The Gentle Rebel Podcast

The Gentle Rebel Podcast


Latest Episodes

Stay strong and carry on
January 07, 2025

What does it mean to stay strong and carry on? What sort of strength do we need to maintain? Where does it come from? What does it look like?

The Armchair Creative
December 26, 2024

Are you an armchair creative? You are great at learning, preparing, and researching a field, yet something often stops you from taking action. In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, we consid

Are You More of a Host, Artisan, or Entertainer?
December 22, 2024

Have you ever seen homes lit up at night and wondered what the lights in the windows say about the people inside? Just me? OK then! A recent neighbourhood walk left me thinking about three broad te

Setting Boundaries When You Want to Do it All (with Leah Burkhart)
December 14, 2024

In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, I sit down with returning guest and friend of the show, Leah Burkhart, founder of The Healthy Sensitive, to discuss a challenge many highly sensitive peopl

You’ve Got To Go Forwards To Go Back
December 09, 2024

In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, we explore the theme of nostalgia and "going back to basics". This was inspired by a recent community discussion. What are the basics and what does it m

Are You Sensitive To The Uncanny Valley?
November 29, 2024

In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, we explore the Uncanny Valley. This was inspired by a video I published about Apple's marketing campaign for Apple Intelligence. It turns out I'm not t

74 | Postcards From Serenity Island
September 23, 2024

Do you enjoy journeys to imagined lands? In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, you will hear a special issue of Coming To Our Senses. Id love you to join as I share my postcards from Seren

73 | Life's Slip Roads, Rest Stops, and Bridges (Getting Up To and Down To Speed)
September 16, 2024

You've probably experienced tiring shifts when moving between tasks, environments, and social contextsfrom work to home, solitary to social, and stress to calm. In this episode of The Gentle Rebe

72 | Sometimes a Map is More Helpful Than a GPS
September 11, 2024

I used to end each year by following a course that helped me set goals for the next twelve months. However, by the end of 2020, it stopped working for me. The image of goals as destinations in a GPS f

71 | Are You Playing or Performing?
September 06, 2024

Do you get worn down by the pressure and need to perform for others (and/or yourself)? What tells you you're performing? In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, we differentiate between th