Why We Can't Focus and How to Get It Back with Angela Lockwood

Why We Can't Focus and How to Get It Back with Angela Lockwood

Message us with your thoughts, burning questions, or reflections, we’d love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2357821/fan_mail/new] "We say we want focus. We say we want more time. Then we waste both, knowingly." That's Angela Lockwood, and she doesn't flinch saying it. Our distraction, she argues, isn't an accident or a willpower problem. It's a choice we keep making without ever stopping to notice. This isn't a productivity chat about apps and hacks. It's a conversation about the wisdom underneath focus. Why awareness, not strategy, is the real first step. Why your body knows the truth before your mind admits it. And why the answer to feeling scattered is not to push harder, but to get gentler, slower, and more honest about your days. Angela knows this from the inside. A serious head injury at 17 forced her to relearn focus from scratch, and taught her that the whispers, the tight jaw, the racing heart, are messages. Ignore them long enough and they stop whispering and start to shout. If your attention feels hijacked and your life feels louder than you'd like, this one is a doorway back to yourself. In this episode: * Why we set ourselves up to fail, knowingly, and how to stop * Why awareness has to come before any strategy * How to step back and see your own life clearly * The distraction of possibility, and how to actually choose * Using your body as a source of wisdom, in Angela's own words About Angela Angela Lockwood is an occupational therapist, speaker and author who helps people navigate noise, distraction and the chaos of modern life. She wrote "The Power of Conscious Choice," hosts the podcast "Distracted," and teaches paediatric occupational therapy at Bond University. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 "We set ourselves up to fail, and we know it" 01:26 Welcome to The Wisdom We Share 02:07 Meet Angela Lockwood: therapist, author, observer of people 04:07 What is wisdom, really? 05:16 The head injury at 17 that changed everything 07:03 Why she teaches focus (because she had to relearn it) 09:38 How we set ourselves up to fail, on purpose 11:18 Awareness is the first step, not strategy 11:36 Stepping back: seeing your life like a painting in a gallery 14:05 What to do when you don't like what you see 17:07 The distraction of possibility, and how to choose 18:56 Logic versus intuition, and bringing both together 20:43 The divine feminine and the qualities we've buried 23:57 Why we're banning the word "woo woo" 25:26 Your body as a source of wisdom 26:29 Teaching children (and adults) to name what they feel 30:32 Connection everywhere, and disconnection from ourselves 33:31 What Angela does for fun, and how joy has reshaped 36:08 Two simple practices to start today 37:53 Where to find Angela 38:51 Closing reflections Website: https://www.angelalockwood.com.au LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelalockwood6 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelalockwood_ Distracted (podcast): https://open.spotify.com/show/2QzyP1aKCn8LS5VdGDBWSn Go deeper with Angela Loved this conversation? Explore her work at https://www.angelalockwood.com.au or listen to Distracted at https://open.spotify.com/show/2QzyP1aKCn8LS5VdGDBWSn The Wisdom We Share is hosted by Anjani Amriit and Robin Wald. Subscribe, share, and leave us a review. Thanks for listening to The Wisdom We Share. If this episode sparked something in you, follow, leave a review + share it with someone who’s walking a similar path. 🔗 Connect with Anjani *  Website: https://www.anjaniamriit.com/ [https://www.anjaniamriit.com/] *  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/] *  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/] *  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/] *  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit [https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit] 🔗 Connect with Robin * Website: https://robinwald.com/ [https://robinwald.com/] * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/ [https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/] * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom [https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom] 🎧 New episodes released regularly Be sure to follow to get all new episodes and insights direct to your inbox.

