Friends, we’ve come full circle. We are home. And we've been changed. But the world back home is exactly as we left it… So how do we come home well, especially when the creative life continues to call us into new adventures over and over again? In this final episode for Season 3, Joel asks us to consider the idea of what it means to truly find Home…

Lesley Wirth is an American-born poet, author, and speaker, with a masters in spiritual psychology, who works to inspire women to embrace their humanity and be open to the power of their spirit. In this conversation, Lesleys shares about her own journey towards healing through the practice of listening - to her intuition, to her body, and through t…

Have you ever had a transcendent creative experience but then when you finally brought your work out into the world… it felt like a bit of a letdown? In todays episode, we’re talking through how to come back down the mountain of our creative highs and release our work into the world in a meaningful way. Yep, we’re talking marketing, and as it turns…

Joel speaks to Chelsea McGough - a cellist, composer, and producer based in Nashville, who’s compositions have been featured in films, television, social media and ad campaigns in the U.S. and abroad. In this conversation, Chelsea talks through losing her love for music and how she found her way back again, finally landing in a place that felt more…

If you’ve ever felt the pull towards two different directions within yourself or that life is just too short or not big enough to allow all the parts of you to thrive, then this just might be the episode for you. This week on the podcast, Joel speaks to singer, songwriter and musician from Melbourne band The Gentling - Emma Wyndham Chalmers. Emma s…

In this episode, we’ve come finally to the place we’ve been journeying towards all along… The Innermost Cave. The Centre of everything. The place where we meet ourselves and humanity and God and where all creativity flows out of. Joel gets pretty philosophical as he invites us beyond the Deep Place (our individual inner-self) to the DEEP DEEP (wher…

Well, you’ve have arrived. You made it to the City Of Success and it feels glorious! …or does it? Is something missing?What is success anyway, and now that you are here, what does it look like to live authentically and genuinely in this life and still be able to give yourself to things that make you feel wonderful? In this episode, we’re building a…

Candace Smith is The Essence Photographer - a light seeking, photo ninja on a mission to help women come home to their bodies and see themselves as the perfectly imperfect, radiant, powerful beings that they are. Formerly an art model, Candace knows a thing or two about being on both sides of the camera. In this conversation, she shares her journey…

This week, we’re talking TRIBE. The Creative Journey was never meant to be walked alone. Like it or not - we NEED other people. So, in this episode, we name some of the different kinds of people that might intersect our paths along the way, and what this could look like as a movement towards community and belonging. Joel challenges us to truly see …

In this final episode for the year, we hear from Ingrid Laguna - an award winning novelist and educator, having published a memoir and multiple childrens books. In this conversation she opens up about her love affair with creativity in all the ways it shows up for her. She talks through collaboration & building trust, to her writing process, to the…

This week on the podcast Joel interviews the artistic director of Clock & Spiel Productions in Sydney - Hailey McQueen. Hailey shares her story from moving to Sydney to study acting at 17, to learning to create her own opportunities in the acting world and finding her way into artistic directing, now running a professional theatre company that work…

When was the last time you did not have to succeed? When was the last time you did not feel guilty for doing nothing? When did you last think about why you started this creative journey in the first place? In this episode, hosted by Joel McKerrow - we enter into sanctuary; a time of slowing down, of looking inward, of remembering and reflecting and…

In this episode, Joel interviews author and Words and Nerds podcast host Dani Vee who gives us the inside view of what it’s like to live with anxiety and a wildly creative mind. Dani goes deep on how she has come to make a companion out of her anxiety, how to sit with it and channel this energy into her various creative projects. Show notes: Dani V…

This week on the podcast we launch the School For Creative Development! An online communal learning platform combining four different creative modules, over 50 hours of audio and video content, workbooks and zoom sessions with Joel McKerrow, to inspire your art, grow your audience and blow your creative practice out of the water! As we launch this,…

Liz Milani is writer and creator of The Practice Co. In this conversation, Liz shares about her creative practice and battles with imposter syndrome, and gives us a deep dive into her story of leaving the church, deconstructing and reimagining her faith, and coming home to her creative, physical and spiritual self. Our sponsors are The Practice Co.…

As humans, almost all of us have woken up at some point in our lives feeling lost and aimless, unsure of which path to take or where the path even is. And for many of us - and especially in our creative lives - the temptation to just give up at this point is real. In this episode, we find ourselves lost in the forest and Joel McKerrow shares five k…

In this episode we have begun the Creative Journey. We face into the wild unknown and the foreboding blankness of the empty page and take a few tentative steps forward. Perhaps feeling like an imposter in this strange new landscape and longing for the comfort of home, and yet here we find ourselves. Joel McKerrow talks us through how we begin our j…

Based in North Carolina, Stephen Roach is a musician, author, podcaster and founder of The Breath & The Clay - a creative arts community exploring the intersections of art, faith & culture. In this conversation, Stephen shares about his creative process, how he sees the relationship between creativity and spirituality, seasons of transition and fac…

