BLENDED WISDOM
by JULIA M
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S2. 14 - USE YOUR GIFTS
S2. 14 - USE YOUR GIFTS
About this podcast
A intimate foray into the wisdom and beauty of learning from sages through the ages.
From stories to books, poetry and songs and any resources gifting an inherent wisdom we can learn from and apply for our own inner health, harmony and happiness.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 24 episodes
- S2. 14 - USE YOUR GIFTS · 17 min · Season 2 Episode 14Musings after reading a sentence: 'if you have been given a gift... it is that gift you have, to give the world...' then re-reading it with a different emphasis on the word have…
- S2. 13 - LINGER LONGER · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 13Musings after a recent conversation with a close friend and a reiteration of the same topic in an Ethan Hawke interview snippet - the fact of having to admit to ourselves our…
- S2. 12 THE TENDER BAR - 10.10.26 · 15 minMusings into the things we are called to do and the characters that form our experience, guide and influence us. The power of belief in your own dreams and in others to fulfil…
- S2. 11 - OVERWHELMED BY BEAUTY | STENDHAL SYNDROME · 15 min · Season 2 Episode 11Musings from St Paul de Vence after an encounter with a Finnish art teacher and painter who had spent all afternoon in the village and returned, simply overcome with emotion. She…
- S2. 10 RESISTANCE TO THE CALL IN THE HERO’S JOURNEY · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 10Musings from La Muse Writers Retreat in SW France where I picked up a book of conversations with Joseph Campbell called An Open Life in its wonderful library. The double entendre…
- S2. 9. OH DOLLY DEAR · 15 min · Season 2 Episode 9Musings upon receipt of the news, on 25 August 2026, that our beloved Dolly Parton had passed away. She never shied away from speaking into injustice and instead poured money…
- S2. 8. THE BEAUTIFUL GAME · 14 min · Season 2 Episode 8Musings post the football World Cup, and the meaning I took away from behaviour on and off the field. How we act in victory is often less indicative than how we behave and treat…
- S2. 7. EVERYTHING REDUCES · 14 min · Season 2 Episode 7Musings from a stroll through a vide grenier in my village, that powerfully hit me with the notion that in the end, we have to give everything up, that everything in life…
- S2. 6. THE PAYOFF IN THE PERSISTANCE · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 6Musings into the notion of our diminishing ability to persist - made plain to me while reading a short book - INVISIBLE CITIES by Italo Calvino and wanting to put it down, as I…
- S2. 5. BEING ABLE TO DISTIL · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 5Musings into the notion of distillation and placing, as a priority, that which is essential to us, inclusive of our own essence and what we would wish to be remembered of us……
- S2. 4. THE SCHISM - BEFORE AND AFTER · 13 minMusings into the before and after schism of grief encountered. The caution to be wary and careful around those who have dealt with deep things, their tolerance is low for the…
- S2. 3. THE REAL DEAL · 13 minMusings into the whether the quest for learning is over in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Inspired after a semi-legal encounter where a response came back at the speed of…
- S 2. 2. POETRY AS STRUCTURAL | DEMOCRACY AS EPHEMERAL · 14 minMusings into the irony of poetry as everlasting and strong, structural and foundational and democracy as the fragile creature, beholden to the times and the egos of its leaders…
- S 2. 1. AI - ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO EMOTE · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 1First Ep of 2026. Musings into the absence of emotion and meaning in the face of AI, as today’s currency of accomplishment. That the graft of any act of intellectualism or…
- 10. FEELING AND REELING · 13 minMusings into the tragedy of a gun attack on Sydney’s beloved Bondi Beach and the contrast of devastation and shock against the regularity we have become inoculated against in…
- 9. THE LEAST PRODUCED PODCAST · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 9Musings into the value of one’s efforts against the baubles and budgets of high tech, highly produced podcasts. Inspired by listening to a podcast with all the success and…
- 8. THE QUIET KIND · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 8Musings into the double entendre of a quiet kind - the power of both a quiet kind of person, their need to regenerate in stillness, and the acts of quiet kindness or quiet craft…
- 7. A LONELY GRIEF · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 7Musings into a particular instance of relationship lost - the disenfranchisement of losing someone whose relationship to you was not visible or known in the circle of grief. A…
- 6. SERENDIPITY - INVISIBLE STRINGS · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 6Musings into a particular instance of serendipity - its ability and power to catch us in the moment and gift us a sense of marvel or of being where we are meant to be… A…
- 5. CADENCE IS KING · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 5Musings into the power of evoking cadence and rhythm into our speech and our lives. A small act of autonomy and rebellion is to deliver a message that lands with people because…
