Poema Podcast

19/06/2024

New Poema Podcast is out!

Today, actress & writer Virginia Spotts joins me to talk about acting, creativity & trauma.

Listen now wherever you get podcasts.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/poema-podcast/id104486262

‎Religion & Spirituality · 2024

12/06/2024

New Poema Podcast is out!

Today Jenna DeWitt and I discuss Taylor Swift latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department".

We explore the lessons we can learn about deconstruction, grief & living as an LGBTQIA+ person.

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Jenna DeWitt returns to the podcast this week to discuss Taylor Swift's latest album, the "Tortured Poets Department". We explore several of the tracks and how they relate to the deconstruction journey, living as an LGBTQI person and the experiences of grief and trauma. We look at them in the contex...

29/05/2024

New Poema Podcast is out!

Today the awesome Marla Taviano joins me to talk about her new collection of poems, “Whole” and share about the power of creativity to transform us.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S10 013 | Marla Taviano is Whole - May 29, 2024

21/05/2024

New Poema Podcast is out!

Today IFS practitioner Becky Castle Miller joins me to discuss Internal Family Systems therapy, how it works & how it can help heal us.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S10 012 | Becky Castle Miller on Internal Family Systems - May 21, 2024

09/05/2024

New Poema Podcast is out!

Today I’m joined by Trace Bell to discuss the spirituality of music & how music helps us connect with our subconscious, our body and the energy of the universe.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S10 011 | Trace Bell on the Spirituality of Music - May 9, 2024

17/04/2024

New Poema Podcast is out! Today filmmakers Ien Chi & Jon Bregel talk to me about their short documentary film on grief, "I Do".

We talk about how sharing & hearing grief stories can help us learn to grieve well & a lot more.

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Today I talk to creators and filmmakers Ien Chi and Jon Bregel about Jon's recent documentary, the short film "I Do" which tells the grief story of a married man, from diagnosis, through loss, to grieve and finding life after death. Ien and Jon share their own experiences with creating and producing...

02/04/2024

And it’s live!!! Rob Bell returns to Poema Podcast to talk about his latest book “Where’d You Park Your Spaceship”, a sci fi story about grief, loss, bread and a lot more.

We talk about all these topics, the creative process, themes of the book and a LOT more.

It’s on all podcast platforms and on YouTube! YouTube link in comments.

‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S10 009 | Rob Bell asks "Where'd You Park Your Spaceship?" - 2 Apr 2024

18/03/2024

New Poema Podcast is out! This week MJ Weissenberger and I discuss Daniel Levy's movie "Good Grief" and how it conveys grief so well, how it moved us and helped us heal.

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https://JamesPrescott.podbean.com/e/mj-good-grief/

13/03/2024

A new Poema Podcast is out & I'm joined by my friend Jenna DeWittt.

We explore "1989 - Taylor's Version". Jenna & I look at individual tracks which tackle issues of grief, identity & transformation.

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https://JamesPrescott.podbean.com/e/jenna-dewitt-1989/

11/03/2024

Absolute privilege to be a guest on Ryan Mulkowsky podcast today.

In this episode I discuss the “Narratives of Grief”, and how story can help us explore and understand grief.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Some Random Thoughts. I am your host, Ryan Mulkowsky. This season, we focus on our guests in the “What’s Your Passion” series. We continue this season with James Prescott: London-based writer, author, coach, and podcaster. In this episode, we discuss Pr...

26/02/2024

In today's Poema Podcast we have actor, writer and death-doula (in training) Virginia Spotts share her experiences of grief & death, and how this has shaped her creative journey and direction of her life.

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My guest today is Virginia Spotts. She is a writer, actor, fiction podcaster, and aspiring death doula. In this episode she shares her experiences of grief and how they impacted her. As a writer, actor and fiction broadcaster, she shares unique experiences of how witnessing death and going through t...

19/02/2024

I'm honoured to be joined by Andrea DeWard of Go Show Love for Poema Podcasttoday.

Andrea shares what it's like to work with the dying, and her own experiences of grief and loss and how they changed her.

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Today we begin another series exploring grief on the podcast, with Andrea De Ward talking about her experiences of doing pastoral work with the dying, as chaplain of a care home. Andrea talks about how this impacted her perspectives on death and grief, as she then herself had experiences of grief an...

05/02/2024

New Poema Podcast! Today Shari Smith joins me to talk about her advocacy work.

She talks about the importance of sharing our stories, and bearing witness to stories, in the process of healing.

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Today I'm joined by writer, advocate and podcast host Shari A Smith. She talks to us about her advocacy works with trauma victims and survivors, and the importance of sharing our stories. Shari shares her experiences of sharing and bearing witness to trauma and grief stories, and how its' impacted h...

29/01/2024

New Poema Podcastt! Today I'm joined by therapist Heidi Dennis MS / LPC, to discuss a new approach to anxiety.

Heidi invites us to listen to and befriend our anxiety, and work WITH it towards peace.