In this episode we find ourselves at the “threshold” of our creative lives, and we have a choice to make. Will we stay within the boundaries of the familiar and comfortable that we know so well or will cross over into the Great Unknown, and embark wholeheartedly on the Creative Journey? What will we take with us and what will we leave behind? We al…

In this interview, actor, acting coach and writer Grace Naoum speaks about her creative process and approach to acting and storytelling - how she accesses the magic and how she does this with presence, vulnerability and authenticity. You can find Grace on instagram @grace_naoum_acting_coach The music in Grace’s poem is by David Andrew. Find his mus…

In this episode we explore the Call to Adventure. The inciting incidents and patterns of synchronicity that have brought us to this place in our creative journeys, of leaving our comfort behind for the hope of something more. Anna McGahan (Anna’s story) - annamcgahan.com/By Joel Mckerrow

In this first episode of Season 3 Joel welcomes us to the Creative Journey inviting us for this whole season to step out on a new path. In this episode he guides us in exploring where we are at in our creative lives and acknowledging the parts of us that may have become too comfortable making a home in the “shallows”.…

Snuck in between season 2 and season 3 Joel McKerrow shares a bunch of SUPER exciting things happening that you really need to know about... So check them all out...By Joel McKerrow

Back in 2019 at the GreenBelt festival in the UK Joel interviewed hip hop dancer, choreographer, activist and educator Amirah Sackett about the intersection of her dance and her Islamic faith. Check out her work at- https://www.amirahsackett.comBy Joel Mckerrow, Joy Prouty

This episode of the podcast is an interview with Laura Lindsay and covers things like the Royal Commission on Child Abuse in religious organisations, IVF and miscarriage and the role of creativity to bring healing in these realities. It is a weighty episode, but one about things that need to be spoken about. This is not one you want to listen to wi…

Joel interviews artist, actor and writer Sabrina Lloyd about how she sees creative success having moved from Hollywood stardom to travelling the world to living on an island and taking up painting. www.sabrinalloyd.com https://www.instagram.com/sabrina.lloyd_ STORY COURSE- www.joelmckerroweducation.com Music on todays episode mostly by Taylor Leonh…

Joel interviews singer/songwriter Colleen O'Connell about creativity whilst parenting two toddlers and the intentionality it requires. All music in this episode by Colleen O'Connell- https://colleenoconnellmusic.com https://www.instagram.com/colleenoconnellmusicBy Joel Mckerrow, Joy Prouty

The third in the HUMAN enneagram series, a poem for all the achievers out there. www.joelmckerrow.com/human Music by Colleen O'Connell- https://colleenoconnellmusic.comBy Joel Mckerrow, Joy Prouty

The second in the HUMAN series from Joel McKerrow. www.joelmckerrow.com/human MUSIC on human:two:heavy by MEENA SHAMALY- http://www.meenashamaly.comBy Joel Mckerrow, Joy Prouty

Joel McKerrow and Richelle Bourne start from the blank page and attempt to write a whole poem/song together by the end of this episode. Talk about creative risk. Check out more of Joel and Richelles work together including their latest collaboration HERE The music from todays episode is from RICHELLE BOURNE.…

Are you a perfectionist, a critic, too harsh, on yourself, on others. Are you someone who sees what needs to be done, the details of it all, how it could come together if people would only... Are you someone who sees the injustices of the world and demands that they be changed. May this poem speak to you. The first of the poems from HUMAN: An Explo…

Joel interviews actor, writer, producer Eliza Charley about her Chronic Illness and her creativity and how she manages to live her creative life whilst facing sickness. _______________________________ To see Eliza's work go to- www.elizacharley.com And to see her support group for those with Chronic illness go HERE. _______________________________ …

Todays episode is an Easter reflection, an excerpt taken from Joel McKerrow's book- WOVEN: A Faith for the Dissatisfied. Check it out at www.joelmckerrow.com All music on todays episode by David Andrews. ________________________ Find Joel at- www.joelmckerrow.com Find Joy at- www.theproutys.co Find the podcast at www.thedeepplacepodcast.com Find th…

Joel Interviews hip hop artist Dylan Joel. WEBSITE- www.dylanjoel.com SPOTIFY- https://open.spotify.com/artist/6PsZs1L8zuW49bEUbkQ4JD?si=eNfFaZktQ9mrLQJ1jDuu2A _________ All music on this episode by Dylan Joel. _________ Find Joel's work at- www.joelmckerrow.com Find Joy Prouty's work at- www.theproutys.co SUPPORT the PODCAST with a monthly amount …

Joy and Joel talk presence, families, animals, artworks and so much more. Music by Taylor Leonhardt except for the poem by Joel McKerrow with music by Brett Anthony Shaw. Check out Joels projects talked about in this episode: HUMAN: An Exploration of the Inner Life (launches March 19th) at www.joelmckerrow.com Register NOW for Joy Prouty's THE PRES…

