Creating Resilience with Ann Diment, Creative Changemaker
By Ann Diment- Creative Changemaker
I've witnessed the incredible power of creativity in restoring balance and recovering from your past, so you can shine brighter instead of burning out, so join me and my guests as we share strategies to weave creative play into your life, no matter what challenges arise. Through shared insights from lived experience and the wisdom of our guests, you'll learn ways to build your own resilience toolkit.
Creating Resilience with Ann Diment, Creative ChangemakerDec 29, 2022
Episode 25 with Kit O'Malley- Mental Health, creating balance and living with Bipolar.
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
I’m joined by Kit OMalley, author of "Balancing Act: Writing Through a Bipolar Life," Kit is a mental health advocate, public speaker, and former psychotherapist who lives with bipolar disorder. Her personal experience and clinical background inform her advocacy and enable her to help herself and guide others toward mental health recovery. We talk about Kit’s work volunteering with the US National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and how they are supporting an national suicide and crisis line. We compared how mental health is supported in the UK and how Kit used creative ways to support her psychotherapy patients and her own mental health as she came to terms with living with a Bipolar diagnosis.
LINKS
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (United States) If you or someone you know is struggling or needs support now, 24/7: Call or text 988 988lifeline.org
You are not alone. contact the US National Alliance on Mental Illness: nami.org
Kit’s Website: https://www.kittomalley.com
BOOK LINK: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B083H59W59
Twitter; @KittOMalley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KittOMalleyAuthor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kittomalley
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.
You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world!
If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!
Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Move from ‘alarm’ to ‘calm’ with a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching package. Learn more here,
- Remove your blocks to success with 1:1 transformative EFT tapping coaching here.
- Read my blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
Episode 24 With Wild Creative host Emma Kvetna
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
For episode 24 I’m joined by Wild Creative podcast host Emma Kvetna who is a Canadian writer and poet with ancestry in the UK and Czech Republic, currently living in Nova Scotia on the traditional territory of the Mi'kmaq Nation. Her work has appeared in Filling Station, Planisphere Quarterly, Bell Press and FAYD Digital and her work has been shortlisted in UK writing contests. Born and raised in Ontario, Emma graduated from the University of Victoria with a BA in Anthropology and has since worked in various roles including self-publishing services. In 2019, she began offering web & graphic design, branding, and editing services working with clients in the creative and healing sectors. She is also an alternative writing teacher, musician and artist.
We talk about her Wild Creative podcast and her wide and varied creative practice , discussing how different forms of writing and journaling support her and her students.
To learn more about Emma’s work her links are here:
Instagram: instagram.com/emmakvetna
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/emmakventa
Wild Creative: https://rss.com/podcasts/wildcreative/
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.
You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!
Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Move from ‘alarm’ to ‘calm’ with a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching package. Learn more here,
- Remove your blocks to success with 1:1 transformative EFT tapping coaching here.
- Read my blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Access ‘Beat Burnout’ online training here
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 16- With guest Emily Schaules- Why the 'Always On' work culture is killing us and learning how to beat burnout by giving ourselves a break
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
For episode 16 we have another brilliant guest.This week I’m joined from sunny California by Emily Schaules, a Transformational Coach who works primarily with women with invisible illness.
Emily is a former attorney, professional actor, Lead Coach at Masterpath Coaching, Founder/CEO of The Canary Club, and creator of the 7-Day Virtual Retreat, ‘Shift Yourself’. Emily went from suicidal and on 25 pills a day by the time she was 30, to thriving in her body, mind and spirit. She utilizes Hermetic and Universal laws, as well as practical health and wellness knowledge, to help those who are sick of the struggle and want to design a dream
life that honours their body and experience.
We chat about designing our working lives around our health to find better ways to beat burnout and smash stigma about talking about our health and protect our boundaries.
We also share ways to support people with ‘invisible’ illnesses with more compassion and creativity, and discuss the damaging health impacts of overwork and the ‘always on’ culture and how the 40-hour work week model is no longer a good fit for a healthy working life.
To connect with Emily and find out more about her amazing work, here are her links:
https://www.instagram.com/shift.yourself/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/shiftyourselfretreat
Watch Emily's TedX Talk "Shift Happens" here.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you want to create resilience, here is how I can help you:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Find our beat burnout support group here.
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Podcast Episode 23- Creating Sobriety with Joe Kiney-Whitmore
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
For episode 25 I’m joined by Artist, illustrator and creative writer Joe Kiney-Whitmore, who is originally from Wigan, England but has lived and worked in Poland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and now lives in Montreal, Canada. He has experience teaching creative workshops for children, young adults and adults with mental health challenges and learning differences.