Surviving Grief and Starting Over in Midlife with Betsy Ronel

Message us with your thoughts, burning questions, or reflections, we’d love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2357821/fan_mail/new] “It’s your choice every day. To survive, or to begin to thrive.”  Betsy Ronel learned that the hard way. Her husband was killed when she was 40. She lost the next decade to grief before she decided, at 52, to claim her life back. This is not a tidy bounce-back story. It’s an honest conversation about the slow kind of grief, the kind where getting out of bed and brushing your teeth is the whole win for the day. From there, Betsy rebuilt: a new career at 48, a home she bought and runs alone, her boys, and a reality dating show that accidentally led her to a whole new chapter. What stayed with us is her honesty. She’s not sure she’s ready to love again. She’ll tell you the grass is never greener, that you’d never want anyone else’s problems, and that the two words holding it all together are simply: keep going. If you’ve ever lost someone, or lost a version of your life, this one will meet you where you are. IN THIS EPISODE • The decade Betsy lost to grief, and the moment she chose to thrive • Why getting out of bed can be the whole win, and why that’s enough • “Home is everything,” and why community is its own kind of home • Saying yes to a dating show, and what stepping out of your comfort zone really teaches you • Grief as an opportunity to unfold, in Betsy’s own words  CHAPTERS  00:00 "Keep going": the mantra that gets her through  01:05 Welcome to The Wisdom We Share  01:45 Meet Betsy Ronel: widow, broker, podcaster  02:57 Why home is everything  05:55 The broker who talks to the houses she sells  10:24 Inner wisdom, intuition, and honouring a space  11:50 Midlife crisis to comeback: the story behind the tagline  13:13 Losing her husband at 40, and the decade she lost with him  18:55 Saying yes to a dating show in her own home  23:43 What jumping out of your comfort zone really teaches you  26:30 Why community is its own kind of home  32:00 Santa Fe, soul homes, and the places that call us back  36:30 Her one piece of wisdom: be grateful for your own problems  38:30 Grief as an opportunity to unfold  ABOUT BETSY Betsy Ronel is a New York real estate broker who believes home is everything, and the host of the podcast “Heavens to Betsy: Midlife Crisis to Comeback.” Widowed at 40, she rebuilt her life and career from the ground up, and brings humour, heart and hard-won wisdom to grief, reinvention and starting again. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betsyronelrealestateandlife/ [https://www.instagram.com/betsyronelrealestateandlife/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heavenstobetsypodcast [https://www.tiktok.com/@heavenstobetsypodcast] CONNECT WITH BETSY Loved this conversation? Follow Betsy’s story and her honest, funny, practical wisdom over on her page: https://www.instagram.com/betsyronelrealestateandlife/ [https://www.instagram.com/betsyronelrealestateandlife/] The Wisdom We Share is hosted by Anjani Amriit and Robin Wald. Subscribe, share, and leave us a review. Thanks for listening to The Wisdom We Share. If this episode sparked something in you, follow, leave a review + share it with someone who’s walking a similar path. 🔗 Connect with Anjani *  Website: https://www.anjaniamriit.com/ [https://www.anjaniamriit.com/] *  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/] *  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/] *  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/] *  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit [https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit] 🔗 Connect with Robin * Website: https://robinwald.com/ [https://robinwald.com/] * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/ [https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/] * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom [https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom] 🎧 New episodes released regularly Be sure to follow to get all new episodes and insights direct to your inbox.

