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SEMI-PRECIOUSEp:15. Hot Mess, Banana Cakes, and Existential CrisesWelcome back to the chaos, the glory, and the mulberry bush trauma that is Semi Precious! It’s Episode 15 — even if we weren’t totally sure at the start. Your favourite hot mess express (aka Jade) and semi-glamorous lounge queen (aka Amber) are officially back after their longest gap year ever. This week: bus tours, surprise periods, lost cats (RIP Jet), and life reflections from Jade's wardrobe and Amber's bed.KEY THEMES: Video Killed the Radio Stars: First ever video recording attempt — lipstick vs. mulberry pruning realness. Life Updates: Amber moves house again (because of course she did) and...2025-04-2745 min
Awaken ADHDMini Couples ep.3: Feeling RejectedIn these mini relationship episodes we'll explore common relationship conflict patterns that emerge with neurodivergent and neurotypical couples. These patterns are often more destructive when ADHD is either undiagnosed or not understood. In this episode we'll look at how Rejection Sensitivity can show up and create chaos. Or at the very least, cause hurt, misunderstandings and hyperviggilance (constantly scanning for threat). I'll share some simple (in theory) strategies to support you in working with these rejected feelings with minimal relationship rupture. I also refer to The Gottmans "Soft Start Up" strategy for bringing up to...2025-02-2522 min
Awaken ADHDEP 12: Hormones really kick ADHD up a notch (Ale's Story)In this episode I chat with Ale Wiecek Rojo, a visionary leader, author, podcast host, renowned speaker, the founder of Sqr One, an online education platform, and is passionately committed to empowering purpose-driven entrepreneurs and burnt-out creatives to find their inner wisdom, align their purpose with their business, and make a positive impact on society by addressing systemic inequalities and raising consciousness.It was an honest and vulnerable conversation about hormones, perimenopause, mental health facing your fears and finding what lights you up. Ale's is a self described 'multi-passion' individual and I think that is a great wa...2024-10-2244 min
SEMI-PRECIOUSEp 14 Vision Boards and VinoIf you need your spirits lifted by listening to two women laugh and talk over one another, then this episode is for you. Hector the horse gets a special mention as does the Argentinian stallion (also a horse despite Amber’s intimations).The actual topic is vision boards, however we don’t do the process (which we both use in our professional lives) much justice. During the sharing of their vision board creations, Jade’s lack of metaphor or symbolism leaves amber to imagine knotted vulvas and other such hilarity. Which for the record were not very sound...2024-10-0337 minSEMI-PRECIOUSEp13 Neurosparkly New MumsThis episode is certainly uncut and unpolished. Staying on brand here. No edits, snorts and all. Whilst the title might imply that this episode is for the neurodivergent new mums, it could easily be called ‘how to avoid burnout’, or ‘how to share the load’, or ‘how to reach out for support’, or ‘how to say no to the Sunday lunch with the in-laws if you’re exhausted or just needing time to yourself’. Jade share’s a long list of the things she would or wouldn’t do if she had her new parent time again. Amber reflected that she didn’t struggl...2024-10-0147 min
Awaken ADHDEp 11: ADHD and Emotional RegulationIn this episode your host, Jade, will share some insights and strategies surrounding emotional regulation and the role it plays in ADHD. We'll look at some of the ways dysregulation (or lack of control over emotions) impacts your life and some of the strategies for self soothing. 2024-08-1218 min
Awaken ADHDEp:10 Parenting Neurodivergent Kids in hard mode (Rachael & Jade's Parent Support Program)In this episode Jade and Rachael introduce their Parents of Neurodivergent Kids Support Program and share their personal experiences as parents of neurosparkly kids and professional insights as mental health professionals.It’s like parenting in hard mode and if you’re not careful, burnout is inevitable.They talk about how integral it is to have well practised self-care strategies along-side a big helping of self-compassion and a robust support network.The support program (currently offered in person in Seaford, Victoria) is designed to Embrace, Educate, Encourage and Empower parents.This conv...2024-06-0437 minSEMI-PRECIOUSSP Ep 12: Charity Hike, Phallic Chips and Public PoolsWARNING: this podcast was recorded without all mentally faculties on board. We are in a slightly delirious mood so if you need a good laugh whilst you’re completing a boring task, then wrap your ears around this utter rambling silliness.As the title suggests, we share our charity hike adventures, the eating of phallic