Stories and Stanza
Episodes

Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
It's Great to Fail - Brooke Bownes
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Please join me in welcoming Brooke Bownes for today's episode. She is an accredited trauma coach, therapist and global No.1 bestselling author. She works with ambitious women who struggle with feeling stuck and want to get unstuck and heal those inner child wounds, find their power and confidence and release their trauma so they can go for their goals.
She is passionate about this as she once felt powerless and scared to show up in the world as herself. She then started working on her mindset, discovered who she was and loved the feeling of inner contentment and confidence. She went from being scared to speaking on stage. She had an abusive relationship growing up with a narcissistic mother and moved on to two abusive relationships. She has been homeless, I brought up 4 children single-handedly, and she has a unique way of understanding people where they are and helping them to find their power. She discovered how to rewire her mind and regulate her nervous system, release her trauma so I could achieve the dreams she wanted to achieve, and now I help people do the same by helping them. She now lives in a beautiful house with her husband and runs a successful business whilst having fun on adventures in her campervan.
Please find her details below:
UK Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09DX7PB11
US Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DX7PB11
Email: brooke@brookebownes.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-bownes-the-breakthrough-queen-b17815116/

Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Fail With Me - Healing Power of Somatics
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Today, we have the privilege of welcoming Abbie Westgate as our guest speaker. Abbie is a former UK police sergeant who served for six years.
She was incredibly passionate about her work and was promoted within three years, but fell seriously ill a year later from stress, burnout and trauma caused by events in her personal and professional life.
On her road to recovery, she discovered a completely different approach to healing than the one we were taught in the police - working with the body/somatics and the nervous system.
This became her new passion, and two years later, she walked away from what was once her dream job to run her own coaching business - guiding frontline workers to become more resilient to stress and burnout using the same modalities that supported her.

Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Can failure be celebrated in the end - A therapists story of wisdom and waiting
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Hello everyone, please welcome Kimberly Christian as guest speak for today's episode.
Kimberly Christian is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Faith-Based Clinical Counselor committed to helping Christians learn how to practically have a Biblical Worldview using the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Her work focuses on the relationship between thoughts and feelings and aligning them with God’s word to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders. She believes in the transformation that comes from bringing mental health and faith together. She is passionate about empowering others who struggle with mental health to feel confident in managing their symptoms by knowing their faith as a Christian supports the best that therapy has to offer. She has founded a signature online program titled “The Christian Method”. She is interested in participating in workshops, speaking engagements, webinars, and podcasts to allow this message to reach as many lives as possible.
kimberly@replies.kimberlychristianlcsw.com
FB group: Belief Based Healing Hub
IG: @kimberlychristianlcsw
YT channel: @kimberlychristianlcsw

Monday Jun 03, 2024
Fail With Me - Rethinking Failure From Beginning
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Welcome to Stories and Stanza! I am happy to have you here.
Today, in another enlightening episode of the 'Fail With Me' series, we are privileged to welcome Amy Herzog as our guest speaker. Our world is messy and imperfect—let us take a moment to understand our failures and explore their subtle messages. Amy, an educator turned private tutor, shares her unique insights on rethinking failure since childhood, adding depth to our ongoing series.
Amy Herzog is a seasoned elementary educator and creative private tutor from Santa Barbara, California, with 25 years of experience teaching children aged 3-12. Coach Amy infuses fun and creativity into education, promoting joy and learning through the power of play. Her innovative methods enhance knowledge and personal growth and inspire confidence, curiosity, and critical thinking skills in young learners. Amy now dedicates her expertise to homeschooling moms and educators, ensuring that children love learning for life.
I hope you like this episode; feel free to share your thoughts. Thank you. I will leave details of Amy's website for your reference.
www.sparkjoywithamy.com
www.instagram.com/sparkjoywithamy
Link to free 5-min tutorial about hopscotch with email opt-in (free pdf of Game Guidebook follows)
https://sparkjoywithamy.myflodesk.com/hopscotch

