It's Okay to Cry with Bronte Spicer
By Bronte Spicer
Thank you so much for joining us for this conversation. To find out more about the book, It's Okay to Cry, please visit www.brontespicer.com/book/.
It's Okay to Cry with Bronte SpicerOct 24, 2022
Somatic Healing with Autism with Leah Kearns (Part 2)
The conversation with Leah Kearns continues with Part 2. Her recent Autism diagnosis and discovery of how to approach her feelings differently through Bronte's online program Beyond Belief does not compare to other experiences. Listen as Bronte and Leah discuss further:
Freedom to be authentically you alongside Autism and other aspects that make up who we are. The freedom to be within yourself with ease. Being able to slow down and change how we respond to others. Having an awareness to see what is being presented without shame. Prioritising our feelings with the Kiloby Inquiries, building a capacity to feel safe with feelings as they arise and understand they are not going to stay forever. Finding peace and connection through simple moments such as checking the letterbox with presence, through feeling the sun, walking each step, noticing sounds and physical sensations in the body.You can follow and support Leah via her Instagram account @leahkearns as she continues to grow and incorporate the Kiloby Inquries into her life.
Thank you so much for joining us for this conversation. To find out more about the book, It’s Okay to Cry, please visit www.brontespicer.com/book/
To book a Kiloby Inquiries session please visit https://www.brontespicer.com/kisession/.
Somatic Healing with Autism with Leah Kearns (Part 1)
Bronte joins alongside Leah Kearns today for part one of a two-part conversation. As a conscious CEO with a recent Autism diagnosis, Leah developed the Gentle Business Way to move beyond only using strategy to control her business and life. Her want to be free of dissociation and hypervigilance, deepen her own presence in her own life, understand and engage with Autism as her super power, and want to be more present in support of her clients led her to Bronte Spicer's book "It's Okay to Cry" and Kiloby Inquiries. Listen as Bronte and Leah discuss:
Being seen for who we are and what we are as a point of true, deep connection and development within our lives. Massive rapid processing from an Autism perspective and the challenge to keep up with how much we have to process. The relief that can be provided with an Autism diagnosis later in life. What that looks and feels like and practical ways in which it can enlighten our understanding of why certain approaches to healing may not have worked in the past. Understanding of space around things and stepping through the Kiloby Inquiries process in order to dive into another level of life.The conversation does not end with this episode. Following, the next episode will contain the continued conversation surrounding Leah's journey and thoughts surrounding being comfortable being uncomfortable and how the Beyond Belief program assisted her own transformation.
Thank you so much for joining us for this conversation. To find out more about the book, It’s Okay to Cry, please visit www.brontespicer.com/book/
To book a Kiloby Session please visit https://www.brontespicer.com/kisession/.
Parenting Ourselves and Teaching our Children with Bronte Spicer and Gen Ward
This conversation is an extract taken from an interview alongside 94.9 mainfm and Bronte talking about both the book and practices to manage, process and let go of your thoughts and feelings so you can be free of anxiety and depression. It is an insightful conversation which touches on the following:
Learning to feel safe with our emotions alongside the physical sensations in the body and why this is important. How words, pictures and mental imagery play a role in conjunction with our responses to emotions and situations. Practical tools to help children stay with emotions and feel the sensations that arise.A big thank you to Gen Ward of https://mainfm.net/ for her prompting questions and keen interest in the It’s Okay to Cry Book, Podcast and providing the opportunity to talk further about how living with depression can look and feel and to shine a light on how taking a body-based approach can change your life.
Thank you so much for joining us for this conversation. To find out more about the book, It’s Okay to Cry, please visit www.brontespicer.com/book/
Or to book a Kiloby Session please visit https://www.brontespicer.com/kisession/.
Beyond Belief with Lisa Slayo
For those that have followed the journey alongside Bronte Spicer and the It's Okay to Cry Podcast, you can recognise how Bronte became so tired of the constant battle and the never-ending struggle at the lowest point of her depression. While it was a dark, lonely, and painful existence, it has also prompted Bronte to make significant changes, break the cycle and safely face and heal from childhood wounds. Alongside the growth on the other side of darkness, came BEYOND BELIEF. BEYOND BELIEF is a six-month journey to healing which helps you learn how to let go of depression, anxiety and deep-seated negative beliefs. This episode is a question and answer format from Lisa Slayo, a recent member in the program, as she reflects on her experience.
Listen as Bronte and Lisa explore:
The potential to achieve within BEYOND BELIEF and changing stories we have held as our identity (sometimes for our entire lives). How ruminating thoughts, negative thinking, repetitive behaviours and a real experience of learning a body-based approach in BEYOND BELIEF. Ways in which our physical body can react to depression and anxiety, sometimes without us knowing, such as a really tight jaw and headaches. Practical examples of what you can do differently to let go of anxiety and depression.It is both humbling and inspiring to hear Lisa's experiences within BEYOND BELIEF. ThIS straight-forward reflection is motivational and helps others walk out of mental illness and into inner peace and freedom.
