Gorgi Coghlan, being. with Lael Stone | Speaking Our Needs ♥︎
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What is the hidden cost of being 'the strong one'?
I don't think we talk enough about the quiet kind of kindness, the kind that happens behind closed doors with no recognition. It's the parent who keeps showing up, the friend who sits with you in the hard moments, or the neighbour who just gets it. That's the kind of kindness that shapes us as humans and it deserves to be seen. And that's why I've partnered with Humankind for Australia's Kindest Person. I'm lucky enough to be connected to the kindness close to home category, which is really all about the people in your everyday world, the ones who make life feel a little safer, a little softer, a little more connected. And this isn't about big gestures or perfect people. It's about real humans choosing kindness again and again.
So if someone comes to mind right now, that's your person. And I invite you to take a minute and nominate them. There's a $50,000 award split between Australia's kindest person and their favorite charity. But more than that, it's a chance to honor the kind of people who often go unseen. you can head to Australia's kindest person.com.au to nominate now. And let's join humankind in recognizing and rewarding kindness. Ah, the human experience with our flaws, our passions, our triggers, our inspirations and our imprints. If we could see behind everyone's story, then perhaps what we would have is deep compassion. In this podcast, I get the chance to explore these stories from some truly fascinating people in some honest and heartwarming conversations.
And best of all, I get to share these discussions with you. I'm Lael Stone, and this is Humans Being.
Humans Being
Welcome to Humans Being, I'm Lael Stone, and my humanness for this week is all centered around how nothing is wasted. And what I mean by that is, we go through life and we do these random jobs, or we have these... uh extraordinary circumstances or events that happen and then as you get older you begin to see just how relevant they have been in the grand landscape of your life and i'm at this point in my life where you know i do a lot of working online with people i um you know i do events i public speak i you know, have written books, all these kinds of things that I've done. And I'm realizing and reflecting that so much of what I did when I was younger has actually shaped where I am now. And I haven't talked about this a lot.
People who maybe have followed me for a while may know this, but the first company I ever created and started was when I was 20 years old and it was called Wishlandia and it was a children's entertainment company. And my job was to go into kids' birthday parties and entertain them. So I'd dress up as a fairy, a mermaid, God knows whatever they wanted. And I'd have to walk into a room of like 25 screaming five-year-olds and capture their attention and entertain them for a good hour or so. And it was hard work, but it taught me so much about connection. It taught me all about how to capture an audience. It also taught me about the power of play because my job was to be there to play, to entertain, to be with children in their most beautiful, raw state.
And it's so funny as I go from that job, I then moved into birth and then after working in birth, I moved into parenting, then I moved into sex education and then a school and then the work I do now. And I often think back to those days of Wishlandia and the hundreds of home videos that I am sure I am on from when people used to film their kids' birthday parties and how that was such a valuable experience for me, how it also still... Well, it also still guides what I do now in being able to talk to people or understand play and healing with children and families, but also the, you know, being able to speak, being on stage, knowing how to read an audience, all of that I really do feel came back from those early, early years.
And I know many people probably have heard Steve Jobs talk about, in one of his famous talks, he talks about how everything has a place, and he talks about when he did this calligraphy class, or something about fonts that he did when he was at university, which then actually shaped what he did when he created Apple, and how that was a really powerful part of his story as well.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the hidden cost of being 'the strong one'?
0:00–12:42
2
How do internal versus external boundaries impact well-being?
12:42–20:15
3
What does reconciling with a parent before it's too late mean?
20:15–32:17
4
What is the superpower of highly sensitive people?
32:17–48:59
5
How does returning to drama school at 50 influence personal growth?
48:59–55:33
6
Who advocates for strong women and why is it important?
55:33–1:13:03
7
What role do boundaries play in personal and professional relationships?
1:13:03–1:17:26
Speakers
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