The Shift Podcast

Katelin Farnsworth is a writer living in Melbourne. Katelin’s Manuscript​ Found Again was shortlisted for the Penguin Literary Prize 2020, and she was awarded a mentorship from the Australian Society of Authors in 2021. She won first place in the Rachel Fuanri Prize for Fiction in 2015 and her work has appeared in The Age,  Mascara Literary Review, Overland, The Slow Canoe, Lip Mag, Tincture Journal, The Sydney Morning Herald, Award Winning Australian Writing, SBS Voices, among others. In our chat, we talk about the challenges of writing during lockdowns, the emotional abuse Katelin experienced in her teens and early twenties, and about learning to trust herself again after almost 4 years of this difficult relationship. Check out more from Katelin at https://www.katelinfarnsworth.com/ and on Instagram at @ktnworth. Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ Music by Lesfm from Pixabay The Shift Podcast is just one small part of the larger entity that is Slice Radio. Check out Slice Radio’s music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio apps - where you get apps.

CW: Suicide is discussed briefly in this podcast. Jamie ‘Stedo’ Stedman is a mental health facilitator and mindset coach who works with individuals and groups to help them stay well, both inside and outside the workplace. In this chat Stedo talks about his own mental health journey that began after a major health episode left him in a coma. Once he was out of the coma, he started to develop the symptoms of depression. Meanwhile, he had many people (with the best of intentions) telling him he “should have a new lease on life!”, which only made him feel worse. We talk about the dangers of the word “should”, paying attention to mental health, paying attention to your thoughts, failure, guilt, imposter syndrome, self worth and mindfulness. Check out more from Stedo on Instagram at @jamiestedo or on his website at jamiestedman.net Also mentioned on this podcast: Episode 9, Catherine Rains: Realign Your Life by Letting Go of Resistance and Following your Joy Episode 3, Grace Bell: The Work of Byron Katie, Binge Eating, Divorce and Finding Peace. The Meta Project (one of the organisations Stedo works with) Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ Email The Shift Podcast: [email protected] Music by Lesfm from Pixabay The Shift Podcast is just one teeny baby-sized part of the larger entity that is Slice Radio. Check out Slice Radio’s music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio apps - where you get apps.

Catherine Rains went from a job she truly hated as a university career counsellor, to becoming an (almost) full-time artist by doing two things: letting go of inner resistance, and following her joy. Today, she spends 5 days a month working as a trainer for the Myers Briggs company, which takes a bit of pressure off her art and allows her to focus on the joy of what she does, which she considers not just art, but “an offering”. It’s amazing to think that when Catherine started with her art she didn’t believe herself to be an “artsy” person, and had no idea where it would lead! Catherine says, “If you don’t resist where you are, the universe realigns you to where you’re supposed to be”. In our chat she explains how the process of releasing inner resistance really works (and it’s not just a matter of “positive thinking”!), and how following the joy in life can clear a path. She explains, “Even if it’s not the path, it’s a path to the path!” The main takeaways I took from this chat are: How to stop fighting with your life and let go of inner resistance, and why it matters. That it’s sometimes easier to let go of resistance in big, earth-shattering events rather than when experiencing “low grade chronic misery”. How following your joy leads you to new and unexpected paths, and what the process actually looks like. Mentioned in this episode: The Remindfulness App that Catherine uses daily The Work of Byron Katie App that Catherine uses occasionally My previous chat with Grace Bell You can find Catherine’s amazing artwork on Instagram at catrains.artist or on her website at catherinerains.com Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ Email The Shift Podcast: [email protected] Music by Lesfm from Pixabay The Shift Podcast is a small part of the larger entity that is Slice Radio. Check out their music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio app - where you get apps.

When we speak about equality, it’s important to include equality in the bedroom. Dr Laurie Mintz is a psychologist, author, therapist, professor and speaker, who has a goal of providing scientifically accurate sex positive information to help people live sexually satisfying, orgasmic lives. In this chat, Laurie talks about “the pleasure gap” - why women have fewer orgasms than men, how the definition of sex actually perpetuates inequality, the good bits and the bad aspects of porn, why Sigmund Freud is a fuckwit, body image and its relationship to good sex, and lots more. Check out more from Dr Mintz at: https://www.drlauriemintz.com/ (and I highly recommend following her on social media, you’ll find the links on her website - she’s both funny and informative). Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ Email The Shift Podcast: [email protected] The Shift Podcast is just one teeny-tiny part of the larger entity that is Slice Radio. Check out Slice Radio’s music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio apps - where you get apps.

