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Wayward Bodies is a show exploring our bodies and the messy places they meet the world. Join your host Elle Bower Johnston as she discuss embodiment, body liberation, creativity, healing, and how we show up as our whole selves. You can expect a mix of solo musings and conversations with excellent humans, with a lens of queerness, anti-oppression, body liberation and lots of space for the nuance of being a human.
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I’m Katie Treggiden and this is Making Design Circular, a podcast exploring the intersection of craft, design and sustainability. Join me as I talk to the thinkers, doers, and makers of the circular economy. These are the people who are challenging the linear take-make-waste model of production and consumption – and working towards something better. Katie is asking all the questions that purpose-driven founders of making-based businesses have about making genuine progress towards environment ...
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In Conversation with... Elle Bower-Johnston
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In this episode, Katie talks to Elle Bower Johnston. Elle (she/they) is a body witch. Their work is the alchemisation of breathwork, somatic, and rest practices with witchcraft and folk magic. She works with creatives, witches, queers, change-makers, weirdos - folks who might not necessarily feel like they belong in ‘wellness’ or ‘spiritual’ spaces…
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In this episode, Katie talks to Rosie Murphy. Rosie is a consummate communicator and connector. She is just one of a broad ecosystem of architectural workers uniting for greater social justice and environmental consciousness in all aspects of the built environment. She is an advocate for networks such as Black Females in Architecture, HomeGrown Plu…
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**This episode was originally an Instagram Live, so at the point of going live on the podcast, the rest challenge we talk about has already happened – however, the Making Design Circular Conference is happening on Thursday 05 September 2024 – find out more get your ticket for that HERE >>> ** In this episode, Katie talks to Jo Casey. Jo Casey is an…
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Y’all! I have new podcast! Let me introduce The Bear & The Body Witch. Every week Joeli Caparco and I discuss embodiment, queerness, and magic, while also chiming in with our own experiences and insights. In this first episode we got into the necessary constraints of discernment, the pressures of the A+ student hangover, and the importance of givin…
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In Conversation with...Tamu Thomas, part 2
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In this episode, Katie continues last week’s conversation with Tamu Thomas a renowned transformational life coach, dedicated to guiding women towards achieving work-life harmony by embracing holistic well-being practices that align with their nervous system. Katie & Tamu explore: The term ‘high-functioning freeze’ Defiant hope & rage Activism v Mar…
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In this episode, Katie talks to Tamu Thomas a renowned transformational life coach and the author of "Women Who Work Too Much: Break Free from Toxic Productivity and Find Your Joy." She is dedicated to guiding women towards achieving work-life harmony by embracing holistic well-being practices that align with their nervous system. Tamu's groundbrea…
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In this episode, Katie talks to Lucy Hawthorne. Lucy is a campaigner at heart and Founder of Climate Play. Through play-based training and facilitation for adults, she helps make it safe, light and fun for people to face climate change. Combining a lot of LEGO with climate psychology, she creates conversation on the topic that teams actually want t…
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In Conversation With...Ella Wiles and Andres Roberts
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In this episode, Katie talks to Ella Wiles and Andres Roberts from The Bio-Leadership Project. The Bio-Leadership Project’s mission is to change the story of leadership by working with nature. A movement of people and organisations, changing human systems to be more resilient, regenerative, and designed to protect our planet. Bio-Leadership is abou…
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Walk don’t run: The 5-stage path to sustainability
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In this episode, Katie digs into one part of her Making Design Circular framework, the methodology that underpins everything she does. She talks about walk, and walk is short for walk, don't run. It is this idea that you don't have to do everything all at once you can take things step by step. And to support you doing that she has developed a path …
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In this episode, Katie talks to Tom Curran, a World Leading Expert on Perfectionism. With an eye on politics, economics, and society, he takes a cultural lens to the study of perfectionism. His work is groundbreaking and has uncovered a frightening trend of young people breaking under the strain of perfectionistic pressures. Tom brings perfectionis…
