Creativity is Spirituality

Chioma Fanawopo is a Diversity and Inclusion specialist with 20 years’ experience in education, private, public and not-for-profit sectors and as a trustee and school governor. Having a knack for creating safe spaces for leadership as well as the talented people that support them, she facilitates and leads difficult conversations that act as a catalyst for change to transform behavior and get results. Chioma specializes in delivering training on all aspects of diversity, inclusion, belonging and equity. She is passionate about neurodiversity, intersectionality, menopause and gender gias as a facilitator, speaker, and teen/parent coach, and is a sincere woman of faith.

Chioma and her work can be found on:

Andrea Gomez is a witch & creatrix, and her medicine comes from the intersection between self-discovery, creation & magic. She creates art to touch people’s hearts, experiences of transformation, spaces of liberation, and tools of self-honor. Through her one-on-one mentoring and group containers, she takes you on a journey to explore your inner landscape, recognize what makes you unique, honor your gifts, release your conditioning and find the courage to fully express the beauty of your soul. 

Find her medicine over at: https://www.nourishingwitch.com/ 

Anyone on TikTok & Instagram knows Maria Bowler as one of the brightest stars out there telling us the truth about our creative minds and how vital our personal creativity is to our lives in a world where we are pressured to merely produce and consume. On this episode, we have the unique honor to dive into Maria's own personal bio to hear about her own journey through her upbringing and coming-of-age as an academic, and through her intriguing story of inner resistance as she endeavored to freely converse about what was emerging from her heart within the spiritual spaces she inhabited. 

Maria Bowler is a creative coach who describes herself as "a marriage counselor for you and your highest creativity," combining neurobiology, positive psychology, philosophy, craft theory, and contemplative practice. She is a proud Canadian who is a certified Life Coach, Enneagram Applications Professional, and Spiritual Director who sews her own clothes and holds an MFA from Yale and is an MFA candidate at University of Minnesota.

Jude-Martin is a people and organisational development professional with 15+ years’ specialism in Leadership, Culture Change, and Personal Development. He has worked with public, private & not-for-profit organisations in education, insurance, transport, healthcare, professional services, and consulting sectors in the UK and Australia. His mission is to use social media to bring mindfulness practices to as many as possible, particularly those in the workplace, so they can be at their best and move with confidence by applying simple mindfulness practices, including learning to harness the power of silence.

Connect with Jude-Martin here:

• Website: www.jude-martin.com
• Email: info@jude-martin.com
• Instagram: @judemartinetuka
• Twitter: Jude_MEtuka

Cassandra Lawrence works engaging faith communities to address anti-Muslim discrimination. She is a trained mediator, dialogue facilitator, and interfaith and racial justice community organizer. She also teaches negotiation and conflict transformation primarily to faith communities. She has a BA in Religious Studies from the University of British Columbia and a master’s degree in comparative ethnic conflict from Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2021 she completed a master of divinity at Wesley Theological Seminary with honors, specializing in Public Theology, and received the Excellence in Public Theology Award.

Cheryl O’Meara is a designer and owner of an antique textile and wallpaper archive. Cheryl and her archive are resident at The Monastery, Manchester where she is creative consultant as well as studying (with April!) to be a OneSpirit Interfaith Minister.

As a designer she works with many well known brands from high street to haute couture, as well as creating magical interiors for hotels, homes and now a Monastery!

Her constant creativity is grounded in daily spiritual practice and a love of nature.

IG: @print_pattern_archive

Juliet Whyte is an accredited and certified Cognitive Hypnotherapist, EFT & NLP Practitioner and Transformational Coach. She is the founder of Wellbeing upon Thames, supporting women who are struggling with difficult emotions and patterns of behaviour to restore their wellbeing & worthiness and discover their innate potential. Her integrative, tailored approach facilitates positive and transformational change.

Em Ryan is a Holistic Psychotherapist and Shamanic Sound Healer and Wedding Celebrant. She has been counseling teens and adults since 2003. She moved to Ireland from America in 2016 and has recently permanently settled in County Cavan.