I love making my podcast – ‘Bodhisattva Conversations with…’ The magic of the dialogue in the space between, weaving and twisting the threads, the words into a picture story… Whole lifetimes explored in thirty or forty short minutes…
Connecting with the lives of the others who listen in…
I grew up with ‘The Parkinson Show’ a feature of my life… Always fascinated by people, I watched his shows from the age of twelve or so, sitting with my family on a Saturday night…
I thought it would be fun to be a guest.
For years and years every time there was a staircase that even only remotely resembled the steps to the hot seat – I would practise ‘my walk’ down them, the walk which would take me to Michael…
It was fun!
I would announce to anyone who cared to listen that I was practising for when I was invited onto ‘Parkinson’… I wasn’t sure for what reason I would be invited onto his show – but that wasn’t important…
In my thirties I saw every episode of ‘Mavis on 4’… I loved her too; and watching her interview people changed my inner direction – now ‘being the interviewer’ became the thing I dreamed of doing rather than ‘being interviewed’…
In many ways my life has been a series of ‘Conversations with…’ as my work has meant that I am always in an ongoing dialogue – where both me and the person in front of me are finding out about themselves…
I first started a podcast series about twelve years or so ago – it ran weekly for some time…
And now this year I have begun again – to interview people…
I love it
I don’t know why
But I do!
I have always done what I loved to do… It has been impossible for my spirit to stay anywhere it didn’t want to be or do anything it didn’t truly want to do… This created some hazardous moments in my early life, when I was taking the road less travelled And challenging the status quo…!
But it seems to be working out so far…
Sixty one years into my time here on Planet earth, following this energy wherever it has wanted to go, seems to be working out so far…!
And it loves to ‘Have conversations with…’ Those in the dialogue are courageously sharing, authentically sharing what is important to them – where their energy has lead them…
And who they truly are.