He talks about his journey since getting sober over 2 years ago, and forging his own path as a self-employed artist and blogger. We also discuss his goal to build an online learning hub and community for young creative men who have lost their way with alcohol or have a negative relationship with substances and don't feel creatively fulfilled or who are struggling with reality and finding meaning in their lives.
We chat about how creativity helped Joe to find structure in his life and support his journey to sobriety and maintain his daily life staying sober and he shares some great tips to get creative every day.
To find out more about Joe’s work and story he is on Instragram: @joekineywhitmore and FaceBook here
His Creating Sobriety group can be found here: @creating_sobriety
And on Facebook here.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.
You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!
Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Move from ‘alarm’ to ‘calm’ with a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching package. Learn more here,
- Remove your blocks to success with 1:1 transformative EFT tapping coaching here.
- Read my blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Access ‘Beat Burnout’ online training here
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Podcast Episode 22- with Jess Wiggins- overcome your fears and self-doubt for a limitless life
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
For episode 23 I’m joined by Jess Wiggins from glorious Devon in South West UK .
She is a Transformational Coach who supports people with their mindset & confidence, helping them to overcome their fears, limiting beliefs & self doubt so they can stop procrastinating & feeling stuck & can finally start taking action to create the things they want in business and life. We chat about her experience of burnout and stress that caused her to develop heart problems, & how getting more creative helped her to get through and turn her life around so much so that she is now a qualified Transformational Coach helping clients with mindset, thought patterns and limiting beliefs that keep them stuck and unhappy.
Jess has created a guide that sets out three simple yet powerful mindset shifts that will enable you to overcome your fears and self-doubt so you can take back control and finally start taking action towards the things you want, you can download it here:
Jess also has a free Facebook group, 'A Limitless Life' where she hosts weekly lives & shares tips & tools to help you develop the mindset and confidence you need to show up fully as yourself & to achieve your big goals so you can live a happy & fulfilling life. You can join here:
And find Jess on instagram here:
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!
Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Move from ‘alarm’ to ‘calm’ with a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching package. Learn more here,
- Remove your blocks to success with 1:1 transformative EFT tapping coaching here.
- Read my blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Access ‘Beat Burnout’ online training here
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Podcast Episode 20- with Dr Candice Staniak- Health is wealth: on Business, Life and the Universe, and how to get creative about clearing blocks to wellbeing
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
For episode 20 we have another brilliant guest this week calling in from Calgary, Canada.
Dr Candice Staniak is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, Spiritual Yogi, Speaker, Author, Social Marketer, and a huge advocate for people having the ability to reach their spiritual potential. She understands the trials and tribulations related to the struggle of choosing and gaining freedom from the ego (mind, body, pain body, and collective unconscious).
Candice is a co- author of Business, Life and Universe Vol. 2 and has launched a successful 6 week online Energized You program, that helps people gain energy and detox. She is also the creator of the Whole Body Visionaries Facebook Group. Creating a community for people that value Holistic Care. She knows that health is wealth, and when health suffers so do many other areas of life.
We had a really interesting chat about her work and how she brings creativity into investigating the root causes of the symptoms that her patients present. We discuss how keeping an open mind and feeling safe to deal with past trauma and limiting beliefs is key to balance your energy, and of course how to get creative about reframing and releasing to build resilience.
You can find Dr Candace at https://fatiguerelief.carrd.co/ and on Instagram @drcandicestaniek.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.
You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!
Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Move from ‘alarm’ to ‘calm’ with a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching package. Learn more here,
- Remove your blocks to success with 1:1 transformative EFT tapping coaching here.
- Read my blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Access ‘Beat Burnout’ online training here
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 18- with Dr Amber Tichenor- on Female Rivalry and how we can be more creative in our communication to get ahead without conflict.
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
For episode 18 we have another brilliant guest.This week I’m joined from Richmond Virginia by Dr Amber Tichenor, founder of To Be, Coaching + Consulting® . Amber has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organisational Psychology and is a thought leader on the topic of female rivalry.
Amber has 20+ years’ experience as an Organisational consultant and we also discuss her book, “Behind Frenemy Lines: Rising Above Female Rivalry To Be Unstoppable Together,”
Amber helps leaders and organisations in uncertain times, to guide their teams to be productive and engage. and be empowered and inspired, and in this episode we talk about how creativity can help with effective communication, in both listening and responding to others in the workplace and our wider social world.