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Exploring Broken: Mending and repair in a throwaway world
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This week Katie is doing something a little different. As you may have heard her mentioned in the previous episode, her latest book, Broken: Mending and repair in a throwaway world came out in April of this year, and she will be reading you the wonderfully. Thought-provoking introduction to give you a flavour of the book. Here are some highlights: …
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In conversation with... Minnie Moll, Design Council
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In this episode, Katie talks to Minnie Moll, Chief Executive at the Design Council. Minnie spent years in innovation, design, advertising and brand consultancy. She was Managing Partner of HHCL, the ‘Advertising Agency of the decade’ and then Global Marketing Director of Innovation company? What If!, which won Great Place to Work Institute’s ‘Best …
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In this episode, Katie is joined by Laura Eigel PhD, the founder of The Catch Group, a leadership coaching firm accelerating women into the C-suite, and the host of the You Belong in the C-Suite podcast. Known for her direct feedback and her passion for living a life guided by her values, she has been an HR executive at Fortune 50 companies, joined…
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In this episode, Katie talks about Define, another element of the Making Design Circular framework, this is all about working out your niche, your unique contribution to environmentalism, and letting go of the idea that you have to save the planet single-handedly. Here are some highlights: The Starfish Story “…this particular story is about a littl…
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In this episode, Katie talks to Ray Dodd a Money Coach who helps those who have traditionally been excluded from making money, to make life-changing amounts of money. All without compromising who they are. If you’re hearing the term ‘money coach’ and wincing a little – imagining fluffy talk of manifesting millions in your sleep, – prepare to have y…
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In this episode, Katie explores another of the pillars of the making design circular framework – Believe. The idea that we need to bring about change and that we need to believe that it's possible, but as ever it’s easier said than done. Maintaining hope, and believing that we can sort all this out, is the work. It’s one of the hardest things we ha…
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In this episode, Katie speaks with Jay Blades, a modern furniture restorer, upcycler and eco designer who is passionate about sustainability and community. We discuss his history with furniture restoration, the importance of investing in the next generation of creators, why helping people you may never meet truly matters and lots more. Jay Blades i…
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In this episode, Katie talks about perfectionism, about: Liberating yourself from perfectionism, the second part of the first pillar of the MDC framework Her personal journey with perfectionism including publishing her first foray into the online learning and recording a podcast The idea of toxic professionalism – the sense that any deviation from …
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[Trigger Warning: Matt mentions female genital mutilation (FMG) in this episode, so listener discretion is advised.] In this episode, Katie talks with Matt Hocking from Leap.eco, an award-winning design studio who has proven it’s possible to create inspiring work which delivers positive outcomes for people, planet and profit. He has been passionate…
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In this episode, Katie talks about the idea of absolving yourself from guilt. The climate crisis is not your fault, but it is your responsibility, and you have an incredible opportunity to bring about change. Katie talks about: The idea of absolving yourself of the guilt that comes with the climate crisis How the energy industry has not only contri…
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In this episode, Katie talks with Sarah Fox a coach and mentor helping organisations and individuals who are motivated to do good and do well, being drivers of positive social change. Sarah’s mission is to help people who care about the world to live a life of fulfilment, a life that is truly well lived, meaningful, purposeful and creative. We disc…
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We’re kicking off with Katie guiding us through her Making Design Circular Framework, all based around the goal to “rewild your creative practice, so that you, your business, and the planet can thrive”, and you can find the image Katie promised HERE. (It turns out you can’t add images directly to show-notes!) We discuss: The 3 distinct areas of the…
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Here we are at the end of season two, and just rounding on the solstice. In celebration, I’m coming with a present for you: a yoga nidra to come back in and remember your spark. A moment of pause and reconnection with yourself, no matter what is going on around you. Grab a blanket and get cosy. Together we’ll slide our way into deep rest, and hold …
