Today my guests are Lin Carruthers and Kate Clark, authors of a wonderfully helpful and practical book called Slow Down When Someone Dies. Lin is a trustee of Pushing up the Daisies, a charity formed in 2016 by Kate Clark. Their work is aimed

Addressing the Deep Longing and Yearning to be Fully Human

Mar 1st, 2024 34m 33s

Today, my guest is Micheál Connors, director of The Natural Academy, a not for profit Eco Social Enterprise, which offers accredited training courses for organisations wanting to work with nature and for people seeking a career in health, and w

Staying Calm Amidst the Chaos

Feb 1st, 2024 30m 6s

My guest is Terry Le Page, author of Eye of the Storm: facing climate and social chaos with calm and Courage. Terry is an American transitional minister and hospice chaplain. She facilitates non-violent communications groups, grief circles, and

Consciousness and the Dying Process

Jan 1st, 2024 31m 24s

Happy New Year to you all! What a year's it's been, and I think 2024 will continue to be just as intense. This is why I am delighted that Neuropsychiatrist Dr Peter Fenwick is my first guest of the year, talking about consciousness and his own

The Healing Power of Bees

Dec 1st, 2023 33m 59s

Today my guest is bee expert Paula Carnell who is an international speaker on bees, head beekeeper at the wonderful Newt in Somerset, and the author of ‘A’s to Bees', and 'Bees in Bhutan.' Such is her passion for bees that she runs Bee Safaris

Talking about Kicking the Bucket

Nov 1st, 2023 33m 16s

I am so delighted that my guest this month is Liz Rothschild, performer, celebrant and founder of the award winning Westmill Burial Ground, located on the Oxford/Wiltshire border. Liz is also the mastermind of the wonderful Kicking the Bucket

The power of silence spaces in nature

Oct 1st, 2023 31m 34s

Today, my guest is freelance garden writer, historian and photographer Liz Ware, whose passion is introducing Silent Spaces into public parks, gardens, and green spaces where anyone can go to reflect silently in nature. Liz started Silent Space

How to Connect to Your Own Healing Resources

Sep 1st, 2023 35m 39s

My September guest is Madison, better known as Maddie, King, an internationally recognised practitioner, teacher, writer and educator in the field of natural healthcare. Maddie built an immensely successful career in the advertising world, but

Trauma and Loss are Part of the Human Experience

Aug 1st, 2023 30m 44s

Today my guest is Robert Pardi, author, life coach, and mentor, whose passion and commitment is to help people understand that personal growth and transformation are part of the human experience. He writes, ‘The arc of all our journeys involve

Learning to Trust all is Well - even if it does get a bit dodgy

Jul 1st, 2023 32m 5s

This month I am joined by Alex Hunter who I met at the Quirky Campers festival in May. Alex and her boyfriend, Doug, recently set off on an epic adventure in their micro camper car to explore the far reaches of Eastern Europe to raise money for

Welcoming the power of ageing

Jun 1st, 2023 38m 22s

I am so delighted to be joined by my birthday sister Alexandra Pope (she's two days older than me). Alex and I both hit seventy this year, and we relished our gritty conversation about becoming older women who have been round the block more t

Living Your Truth with Honesty, Integrity, Boldness, and Compassion

May 1st, 2023 30m 44s

This month I am joined by Patrick Leo Holland, actor, TEDx speaker, and author of The Ultimate Power of You. Patrick believes there is a secret to life, and we all hold the answer to this secret within us. I love his mission statement which is

Comparing death to childbirth - just one more push!

Apr 1st, 2023 34m 7s

Felicity Warner is the founder of the international Soul Midwifery Movement and the Soul Midwives School. Felicity's life changed in her early teens after she witnessed her beloved, eccentric grandmother dying in a sterile environment. She kne

Living Out of the Box with Chronic Neurological Pain

Mar 1st, 2023 29m 20s

I am joined today by Gabby whose life drastically changed after a suitcase fell on her head when she was twenty-three. Since then she has had to come to terms with living with constant neurological pain and grapple with massive questions about

Healing experiences of Shared Crossings at the End of Life

Feb 1st, 2023 33m 55s

This month I am joined by William Peters, Founder of the Shared Crossing Project and Author of At Heaven's Door. William talks about his extensive research into what happens during the dying process, and how many people report extraordinary e

We can do things differently. So let's do it!

Jan 1st, 2023 36m 29s

Happy New Year's Day! To usher in 2023, my first guest is Roz Savage, MBE, Environmentalist, Ocean Rower, and author of An Ocean in a Drop: from Crisis to Consciousness. Her highly acclaimed new book is a bold and thought-provoking examinatio

Good Listening Skills and Wellbeing

May 20th, 2022 29m 30s

How good are you at listening to others? In this final episode of Series Four, Sue Brayne speaks with Ruth McCarthy, who is on a mission to help us to develop good listening skills to transform our thinking, encourage engagement, and transform

Crop Circles and Human Consciousness

May 13th, 2022 29m 30s

What can we learn from crop circles? Author Sue Brayne is joined by Karen Alexander, a renowned crop circle researcher, lecturer, and artist. Among her work, she produces paintings of crop circles to help understand the connection between crop

UFOs and Consciousness

May 6th, 2022 29m 30s

Could UFOs help explain whether there is life after death? This week Sue Brayne speaks with Frederik Uldall, who is fascinated by the possible existence of UFOs and what their advanced technology could teach us. He is also an avid academic rese

Loss and Hope

Apr 29th, 2022 29m 30s

Claire and Chris Sandys began The Silent Why podcast in response to the loss they experienced as a result of childlessness. They share their story with Sue, and explain how it became a catalyst for them to find 101 different experiences of loss

Alzheimers - Compassion and Transcendence

Apr 22nd, 2022 29m 30s

This week Sue Brayne is joined by Maggie La Tourelle author of The Gift of Alzheimers, an extraordinarily moving account of how she cared for her mother and recorded her journey through Alzheimers, which Maggie says was a transcendent experien

Gardening and the Laws of Nature

Apr 15th, 2022 29m 30s

Author Sue Brayne meets The Business Gardener, Mark Rendell, to delve into our profound connection with the land. Mark promotes the importance of soil health, the impact of nature on our mental health, and the incredible mathematical links our

Family Constellations and Ancestral Healing

Apr 8th, 2022 29m 30s

This week Author Sue Brayne meets Meghan Kelly, an experienced family constellation facilitator, who is passionate about helping people to heal ancestral wounds to they can heal themselves. Meghan explains how family constellations by-pass the

Healing and the Voice

Apr 1st, 2022 29m 30s

Sue Brayne speaks to Chloe Goodchild, inspirational international singer, composer, innovatory educator, author, and founder of The Naked Voice, which she has taught to thousands of people around the world. http://www.chloegoodchild.comResearch

Restoring John Lennon's peace legacy

Mar 25th, 2022 29m 30s

John Lennon's messages of peace left a lasting imprint on the world, and to launch series four of Embracing Your Mortality, Author Sue Brayne is back with an inspiring story of finding beauty within the broken. The musician's Sgt Pepper's Circu