shaped chips and general rantings about public pools/bathing.Beyond Blue’s 30km Great Aussie Hike is the hero of this episode. The sister’s, and their amazing team mates, share their training journey and hiking highlights, including the rave like v...2024-05-1551 minSEMI-PRECIOUSEp: 11. In a FlurryHappy belated International Women’s Week.This episode begins in a flurry, it took over an hour to get the remote recording working (tech issues on Ambers end). During this hour, Amber was stretched out on a hotel bed drinking some pineapple, canned, cocktail concoction after a full day of International Women’s Week conference. Whilst Jade was drinking a beer and overheating in her wardrobe, which was the best recording option available to her.The conversation begins with both sisters describing how their year began in a flurry and moved on to deeper and phil...2024-03-1237 minAwaken ADHDEp 9: My ADHD inner chaos followed me to a slower country town life (Siti's Story)In this honest and fascinating episode of Awaken ADHD I speak with a dear friend and colleague about the journey to her ADHD diagnosis. Siti is a Psychologist and Sensorimotor Art Therapist. She tells us that there were a couple of years between her online ADHD self survey to her formal ADHD diagnosis. During that time Siti moved, with her husband and 3 children, from a a busy Melbourne life to a small coastal town in Western Australia. There was a hope that maybe things would feel easier, that her fast mind might feel slower. In a sense, S...2024-03-1152 minAwaken ADHDMini Couples ep. 2: Half Hearing Half ListeningIn these mini episodes we will explore the ways in which ADHD can show up in relationship and can often be destructive and cause conflict if not understood. In this episode I will look at the common experience of half listening or half hearing and how it can be understood and supported within all our relationships. You know when you zone out of a conversation, or get stuck on the first thing a person says, or perhaps get overwhelmed by the content? It's frustrating for both parties and can lead to shame, resentment, defensiveness and conflict. I...2024-02-0929 min
Awaken ADHDEp. 8: "I had so much negative self talk, there was no room for mistakes" (Cameron's Story)This episode is filled with depth and vulnerability. Cameron's story is one of depression, overwhelm and confronting self reflection. "I'm either having a wave crashing over me and I can't do anything, or I'm in between the waves and I can get things done." They share their experience of not being diagnosed earlier because of the structure and routine and learnt behaviour of 'holding' the energy in. Learning how to sit still despite the discomfort. "Mum had effectively coached me out of the external behaviour." Cameron and I reflect on the coping skills many of us u...2024-01-1750 min
SEMI-PRECIOUSEP: 10. Surviving Christmas and Sayonara 2023It's that time of the year again! In this episode the Semiprecious sisters drink bubbles (loudly), talk over each other a lot, complain about first world privileged problems (mostly Amber) and make promises for the new year which involve our listeners (yes you!) to drink wine, wrap things and hike with us. Confused? Yes, so are we. But it's Christmas, tis the season to not know whats going on. Amber also try's to impart surviving the silly season tips though we are not sure there is anything particularly helpful unless you're into present tracking apps! We also have a s...2023-12-1658 minSEMI-PRECIOUSEP. 9: Advice to our 25year old SelvesIn this episode the Semi-Precious sisters share words of wisdom (or thinly veiled regrets) for their 25 year old selves. Amber recalls what a rocking body she had at 25 and how she wish she'd appreciated it more. Whilst Jade struggles to remember where she was at 25! Both agree that they wish they'd been more money savvy (Jade more so) and that they'd drank less (probably Jade again).Amber wishes she'd worn more sunscreen which inspires Jade to make her podcast singing debut. She thought about deleting it, but given she wished she were braver in her 20's, she l...2023-12-0341 minSEMI-PRECIOUSSP: Ep8. Dating ShenanigansIn this episode Amber and Jade share their hilarious and horrific dating stories from the past. Amber confesses to a plan to get her now husband drunk on their 4th date so he could meet Jade and friends. It did not go as planned. Jade recommends not choosing expensive wines on first dates, in case they need to be skulled or left behind. Amber recommends a simple G&T, 3 sips- your'e done. They split the difference and decide maybe shots is the way to go. Just not tequila. Amber says that the only acceptable reason a...2023-10-3159 min