I particularly love this quote from Amber’s site: amber@tobecoachingandconsulting.com
and hope that after listening to this you’ll be able to communicate better and stay in touch with your inner creative and resilient self !
No woman should be so nice that she loses herself.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.
You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!
Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Move from ‘alarm’ to ‘calm’ with a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching package. Learn more here,
- Remove your blocks to success with 1:1 transformative EFT tapping coaching here.
- Read my blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Access ‘Beat Burnout’ online training here
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episodes 14, 15, and 17. Covid catchup- creating resilience and social prescribing.
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
For episode 17 I’m on catchup after catching covid and letting the recordings slip for a few weeks as life got in the way!
Hear all about the creative projects I’ve been involved with, as well as the exciting guests I've been busy recording for future episodes, and my reflections on a recent visit to Berlin with the family and all the creative inspiration from the museums as street art we saw there.
I also share some insights from the Social prescribing project I've been working on over the past year and the impact it has had on the participants that took part. The video I mention in the episode can be found here:
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here.
You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou!
Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Move from ‘alarm’ to ‘calm’ with a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching package. Learn more here,
- Remove your blocks to success with 1:1 transformative EFT tapping coaching here.
- Read my blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Access ‘Beat Burnout’ online training here
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 13- With Nomad Soul Song Tutor, Kirstie Costar on
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
For episode 13 we continue the music theme with another amazing guest. This week I’m joined by Kirstie Costar, who is also known as Bower music UK and Nomad Soul song tutor.
Kirstie is a singer songwriter and music tutor working holistically to create a learning experience that is student centred. Kirstie helps her students to improve musically and creates a safe and fun space for exploration of creativity, confidence and resilience.
She is a graduate of BIMM London in Popular Music performance vocals, and holds a Masters in Songwriting from Bath Spa University.
Kirstie writes and records her own musical material creating honest music about her own emotional experiences and subjects she feels strongly about such as inequality and conservation.
I’ve had the pleasure to have been friends and worked with Kirstie over the past eight years and she was also one of my early EFT clients- we didn’t get to talk about it in our chat here as we were so busy talking about Kirstie’s musical journey, but you can see an interview we did together here .
Kirstie shares her lifelong love of music and performing, and how she used travelling solo to build her confidence, learn about other cultures and use these as inspiration for her writing and music performance. We also explore how she teaches clients to find their voice through vocal coaching and breathing on her 10 week course 'The singer songwriter' s book of shadows' where she covers subjects such as meditative songwriting and yoga to aid singing and creativity vocal and general health through food, art as inspiration for writing and much more.
To learn more about Kirstie’s work and hear her beautiful music here are her links:
- www.facebook.com/nomadsoulsongtutor
- www.facebook.com/bowermusicuk
- Instagram.com/nomadsoulsongtutor
- Instagram.com/bowermusicuk
- youtube.com/bowermusicuk
- youtube.com/nomadsoulsongtutor
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’.
If you want to create resilience, here's how I can help you:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Find our beat burnout support group here.
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
If you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Episode 12- Music makes us more resilient
Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast.
We have another brilliant guest to share with you. This week I’m joined by Liz Allan, a business improvement training consultant and mentor from Full Circle Continuous Improvement.
She works with organisations to move them to a place where they can create more sustainable working habits by learning how to remove bottlenecks and blockers that have been getting in the way of achieving a better way of working, and how to treat everyone in the organisation well.
Liz shares how her love of music has helped her get through life challenges including recovering from a serious accident, grief, loss, and has also brought her lots of joy including meeting her husband when they played in a band together.
As music is also a shared passion of mine, we could have talked for hours on this subject and I hope you enjoy listening to our chat and find inspiration to include more music in your life as a resilience tool.
Liz also gives us some inspiring tips on supporting employees in your business and on how to bring more music into your daily routine.
To learn more about Liz and her training and consultancy work, go to www.fullcircleci.co.uk , or join her facebook group- The Power of Improvement .
So until next time, keep creating stay safe stay well,
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you want to create resilience, here is how I can help you:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Find our beat burnout support group here.
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 11- Life is a Cabaret- with Guest Heather Jean from Confidence through Cabaret
Thanks for listening to episode 11 of the Creating Resilience podcast.
For this episode we have a very special treat! This week I am talking to Heather Jean from the amazing Confidence Through Cabaret.