To find out more about the program please visit https://www.brontespicer.com/beyond-belief/ and connect with Bronte to find out more.
Supporting the Heart of the Child with Lael Stone (Part Two)
Research shows that when children feel safe (free from judgment, treated with kindness and respect, valued for their differences), their neurological system becomes fully operational, increasing their capacity for learning and growth. In the second half of my conversation with Lael Stone, we are talking about Woodline Primary school which is driven and centered around supporting and nurturing children’s emotional wellbeing within an emotionally safe learning environment. It’s a one of a kind school, purpose built with the aim for children to utilise their time to develop critical life skills such as emotional intelligence, self-expression, critical thinking and a growth mindset. Listen as Bronte and Lael continue the conversation and discuss:
Connection over curriculum and what that looks and more importantly feels like. Emotional capacity, self-expression, personal choice and agency and intrinsic motivation for our children to meet their potential. The logistics and challenges of learning against the norm. Moments of magic as we grow as both a community, as humans and within the education space.For more information about Lael and her work you can find the details on her website https://laelstone.com.au/ and to connect with Bronte and find out more please visit https://www.brontespicer.com/.
Supporting the Heart of the Child with Lael Stone (Part One)
Imagine a world where we created wellness in families through education, connection and communication. Where children really could feel a strong sense of self and who they are, with connection and love as a priority. Lael Stone concentrates on exactly this in her work alongside children and parents. Listen as Bronte and Lael discuss:
Aware parenting and non-punitive disciplines in order to connect and lean into our children. Parenting in a way that feels kins, compassionate and connected. Our bodies natural inbuilt mechanisms for healing and fostering a safe expression for feelings and emotions. Loving limits and what expression looks like and how children provide cues in order to get their needs met. Children’s need for attachment, balance and connection.Because this conversation ran deep and covered many aspects of both Lael’s and Bronte’s work; it has been split into two parts. The next episode also features Lael and her experience creating Woodline Primary School – which is an extension of this conversation and definitely worth a listen!
For more information about Lael and her work you can find the details on her website https://laelstone.com.au/and to connect with Bronte and find out more please visit https://www.brontespicer.com/.
Embracing all Parts of the Opposites with Ellie Schroeder
Bronte Spicer and Ellie Schroeder have exchanged endless dialogues, over many hours. This conversation is yet another cohesive celebration which really highlights their friendship. In fact, Ellie recently worked alongside Bronte for the cover of It’s Okay to Cry. Listen as Bronte and Ellie discuss:
The power of polarity and accepting all parts of and holding both of our opposites. Creating alignment with our intentions and connecting to our true potential. How motherhood can trigger like a ticking time bomb. Connecting to the triad of sensations through the Kiloby Inquiries.The strength in this conversation is limitless and the connection between two individuals feels like home. To find out more about Ellie you can visit https://www.instagram.com/brandalchemyartistry/and to read more from the book It’s Okay to Cry you can visit https://www.brontespicer.com/book/
Supporting a Loved One Through Depression with Bronte and Leigh Spicer
Bronte has a very special guest on the Podcast today, her husband and greatest supporter shares his perspective and reflections after being alongside as the primary support for Bronte and witnessing within the journey itself. Hearing the connection and rawness between husband and wife provides a wonderful insight into the roller coaster many of us experience. Listen as Bronte and Leigh talk about:
· When depressive symptoms are exacerbated, and your partner is foggy and far away.
· Parenting within depression and frustrations that arise.
· Coming off antidepressants, the attempts and how to prepare and how the Kiloby Inquiries has altered past experiences.
· Anxiety after depression, how that presents itself and the deeper connections that can result.
There is something very special about hearing the bond, hearing inside the journey and realising the connection and love between these two. This conversation gives a voice to the human perspectives and other side. Thank you so much for joining us for this conversation. To find out more about the book, It's Okay to Cry, please visit www.brontespicer.com/book/
Or to book a Kiloby Session please visit https://www.brontespicer.com/kisession/.
It's Okay to Feel it All with Sere Roe
What happens when we accept all aspects of us? Feel into all experiences, sensations and stop trying to fit ourselves into an unrealistic portrayal that is put before us? Sere Roe joins Bronte on the Podcast for a deep dive into a powerful, moving and beautiful conversation about:
experiencing suffering in order to move trauma through the body staying with body sensations and being with thoughts from a place of compassion and acceptance when we are told what to do rather than being asked to actually be someone. challenging the law of attraction and allowing things to flow in several different ways.Plus so many moments of connection, inspiration and motivation in sharing experiences and stories together within this conversation.
To find out more and connect with Sere please visit https://www.instagram.com/seresoulflow/.
Bronte's latest book, It’s Okay to Cry, provides a profound insight into how living with depression can look and feel and shines a light on how taking a body-based approach can change your life.
Find out more: https://www.brontespicer.com/book/
Holding Space with Megan Jones
Bronte is joined with Megan Jones today for Episode 10 of It’s Okay to Cry. Megan is a Reiki Master, Kinesiologist and Soul Activator who guides you through the process of balancing & managing your vibration to ascend beyond your wellness outcomes & goals of physical, mental, emotional & spiritual bodies. It is in this space that your soul can flourish.
Listen as Bronte and Megan discuss:
· The importance of holding space and allowing ourselves to feel into our own experiences.
· Processing and travelling through unexpected grief and how that can show up.
· Letting our crying be there when it feels ‘stuck’ and how energetic awareness can help.
· Allowing emotions to exist with guidelines and boundaries.
Megan’s story is beautiful, incredible and powerful in the memories shared and witnessed within this conversation. To find out more about Megan please visit https://www.facebook.com/connectbalancegrow/
You are also invited to find out more about Bronte and the book mentioned in this episode at https://www.brontespicer.com/
It's Okay to Cry with Bronte Spicer
This episode is an extract from the Sunshine on Toast radio show with Melanie Wrest.
In this conversation Bronte is talking about her new book, It’s Okay to Cry.
Bronte touches on:
· Processing and dissolving horrible thoughts and learning how to feel safe with the physical sensations that came with depression.
· What happens when you don’t resist thoughts, instead befriending, fading and allowing them to lose their power, leaving you with the sensations in the body.
· Bronte’s journey to becoming a Certified Kiloby Inquiries Facilitator.
· Working with both body and mind, instead of trying to positive affirmation ourselves into being ‘better’.
And much more.
It’s Okay to Cry provides a profound insight into how living with depression can look and feel and shines a light on how taking a body-based approach can change your life.
Find out more: https://www.brontespicer.com/book/
When Ten Minutes a Day Takes You Away? with Bree Amber
Bronte is joined with Bree Amber, a psychic medium, in this episode of It's Okay to Cry. Bree has experienced her fair share of ups and downs over the years, including depression, anxiety and several complete mental breakdowns.
Join Bronte and Bree as they discuss:
The slippery slope of reality of when it feels like groundhog day, having no joy and going through the motions every single day. How even the sound of just 10 minutes, can feel crazy and completely unachievable. Depression from suppressed feelings, people pleasing. Changing the narrative after hearing it was not okay to cry, with the response negative and unaccepting.Bree is down to earth and captures a delightful presence which is real, raw and honest about what life can throw at you in all sorts of directions. The conversation is diverse, engaging and provides real insight into how you can start small in order to notice big differences.
You can find out more about Bree https://www.instagram.com/breeamberau/
Thank you so much for listening. If you’re experiencing depression and feel exhausted from living a never-ending cycle of talk therapy, medication and shuffling from one psychologist to the next, this book is for you. When you feel like you’ve “tried everything”, It’s Okay To Cry offers a heartfelt, practical way to let go and dissolve your depression using a ground-breaking body-based approach to mental health. You can find out more by placing an order at https://www.brontespicer.com/book/
The Human Body's Need for Connection with Angela MacLeod
In this episode we have Angela MacLeod back. She's a Certified Kiloby Inquiries facilitator, Certified Holden Qiqong Instructor and Certified Embodied Processing Practitioner. Living with a chronic dysregulated nervous system is draining and can result in feelings of suffering and suppressed emotions. Angela shares her experiences with overcoming a difficult childhood and learning to express emotions in order to heal herself. In this episode we talk about:
How to improve relationships (with both yourself and others) through new knowledge about co-regulation, circuits, and connection. Awareness and how to re-establish connections in their bodies The way chronic stress affects an individual's life including fight, flight, fawn, shutdown and people pleasing. The importance of being aware, connected and present which is not always easy while parenting children or dealing with other people's triggers.Learn more about Angela and her work via her website https://presenceandflow.life/
If you’re experiencing depression and feel exhausted from living a never-ending cycle of talk therapy, medication and shuffling from one psychologist to the next, this book is for you. When you feel like you’ve “tried everything”, It’s Okay To Cry offers a heartfelt, practical way to let go and dissolve your depression using a ground-breaking body-based approach to mental health. You can find out more and even place an order https://www.brontespicer.com/book/
When Tears Are Definitely Not Okay with Amanda Goodfellow
This is the It’s Okay to Cry Podcast with Bronte Spicer; and today is Season One, Episode Six with Amanda Goodfellow. We all have stories we believe to be true about ourselves and the world, and even through continuous work, there is often still resistance to feeling like it’s okay to cry. Once we come closer to processing our own acceptance – there is true beauty and value in crying, while not always easy, let’s begin the discussion towards healing.
In this episode we share:
· Feeling unworthy after losing the structure and security in having other people telling you what to do.
· Functioning to survive in a society that makes you feel like there’s something wrong with you.
· Letting the tears flow.
· The physical sensations of how it feels to cry and deep pleasure that can be sought from the process of crying.
If you’d like to learn how to cry in a safe, gentle, nurturing and supportive way you can find out more about Amanda agilemind.com.au and Bronte www.brontespicer.com.
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What Part of Your Nervous System is Stuck? with Angela MacLeod
Today I am speaking with Angela MacLeod, Certified Holden Qiqong Instructor and Certified Kiloby Inquiries facilitator.
In this chat we share thoughts, discussions and stories about:
This episode today is sponsored by Beyond Belief Self-Study, an online self-paced course.
To find out more:
BEYOND BELIEF SELF-STUDY: https://www.brontespicer.com/beyond-belief/
Angela Macleod's website: https://presenceandflow.life/
Contact for more details on her Nervous System Resilience course: angeluna.macleod@gmail.com
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Presence-and-Flow-with-Angela-MacLeod-105608181164771
and of course www.brontespicer.com
Somatic Approaches to Our Mental Health Model with Bronte Spicer
In this raw, heartfelt interview Bronte shares her own journey in a system which has tried to talk aspects of mental illness away.
Highlights of this episode include:
Holding space to expressing feelings first before jumping into solutions Coming off antidepressants and the journey of acknowledging and feeling emotions Recognising and adjusting to your needs and those around you The importance of coming back down to earth and incorporating it into us How the Kiloby Inquiries has changed her life.To find our more and connect further with Bronte please visit www.brontespicer.com.
Why Am I Doing This To Myself? with Sheree McGuane
The It's Okay to Cry Podcast is a series of conversations on dissolving depression and rebuilding our mental health model with somatic awareness, deep listening, holding space and emotional intelligence. Listen to both real people who have experienced genuine struggle and mental health professionals who are helping to build a better world.
This episode features Bronte speaking with Sheree who is a social worker, sacred circle holder, client and friend.
Within this raw, honest and insightful conversation Sheree touches on digging deep, facing hard realities, heroin and alcohol addiction, setting a path forward with meditation and how everyone's mental health can look, feel and appear different.
To connect further with Bronte you can find details via www.brontespicer.com.
What is Trauma with Matt Nettleton
The It's Okay to Cry Podcast is a series of conversations on dissolving depression and rebuilding our mental health model with somatic awareness, deep listening, holding space and emotional intelligence. Listen to both real people who have experienced genuine struggle and mental health professionals who are helping to build a better world.
This episode features an interview with Matt Nettleton, where we talk about his personal story with PTSD, addiction, coping strategies and survival responses.
Matt has had a long personal history of addiction and trauma, his lived experience takes him far beyond any education he has had. He now abides primarily in the present moment, and holds the space for others during session in order to bring freedom from the minds narratives.
He is more than happy to work with people who have had a significant shift of identity into presence/awareness, and are wishing to deepen that experience, or those that simply wish to be free from trauma.
You can find out more about Matt via his website www.mattnettleton.com and www.facebook.com/mattnettleton33
To connect further with Bronte you can find details via www.brontespicer.com.
Interview with Scott Kiloby
This interview features interview with Scott Kiloby. A mentor and inspiration within Bronte's journey. We discuss isolation, rejection, trauma , awareness, practices and presence.
Scott is the co-founder of the Kiloby Center for Recovery, the first addiction, anxiety, depression and trauma Intensive Outpatient Program to focus primarily on mindfulness.
Scott Kiloby is a noted author and international speaker on the subject of freedom through non-dual recognition. He is the author of seven books and has traveled the world extensively giving lectures, workshops and intensives on spiritual awakening and the healing of addiction, anxiety, depression and trauma. He is a California Registered Addiction Specialist. He is the co-developer of a new model of addiction recovery that is based on inquiry and unconditional love.
Scott is also the founder of two mindfulness/inquiry training programs: Living Inquiries Community, a training program and group of trained facilitators who work with people in over 12 different countries, and the Kiloby Inquiries (KI) training program which focuses on the new and latest developments in Scott’s work.
To find out more about Scott you can find details via www.kiloby.com and https://www.facebook.com/kiloby
To connect further with Bronte feel free to visit www.brontespicer.com