Awaken ADHDMini Couples ep. 1: "I'm not your parent" and "why cant' you just relax"In these mini episodes we’ll explore common relationship conflict patterns that emerge within neurodivergent and neurotypical couples. These patterns tend to be more disruptive when ADHD is either undiagnosed or not understood. In this first mini episode we'll look and the 'parent-child' dynamic that can emerge within a couple and how it can cause conflict and build resentment. As well as taking a quick look at 'weekend anxiety' that see's the neurodivergent partner trying to fill the 'free' time with tasks, activities, outings and projects. Often leaving their partner or family to clean up in the wake...2023-10-0515 minSEMI-PRECIOUSSP: Ep 7. The Subtle Art of FriendshipsLook out, the Semi-Precious sisters have created their finest podcasting moment together!In this absolute ripper of an episode, Amber shares how number 7 is her lucky number, declaring lucky numbers to never be in the double digits. Jade calls bullshit and they eventually get back on track.They explore the subtle art of friendships, as usual, Amber doesn’t care too much about what people think of her, whilst Jade questions every interaction. Both sister confess to some friendship hoarding issues.They both agree that they need more laughter and playfulness in friendships, Am...2023-08-2655 min
SEMI-PRECIOUSEp: 6. Success and Celebrationhttps://www.instagram.com/awakenadhdpodcast/Still on a high and maybe a little bit hung over from their SEMI-PRECIOUS launch party, Amber and Jade talk about their too-tight new jeans, anxiety about the people they forgot to invite and why the hell they used Facebook to setup the event!Jade explains why she wasn’t following the SEMI-PRECIOUS Instagram page, why celebration is an important ritual in one’s self esteem and how she feels like a success in launching this podcast even if nobody listens to it. Amber reveals how she built a “boyfriend brand v...2023-08-2528 min
Awaken ADHDEp. 6: "It wasn't just anxiety" (Amy's Story)In this episode we hear from Amy, a social worker student, currently working in a support program at the children’s court and mother of two young boys. She shares her journey to diagnosis, at the age of 38, through resonating with other women’s stories on social media. During her lightbulb moment, she thought to herself “Oh my god, I’m am like text book ADHD.” Having struggled with anxiety and insomnia since primary school, Amy was often described by others as a lazy, forgetful, day dreamer, who doesn’t apply herself. She recalls thinking “it’s weird because I don’t feel laz...2023-08-2133 minSEMI-PRECIOUSEp. 5: Being a Boss BitchEPISODE 5, Amber and Jade go deep into their contrasting experience of business, personal drive, appetite for risk and connection to the term “boss bitch”. As Jade describes it, “the full hardy bravery” required to dig in, work hard and build a career of passion and self advocacy. Amber reflects with some seriousness, on her approach to “failing fast” and the risk v reward attitude that drove her success after she fled a domestic violence situation, starting a business and raising a child on her own.Amber and Jade talk about the importance of impact, loneliness, professional acknowledgement (or lack ther...2023-07-2140 min
Awaken ADHDEp.5: "The inability to action things in life was crippling" Teagan's ADHD Story)In this lighthearted yet insightful episode, we chat with ‘neuro-spicy’ Teagan, a legal analyst and law student that may or may not learn to play the hurdy-gurdy!Teagan recalls when she first shared with her psychologist that her inability to action things in life was crippling. Challenging the ADHD misconceptions, she reflects that she now understands that for her the busyness is not in her body, but in her mind. “Now I’m processing grief for all the things I’ve missed whilst living in my head.”Teagan feels the relief of now being able to o...2023-07-1938 minSEMI-PRECIOUSEp.4: Ageing and $350 face creamsIn episode 4, Amber and Jade share their experience of ageing as Amber sits across from Jade studying how much ‘work’ there is to be done- beginning with her thin patchy eyebrows and chipped nails.They share both their ageing vulnerabilities and they way in which they feel more empowered in their 40’s.They push back on the antiquated notion of ‘dress your age’ and Amber muses that clothes should be simply categorised “good taste and bad taste”, leaving age out of the equation.Take a listen if you want to her Amber in full judgey si...2023-07-0640 minSEMI-PRECIOUSEp.3: Thinking Different- Our ADHD JourneyIn episode 3 of SEMI-PRECIOUS Amber and Jade unpack their ADHD diagnosis journey and the impact it’s had on their lives thus far.Warning: this episode is not as amusing or witty as you might have come to expect if you have listened to Episode 1 and 2 so if you are in need of light relief then this might not be your vibe. Sorry, not sorry 😘Tune in if you want