The Couragemakers Podcast | Encouragement, Inspiration & Rebel Rousing for Mission Driven Doers, Makers & Shakers |

Today I’m so excited and conversation with Emma Willmer! We cover all of my favourite topics and we do a deep dive into taking an unconventional path, and an unconventional approach to productivity, and bringing compassion into our lives. **Get your pickle answered for the new podcast, Creative Pickle, here! [https://therebelrousers.com/answermypickle]**   About Emma Willmer: Emma is a compassionate coach and positive psychologist, and is on a mission to empower empathetic women who are tired of feeling stuck, feel suffocated by societal expectations, and want to stop second guessing themselves and sacrificing their own wellbeing for the sake of others. Emma uses her voice to help advance the dialogue on the effects on women of inter-generational sexism, healthy relationships and living a joyful life.  Emma's Website [https://ponderingcalm.com] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ponderingcalm/]     About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers [https://therebelrousers.com/]. I’m a coach [https://therebelrousers.com/my-approach], writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.   When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website [http://thathummingbirdlife.com/] | Instagram [http://instagram.com/megkissack] | The Daily Pep! Podcast [https://therebelrousers.com/dailypep] | Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] | Rebel Creators [https://therebelrousers.com/rebelcreators]

This week I’m so excited to share my conversation with Sam Isles who is all about helping people get out of your head and into their life! This is such a practical episode full of ways to overcome overthinking and practise everyday mindfulness!   **Get your pickle answered for the new podcast, Creative Pickle, here! [https://therebelrousers.com/answermypickle]** About Sam Isles: Sam is based in the UK, and is a friendly, practical, no nonsense life and mindfulness coach, and she is all about helping overthinkers manage their frustrations and move forward confidently. Sam has this saying that I absolutely love, and it's all about getting out of your head, and into your life. Sam is passionate about helping others. She's worked many jobs to find the right path - she's been on this path for a decade, fuelled from a desire to help overthinkers, and to continue learning and growing.   Sam's Website [https://www.sam-isles.com] | Sam's Insight Timer [https://insighttimer.com/sam.isles.coaching]     About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers [https://therebelrousers.com/]. I’m a coach [https://therebelrousers.com/my-approach], writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.   When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website [http://thathummingbirdlife.com/] | Instagram [http://instagram.com/megkissack] | The Daily Pep! Podcast [https://therebelrousers.com/dailypep] | Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] | Rebel Creators [https://therebelrousers.com/rebelcreators]

Whew! It's been a while! On today's episode I'm talking about the future of Couragemakers and have an exciting new announcement!   **Get your creative pickle answered here! [https://therebelrousers.com/answermypickle]   About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast! I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers [https://therebelrousers.com/]. I’m a coach [https://therebelrousers.com/my-approach], writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life. When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website [http://thathummingbirdlife.com/] | Instagram [http://instagram.com/megkissack] | The Couragemakers Podcast [http://thathummingbirdlife.com/couragemakers] | Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] | Rebel Creators [https://therebelrousers.com/rebelcreators]

This week I'm joined by the wonderful Helen Jones! We chat about Helen's experiences as a bisexual disabled woman, retiring in her 20s, reconfiguring her life, and the influences behind the first ever Quiet Pride event.   **Check out the Rebel Creators Community! It's £12 per month and is full of community, fabulous resources and a private podcast! [https://therebelrousers.com/onewomanband]**   About Helen Jones:   Helen is a disabled, bisexual woman living in York, England. She's been called an encyclopedia of weirdness, in the nicest of ways! She's curious about the world, passionate about learning and a compassionate activist. She writes about nature, disability, sexuality and tarot, she is a perpetual student and describes herself as finding herself, and I am finding her way through a prickly, untrodden path.   Helen's Website [https://unlockingwords.wordpress.com/] | The Quiet Pride Manifesto [https://unlockingwords.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/quiet-pride-manifesto-1.png]      About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers [https://therebelrousers.com/]. I’m a coach [https://therebelrousers.com/my-approach], writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.   When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website [http://thathummingbirdlife.com/] | Instagram [http://instagram.com/megkissack] | The Daily Pep! Podcast [https://therebelrousers.com/dailypep] | Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] | Rebel Creators [https://therebelrousers.com/rebelcreators]

This week I'm joined by one of our fabulous Rebel Creator Claire Frances Turner! Claire shares her journey of conscious transformation, and we discuss how hard it can be to move on from dreams, either through choice or circumstance. **Check out the Rebel Creators Community! It's £12 per month and is full of community, fabulous resources and a private podcast! [https://therebelrousers.com/onewomanband]**   About Claire Frances Turner:   Claire is a writer, spiritual philosopher, and a creative advocate for disabled young adults. Claire specialises in conscious self-transformation and is working on a project series called Illness my Teacher, beginning with Soul Evolution via Illness: awareness, identity, and formal and informal meditation. Alongside her writing and spiritual work, she is studying web development.   Claire's Website [https://www.clairefrancesturner.com/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/clairefrancesturner/] | Claire's newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/d75b650d3596/claire-frances-turner] | 101 Spaces [https://medium.com/@clairefrancesturner] | Illness my Teacher [https://clairefrancesturner.libsyn.com/?_ga=2.252066121.1752370053.1658763227-1548893361.1658410469] |     About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast   I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers [https://therebelrousers.com/]. I’m a coach [https://therebelrousers.com/my-approach], writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.   When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] to my wonderful Couragemakers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin. Website [http://thathummingbirdlife.com/] | Instagram [http://instagram.com/megkissack] | The Daily Pep! Podcast [https://therebelrousers.com/dailypep] | Letters of Rebellion [https://therebelrousers.com/letters] | Rebel Creators [https://therebelrousers.com/rebelcreators]