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Today, in the final conversation of this season, I'm speaking with Ava Riby-Williams. We talked about living life as a creative act, going slow to go fast, liminal spaces and grey areas that allow us to express our wholeness, and the slow, messy work of liberating ourselves. ABOUT AVA Ava is a queer, British Ghanaian/Indian visionary, living in Lon…
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Today I'm bringing you a conversation with Tamu Thomas. Our conversation wandered through her own explorations of embodiment and her practice of Non-Linear Movement, the role of pleasure, sensuality and joy in women's wellbeing, reclaiming power and sovereignty, and channelling our energy in a generative way, even as we live in oppressive systems. …
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Today's episode is a conversation with the breathworker and herbalist Jennifer Patterson. I’m a huge fan of Jennye’s work and it was a joy to get to chat with her. We covered all sorts of ground and you’ll hear us get into the wavy space between medicine and poison, how we can be in our bodies when they’re places of pain or challenge, being in rela…
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I got to talk with my friend Lisa James about creativity, embodied truth, spiritual trust falls and what it’s really like to be a normal, everyday human living in deep connection to spirit. It was such a treat to get to sit down and chat with Lisa, I’m sure you’ll feel her steadying grounded energy coming through as we discuss being in relationship…
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Today's episode is a conversation with the magical Leila Sadeghee. We spoke about the divine feminine, her journey from the art world to mysticism and how we can make our lives the temple in which we connect with the divine. I loved the places we wandered in this conversation. Wandering seems like a fitting word, since we talked about the nonlinear…
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Today I'm bringing you a conversation that I got to have with Marika Heinrichs all about embodiment and whiteness, rediscovering ancestors and doing what we don’t know how to do. I’m so pleased that I can finally share this conversation with you. Marika and I wandered through our birthright to being in connection with the world and the cultural dis…
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In this first conversation of Season 2, I had the pleasure of talking with Theo Wildcroft. We spoke about about being in relationship with wildness, neurodiversity, disability justice, the way story creates space for us to exist in wholeness, and the power of embracing your brokenness. ABOUT THEO Theo Wildcroft, PhD is a teacher, writer and scholar…
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Slow down! You’re doing too much! So easy to say but a little trickier to put into practice in a capitalist world. In this episode we talk about the conscious effort to create slowness in your life. Our ego’s love of busyness, rooting into our values, and creating loving boundaries with ourselves and others. WORK WITH ME Download the Radical Rest S…
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So how do you rest? In today’s episode I wander through my list of 100 Ways to Rest, created for the Radical Rest Studio. We’ll talk about what rest actually is and the different forms of rest we need to thrive, and I gently invite you to become an advocate for your rest, following the unique threads of what brings you back to life. Join me this Au…
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Oh hey! It’s been a while and in this episode I talk all about why. I go into burnout, and how we can move through it and back towards a life that feels vibrantly alive. We’ll go into three parts of that puzzle: completing the stress cycle, unlearning urgency, and learning to trust. Download the Radical Rest Studio WORK WITH ME Download the Radical…
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Winter is calling and in this solo ep I talk about making space for integration, getting quiet, and the importance of going dark in a world that asks us to be 'on' all the time This is the final episode of season one, and the podcast will be in hibernation until 2022. Thank you so much for being here, your support and enthusiasm makes Wayward Bodie…
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Today's episode is a conversation with one of my own teachers, and someone I'm lucky enough to call a friend, Naomi Absalom. I loved the winding path of this conversation. It took us some curious places including staying boundaried on social media, learning to tell the truth and hold the charge in your nervous system, releasing the urgency of capit…
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Today's episode is a conversation with Kylie Darling about erotic embodiment, the places spirituality and sexuality overlap, and using kink as a way to know yourself. We talked about all sorts of good stuff. The realities of kink (beyond the 50 Shades stereotypes), the interplay of kink and shadow work in accepting all the parts of you, both dark a…
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Today's episode is a conversation with Kylie Darling about erotic embodiment, the places spirituality and sexuality overlap, and using kink as a way to know yourself. We talked about all sorts of good stuff. The realities of kink (beyond the 50 Shades stereotypes), the interplay of kink and shadow work in accepting all the parts of you, both dark a…