If you’re no spring chicken, you definitely would have heard of Gary “Angry” Anderson. Some people know him as the loud-mouthed front man of Rose Tattoo, while others know him for his charity work and youth advocacy. But few people know of the deep-seated spiritual beliefs that form the crux of the man. Raised by a mother who was a “dogmatically practicing Roman Catholic”, spirituality was something Angry resisted for a long time, particularly in the form of organised religion, which he states led to her being trapped in a bad marriage. In this interesting conversation we chat about social media, sexual abuse, religion vs spirituality, depression, grief, therapy, bullying and more. Content warning: Angry does briefly discuss suicide in relation to online bullying in Part II of this chat. For more on Angry, go to the Tatt’s website: http://www.rosetattoo.com.au/. You’ll also find him on ‘FaceFarce’ (his words): https://www.facebook.com/Gary4Angry7Anderson Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ The Shift Podcast is a raw and unfiltered podcast, and just one teeny tiny baby-sized part of the larger entity that is Slice Radio. Check out Slice Radio’s music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio apps - where you get apps.

If you’re no spring chicken, you definitely would have heard of Gary “Angry” Anderson. Some people know him as the loud-mouthed front man of Rose Tattoo, while others know him for his charity work and youth advocacy. But few people know of the deep-seated spiritual beliefs that form the crux of the man. Raised by a mother who was a “dogmatically practicing Roman Catholic”, spirituality was something Angry resisted for a long time, particularly in the form of organised religion, which he states led to her being trapped in a bad marriage. In this interesting conversation we chat about social media, sexual abuse, religion vs spirituality, depression, grief, therapy, bullying and more. Content warning: Angry does briefly discuss suicide in relation to online bullying in Part II of this chat. For more on Angry, go to the Tatt’s website: http://www.rosetattoo.com.au/. You’ll also find him on ‘FaceFarce’ (his words): https://www.facebook.com/Gary4Angry7Anderson Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ The Shift Podcast is just one teeny baby-sized part of the larger entity that is Slice Radio. Check out Slice Radio’s music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio apps - where you get apps.

What sort of personality does a spleen have? Tracy Sorensen probably knows. Tracy is the author of The Lucky Galah, a work of fiction longlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award, brilliantly narrated by a galah named Lucky. More recently, Tracy has been working on an even more audacious task - to personify her own internal organs for her next book. In this episode, Tracy and I talk about some of the bigger issues that were lightly explored in The Lucky Galah, such as racism and white privilege in Australia. We also discuss the challenges and joys of writing her new book, and how her own cancer journey played a part in her writing choices. Check out more from Tracy at: https://squawkingalah.com.au/ Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ The Shift Podcast is just one teeny tiny baby-sized part of the Slice Radio family. Check out Slice Radio’s music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio app - where you get apps.

In this episode of The Shift Podcast, I’m talking to Ebonnie Landwehr, former muso and current PhD and Masters student who was diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year after suffering a severe burnout.  Ebonnie discusses the effects of ADHD on her childhood and adult years, and how the very recent diagnosis has changed her life for the better. We also touch on body image, binge eating and anorexia, and the journey to making peace with her body. Check out Ebonnie’s website here: https://www.ebonnieofficial.com/ Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ Experience more music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio apps - where you get apps.

Grace Bell is a certified facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie, where she helps individuals and groups to explore their most stressful beliefs and investigate their resistance through a process known as ‘The Work’. She has a Masters in Applied Behavioural Science, has two adult children, and lives in Seattle, Washington. In this podcast episode, I speak to Grace about how The Work has helped reduce the stress and resistance in her own life, particularly in relation to the events of her past, which included binge eating, anxiety, divorce, and at one point, money and employment issues. For those unfamiliar with The Work, it is a process of inquiry created by Byron Katie where a person looks at a single, troubling thought relating to a particular moment in time, and asking themselves four questions: Is it true; can you absolutely be sure that it’s true; how do you react, what happens when you believe that thought, and; who would you be without that thought? The inquirer is  then asked to explore the thought in new ways, which Grace refers to as ‘turnarounds’. For more from Grace, head over to https://www.workwithgrace.com/ Grace’s upcoming Zoom course ‘Summer Camp for The Mind: https://www.workwithgrace.com/summer-camp-for-the-mind/ Follow The Shift Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshiftpoddie/ The Shift is a part of the Slice Radio family, full of music and chat shows. Check them out at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio apps - where you get apps.

In this episode of The Shift Podcast, I’m talking to writer Susan Francis, author of The Love That Remains. Susan shares the heartbreaking search for her biological parents, finding true love in her 50s, the grief of losing her husband during a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in Spain, and uncovering the secrets of his past. You can find Susan on Twitter and Instagram Experience more music and chat shows at www.sliceradio.com.au or get the Slice Radio apps - where you get apps.