Eggshells

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In these full interviews with our guests, expect excellent insights amid rambling chat, as together we explore how to disagree better​.​ We're sharing our guest's words in context so that you can delve deeper into a conversation of your choice with an Eggshells' guest​ you love​.

Ashley is currently a trainee therapist living in London, and mother of two beautiful children!

We interrupt your regular programming to bring you - THE EGGSHELLS INTERVIEWS.

In these full interviews with our guests, expect excellent insights amid rambling chat, as together we explore how to disagree better. We're sharing our guest's words in context so that you can delve deeper into a conversation of your choice with an Eggshells' guest you love.

David Cornish is a freelance journalist, writer and pastoral support worker. Whilst recording his input with the Eggshells podcast, he worked as a chaplain to the staff of Kingston Hospital, supporting the wellbeing of NHS staff during the pandemic. In our chat he was full of wisdom and humility, and we hope you enjoy listening.

We interrupt your regular programming to bring you - THE EGGSHELLS INTERVIEWS.

In these full interviews with our guests, expect excellent insights amid rambling chat, as together we explore how to disagree better. We're sharing our guest's words in context so that you can delve deeper into a conversation of your choice with an Eggshells' guest you love.

Nushy Rose is currently Senior Digital Content Manager at Save the Children, and was previously Managing Editor of opinions platform Parlia, where she investigated why we think what we think using experimental multiplatform content. She was on NBCUniversal's prestigious Future Leaders Programme, and spent 2 years at Sky writing and producing viral conspiracy theory videos.

We interrupt your regular programming to bring you - THE EGGSHELLS INTERVIEWS.

In these full interviews with our guests, expect excellent insights amid rambling chat, as together we explore how to disagree better​.​ We're sharing our guest's words in context so that you can delve deeper into a conversation of your choice with an Eggshells' guest​ you love​.

Since recording this episode, Georgia has become a Senior Lecturer at the University of East London. She a Sir Henry Wellcome Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London focusing on how developmental neuroscience and public health can work together. As well as neurodevelopment, Georgia's research interests at the moment are global mental health, women’s mental health and neuro-ethics.

Up for more? Last fortnight's episode on Social Media leads on nicely from the end of this one.

Today we talk about disagreeing on social media. We couldn't not cover it right? It's where all the bile and emotions live. But in this episode, Hannah and Lizzie find reasons for serious optimism.

This is our second episode discussing Truth - in it, we chat conspiracy theories and discuss how to locate The Truth (is it out there? Spoiler: maybe).

Guest bios:

Hannah and Lizzie, with beautiful guest Georgia (you can't see her but trust us she is hawt), recount The Elephant Story, are (spoiler) less-than-complimentary about statistics, and become the 1047264837625th people to point out that cisgendered straight white non-disabled men are at the centre of Normal, even and especially in science.

Guest bios:

This is the second episode on Power and Privilege - Liz Letsoalo’s interview being the first, so tune into that if you haven’t already. In this episode, Hannah and Lizzie talk about the difficulties they’ve faced dealing with their own privilege, and discuss what has helped them step up to their privilege and into their power. This is the episode for you if you want to understand how to deal effectively with your own privilege.

Guest bios:

We interrupt your regular programming to bring you - THE EGGSHELLS INTERVIEWS.

In these full interviews with our guests, expect excellent insights amid rambling chat, as together we explore how to disagree better! We're sharing our guest's words in context so that you can delve deeper into a conversation of your choice with an Eggshells' guest you love.

Liz Letsoalo is an entrepreneur and Speaker who is on a journey to public service. With experience in strategy and operations from three multinational companies, and is the founder of beauty brand Masodi Organics. She considers herself to be primarily in the business of transforming beauty and its standards to achieve more equitable, realistic and thoughtful standards that empower and uplift beauty in all its forms. Liz has delivered a TEDx talk on the politics of power, and aims to use both her speaking and entrepreneurial initiatives to serve South Africa and the world.

