The Gentle Rebel Podcast

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46 | It Is (Not) a Christmas Song
December 24, 2023

While it's not a "Christmas Song", I felt compelled to release Still Time during the festive season because there's just something about it. My friend Peter seems to agree: "Big-hearted and tender

Art That Makes You Think (with Ben Cowan)
December 21, 2023

In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, I sit down with artist Ben Cowan who kindly invited me into his kitchen for a chat about "Art That Makes You Think". Through his visual satire, Ben adds da

People Aren’t Boring (with Alan Denyer)
December 15, 2023

After turning a building due for demolition into a creative community space in the centre of Coventry, Alan Denyer had an epiphany. People aren't actually all that boring. He's a changed man. And a de

When Things Don’t Turn Out As You Hoped (with Cameron Airen)
December 07, 2023

How do you respond when things don't turn out as you hoped they would? It was lovely to pause for a chat with my friend, Cameron Airen recently. It had been a while since our previous recorded conv

Social Justice For The Sensitive Soul (with Dorcas Cheng-Tozen)
November 30, 2023

In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, Dorcas Cheng-Tozen joins me to discuss her book, Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul. What draws highly sensitive people towards it, and how can we navig

Stuck Not Broken – Polyvagal Theory (with Justin Sunseri)
November 18, 2023

Do you ever feel overwhelmed and confused by the unending conveyor belt of new labels and training programs professing to be the missing piece in the puzzle of your life? We are sold the latest sys

40 | Resting in the Aliveness of Being (with Rashid Hughes)
November 03, 2023

Rest is who we are beneath the noise. It is a sensing silence that sits beneath the pressure to maintain perceptions, manage expectations, and ceaselessly strive to be, do, and have more. And it can b

Who Can We Trust?
October 19, 2023

When navigating a season or environment of change, we need things we can trust. But what does it mean to trust someone or something? Where does it come from? The word derives from the root "

38 | Where Do You Find Your Motivation?
September 29, 2023

This is the third and final part of our mini-series looking at questions around the theme of change. In the first episode, we explored the signs and signals that tell us something has changed or is re

37 | How Does Change Happen?
September 23, 2023

This is the second of three episodes in a mini-series looking at questions around the theme of change. Last time, we explored the signs and signals that tell us something has changed or is ready to ch