Stay In The Loop With Lucy

Sometimes we need to take a moment to understand what is behind the rebellion. Stay in the Loop with Lucy takes a moment here with Big Little Kids to consider how we can view our behaviour in childhood as an adult. Does the child inside ever really go or is there a big little kid in all of us trying to work out what was behind our seemingly wayward behaviour and can that reflection offer gold to parents trying to deal with a rebellious teen?

Rather than judge the Gamer in your home, perhaps it is about understanding them. Leigh has been that gamer, and now reflects on her addiction from 'the other side' where the compulsion loop, she so simply describes, has no hold on her. There are some great top tips on how to address an addiction, be that to gaming or anything else that is used to cope with life rather than live it.

Young people have much to say but how do they find an outlet for that expression without being intimidated by doing something new or meeting new people? Meet Eloise who started to see the benefits of the Social Justice team in year 9 at school and now sees it as part of who she is and her purpose in life.

Has a woman's cycle been reduced to knowledge about how to, or how not to, get pregnant? Is there more to understand about the cycles of our body and could our body's cycles be as expressive as natures cycles but we are missing the text messages?! Join Sara Harris from Living Stillness and founder of Follow Your Flow as she takes us into the most wonderful world of wonder - the female body.

We have all these pictures about how to be the perfect parent and they can all come to a rather messy, puss filled head when constrained by lockdown and restrictions in our physical space. Yet how we approach it can have a massive impact on outcomes. What if it is a wonderful opportunity to listen to each other and to honour what each person in the home is feeling? Listen to my three amazing guests share their lived experiences.

Two men, two very different experiences but one outcome - a new focus on life with all to live for. Meet Greg and Sam, both are out of work but embracing life at home with the family and discovering that their wives have been working much harder than they gave them credit for!

We can see children as too small to know any better, or we can see them as equals who have much to offer us by reflection. Ryan Adams shares with great tenderness how his behaviour could have been described as 'rambunctious' and perhaps 'difficult' but to him, he was trying to work out who he was and trying to build his own boundaries. Now, as a parent himself, he offers some wise reflections for us, not just as parents, but as a community who parent the many children and young adults in our community.

This interview considers the challenges faced by 3 women who had successful careers and who lost their jobs during COVID-19. Rather than shut them down, it has opened them up to countless opportunities. Join Rachel, Anna and Carmen share how this has opened their eyes to so much more than their job titles and helped them consider how we might raise our girls to value their essence beyond the external trappings.

Lockdown can be seen in two ways - our worst nightmare, or an opportunity to re-evaluate, make changes, set new foundations and then take that back out into the world again. Are you ready to consider if the lenses through which you have viewed your life to date are the lenses that best reflect your true self? Gabrielle Caplice and Annette Baker join Lucy Dahill for another in-depth discussion on ease, unease and disease.

It is not so simple to clock criticism and just stop it, sometimes we need to take a step back an understand why it is there and why it is our 'go-to' when things don't go our way. Annette and Gabrielle offer an insight into ho we can take a moment to stop, observe and read before we react and find ourselves in a toxic soup of criticism again.

Do we clock how much we criticise each other in families? Have we just taken it as our normal and therefore it is just expected and accepted and if that is the case, does it really matter? Join Annette, Gabrielle and Lucy as they consider how criticism plays out in families.

How ready are we to talk about the current state of play in nursing and health care? Is it possible that this world-wide crisis has highlighted patterns of behaviour that have been taken as normal for many years? In this episode Lucy talks to two nurses and two health care practitioners - all of whom speak from experience about how it has been and how it can be. Get ready for some practical self-care tips to take into life, whether or not you work in health care.

Do we underestimate how important sleep is to our mental and physical health? Lisa Maltman from The Sleep Connection shares the importance of sleep in so many aspects of our lives.

Have you worried about your child just not 'getting it' at school? Have you watched them disengage and lose faith in education and themselves? Perhaps they are more suited to a work environment. Listen to one parent who realised they needed to do something to support their young person and how they went about it.

In cancer care there is always a question of quality versus quantity. Kate has come to her own decision about what she would like and it is likely to ask you to consider your approach to living quality of life is over quantity as well as to question what being healthy actually means.

In this intimate interview with Lucy Dahill, Jodie Matthews shares her intimate experience with pregnancy, loss and growth. In sharing her story she offers others support for not only how to deal with the loss of a child, but also how to support someone who has lost a child.

Truth and honesty are foundational tenets of most school and workplace mission statements, but I would ask, how can we consider what the truth is if we don't first know how to be honest with ourselves or others? Gabrielle Caplice, Annette Baker and Lucy Dahill unravel why we may not want to be honest but why it is a matter of future health and wellbeing.

Take two young men, just starting out their career but already successful, one idea and passion for 'being part of the change in this world' and then add an awesome Head of Operations and bingo you have socially conscious ethical business Humanitix, an organisation making waves in the online ticketing world. Google have just made them one of the 4 organisations to receive $1 million towards their project! That is one solid stamp of confidence for Humanitix, their board and the team of investors who have supported them to date.

How much do we underestimate the heart? Is it just part of our function or can it and does it offer so much more that can support us as we live our lives? Phil Shirvington has worked with a dynamic group of teachers to bring the heart, stillness and questioning into practice through Wisdom, Life Faith Studies and shares some foundational understanding as well as top tips for practice.

How much does shame influence the decisions we make and the behaviours we have taken as our normal? Jean Gamble talks us through shame and regret and teases out the different types of shame - toxic, functional and vicarious shame. What if there is a way to re-frame our thinking? Get snug as a bug in a rug and perhaps a pen and paper - you may want to take notes!