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In these full interviews with our guests, expect excellent insights amid rambling chat, as together we explore how to disagree better! We're sharing our guest's words in context so that you can delve deeper into a conversation of your choice with an Eggshells' guest you love. In this interview, Alba talks to Lizzie about how to choose your words in a disagreement, and why it's important that you do.

Alba Woolard has been working in Healthcare Simulation since 2008. From training standardized patients in varying case presentations, to developing workshops for practicing providers, to presenting internationally on communication in a healthcare setting, Alba has a passion for improving healthcare through the use of standardized patients and simulation technology. When Alba isn’t immersed in simulation, she enjoys performing improv comedy, cooking vegan meals, and petting her neighbourhood dogs.

This is the third of three episodes on Identity and this fortnight, we’re discussing how we define ourselves, why we long to belong, and whether we can obtain social equity (how much progress means it’s fixed?).

Reminder that Eggshells is now released fortnightly! If you miss us on the week off, why not go to the website and sign up for our newsletter? www.theeggshellspodcast.com

Please kindly note (for all episodes but this one especially): in Eggshells, we aim to include something for everyone. However, we’re here talking about identity as cisgendered, white, middle class, non-disabled females. If your identities are different from ours we hope you’ll still get something from this, but we understand we won’t have travelled far enough outside our own lens. We’re pleased to welcome guests who have other identities and we may make more episodes, with more guests, on this topic.

Guest Bios:

This is the second of three episodes on Identity and this fortnight, we’re looking at the origins of the terms Woke and Cancel Culture, as well as discussing how we, over our lives, acquire our individual identities.

Reminder that Eggshells is now released fortnightly! If you miss us on the week off, why not go to the website and sign up for our newsletter? www.theeggshellspodcast.com

Please kindly note (for all episodes but this one especially): in Eggshells, we aim to include something for everyone. However, we’re here talking about identity as cisgendered, white, middle class, non-disabled females. If your identities are different from ours we hope you’ll still get something from this, but we understand we won’t have travelled far enough outside our own lens. We’re pleased to welcome guests who have other identities and we may make more episodes, with more guests, on this topic.

Woke:

Hola and welcome to the first of THREE episodes on Identity. Duh duh duhhhh. This week, we’re defining Identity Politics, asking why it exists, and discussing whether it’s important.

Reminder that Eggshells is now released fortnightly! If you miss us on the week off, why not go to the website and sign up for our newsletter? www.theeggshellspodcast.com

Please kindly note (for all episodes but this one especially): in Eggshells, we aim to include something for everyone. However, we’re here talking about identity as cisgendered, white, middle class, non-disabled females. If your identities are different from ours we hope you’ll still get something from this, but we understand we won’t have travelled far enough outside our own lens. We’re pleased to welcome guests who have other identities, and we may make more episodes, with more guests with other identities, on this topic (beyond those scheduled in the coming weeks!).

Guest Bios:

Happy New Year! High hopes.

We welcome you into 2022 with this episode on Articulation. Sometimes it’s hard to find the words in a disagreement, even if normally you’re good with them. Or maybe you find a lot of words, but in the moment they tumble out in a big confusing mess, while your Very Important Point ends up lost at sea somewhere.

That's what we're talking about in today’s episode: how to find the words, and indeed why finding them matters at all. Lizzie and Hannah have different relationships to articulation, and they explore how they can help each other out. The episode features Alba Woolard, a comedy improvisor and a communicator working in healthcare settings in the USA. Alba talks us through techniques you may be familiar with (“Yes and”), as well as some concepts that might feel more new – and that left Hannah and I with the distinct impression that bad disagreements give you blisters. Listen and let us know if you agree?

PLEASE NOTE: in 2022, we will be releasing episodes fortnightly, ie every 2 weeks. Gives you time to practice disagreeing in between!

Guest bios:

We interrupt your regular programming to bring you - THE EGGSHELLS INTERVIEWS.