Monday Jun 03, 2024
Modeling Imperfections with Christina Rodrigues
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Today, in another episode of the 'Fail With Me' series, please welcome Christina Rodrigues as the guest speaker. Our world is messy and imperfect—let us take a moment to understand our failures and explore their subtle messages.
Cristina Rodrigues is a Certified Positive Discipline Educator focused on Early Childhood. She helps parents of preschoolers (aged 3 to 6) who want to be gentle parents but often feel judged and unsupported by reassuring them that they don't have to be perfect and giving them the tools to raise their children with kindness instead of fear. She simultaneously focuses on self-compassion and the knowledge that being a good parent 51% of the time is already incredible.
Please find her coordinates below.
https://changingparenting.com/
https://www.facebook.com/changingparenting
https://www.instagram.com/changingparenting/
Feel free to share your thoughts.

Tuesday May 28, 2024
Fail With Me - Defeating Learning Disability
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Hello! Welcome to Stories and Stanza.
Today is another episode of the 'Fail With Me' segment, where we explore what failure truly is and link it with emotional intelligence in a supportive space. In a messy, imperfect world where we celebrate success and look down upon failure, "Fail with Me" flips the script.
Please join me in welcoming Michelle Steiner as a guest speaker. She is a disability writer, advocate, and paraeducator for students with disabilities. She lives in The United States with her husband and two cats. She has published articles on The Mighty, Non-Verbal Learning Project, Dyscalculia Blog, The Reluctant Spoonie, Imagine the World as One Magazine, and Word Gathering. Recently, she began a blog called Michelle's Mission. Her photographs were featured in Word Gathering, Independent, and Work Ready.
In this episode, we will discuss Michelle's fantastic journey on overcoming learning disability and why awareness of disability is more important than ever. I hope you like this episode. Feel free to share your thoughts.
Michelle's website can be found here.

Saturday May 25, 2024
Fail With Me - Kaleidoscope Of Grief
Saturday May 25, 2024
Saturday May 25, 2024
Welcome to Stories and Stanza! We're thrilled to have you here.
Today is another episode of the 'Fail With Me' segment, where we explore what failure truly is and link it with emotional intelligence in a supportive space. In a messy and imperfect world where we celebrate success and whisper about failure in a hushed tone, "Fail with Me" flips the script.
Please join me in welcoming Sarah Zink as a guest speaker. This episode is a recording of the livestream Sarah and I did on May 25, 2024. We started this series a while back, and if you join us for the first time, we encourage you to listen to the previous 'Fail With Me' episodes.
Today, we will discuss grief—what it is, how we grieve, and how we heal. I hope you like our episode, and I look forward to see you in the next one.

Friday May 24, 2024
Learning Self-love with Karishma Gautam
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
Today is another episode of the 'Fail With Me' segment, in which we discuss failure and self-awareness in relationships.
Please join me in welcoming Karshima Gautam as a guest speaker. Karishma is a fierce feminine leader, deeply committed to women's empowerment. Through her unique and impactful courses based on modalities like Neuro Linguistic Programming and Hypnotherapy, Karishma is on a mission to help one million women worldwide by 2025 fall in love with themselves. With the help of her courses, free training and hypnosis audios, she encourages women to improve their self-worth, grow their self-esteem and unapologetically put themselves first.
She hopes to create a world in which not even one woman is in a violent marriage with no voice and no one to turn to for help, believing she is worthless. Her passion and purpose in life are to support and uplift women, helping them realise their strength, courage, and resilience.
Karishma can be contacted on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/karishma.gautam80/ or her email Karishma@elevateselflove.com
Grab a free e-book on 10 Secrets To Give Yourself The Love You Deserve from Karishma's website - www.ElevateSelfLove.com
Contact Karishma on Facebook if you would like to take part in a FREE 1:1 5-day self-love challenge, during which she will personally assist you with your self-love challenges. Mention that you listened to her interview on Abhra's podcast so she can prioritize her response to you.