SHE Speaks Podcast
by Narelle Lemon
Latest episode
The More I Could Sing, the More I Could Speak: Finding My Voice
The More I Could Sing, the More I Could Speak: Finding My Voice
About this podcast
We are talking with Western Australian women about self-care, myth busting what is possible while embracing self-compassion, mindful awareness, time, habits and empowerment.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 81 episodes
- The More I Could Sing, the More I Could Speak: Finding My Voice · 16 min · Season 7 Episode 3This episode acknowledges childhood trauma, and workplace bullying and harassment. There are no graphic details. Please listen in a way that feels right for you: pause, step away…
- Menopause, Community and Courage: Regional Women Speak Up in Kepa Kurl Esperance · 23 min · Season 7 Episode 1What happens when women in a regional town are given a microphone and the space to speak? In Kepa Kurl (Esperance), on the south coast of Western Australia, three groups of women…
- Speaking, Healing and Coming Back to Country · 11 min · Season 7 Episode 2This episode discusses childhood sexual abuse. There are no graphic details, but the conversation acknowledges trauma, harm and their lasting effect on a woman's life. It…
- When Kids Make Mistakes — Repair, Not Shame · 10 min · Season 6 Episode 6A Note Before You Listen This conversation reflects on children being labelled, excluded or shamed at school — and for some listeners, that may bring back memories of their own…
- Small Steps — Building Your Village at School · 10 min · Season 6 Episode 7A Note Before You Listen This conversation is a gentle, practical one about trust and belonging. It also acknowledges honestly that not every school, and not every person, will…
- You Are Not the Problem — We Are Partners · 9 minA Note Before You Listen This final conversation reflects on how systems have made families feel broken, judged and inadequate — and gently turns that story around. If earlier…
- Walking on Country Together — Culture, Respect and Two-Way Learning · 10 min · Season 6 Episode 5A Note Before You Listen This conversation acknowledges that schools have historically been instruments of cultural destruction for Noongar families and for Aboriginal and Torres…
- What Restorative Practice Actually Is (Not What You Think) · 8 min · Season 6 Episode 2A Note Before You Listen This series speaks honestly about schools, systems and trust. This snippet reflects on discipline, punishment and repair — and for some listeners, that…
- Your Voice Matters Here · 10 min · Season 6 Episode 4A Note Before You Listen This conversation reflects on feeling dismissed, talked at, or unheard in school settings — experiences that may feel close to home for some listeners…
- The Difference Between Reporting and Supporting · 9 min · Season 6 Episode 3A Note Before You Listen This conversation speaks about child protection, reporting, and the fear many families carry of being judged or separated — fears rooted in real…
- Why Trust is Hard (And Why That Makes Sense) · 11 min · Season 6 Episode 1This conversation speaks honestly about the history of schooling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including the Stolen Generations and the removal of children…
- What Is a Micro-Moment, Anyway? · 6 min · Season 5 Episode 1Somewhere along the way, self-care became a shopping list – the candles, the retreats, the right app, the routine that starts before sunrise. And when we can’t do it, afford it…
- Habits That Piggyback · 6 min · Season 5 Episode 4We all have the graveyard. The six am yoga phase. The gratitude journal with four entries. The water bottle with the motivational timestamps. And most of us read that graveyard…
- Self-Compassion in Thirty Seconds · 7 min · Season 5 Episode 2Think about the last time a friend told you she’d had a shocker of a day – dropped a ball at work, snapped at her kids, forgot the thing she promised. You probably said something…
- Empowerment as a Micro-Choice · 6 min · Season 5 Episode 6For the final snippet of the series, Narelle has deliberately saved the word that has been through the commercial wringer more than any other: empowerment. We’ve been sold it as…
- Mindful Awareness at the Kettle · 6 min · Season 5 Episode 3Quick question: while your kettle boils, what do you do? If you’re anything like most of us – unload two dishes, answer a text, open the fridge for no reason, and mentally draft…
- Reclaiming Slivers of Time · 6 min · Season 5 Episode 5“I don’t have time.” It might be the most spoken sentence in a woman’s life – and this episode begins by taking it seriously. Your time is squeezed. The mental load is real, the…
- She Short: How Am I Playing This Game? · 1 min · Season 4 Episode 17There’s a place we can all find ourselves in from time to time — a place where it feels like things are happening to us, where someone else is to blame, and where we don’t have a…
- She Short: Breathe In What You Want, Breathe Out What You’re Carrying · 1 min · Season 4 Episode 15It’s difficult to take on the day when you’re feeling tired, overwhelmed, hangry (and yes, Rachel confirms, that’s absolutely a thing), or just generally out of sorts. We know we…
- She Short: Two Letters That Change Everything · 1 min · Season 4 Episode 16I should call that person. I should do the washing. I should do more. Sound familiar? In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching zooms in on a word most of us…