Heather has worked in the global Corporate sphere and had a training and coaching business for over 25 years, but it was only when she found cabaret 6 years ago that she really started to understand what she only hardly knew before about herself, and it taught her many lessons for personal and business growth.
Heather shares how Cabaret is her foundation for raising confidence, and how she helps clients use cabaret and performance skills to apply to their business and personal life to increase confidence, self-esteem and boost their creativity.
The motto that she and co-pioneer Ryan created for Confidence Through Cabaret sums up what their work is about:
Your body, Your World, Your stage.
If you would like to know more about Heather’s work, check out her website here:
http://yourbodyyourworldyourstage.world/your-journey/
And her social media accounts and groups here:
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/confidencethroughcabaretcommunity/
- https://www.instagram.com/confidencethroughcabaret/.
So until next time, keep creating stay safe stay well,
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you want to create resilience, here is how I can help you:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Find our beat burnout support group here.
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Podcast Episode 10- Blue Monday survival tips
Thanks for listening to episode 10 of the Creating Resilience podcast.
This episode is released in the middle of January, just before the day dubbed ‘Blue Monday’, when we are supposed to be feeling at our lowest after Christmas and in the middle of winter (in the Northern Hemisphere at least!).
I share different ways of dealing with the difficult days including exploring poetry, and pay tribute to the great Rabbie Burns who is also celebrated later this month.
Have you tried writing down your own thoughts and feelings as a poem?
In the episode I discuss an easy way to get started, and would love to see what you create after listening.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you want more support in creating your 2022 plans without getting overwhelmed, here is how I can help you:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' package call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Remove your blocks to success with transformative EFT tapping sessions here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Find our beat burnout support group here.
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Podcast Episode 9-What to do when you don't know what to do.
Thanks for listening to episode 9 of the Creating Resilience podcast.
Happy New Year!
This week I’m talking about what to do when you don't know what to do.
It’s all too easy to get caught up in overwhelm, particularly as a new year begins and the pressure to make (and stick to) resolutions and healthier habits is everywhere.
But when you get overwhelmed, you go into the stress response, which causes you to lose your creativity and ability to see all the options open to you.
I share some tips on how to keep yourself out of the fight/flight/freeze/fawn response when you are looking back at the year just ended and are making plans for the year ahead, and introduce some more self-compassion and acceptance including:
- Connecting with your breath
- Introducing self-acceptance
- A simple EFT tapping method to calm you
- Taking effective time out.
If you want more support in creating your 2022 plans without getting overwhelmed, here is how I can help you:
- Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' package call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Remove your blocks to success with transformative EFT tapping sessions here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Find our beat burnout support group here.
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Podcast Episode 8- Put on your Dancing shoes and move!
Thanks for listening to episode 8 of the Creating Resilience podcast.
In each episode, I'll be sharing easy ways to sneak some creativity into your life, whatever it may throw at you. I hope it will inspire you to make some positive changes in your life and work calmly through whatever challenges you might be dealing with right now.
So this is episode eight of the creating resilience podcast. And this week I talk about dance as a creative art form that helps us become more resilient, because anyone listening to this will have danced at some point in their life.
How does it make you feel when you dance?
Different cultures have different dance forms that bring communities together to tell stories to share their history and cultural values. Even though it is just movement to music, it can be so powerful, and I think we sometimes underestimate the simplicity and the impact it can have on us both physically and mentally.
I discuss the Strictly Come Dancing final and how they were breaking ground in being inclusive on all fronts this year. A lot of people were moved by the dances because they gave us a little bit of empathy and a insight into how other people’s worlds are and to share their experiences.
I also share some recently published collaborative research between a dance organisation Trinity Liban, the University of Exeter and Dance in Devon on the impact of dancing on wellbeing and health. So, next time you go to your doctor's, do you think he could prescribe you a dance class to support your well being? You can read their report here.
So what are your experiences of dancing? How do you feel when you hear your favourite tune and have been dancing along?
So just leave you with this summary from this study from the University of Exeter.
‘As a physical activity and creative art form, dance can make a vital contribution to the Healthy Living agenda. It has the capacity to provide an active non competitive form of exercise that can positively affect physical health and psychological well being across different populations in the community’.
So until next week, keep creating stay safe stay well, If you are feeling anxious just do the best you can and don't get overwhelmed with it all OK? And, if it does feel a bit too much, put on your favourite bit of music and have a good boogie and see how you feel after that.
Music on the intro and outro is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, the full track is here
Here is how I can help you create resilience:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- Find our beat burnout support group here.
