Loved Called Gifted

Hannah Lamberth: Ask a Better Question!

This episode, Catherine is visiting Hannah, who no longer has a bathroom office and has been thinking about the kinds of questions we ask people when we first meet them. Hannah would like to ask better questions....
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Godfrey Birtill: The Unforced Rhythms of Grace

Godfrey Birtill has been singing and writing songs and producing albums at the rate of about one a year for more than 25 years. In this conversation, he talks about his unique musical style, his faith and his growing conviction that we don't need to earn God's love and favour. It is lavished upon us already. To really appreciate this episode, you are going to want to listen to some Godfrey Birtill, so there are some links to songs below. 
​There's a transcript of this episode here.
Some of the songs mentioned in this episode:
Living in the Unforced Rhythms of Grace
It's a Wonderful Dance
I am not disappointed  
Do you believe what I believe about you?
And here's one that's not mentioned, but is utterly beautiful:
Entangled
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Chaplaincy at Birmingham Children's Hospital with Andrew Phillips

Catherine travels to Birmingham Children's Hospital to speak with Chaplain Andrew Phillips about his role supporting children, families and staff. He shares how he facilitates ways for them to cope with walking this hardest of paths, and also the way the children's own spiritualities are shaping him. Take off your shoes for this episode. You are on holy ground.
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Cathy Ross from CMS: Women on the Mission Field

Cathy Ross, from the Church Mission Society, shares her experience of being a woman and a missionary in the Congo. She also talks about her research into the hidden experience of missionary women in the 19th century and the influence of the concept of pious domesticity, both then and now. 
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Compassion with Siobhan Horton

What is compassion? Can we keep being compassionate without reaching burnout? Siobhan Horton, who is a spiritual director and who worked with the dying for three decades as a palliative care nurse, has been fascinated by compassion for several years. In this episode, she shares her deep knowledge and insight about compassion, drawing together wisdom from evolutionary biology, buddhism and Christian thought.
​This episode is an interesting follow up to the conversation in the last episode with Maria Garvey, with some synergies and some differences of perspective. 
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If you would like to explore further you might interested in these resources:
1. Paul Gilbert's Compassionate Mind Foundation2. Paul Gilbert interviewing Tanyia Singer on her work on empathy and compassion3. Paul Gilbert interviewing French Buddhist Monk on Compassion 
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Maria Garvey: Advent Thoughts

Catherine chats with Maria Garvey again, to find they'd both been having similar thoughts regarding Advent. Namely that if you want to see the light that our Christ brings into the darkness, sometimes you have to be willing to see the darkness first. They explore that together in this episode; the ways it works and the ways sometimes it doesn't, and how it all points back to love.
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Questions to help you find your calling

This is more of a work-book episode of the podcast rather than a story-time one, as Catherine brings out some of her coaching and spiritual direction skills to share with us as we all learn a few more key questions to help us refine the mission for our own lives -- and some of them may even take you by surprise!Even if you are confident that you are swimming in the right lane of life, if you still put in the effort to do these exercises, I'm sure you will be glad you did. It's a shorter episode, but that means that you still have time to pause the podcast and take some notes -- you won't regret it. And I'm sure Catherine would love you to drop her an email once you have: lovedcalledgifted@gmail.com
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The Loved, Called, Gifted course, designed to help you think about you life calling, which was mentioned in this episode can be found on the website. 
You can find a transcript of this episode here.
Episodes mentioned in this episode, that you might like to return to, are: 
Alanna's Story - Episode 10
Create Bolton  - Episode 34
Missing Women in Church History - getting cross and getting creative with Katie Moritz - Episode 19

Wintering with Charli

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Catherine's friend Charli joins her today and they talk about Autumns and Winters in both their lives; paring back and releasing obligations in order to re-centre, and the things that then grow in the space created. Catherine also shares her wisdom as they compare stories about navigating school problems with and on behalf of their children who have found it really difficult. And as always, how God's graciousness still shows up.
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​Key themes: being and doing, neurodiversity, attachment, ADHD, shame, school refusal, deconstruction, spiritual renewal, parenting, church, Christianity, images of God
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Create Bolton

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Today we are joining Catherine in Bolton at Create Bolton, a creative cafe that shows everyone that they have something to offer. The heartbeat and proprietor is Joy Kilpatrick who is the guest this week, talking about the twists and turns in her life path, and the faithfulness of God, that have enabled her to bring together her artistic creativity and her compassion for people into this sanctuary where people can find respite, relief and wholeness, as well as lots of beautiful artwork. Joy  takes so much enjoyment from seeing other people's stories come to blossom and flourish, that hearing her speak about a few of her friends from the cafe, their interactions and the way those journeys have developed is truly a delight to hear; you too will be cheering them on all the way!
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Types of Intelligence

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How would you answer the question "Are you intelligent?" In this episode, drawing on the work of educational psychologist Howard Gardner, Catherine talks about why that's not a very useful question. A much better question is 'In what way are you intelligent?' The narrow way in which intelligence is often understood in society and education can leave many people undervaluing the skills that they have. So this episode looks at intelligence more broadly and the different ways in which different people are intelligent. 
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Ken Robinson's TED talk