An experimental series - Reflections from The Great Pause - Episode 1
A week ago I got an email from my friend Charlie Gladstone who hosts the excellent Mavericks Podcast as well as founding the GoodLife Experience Festival and other amazing things. Charlie was inviting me to contribute to a remote podcast he was making about life in lockdown. He asked 3 questions and I sent him my answers by audio. He's now on about 8 episodes and they are really wonderful things to listen to, I link to them below. Anyway Charlie inspired me to do something similar. So I have emailed a range of friends, previous guests and folks I admire to contribute their reflections during this great pause. I ask them 5 questions. 1. Where are you and who are you with? 2. What are you struggling with the most during these times? 3. Have you started doing/discovered/always done something that is bringing you joy in these times ? 4. What are you hoping could emerge from these extraordinary times? 5. What bits of 'getting back to normal' do you hope will not return?
And finally anything you want to share with others right now - e.g a project, poem, song, book, action, words, story whatever you like.
They are starting to come in and they are full of beauty, and I’m so grateful for all the contributions, so I’m stitching them together 3 or 4 at a time, pretty much as they came to me. I plan to get them out every day or so if I can for the next few days.
I hope you enjoy listening to them. In this episode listen to George McCallum, Lauren Currie and Matt Barr.