Episode 4- Creating Calm the Artist's Way
Thanks for listening to episode 4 of the Creating Resilience podcast .
In each episode, I'll be sharing easy ways to sneak some creativity into your life, whatever it may throw at you, from my own experiences, and talking to some inspiring guests who will share how they used creativity to overcome their challenges and build their own resilience toolkit.
Don't forget to subscribe and share with anyone you know who could benefit from listening.
I hope it will inspire all of you who are listening to this to make some positive changes in your life and work through whatever challenges you might be dealing with or facing right now.
This week I talk about preparing for the creating calm challenge which will be starting on Tuesday the 2nd November, and running for four days through to Friday 5th November. If you want to join in , the group will stay open until the end of November- join here.
The challenge will show that you can create calm in just 10 minutes a day to make a difference in your daily life. And it got me thinking about how I started doing my creative journey. I reflect on one of the early books that I picked up that inspired me to start thinking about creativity - ‘The Artist's Way’ by Julia Cameron. This was first published in 1992 So it's almost 30 years old now, and if you aren't familiar with the book. Julia is comparing creativity to a spiritual experience. It's basically saying that we are the creators of our destiny, we are the creators of our lives.
So, it's our task to create the best life we can! I talk about daily pages, artists' dates and a whole lot more around the impact that this book had on my own creative journey, and how we can apply these concepts to bring more creativity, ease and joy into our lives.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you like what you heard and want to learn more about how I can help you create resilience, here is how you can work with me:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- To book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching discovery call to get you moving from alarm to calm go here,
- To access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success book here.
- To read my weekly blog posts go to my website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- To join my private Facebook beat burnout support group go here .
To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article in SHP magazine here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 7- Creating recovery and nuture time with movement, words and music
Welcome to episode seven of the Creating Resilience podcast.
Last week we heard from Elyssa Smith about how she used painting and creativity to help her through a really traumatic part of her life and how she uses creativity to help manage her time more compassionately.
This week, it's back to me again and I wanted to share some experiences I've had that reminded me that creativity is something that makes me more resilient.
I share two things that lifted my spirits this week- the first was completing my ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) and mindful movement certification- that brought me from feeeling exhausted to energised after just an hour of mindful movement and teaching it to others.
The second was an Art and poertry class where i got to play with paint whilst listening to beautiful music- my two favourite things!
I share how taking part in creative activities with other people is such an effective and empowering resilience tool. If you don't already do it just try it and see how it feels- you don’t have to be an artist, writer, musician or singer- whatever form of creativity you choose to do just try sharing that creative experience with other people and notice how you feel during and after.
This is why I do the work I do everyday. If everyone had the opportunity to do at least one creative practice every day to support their wellbeing and vconnect with others, maybe the world would be a lot nicer and less stressed place to live in.
Listen in for more insights, and a beautiful poem that will get you thinking about how you really think and feel.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you want to learn how to add more creativity to your life to become more resilience, here is how I can help you:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- To join our beat burnout support group go here .
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest on this podcast and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 6_ With special guest Elyssa Smith, Time Strategist.
This week I am so excited to welcome a very special guest, who runs the ‘Stress less Lounge’- a women-only group for busy ladies who are ready to take back their time and reclaim their lives.
Elyssa Smith is a time strategist, helping clients overcome overwhelm, by helping them to pare down their schedules, and manage time so they can do what they love and focus on what matters most. She was featured in a recent Forbes article about compassionate time management which led to a Fox news appearance.
In this episode, Elyssa shares her recovery journey from multiple traumas, and how she used creativity to begin her healing process and find better balance in her life. She also reveals some top tips for taking back control of your schedule so you can make more time for some creative play!
If you would like to learn more about Elyssa’s work, you can find her here at https://www.yourbestmoment.com/ and in the ‘Stress less Lounge’ on Facebook
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you want to create more calm and be more resilient, here is how I can help you:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- To join our beat burnout support group go here .
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 5- 50 Not Out! Learning to accept yourself at any age.
Thanks for listening to episode 5 of the Creating Resilience podcast .
In each episode, I'll be sharing easy ways to sneak some creativity into your life, whatever it may throw at you, from my own experiences, and talking to some inspiring guests who will share how they used creativity to overcome their challenges and build their own resilience toolkit.
Don't forget to subscribe and share with anyone you know who could benefit from listening.
I hope it will inspire all of you who are listening to this to make some positive changes in your life and work through whatever challenges you might be dealing with or facing right now.
