Moving Inward

My next guest needs little introduction. Lola Berry is a nutritionist, a yoga teacher and is the author of ten best-selling books. Her name is synonymous with her happy-go-lucky persona and her vivaciousness for life, but what she rarely reveals is the criticism that she receives behind the scenes. As a well-known personality, Lola has faced a barrage of unkind criticism judging the way she looks, what she wears, her weight, and her very being. I actually met Lola nearly ten years ago when both of our lives looked very different. At the time, Lola had began to regularly appear on television, and was featuring in segments that didn't always reflect her true values. Lola and I discuss how we can tune into our guiding principles and true self to transform our inner and outer worlds. Lola shares the strategies that she's adopted that's allowed her to be the version of herself, and to be an active and joyful participant in her own life.

Rarely has a book captivated and delighted readers as much as My Heart Wanders by Pia Bijkerk, an author, artist and visual storyteller. It honours what Pia calls our heart wanderings - the journeys that we take physically and emotionally when we're guided by our intuition. Pia believes that we have the opportunity to flourish as human beings when we tune into our inner child and our deeper yearnings, rather than being guided solely by our thoughts. Through her work and her mentoring sessions with creative clients, she supports others to do the same. In this episode you'll walk with Pia on her heart-centred escapades and discovers tools to release creative and emotional blocks that might be holding you back.

Did you know that almost three quarters of our planet's surface is covered by ocean? This has lead Tim Silverwood to believe that we should be calling it Planet Ocean rather than Planet Earth. As an environmentalist, a campaigner, and the co-founder of Take 3. He's a dynamic voice within the movement away from single use plastics, and a refreshingly optimistic presence within the environmental movement. As a keen surfer, Tim has closely watched the evolution of the ocean and its responsiveness to human life. In 2011 he sailed 5000 kms across the North Pacific Ocean to study the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch and has shared these experiences through his popular TedX talk, appearance in the ABC's unmissable War on Waste, and as an 'ocean guardian' in the documentary Blue. When reflecting on his connection with the underwater world, Tim says: "The ocean is a place where I can step away from the normal realm of terrestrial existence and dabble in the fringes." In this episode you'll discover simple tools to reduce your single use plastic pollution, and Tim's advice on the one thing you can start doing today that will change your relationship with nature.

In many homes worldwide, David Holmgren is a beloved name. As the co-creator of the global permaculture movement, his work has touched millions of lives, and can be seen etched into the gardens of inner city projects to community co-operatives to large-scale farms. The term permaculture was created back in the mid-1970s by David and university professor Bill Mollison, and is a combination of the terms 'permanent' and 'agriculture' to create a symbolic union. Its 12 principles are based around three pillars - care of the earth, care of people and return of surplus - and over the last forty years it has evolved into an organic, adaptive movement to expand alongside modern times. Behind the movement, David is not only promoting a sustainable lifestyle, but a powerful alternative life away from dependent consumerism. As such, the principles of permaculture transcend the humble garden to see homes flourish through non-monetary economies, communities blossom through connection and to celebrate a life handmade through the imperfect art of creation. Kayla had the pleasure of interviewing David at his home of Melliodora in Central Victoria, one of the best documented and well known permaculture demonstration sites worldwide. In this episode you'll learn David's tips for the first place to start when greening your home, and the easy ways that you can introduce permaculture into your life.

Did you know that wellbeing has sustained Aboriginal Australians to be one of the world's oldest continuing living cultures for more than 80,000 years? It's an honour for this podcast series to be introduced with a conversation with Jamie Marloo Thomas, a proud Aboriginal Australian and the co-founder of Wayapa - the first formalized wellness and connection practice based on Indigenous Australian knowledge. Wayapa is also known as Wayapa Wurrk, which means connect to country. It focuses on taking care of the Earth as a starting point for healing ourselves. It's a physical practice and an earth meditation, that has been likened to eastern practices such as yoga and tai chi. In this episode you'll discover tips on how you can introduce ancient Aboriginal Australian practices into your own life to reconnect to earth.

Hello and welcome to the Inward podcast, helping you to thrive from the inside out. Here at Inward, we believe that we must nurture our inner life. After all, it's only when we know who we really are, with all of our flaws and grace, that we can access the best version of ourselves and live fully. Reliable tools for developing self knowledge can be hard to find - they're not taught in schools, universities or workplaces. And it's actually this fact that inspired the launch of this podcast. Listen to the introduction to find out more. Follow us online by visiting the website - www.movinginward.com or following the show on Instagram at @_movinginward.