Val Wawrosz of Tempus Novo Exposes the System That Keeps People Reoffending

Message us with your thoughts, burning questions, or reflections, we’d love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2357821/fan_mail/new] "99 times out of 100, they come back." Val Wawrosz heard that sentence for thirty years as a prison officer. Everyone called it bad character. He started to suspect we'd got the whole story backwards. Here's the part nobody says out loud: we lock people up at £57,000 a year, when £3,000 would keep them out. Val and Steve Freer have now moved more than 1,400 people from a prison cell into real work, with a reoffending rate under 3 percent against a national figure of up to 60. As Val puts it, we set them up to fail. This is not a feel-good charity chat. It's a quietly furious conversation about a system that's cheaper to keep broken, a prison minister who "didn't have time" to meet the two men outperforming his entire department, and a question most of us avoid: when we say everyone deserves a second chance, what about the people who never had a first? If you have ever judged someone by the worst thing they have done, this one will sit with you. IN THIS EPISODE * 200 job letters, zero replies, and the moment Val realised the system was rigged * Why £3,000 changes a life and £57,000 wastes one * The lie we believe about who is really behind the walls * The "merry go round" of release and return, and what actually breaks it * What it does to a person, including the helper, when a life genuinely turns ABOUT VAL Val Wawrosz spent more than two decades inside the British prison system before co-founding Tempus Novo with Steve Freer. The charity has supported more than 1,400 people into employment after prison, with one in five promoted within their first twelve months. Website: https://www.tempusnovo.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tempusnovo/ X: https://x.com/tempus_novo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tempusnovo_/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TempusNovo GET INVOLVED If this conversation moves you, Tempus Novo welcomes employers, partners and supporters. Reach out here: https://www.tempusnovo.org/what-we-do The Wisdom We Share is hosted by Anjani Amriit and Robin Wald. Subscribe, share, and leave us a review. Thanks for listening to The Wisdom We Share. If this episode sparked something in you, follow, leave a review + share it with someone who’s walking a similar path. 🔗 Connect with Anjani *  Website: https://www.anjaniamriit.com/ [https://www.anjaniamriit.com/] *  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/] *  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/] *  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/] *  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit [https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit] 🔗 Connect with Robin * Website: https://robinwald.com/ [https://robinwald.com/] * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/ [https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/] * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom [https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom] 🎧 New episodes released regularly Be sure to follow to get all new episodes and insights direct to your inbox.

Why the World Won't Heal Until We Do with Val Silidker

Message us with your thoughts, burning questions, or reflections, we’d love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2357821/fan_mail/new] What if the most radical thing you could do for the world right now is heal yourself first? In this episode, Anjani Amriit and Robin Wald are joined by Val Silidker, actress, author, international speaker, sacred activist, and co-founder of the Psychospiritual Institute, for a conversation that goes far beneath the surface of what it means to live with purpose in overwhelming times. Val has spent decades at the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and activism. This conversation is not theoretical. It is grounded, honest, and deeply practical. What you will hear in this episode: * Why heartbreak can become a doorway to deeper wisdom * What deep ecology teaches us about belonging to life * How to move from overwhelm into grounded, meaningful action * What sacred activism actually looks like in daily life * The practice of nourishment and sustainability in hard times * Psychosynthesis: integrating soul with psychology * How to find your unique contribution to the world * What it means to rewild your heart and return to nature One of the most powerful lines in this conversation: "We only grieve for what we love. And love is what guides us forward." If you have been feeling the weight of the world while also trying to stay present to your own life, this episode was made for you. FREE GIFT FOR LISTENERS Val is offering an Awakened Leadership Masterclass: psychospiritualcoaching.com/free-gift-the-wisdom-we-share-podcast/ CONNECT WITH VAL SILIDKER Website: psychospiritualinstitute.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/psychospiritual-coaching-institute Instagram: @psychospiritual.institute Facebook: facebook.com/psychospiritualcoaching YouTube: youtube.com/@psychospiritualinstitute4085 CONNECT WITH THE WISDOM WE SHARE Website: https://thewisdomwesharepodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Instagram: thewisdomweshare_podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wisdom-we-share-podcast/id1859886292 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4WsiyMeAupofBqwjAEXpM2?si=c04e48c7011146a3 If this episode moved you, please subscribe, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review. Every review helps more people find these conversations. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Why We Only Grieve for What We Love Val shares a powerful story about heartbreak, grief, and our connection to the world. 05:12 - Evolution Happens Under Pressure How challenging times can become catalysts for personal and collective transformation. 06:15 - The Early Experiences That Shaped Val's Calling Val reflects on childhood, nature, compassion, and the seeds of her life's work. 08:44 - The Moment That Changed Everything How witnessing slaughterhouse footage led Val toward activism, compassion, and deeper purpose. 10:40 - Deep Ecology and Remembering Our Connection to Life A discussion on interconnectedness, the Council of All Beings, and our place within the web of life. 15:35 - Why a Broken Heart Can Be a Gift Exploring grief as evidence of love and a doorway to wisdom and meaningful action. 20:01 - How to Stay Grounded When the World Feels Overwhelming Val's practical advice for self-care, resilience, and sustainable service. 24:38 - What Is Psychosynthesis? Val explains the framework behind the Psychospiritual Institute and the integration of psychology and soul. #sacredactivism #deepecology #psychosynthesis #innerleadership #consciousliving #selfhealing #thewisdomweshare #valsilidker #psychospiritualinstitute #healingandgrowth #soulwork #consciousleadership Thanks for listening to The Wisdom We Share. If this episode sparked something in you, follow, leave a review + share it with someone who’s walking a similar path. 🔗 Connect with Anjani *  Website: https://www.anjaniamriit.com/ [https://www.anjaniamriit.com/] *  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/] *  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/] *  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/] *  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit [https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit] 🔗 Connect with Robin * Website: https://robinwald.com/ [https://robinwald.com/] * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/ [https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/] * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom [https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom] 🎧 New episodes released regularly Be sure to follow to get all new episodes and insights direct to your inbox.