This week I talk about having a ‘significant birthday’ and how I felt around the last one. I explore acceptance, managing expectations, and how we always have the power to choose how we respond to our thoughts in any situation.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you want to learn more about how I can help you create resilience, here is how you can work with me:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
- Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
- Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- To join our beat burnout support group go here .
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article in SHP magazine here.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 3- My Music Journey
Thanks for listening to episode 3 of the Creating Resilience podcast.
Don't forget to subscribe and share with anyone you know who could benefit from listening.
In each episode, I'll be sharing easy ways to sneak some creativity into your life, whatever it may throw at you, from my own experiences, and talking to some inspiring guests who will share how they used creativity to overcome their challenges and build their own resilience toolkit.
If you heard the show last week with my significant other- John D Revelator you will have some clues as to what I’ll be talking about today, and if you haven’t, please check it out as it is now available on Spotify, google podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker and Pocketcasts.
This week, I’m talking about how music is such a powerful tool for creating resilience. How do you use music to support your wellbeing?
I hope it will inspire all of you who are listening to this to make some positive changes in your life and work through whatever challenges you might be dealing with or facing right now.
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you like what you heard and want to learn more about how I can help you create resilience, here is how you can work with me:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- To book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching discovery call to get you moving from alarm to calm go here,
- To access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success book here.
- To read my weekly blog posts go to my website here
- For all the links to my creative work including sales and commissions go here.
- To join my private Facebook beat burnout support group go here .
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article in SHP magazine here.
Thank you so much for joining us, I hope you enjoyed the episode- don't forget to hit subscribe, and share with anyone who might enjoy or benefit from hearing it.
And finally- if you would like to be a guest and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 2- Interview with John D Revelator.
Thanks for listening to episode 2 of the Creating Resilience podcast.
In each episode, I'll be sharing easy ways to sneak some creativity into your life, whatever it may throw at you, from my own experiences, and talking to some inspiring guests who will share how they used creativity to overcome their challenges and build their own resilience toolkit.
Don't forget to subscribe and share with anyone you know who could benefit from listening.
This week I'm talking to John Diment aka John D Revelator, who, apart from being my life partner, is an award-winning songwriter and performer, and in his 'day job' is a professional Drystone Waller and Environmental consultant.
We hear how writing and playing music has helped him deal with life challenges and loss, and how he has shaped his work and home life to support his creative practice.
Music can be such a powerful way to connect with others and to express a whole range of emotions, how do you use music to support your wellbeing?
I hope it will inspire all of you who are listening to this to make some positive changes in your life and work through whatever challenges you might be dealing with or facing right now. Whether that's dealing with past trauma, challenges or setbacks, dealing with blocks to achieving your goals.
To hear John's music, download tacks or buy some John D Revelator Merch, see https://johndrevelator.bandcamp.com/
Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here
If you like what you heard and want to learn more about how I can help you create resilience, here is how you can work with me:
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
- To book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching discovery call to get you moving from alarm to calm go here,
- To access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success book here.
- To read my weekly blog posts go to my website here
- For all the links to my creative work go here.
- To join my private Facebook beat burnout support group go here .
- To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article in SHP magazine here.
Thank you so much for joining us, we hope you enjoyed the episode- don't forget to hit subscribe, and share with anyone who might enjoy or benefit from hearing it.
And finally- if you would like to be a guset and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.
Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)
Episode 1- How Creativity made me more resilient.
This is the first episode of my new podcast. I'm Ann Diment, creative change maker and I'm passionate about helping clients create calm in their busy lives by having more creative playtime.
In each episode, I'll be sharing easy ways to sneak some creativity into your life, whatever it may throw at you, from my own experiences, and talking to some inspiring guests who will share how they used creativity to overcome their challenges and build their own resilience toolkit.
I hope it will inspire all of you who are listening to this to make some positive changes in your life and work through whatever challenges you might be dealing with or facing right now. Whether that's dealing with past trauma, challenges or setbacks, dealing with blocks to achieving your goals, or if you're just feeling burned out and exhausted as many of us are right now.
Thank you so much for joining us. We hope you enjoyed the episode.
Here is how you can work with me:
- If you want to read my weekly blog posts go to my website here
- You can also download a FREE guide to taming your stress triggers here
- To book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching discovery call go here
- For all the links to my creative work go here
- I also run a private Facebook beat burnout support group which you can join here
- To read more about my mental health journey- see this article in SHP magazine here
Until next time, stay safe and well and keep creating