In this episode Joel reflects on what happens when light strikes materiality and how that might help us in our self-knowing. This is the third of a new episode series for THE DEEP PLACE: Smaller episodes reflecting on Life, Spirituality, the Self and Creativity. _______________________ MUSIC by Taylor Leonhardt- https://www.taylorleonhardt.com and …

Having worked on movies like Men In Black, The Mummy and Emma as well as an upcoming MARVEL movie Edwina James is a costume maker, artisan and Mastercraftswoman at the top of her game. In this episode, recorded in London 2019, Joel talks to her about slow fashion, sustainability and so many more good things. Oh my! See Edwina's work at- web- www.ed…

In this episode Joel confronts his own frailties and false motivations. This is the second of a new episode series for THE DEEP PLACE: Smaller episodes reflecting on Life, Spirituality, the Self and Creativity. _______________________ MUSIC by Taylor Leonhardt (https://www.taylorleonhardt.com). ________________________ Find Joel's work at- www.joel…

Joel talks with Kerryn Fields, the winner of the New Zealand Country Music' Song Writing Award. CHECK OUT Kerryn's work at https://www.kerrynfields.com All MUSIC on todays episode is by Kerryn Fields. ________________________ Find Joel's work at- www.joelmckerrow.com Find Joy Prouty's work at- www.theproutys.co FIND the podcast at www.thedeepplacep…

Joel shares a piece from Kahlil Gibran's THE PROPHET.By Joel Mckerrow, Joy Prouty

The first of a new episode series for THE DEEP PLACE: Smaller episodes reflecting on Life, Spirituality, the Self and Creativity. _______________________ MUSIC by Taylor Leonhardt (https://www.taylorleonhardt.com) and Spike Mason (www.spikemason.com) ________________________ Find Joel's work at- www.joelmckerrow.com Find Joy Prouty's work at- www.t…

Joel talks with Award winning, Archibald finalist Australian Painter Jess LeClerc about what she learnt through surviving a massive haemorrhage at the end of 2020. CHECK OUT JESS's work at www.jess.art _______________________ MUSIC by Taylor Leonhardt (https://www.taylorleonhardt.com) and David Andrew (https://open.spotify.com/artist/44nxpJ4QALHoSo…

WELCOME TO SEASON 2!!!!!! Joel and Joy are back having a chat about the monster that was 2020 and how they each got through the past year. __________________________ MUSIC by Taylor Leonhardt- https://www.taylorleonhardt.com ____________________________________ You can sign up to Joy's ONLINE COURSES at www.apertureoftheheart.com You can sign up to…

In this final episode of season one Joy and Joel talk through the power of Stories in our lives and how, for many of us, it is time to tell a different story about who we are. _____________________________________ Theme MUSIC by Joshua Fuhrmeister- www.joshf.com.au. Other MUSIC in this episode by: Thomas Hoey- www.thomashoey.co.uk _________________…

In this episode Joel interviews artist, activist and priest Alex Sangster. They talk through how these three life callings may indeed be based on the very same thing, that is, the art of Deep Listening. Hear more of Alex from Alex Sangster at: https://soundcloud.com/rev-alex-sangster ____________________________________ Theme MUSIC by Joshua Fuhrme…

In this episode Joel interviews American Spoken Word Artist Carrie Rudzinski now living in New Zealand. Carrie shares about what she needs in her life to move herself forward as an artist and how poetry can then move society forward. Carrie Rudzinski is a renowned performance poet. Born in Illinois and an alumni of Emerson College, Rudzinski has to…

In this episode Joy and Joel talk about the incredible legacy of Mary Oliver and what it means to listen to that still, small inner voice rather than loud voices of our lives. An episode about creativity, purpose, calling, vocation and our connection to the earth. ____________________________________ Theme MUSIC by Joshua Fuhrmeister- www.joshf.com…

In this episode Joel interviews the mother of an amazing family. The Dove Londons. She and her husband are raising two delightful boys who have had an incredibly rough start to their life. Both with Cerebal Palsy and other medical conditions, and yet, this is not what defines them. This is an inspirational episode about creativity in the dark times…

In this episode Joel talks to New Zealander, Suzie Lea Harris about her journey of recovery from severe mental health issues. The discussion revolves around how creativity, community and spirituality helped her upon this journey. A warning that this episode focusses a lot on things like self-harm, drug use, mental health, etc. _____________________…

In this episode Joy and Joel talk through the choice that it takes to find beauty in the mundane realities of our lives. ____________________________ SUPPORT the PODCAST with a monthly amount at https://www.patreon.com/thedeepplacepodcast Find us both on instagram or Joel's work at- www.joelmckerrow.com and Joy's at www.theproutys.co JOIN the Podca…