Redefining Ageing, Purpose & Reinvention with Faith Agugu

Message us with your thoughts, burning questions, or reflections, we’d love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2357821/fan_mail/new] In this deeply honest and inspiring conversation, we sit down with psychotherapist, healer, and founder of Silver Sirens, Faith Agugu, to explore what it truly means to age with purpose, authenticity, and freedom.    Faith shares her personal journey from working in the fashion industry to rebuilding her life through psychotherapy, spiritual healing, and community leadership in her 50s. Together, we unpack the narratives society places on women as they age, the emotional realities of menopause, identity shifts, motherhood, reinvention, and why midlife may actually be one of the most liberating chapters of life.    We also explore:  • The difference between how ageing is perceived for men and women  • Why women often fear physical changes and identity loss  • The emotional impact of empty nesting and childlessness  • Faith’s Nigerian heritage and how it shaped her perspective on ageing and community  • The importance of authenticity, purpose, and reclaiming your voice later in life  • Why Faith believes ageing is not a decline, but a metamorphosis    This episode is a powerful reminder that your life does not diminish with age. In many ways, it expands.    About Faith Agugu:  Faith Agugu is a psychotherapist, healer, and founder of Silver Sirens, an age-positive movement and community for women over 50 that celebrates wisdom, vitality, leadership, and meaningful connection.    Become part of the Silver Sirens community and join their monthly giveaway.    Use code FLOW26 to receive $26 off your Annual Membership.  Use code FLOW26+ to receive $126 off your Lifetime Membership.    Connect with Faith and Silver Sirens:  Website: www.silversirens.org Instagram: @silversirens_redefiningageing  Thanks for listening to The Wisdom We Share. If this episode sparked something in you, follow, leave a review + share it with someone who’s walking a similar path. 🔗 Connect with Anjani *  Website: https://www.anjaniamriit.com/ [https://www.anjaniamriit.com/] *  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.instagram.com/anjaniamriit/] *  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/ [https://www.facebook.com/anjaniamriit/] *  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjani-amriit-1035543/] *  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit [https://www.youtube.com/@anjaniamriit] 🔗 Connect with Robin * Website: https://robinwald.com/ [https://robinwald.com/] * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/ [https://www.instagram.com/robinwaldcosmicwisdom/] * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wald/] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom [https://www.youtube.com/@robinwaldcosmicwisdom] 🎧 New episodes released regularly Be sure to follow to get all new episodes and insights direct to your inbox.