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Unabridged You
Greetings and welcome to Unabridged You, the podcast that holds space for you to be you. We’re not focused on societal roles or job titles; instead, we explore your unique stories, experiences, life lessons, and passions that contribute to the unabridged version of you.
Each week, we sit with remarkable individuals from diverse backgrounds. Guests include storytellers, artists, adventurers, environmental activists, and community builders — people who have carved their own paths in life.
In a world where we often feel compelled to prioritize certain aspects of ourselves over others, Unabridged You was created to honor your genuine self and acknowledge your many dimensions. Through these conversations, we also explore how living more authentically can support resilience, wellbeing, and mental health.
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Webpage: https://unabridgedyou.buzzsprout.com/
If you have a story you would like to share, contact the podcast at unabridgedyou@gmail.com
Episodes
40 episodes
Rethinking Pain: From Medical Problem to Human Experience with Laura Rathbone
We open this episode with our guest's thoughtful words — a reminder that pain is never just physical, and never just medical: “You can’t separate the social aspect of being human from the personal experience of pain bec...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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52:23
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Standing in Her Story and Harnessing Joy - with Alicia
In this powerful follow-up episode, Alicia returns to share her personal story — a story marked by dark chapters, deep resilience, and a fierce commitment to choosing joy. Building on the themes introduced in the previous conversation, Alicia o...
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43:40
Awakining in a Divided World: Culture, Spirit and the Power of Connection
Twenty-five years after their last conversation, Julie reconnects with an old classmate, whose story of reconnecting to her a Māori cultural roots and understandings of matakite offers a powerful lens on identity and belonging.In this ep...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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48:59
Vipassana, Silence, and the Space Between Distraction and Awareness — with Martin Pack
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to step away from the noise of daily life and experience a silent retreat? To remove all distractions and responsibilities and simply be with yourself? Earlier this year, I attended an 8-...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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45:38
Finding Purpose and Making Meaning: A Further Conversation with Edward Haarmans
In the previous episode we spoke with Edward about Resilience, Parenting, Happiness and Values. We shared a formula for happiness: When what you personally feel, think, say and do are in harmony. All the ideas discussed here w...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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40:48
Happiness, Values and Raising Resilient Humans: A Conversation with Edward Haarmans
What if we treated Resilience like a muscle and realised it is something we need to help our kids strengthen?In this episode, Edward Haarmans, a coach, consultant, keynote speaker and parent among many other roles, joins me to share thei...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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42:08
42: Multiple Answers and Even More Questions
What does it mean to look for the answer?When I turned 42, I couldn’t help but wonder if this was the year it would all click — the age where everything made sense. After all, 42 is famously “the answer to life, the universe, an...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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12:33
Melanie Wert: Phsyical Health, Mental Health and Growth Mindset
What does it take to turn rock bottom into a turning point? For Melanie Wert, online personal trainer and life coach, the answer was realizing that no one else could make lasting changes for her — she had to do it herself. <...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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34:44
Elsa Weill: Grief as a Gift
In this episode, Elsa joins us via zoom from France. Else begins by sharing her story about how this chapter of her life, where she is becoming unabridged, starts with the death of her father. We go on to have an 'emotionally ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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45:09
Julie & Ronni Explore the Concept of Unabridged
Ronni was the first ever guest on Unabridged You, and he is back in this episode to share his conversation and storytelling skills with us and help me explore my thoughts about the concept of Unabridged.This is Episode 30. A...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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31:00
Arjen Barel and the Power of Storytelling
In this episode our guest is Arjen Barel: storytelling coach and director of the Storytelling Centre in Amsterdam.Arjen shares part of his story as well as his experience with story to weave together a potent understanding of story and t...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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45:21
Season Three Trailer
As Season Three is about to begin next week this is a wee reminder of how we got here and what Unabridged You is all about.Remember to like, follow and share Unabridged You wherever you feel comfortable, that way you will be kept up to d...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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4:35
Season Two Wrap-up
This episode is a summary of the episodes from this season and shares a little about the podcast plans for the future.We will be back for Season Three but can't give a re-start date just yet.Remember to like, follow and share Un...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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6:05
Margie Breault: Energy Medicine, the Natural Laws and Organizational Psychology
In this episode Margie Breault shares her story which starts with a disconnect from self, limiting beliefs and self destructive behavior. Then she is introduced to energy medicine and finds a new path.Margie takes time to speak about ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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46:26
Laura Rubin on Living Life By Design, Not Default
In this episode Laura Rubin shares her story and her guidance on living a life you design and choose as opposed to floating along with the current.After years of following society’s check boxes, Laura found herself trapped in a cycle of...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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38:50
Vanessa McHardy: Childhood Education, Mental Health and Wellbeing
In this episode, Vanessa, an integrative child and adolescent psychotherapist shares her story and motivation for the Life Skills for Mental Health and Wellbeing programs she has developed for primary schools.She shares science, researc...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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53:50
Dawn Renee Bova: Creativity As a Way Through
In this episode Dawn, nurse practitioner, creative artist, author and host of the podcast Catch Some Soulshine shares her story and how creativity can light a path to help your soul shine when life's darkest moments hit.Dawn's website w...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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31:56
Four Pathways to becoming Unabridged and #blackoutpoetry
This episode summarizes the common four pathways to becoming unabridged that guests have spoken on in their episodes.These pathways areStoryPhysical MovementConscious ThoughtCreativity...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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17:02
Mason Ludlow on Becoming Diamond, Wisdom and Jung
In this episode our guest is New Zealander Mason Ludlow, author of the recently released book called Becoming Diamond.Here we discuss the core of his book and go into detail on some of the key concepts of Wisdom, Jungian thought and dre...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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40:43
Hazel Katherine Larkin: The Power in Naming Expereinces
In this episode, our guest Hazel joins us via zoom from Ireland. Hazel begins her story by reminding us of the fairytale character Rumpelstiltskin and how he teaches us what power there is in naming a thing. In this episode the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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58:33
Rachel Fowler on Becoming Grief Literate
Welcome back to Unabridged You.Our guest this week is Rachel Fowler who talkes about becoming Grief Literate and her journey to her understandings. She speaks of her award winning short film titles STILLNESS and her soon to be cre...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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56:52
Lucinda Roberts: Being an Organ Transplant Recipient and Health as a Journey
In this episode UK woman Lucinda Roberts shares her lived experience of receiving the diagnosis of an incurable autoimmune disease at 17. She shares the story of her health journey and it has been a journey full of ups and downs and twist...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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49:19
Bill Lee-Emery: Healing Through and Thriving After Cancer
Bill covers so much this episode. The power lies in how he speaks first hand about his lived experience of life. Everything from the recognition of how contemporary society effected his health to motivate him to leave a traditional job, t...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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51:38
How To Get Along With Other People.
In this episode Perspective, Meaning and Truth take center stage as we consider How To Get Along With People.I share my understandings, how the episodes to date are inspiration for this episode, a story of how I came to my understanding...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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23:55
Leslie Maloney on Positive Ageing and Having Moxie
In this episode Leslie Maloney, host of the podcast Meaning And Moxie After 50, shares her story. Having been an educator for a lot of her life, helping people explore other perspectives she comments that she recognizes there is wisdom at...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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39:26