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In this solo episode I talk about praxis, imperfect action, and one of the biggest challenges I (and a lot of my clients) deal with in embodiment work - that you can't think your way in. What are you practicing? WORK WITH ME Download the Radical Rest Studio One-to-One Embodiment Guidance In Practice, love letters and monthly live practices LINKS & …
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Amelia Donkor and I had a potent conversation about the healing potential of story, imperfectly embodying our values, and finding liberation by being in process. Talking with Amelia was such a joy. We meandered through the multifaceted ways that storytelling shapes our lives and the world we live in, including self expression, unlearning stories th…
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I got to chat with Cécile Dumont (one of my favourite humans) all about touch, connectivity, and fascia - the connective tissue that weaves us together. We also talked about self-care as community care, the challenges and joys of being an empath, and why softening is such an important practice in the world built for hardness. Plus a bonus cameo fro…
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Eliza Khinsoe and I spoke about the pleasure of food, what non-diet nutrition looks like, and reclaiming food as a place for connection, heritage and joy - so much more than calories and nutrients We got into all sorts of good stuff, from her lightbulb moment realising the implicit biases present in the traditional approach to nutrition, to the mes…
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Aisha Nash and I got together to talk about diet culture, the unwellness of the wellness industry and the importance of being a troublemaker. This conversation was a whirlwind of big topics, and there are links to dive deeper in the notes below. We covered lots of ground, roaming from the insidious nature of diet culture, to the ways that cultural …
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I had the pleasure of talking with Jo Ottman of Liminal Moon about art, tattooing and owning your freaky magic. We got into all sorts of good stuff including finding the confidence to be weird, the embodied magic of tattooing, the importance of critical thinking in our spiritual practices, and how to embrace liminality and the unknown. ABOUT JO Jo …
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Do we always need to mend? How can mending help to nudge us towards significant behaviour shifts? What are the materials innovations that might help? Are there self-healing materials – or even self-destructing materials? In this bonus episode, I’m leading a panel discussion with TOAST, including amazing insights from Seetal Solanki, Tom van Deijnen…
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Today I'm talking with Rose Noir about the power of clothing. We got to chat about clothing and self expression, how we can make space in our wardrobes to embody all the different pieces of us, reclaiming agency around what is sexy, and the ways that the fashion industry screws us up. ABOUT ROSE Rose creates costumes and clothing for humans of all …
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Is there a trade-off between affordability and disposability? Can we go back to a mindset of mending and repair, without pricing ourselves out? How do we overcome the objections of time, money and skillset to get more people involved in this movement? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Tom van Deijnen – a self-taught textiles practitioner, founder …
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How does conservation differ from repair? How is it similar? How have the tenets and ideas of best practice with conservation changed over time? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Lauren Chang, a textile specialist, who spins, dyes, weaves, and writes about textiles on her website interstitial-spaces.com. She holds a B.A. in Art and Archaeology fro…
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Okay, so what IS embodiment? Seems like it might be good to start a podcast about embodiment with a definition of terms. In this solo episode, I attempt to do just that. TUNE IN TO HEAR… An imperfect and ever evolving definition of what embodiment actually is, what it isn’t, and why it matters An exploration of the three facets of embodiment - body…
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Can mending and repair be used as self care? How can the traditions we’ve studied impact our current actions towards sustainability? Are we too disconnected from our past? What drives the culture of mending? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Ekta Kaul, an award-winning London based artist. Her artistic practice is focused on creating narrative map…
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Do we only repair the things that we cherish? Is there a place for visible mending in our built environment as well as our clothes? Can a repair add value to the object that is mended? And do we always need to intervene with repair – or is 'curated decay' sometimes a better option? On today’s episode, I’m talking to Caitlin DeSilvey, a geographer w…
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