Super Average People

16/05/2020

Just wanted to let you know I am still here - and I have been perving on my future candidates from afar.
I did have someone lined up and then, you know, covid.
And I try to balance this project with my other life happenings.
But there are more episodes comin baby!
Catch up on all the episodes in the mean time!
See you soon 😎

04/04/2020

Episode 7 Snippet
Jess / Way speaking on the importance of restoring the feminine in order to bring healing to the world.
You can find the full episode on the YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5fJT7efnv0

27/03/2020

What absolutely astounds me at this time of the corona virus, is that our whole preception and understanding of food and the food system has been reduced to, 'Oh crap I got to get to coles or woolies' or 'wow we are so thankful for the people stacking the shelves'. We seem to have no idea or comprehension what is coming in regards to our food security. This crisis is an opportunity to realise why it is absolutely vital to be moving towards ways of eating that are healing for us, the Earth and to look after our communities. Food needs to be community focused - not global.

I don't usually share full episodes on social media as I would prefer people to go to youtube and invest in the whole episode and not just scroll, look for 2 seconds and then scroll on.
But I feel called to really spread this message around food and our food security. May raises crucial points in her story but also presents simple solutions. But why can simple solutions be so hard to implement?
So please consider taking the time today to listen to her full message andher inspiring story.

Episode 4 May: Closed Loop Farming (Turning Problems Into Solutions)
Full Circle Farm

17/03/2020

Episode 7
Jess: Return of the Feminine
Now up! Link in bio.
In this episode, I speak with Jess and explored the following:
- her study as a clinical psychologist and why she doesn’t practice in your usual way
- why connecting with the feminine is important for individual and global healing (doesn’t matter if you are male or female, this still applies)
- her experience as a humanitarian worker
- her journey through domestic violence to becoming a solo mum
- why she established Dorothy Way, what it is and why this work is important
- vulnerability and why it is important
- and more
Jess speaks beautifully to all these aspects and she has so many messages I wish the whole world could hear. What does she wish the world knew? Well you will have to wait until the end!
This episode goes for 29 minutes.
Thank you so much to Jess for opening up and doing this with me.

Jess: Return of the Feminine
https://youtu.be/k5fJT7efnv0

16/03/2020

Let’s not let this dark fear distract us from the important work of creating a more beautiful world.

13/03/2020

‘People are inherently bad’
What saddened me over the past couple of weeks, is that we added to this story of people being bad and selfish deep down. A story I am trying to interrupt.
Fear does some crazy things, but it’s not the essence of who we are. But the more we tell ourselves that humans are s**t, well, that is the story we will continue to play out.
This is why stories of love and our true essence are as important as ever.
Do you think humans are bad at their core? Sometimes I think ‘most’ people are good. It’s those exceptions that really challenge me.
But when I look at babies and children, I see that we were all born with this loving essence and that it is still within us all.

11/03/2020

INTERVIEW NO. 7/ MENTAL HEALTH APPROACHES IN OUR PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM / FEMININE
In the lead up to filming tomorrow, I wanted to share some thoughts with you. Tomorrow I am filming my interview number 7 and I wanted to share some of the thought process I go through when coming up to an interview. I also touch on my experience seeking help from a psychologist and how that made me feel. Please get involved in the conversation. This is an exploration. The whole project is an exploration. Join in the convo with me. (Sorry about that annoying bit of mascara on my face, hope you can see past that.)

20/02/2020

Interview 6 with Super Average Person, Kyanne, is now up!
‘There are so many new jobs and industries that need to be created and Kyanne says that, more than ever, people are seeking out ways they can align their gifts and what drives them, with their work and their dream for a better world. Kyanne believes in putting our energy into what we want to create rather than into the status quo and things that aren’t working.’
Read blog post from link in bio or here https://www.superaveragepeople.com/home/what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up
From previous post:
I was particularly drawn to Kyanne when I met her 12 months ago at a Pachamama Alliance event. There was a bunch of us trying to understand what problems exactly the world was facing, how we could turn it around and how individually we might be able to contribute. I became intrigued by her when she started talking about seeds and protecting our rights to non-GMO, heirloom seeds.

Later on, I discovered she was a career counsellor, which was at the same time that I was starting to develop a deep connection to concepts that involve aligning our personal gifts and passions to create a more beautiful world. I was starting to feel, more than ever, the deep need for us to self-inquire, really feel into the beauty around us, discover what matters to us and what we love and using this to move forward in all areas of our life.

Around the time of starting this Super Average People project, Kyanne informed me she was going to step out and offer her own career counselling venture with a Green Guidance component to it. I got tingly upon hearing this and was so excited to explore more of her story, what career counselling is, what common themes are with people when it comes to career and doing what they love and how this can contribute to healing in the world.