In these full interviews with our guests, expect excellent insights amid rambling chat, as together we explore how to disagree better! We're sharing our guest's words in context so that you can delve deeper into a conversation of your choice with an Eggshells' guest you love.

Duncan is a fountain of empathy knowledge and talks to us about the science of empathy, understanding why people might behave the way they do and why sorry can be problematic. We are grateful to Duncan for his thoughtful insights and playful spirit. This is an interview to listen to if you want to explore human behaviour more deeply, if you liked the Empathy episode, and if you want to know more about how our individual histories influence the way we disagree.

Duncan is the founding director of Useful and Kind Unlimited and of the Mindful Leadership Foundation. He has worked as a therapeutic coach, facilitator and trainer. He has advanced psychotherapy training and is constantly trying to find ways to use the latest learning in the service of others. https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/duncan-fraser

REFERENCES:

We interrupt your regular programming to bring you - THE EGGSHELLS INTERVIEWS.

In these full interviews with our guests, expect excellent insights amid rambling chat, as together we explore how to disagree better! We're sharing our guest's words in context so that you can delve deeper into a conversation of your choice with an Eggshells' guest you love.

Arabella Gibbins’ special subject is breath and she gives us some fantastic exercises and insights in this interview. She explains fight, flight and freeze to us - she speaks about and advocates for breathwork in so many different forms, especially useful if you're a beginner - she talks about emotions, empathy and arguing with her family - basically, she’s incredibly generous with her time and words. This is an interview to listen to if you want to learn how to manage your emotions during disagreement, if you liked the fight/flight/freeze episodes, and also one to return to if you find Bella’s voice and general self to be as soothing as we do!

Bella is a voice coach, songwriter and, in her words, a lifelong learner. She teaches singing, she trained as an actor during which time she was introduced to a range of vocal approaches and practitioners, and so after a few years she decided to complete her MFA in Voice Studies. She then joined the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts as a voice tutor. She runs Voice, Breath & Wellbeing workshops around the UK (https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/bella-gibbins).

REFERENCES:

• Polyvagal Theory, Stephen Porges: https://www.stephenporges.com/
• Emotional trigger definition: An emotional trigger is anything — including memories, experiences, or events — that sparks an intense emotional reaction, regardless of your current mood. Emotional triggers are frequently associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
• “The Body Keeps the Score” is a book by Bessel Van Der Kolk.
• Some examples of Breathwork that Bella mentions:

- Transformational - https://www.transformationalbreath.co.uk

- Holotropic - http://www.holotropic.com/holotropic-breathwork/about-holotropic-breathwork/

"Say it in my good ear, dear!"

In this episode on Listening, we're not talking about non-verbal utterances ("Mmhmm!" "Ah!"). We're not talking about nodding. We're not actually really talking about body language. 

Instead we're talking about attention and how to use it. We're talking about sharing the floor, and how to do so without giving away our power. And, mostly, we're talking about questions.

Guest bios:

This second instalment of our discussions about fight, flight, freeze, is where we learn some good old breathing exercises! Yes folks, there really isn't a better way to get back in control of our first response than just stopping and taking a breath. Luckily, Hannah and Lizzie are here, together with voice coach and actor Bella, to make it a lot more entertaining than just "in...and out."

Guest bios:

In the second episode of Eggshells, Hannah and Lizzie dive into discussions about fight, flight and freeze. We find out:

- what the terms "fight, flight and freeze" mean in this context

- why we all adopt such behaviours in times of high stress

- what the polyvegal theory is, and why Dan Siegel's explanation is a useful way to understand and manage our own autonomic stress responses

This episode features the following beautiful guests:

"Empathy drives connection, sympathy drives disconnection."

In this episode Lizzie and Hannah ask what empathy is, how it works, and whether it's useful when you're disagreeing with people. We cover kindness, compassion, and ask if empathy in a disagreement is the same as acceptance of someone's dislikeable point of view?

This episode features the following fabulous guests: