This is the first of two parts. A bonus including stories posted on #mybeautifulstories, on @instagram, by our listeners. Continue reading “BONUS: The story of a day, part 1”
STORY
What makes a good story?
In this last episode of the first series of the podcast, we discuss what makes a good story, from the perspective of the writing style.
ABOUT US – last bonus episode
This bonus episode features answers to your questions, about us. Also, one of the questions was about how we met, here’s more details and also here.
Is all SOCIAL INTERACTION equal?
Tommy was 65 when I met him and 66 years old when he died. It took me a while to process the meaning of his story, but that meaning is here now, rich and powerful more than ever before. Continue reading “Is all SOCIAL INTERACTION equal?”
BONUS to HAPPY TIMES, GRATITUDE and RESOLUTION
I asked a couple of questions on Instagram and these are the answers you have given me.
I hope you enjoy revisiting and listening to these unique moments in our lives.
This bonus covers more than one episode. You will hear stories related to The HAPPY TIMES WE LIVE IN, GRATITUDE and RESOLUTION.
Continue reading “BONUS to HAPPY TIMES, GRATITUDE and RESOLUTION”
RESOLUTION – What’s in a number?
A simple calculation led to a sudden realisation. Yet, should that number dictate how I feel about my acts? Continue reading “RESOLUTION – What’s in a number?”
20 years on
The more I listened to Liam telling his story, the more grateful I became about our daily shared cup of tea.
Too milky for my Eastern European taste, yet it was my prop, something to hold onto when the telling became too hard to listen to.
This episode tells the most beautiful story from my career. Working in homelessness, I have encountered the most extraordinary people and the most humbling life experiences.
Today’s story is one I never told before. I started telling you little snippets gradually on instagram, and if you would like to visit those, you can find the prologue here, episode 1, 2, 3 and 4 here.
Today, you get the conclusion.
This one story I am most grateful for, since being part of it has had a decisive effect on my life.
DISCUSSION
Towards the end of the podcast, Pawel and I discuss gratitude and whether practising it daily makes us more in tune with ourselves and the world around us.
INSPIRATION: This episode’s recommendation is Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson, a delicate and graceful book about loving life as it is given to us and embracing doubt, wobbles and failure as they come.
I am not sure that the book talks about gratitude, but I felt grateful reading it. And finding the book was in itself another story.
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
I always leave a box in my Stories on Instagram, if you want to continue the conversation on the weekly theme.
You can also leave me comments on here storisse.com
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THANKS TO…
Music by Pawel.
The happy times we live in
I have lived through history and today I have decided to tell you about it.
This is where you can find out more about those times, and also see images from my own child like perspective.
DISCUSSION
Do we appreciate the times we live in? Are they indeed as fragile as they once seemed? Once, in my childhood, peace was a volatile concept. Is that still the case?
INSPIRATION
It was hard to decide just on one recommendation for today’s post.
On learning to appreciate the happy times we live in: Olga Tokarczuk – Primeval and Other Times.
On communism. This is an excellent film. It’s witty, it’s funny, it’s informative.
This is what the Romanian Revolution was about.
What helps me appreciate what I have and relax in that appreciation.
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
I always leave a box in my Stories on Instagram, if you want to continue the conversation on the weekly theme. I aim to revisit this theme based on your comments at another date.
You can also leave me comments on here storisse.com
IF YOU LOVED THE PODCAST, please review and subscribe, it helps more people hear about it.
Thank you Maddy for liking our inspiration part and suggesting we can be more free with how many we add.
BONUS: What was the first thing you owned?
I asked a question on Instagram and these are the answers you have given me.
I hope you enjoy revisiting and listening to these unique moments in our lives.
The question this week was:
What was the first thing you owned and what memory does it instill?
THANKS TO…
@abohemian, @mammachic, @shebkron, @nanhes.jungle, @bugateodora, from instagram
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I still haven’t found the recipe for the cakes I mention in the main episode attached to this bonus. The search continues.
I do want to give a special mention to Maddy from @abohemian. Thank you for your very beautiful videos demonstrating the ‘clicking’ – which was actual clicking. To honour your story, a podcast episode is in the making.
GRANDMA’S FRIDGE AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS
Here you find out more about my Grandma. There are many blog posts on here that are connected to grandma, who was a major influence to me, growing up.
Today, about the time when Pawel met her for the first time.
DISCUSSION
We ask ourselves why a grandmother talking about ownership of things triggers different responses to when other people approach the subject.
INSPIRATION
This episode’s recommendation is Kieslowski’s 10th Episode of the Dekalog .
I speak about Gather.
MORE INSPIRATION
I really enjoy listening to this podcast on reflections over ownership of things (among other reflections). Britt is concise and thoughtful and often places herself in a small experiment to prove a point to herself.
I love this account on @instagram for the way its author cherishes the day-to-day and particularly the meaning behind things. I get the impression that every thing Maddy owns has a story to tell. But now we are moving into another subject, and on that, another time.
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
I always leave a box in my Stories on Instagram, if you want to continue the conversation on the weekly theme. I aim to revisit this theme based on your comments at another date.
You can also leave me comments on here storisse.com
IF YOU LOVED THE PODCAST, please review and subscribe, it helps more people hear about it.