17/02/2020

So this week I am (finally) releasing my sixth Super Average People story. This is my first written one. This story features Kyanne. I was particularly drawn to Kyanne when I met her 12 months ago at a Pachamama Alliance event. There was a bunch of us trying to understand what problems exactly the world was facing, how we could turn it around and how individually we might be able to contribute. I became intrigued by her when she started talking about seeds and protecting our rights to non-GMO, heirloom seeds.

Later on, I discovered she was a career counsellor, which was at the same time that I was starting to develop a deep connection to concepts that involve aligning our personal gifts and passions to create a more beautiful world. I was starting to feel, more than ever, the deep need for us to self-inquire, really feel into the beauty around us, discover what matters to us and what we love and using this to move forward in all areas of our life.

Around the time of starting this Super Average People project, Kyanne informed me she was going to step out and offer her own career counselling venture with a Green Guidance component to it. I got tingly upon hearing this and was so excited to explore more of her story, what career counselling is, what common themes are with people when it comes to career and doing what they love and how this can contribute to healing in the world.

I look forward to sharing this with you very soon!

16/02/2020

Do you remember Mads from Episode 1? She is doing workshops now showing people how to turn the waste fabric into baskets. I attended last night and made this basket from my daughters baby clothes. Such a great night, you can check her out
And be sure to check out her episode which explores the why behind what she does.

08/02/2020

Website & Blog for the Super Average People community!
A one stop place to find both video format and written format stories and to connect to my mission.
Jump on and subscribe to the mailing list and receive the stories directly in your inbox.
www.superaveragepeople.com

06/01/2020

My schedule for episodes this year will be fortnightly. I also hope to regularly release snippets from different interviews at different times on different topics. I will be holding an event later in the year for Super Average People where I will be inviting the people I have interviewed and anyone else that is interested and I will be discussing what I have learned from my interviews up to that date. You will be able to mingle with the Super Average people and see how they are doing. I will also be incorporating revisits with past interviewees.
I would really like for you to engage whether it’s encouraging the Super Average People, commenting on topics and themes, nominating people etc.
💖

04/01/2020

Scale of importance
1. Money / Profit
2. Rich people
3. Middle class
4. Poor people
5. Animals and land
Once we have finished sacrificing the animals and land, who do you think will be next?
Until we see everything as equal and connected we will never get out of these catastrophic times. It’s a cultural values issue - and we can’t expect government to have a change of heart on how they view these things, if we haven’t changed within our own hearts.
There is truly enough for everyone if we moved away from the feeling of needing to hoard and consume. Greed = scarcity. The fear of never having enough. And so it goes on and on and on.

04/01/2020

Maybe this is all that matters. When life is all done and dusted, was what you created beautiful?
Maybe it’s the beauty of the essence in which you approached life.
Maybe it’s the children you brought into the world.
Maybe it’s the garden you grew.
Maybe it’s your dedication to a better world.
Maybe it’s the way you transformed heartache into gifts.
What do you think?

30/12/2019

Episode 5 now live!
Cheryl- The Pilgrimage of Life: Personal Healing for Ecological Healing.
This is my mum’s story and this is very relevant to me. The person I am today is largely due to her story and the gifts I have received from her life pilgrimage.
After a difficult childhood, Cheryl found herself looking for love and belonging in the wrong places. Her journey continued through domestic violence and being a single mother to four children. She has turned her pain into gifts and now has devoted her life to giving back to others who now need her support and most recently raising awareness around grief and climate change. This episode includes:
- Her journey with domestic violence
- Becoming a single mum to four children while trying to heal herself
- Loving anyway
- Forgiveness and hope
- The constant desire to grow and to do better
- Pivotal moments of support she received
- Giving even when you feel you have nothing to give
- Why it’s important to love everything about yourself including the dark parts
- Walking the Camino pilgrimage and what this taught her
- How personal healing directly relates to ecological healing
- Stepping out with her new counselling business and offering her gifts to create a more beautiful world
- And so much more
Video link is below and in bio
Cheryl- Pilgrimage of Life: Personal Healing for Ecological Healing
https://youtu.be/FS247e2HaAQ

30/12/2019

‘As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.’
A.C Benson
Let this simmer as you wait for Episode 5 to drop in the next 24 hours.

19/12/2019

DEATH & GRIEF
I know it’s counter-cultural, but I won’t be staying clear of these topics.
We need to develop the capacity to hold and feel the grief all around us. That’s the only way you can start making change.
And because when you deny death - you deny life (hello collective ecocide).
I think about death daily and with it comes intense anxiety and also frustration that we live in a culture that is death scared. But I am grateful that this fear visits me daily because I am checking in every day with whether or not I am living my fullest.
We touched on death in episode 2, and I recently did another interview 100% on death. I am so grateful for what I have learnt about death from those conversations. They are helping me process my feelings around death, loss, grief and life.

15/12/2019

If you eat food, then this video has everything to do with you. Have you watched episode 4? What did you think?
May: Closed Loop Farming https://youtu.be/MTgaVq_nEcE

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