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Today I'm joined by therapist Heidi Dennis, MS LPC, to discuss her new book, "Hello Anxiety", and explore a new approach to dealing with anxiety. Heidi shares how we can learn to say "hello" to our anxiety. Heidi shares what anxiety is, why it’s there and how to respond to it instead of distractin...

22/01/2024

New Poema Podcast is out!!

Today the inspring Justin Ancheta joins me to tell their story of discovering and accepting their identity as a biromantic demisexual person & the prejudice they encountered on the journey.

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This week I'm joined by activist and writer Justin Ancheta. In this episode they share their own story of discovering they were a biromantic demisexual & the prejudice they faced as a black, q***r man with a stutter. They also talk about the connections between asexuality and tarot, and how disc...

15/01/2024

So Poema Podcast is back!

Today Cat Dean joins me to talk about new seasons of life, connection to the earth, creativity & grief.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S10 001 | Cat Dean on Being Human & Creative In A New Season - Jan 15, 2024

02/01/2024

So Poema Podcast is back next week, with a new run of episodes!

Got a series on grief coming up with some amazing guests, and other great episodes too!

Get subscribed now!

‎Religion & Spirituality · 2023

06/12/2023

Got a new Poema Podcast out for .

Today I talk to Vicky McQuarrie from bereavement charity AtaLoss Charity about her experiences of grief, how she survived them, and what she learned from them.

We also talk about the work of bereavement charity AtaLoss Charity and how it can help people suffering loss.

Listen now anywhere you get podcasts.

For Grief Awareness week this week, I'm joined by Vicky McQuarrie, who works for AtaLoss Charity, a non-profit organization that signposts bereaved people to support. TW: Su***de, grief, loss of spouse _ Vicky courageously shares her stories of loss and grief, both being widowed and losing her siste...

13/09/2023

So Poema Podcast is back!

Today author & Times coloumnist Daniel Finklestein joins me to share the story of his parents & grandparents, Jews caught up in the wave of anti-semitism in 1920's & 1930's, who survived the N**i concentration camps.

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I'm honoured today to be joined by author and speaker Daniel Finklestein. Daniel tells us the story about his parents and grandparents, Jewish families caught up in the growing anti-semitism of the 1920's & 1930's, ultimately leading to their imprisonment in concentration camps by the N**i's. Bu...

03/08/2023

Honoured to be a guest on Broadening The Narrative podcast with Nicki Pappas.

In this episode I share more about my spiritual journey, more than I’ve ever shared publicly before.

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My name is Nicki Pappas. I am the host of the Broadening the Narrative podcast. On my podcast, I talk to people who are broadening the narratives I was taught within white evangelicalism.

03/07/2023

So a new Poema Podcast is out, where I chat to my friend DeWitt
about Taylor Swift, Selmer, and what their songs can tell us about q***r liberation.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S9 024 | Jenna DeWitt on Taylor Swift, Selmer, and Q***r Liberation - Jul 3, 2023

27/06/2023

New Poema Podcast today. My friend and colleague Maria Francesca French joins me to talk about nostalgia, grief and death.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S9 023 | Maria French on Reconfiguring Nostalgia, Death & Grief - Jun 27, 2023

27/06/2023

This week my guest is my friend and colleague Maria French, author, speaker and theological coach. In this episode we discuss her new book, "Reconfiguring " A Collection of Post-Christian Thoughts and Theologies", and in particular two essays from this book. Firstly we explore the power of nostalgia...

19/06/2023

Today Ali Smith joins me on Poema Podcast where they share their story of discovering their autism & adhd, and the journey of getting a diagnosis.

This is a powerful, moving & occasionally funny story.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S9 022 | Ali Smith on Autism, ADHD and Getting a Diagnosis - Jun 19, 2023

19/06/2023

Today I'm joined by my friend Ali Smith, who shares their story of how they slowly discovered they were autistic, and ultimately had ADHD. They share common patterns of behaviour they experienced which they realised can be giveaways for these diagnoses, and the process of them obtaining a diagnosis....

12/06/2023

Honoured to welcome Amber Kay Hames to Poema Podcast today.

They share their story & experiences with epilepsy and autism, and embracing their bisexuality.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S9 020 | Amber Kay on Epilepsy, Autism and Bisexuality - Jun 12, 2023

12/06/2023

This week I'm joined by my friend Amber Kay to discuss living with epilepsy, how they discovered they were autistic and how this changed their life. They also share the story of discovering their bisexuality and embracing their true identity, and how this tied in with their autistic discovery. This....

05/06/2023

Today on Poema Podcast I talk to Lyndsey Medford about the impact an autoimmune condition impacted her relationship with her body, how she intersects with the world & the toxic systems our bodies live in.

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‎Show Poema Podcast, Ep Poema S9 020 | Lyndsey Medford on Her Body & Other Crumbling Empires - Jun 5, 2023

05/06/2023

This week I'm joined by author Lyndsey Medford, who tells us the story of when an autoimmune condition opened her eyes fully to the limitation of being in our bodies within the systems we live in. Lyndsey talks about how learning to be comfortable in her body with its limitations impacted how she se...