, and as a result, live differently.

This is a conversation that I have re-listened to many times and each time, I have come away with something new. I would encourage you to switch off other distractions, maybe grab a pen and paper and allow yourself to truly listen and trust that you will pick up exactly what you're meant to 🙏 I always feel restored after speaking or spending time with Elizabeth and know you will feel the same too.

Enjoy the episode xx

Elizabeth O'Connor Bandeen

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A meditation inspired by the wonderful, magical and inspiring Firekeepers Althing gathering last week in Norway.

From the incredible landscape and nature we were lucky enough to engage with, and the safety, calmness and wonder that the nature brought to us too.

Allowing us to process, to be, to grow whilst asking nothing from us apart from to simply be.

Enjoy the crackling of the fire as Catherine and I guide you through a calming meditation and sound bath. Focusing on feeling safe to shine our light amidst the fear. Connect to love, the collective and yourself.

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So many of us spend so long thinking of the worst case scenarios, pre-planning the terrible outcomes and living in anticipation of something going wrong.

This meditation is designed to bring attention to how your body reacts to this and to take a small moment in time to notice how your body feels when you ask the question "what if it's all amazing and works out better than I could imagine?".

An opportunity to choose differently in this moment and to delve a little deeper into how you want to feel.

7 Day Chakra Restore & Balance: https://buy.stripe.com/00g3eZ07Z2B52eAdQW

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⛰️ Switzerland - Woman’s Leadership Trail - 22-25th September

🧘‍♂️ Italy - Puglia Pilates and Movement Retreat - 11-15th October

"How can we build a life that feels good rather than looks good?" Blaise Boulton

From studying Psychology to working in the police force, on the front lines of mental health, within the prison system, in the Ministry of Justice and now working as a Career and Life Transition Coach, Blaise is the queen of change and adjustment.

In this fascinating discussion, Blaise shares the truth of those in-between periods, how to manage the fear of the uncertainty in those times and little things we can all do to help us navigate change.

I love her insight into how we can shift our perspective on the the same piece of information we receive, from what is wrong with me to what is life trying to tell and to show me? We also discuss how important it is to find the pieces of joy in our lives that have nothing to do with our career or work and rediscovering who we are without the labels, the accolades.

Blaise shares tips on how to balance the practicalities of life with big leaps into the unknown and how to find the support that we all need.

We round off with coming to terms and accepting the constant state of flux that our life is in and to ride the waves of what life is right now, knowing that it will change and shift again.

Contact and work with Blaise:

Website https://www.blaiseboulton.com/

Linkedin www.linkedin.com/in/blaiseboulton

Substack https://blaiseboulton.substack.com/

Newsletter https://www.blaiseboulton.com/newsletter

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Dive into this fascinating discussion with Rachel and I as we discuss her process of reclaiming her creativity and soul truth, how art is a mode of our expression and state of being.

Rachel is a Psychic Intuitive Healer, Akashic Records Reader, Storyteller and so much more. She shares her perspective on why creation and creativity is key to unlocking, delayering and embodying all that you are here to stand for.

You can find out more about Rachel and how to work with her through:

Instagram: @into.rachels.realm

Website: www.intorachelsrealm.com

Substack: Dancing with Demons & Daisies

Ola Parkes:

Instagram: @olaparkesintuitive

Website: www.olaparkes.com

Substack: From Me To You

Welcome back! After a winter of hibernation, growth and shifts, Fully Blooming is back with this solo episode 2 years after the very first one!

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnSWi7TK5v4

This episode I touch on a multitude of topics including my London > Switzerland process, stepping into even more safety and therefore, being able to push the edges even more, and stepping into your power that tad bit more whilst recognising the old stories you have in place to protect yourself from doing that.

It's funny listening back to this as I recorded it on May 19th 2025 and already feel that if I recorded this episode today, it would be completely different. I'm sure if I listened back to the first one 2 years ago, some parts wouldn't resonate anymore.

However, that's what's so magic about documenting the moment - we get to witness and celebrate the growth within ourselves and within others. We get to note what our truth was in that moment and honour that. Even, and maybe especially when, it's not our truth anymore.

We allow ourselves to take that moment of pause, to reflect and give ourselves a pat on the back, a hug, an acknowledgment of how quickly things are changing now.

When things feel stagnant, strained or like time has stopped, we have the guarantee that nothing is. And that usually during these times, the biggest shifts are happening and before we know it we're being propelled into exactly what we asked for.

It's in those moments of stillness that that's where the beauty is. That that's what life is really about. The not needing or wanting to be anywhere else but here. Right now. Knowing that nothing is forever, everything is transient and nothing is better or worse than anything else.

I love you all and acknowledge exactly where you are right now, where you want to be, and the potential discomfort of the human experience of not being there quite yet. Simply know that you are enough ♥️

Ola xxx

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