to hear Jade slipping into Counsellor mode with her soft inquisitive “I’m curious, help me to understand” voice and Amber explain her SEMI-PRECIOUS moment as one that...2023-06-2543 minSEMI-PRECIOUSEp.2: Growing up in the 70's and 80'sIn episode 2, the Semi Precious sisters share what it was like growing up in the 70’s and 80’s in a big and somewhat dysfunctional family. They quickly discover there are a few things they didn’t know about one another. Jade reveals that she wasn’t a goody two shoes despite her smiling façade, whilst Amber confesses, she was both a scaredy cat and “a bit of an asshole”.As the youngest 2 of 5 sisters, they compete for the ‘who had it toughest’ award. Jade wins, because she’s the one writing this intro. However, Amber exceeds expectations with h...2023-06-1937 minSEMI-PRECIOUSEp.1: The Strategist and the Counsellorhttps://www.instagram.com/awakenadhdpodcast/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5YgIn this episode you will be introduced to us, your SEMI-PRECIOUS sisters Amber and Jade. While it’s a bit of a bio for both of us, you will come to see why we talk about being “uncut and unpolished” and how we are learning to embrace being beautifully imperfect, absurd, random, clumsy, sweary, rebellious and sometimes forgetful hot messes!As is typical for Amber, she will avoid answering anything that gets too emotional or raw (at least in this episode) and Jade will over share her story and try to pry...2023-06-1624 min
Awaken ADHDEp. 4: "Being successful meant I didn't appear to fit the criteria" (Amber's Story)Amber runs a successful design and strategy agency in Melbourne. She began her journey into the neurodivergent world about 5 years ago when her son was diagnosed with ADHD. Amber reflects upon the difficulty of having her experience of ADHD recognised by both peers and professionals due to her perceived 'high functioning' and successful professional life. Her tenacious nature drove her to seek diagnosis despite these barriers. She speaks about the need for greater awareness of the female presentation of ADHD and how validating it is to hear stories of other women with ADHD. Amber's shares her journey wi...2023-06-0432 minAwaken ADHDEp. 3: "A huge awakening to the neurodiversity realm" ADHD in children (Rachael's Story)Rachael is social worker, fertility and post partum doula/counsellor and a mother of three children, two of which are neurodivergent. These recent diagnoses mark a whole new chapter in this family's life. When her son started to notice his 'deficits', she knew that he needed extra support. Rachael talks about coming to terms with the additional challenges her family face and balancing her career with her care giving role. Rachael looks forward to supporting neurodivergent families in the future, combining her lived experience with her professional skills. https://www.amamaisborn.com.au/...2023-05-0629 min
Awaken ADHDEp. 2: "I always knew I was different" it was ADHD (Amanda's Story)Amanda always knew she was different, though she kept that to herself. It wasn't until her daughter was diagnosed in grade 2 that she started to join the dots and her 'difference' began to make sense. "It was a very difficult time for me". Now Amanda is a proud neurodivergent individual, and the mother of two fabulous neurodivergent kids. Having been through this journey Amanda is now a passionate advocate for neurodiversity in the workplace and supporting woman on their neurodivergent journey. Her mission is to raise awareness and acceptance of neurodiversity so every amazing and unique brain has the op...2023-05-0632 minAwaken ADHDEp. 1: Adult ADHD A new perspective (Jade's Story)Host Jade shares her own Awaken ADHD story when she was diagnosed with ADHD at 44years. This late diagnosis had her look back over her life through an entirely new lens. Jade talks about how women present differently and the need to challenge the diagnostic tools to capture these differences. 2023-04-2731 minAwaken ADHDAwaken ADHD Podcast IntroWelcome to a new ADHD community! Do you think you might have ADHD? Maybe you've just been recently diagnosed. Or perhaps someone you love has been. Or maybe you were diagnosed a long time ago and just love to feel connected to other neurodiversity individuals. Your host , Jade, is a counsellor, relationship therapist and ADHD coach. She'll be be joined each episode by fellow ADHD'ers and the occasional expert in the neurodiverse field. Join us as we journey alongside individuals as they awaken to ADHD. Let's create an empowered neurodiverse community through shared stories, insights, tea...2023-04-1401 min
Chippy Lane's PodcastS2 Bday Special: ASHES TO ASHES FUNK TO FUNKYWelcome to Chippy Lane’s Podcast, series two the PICTURES / LLUNIAU PROJECT. This series celebrates Welsh and Wales-based writers and their stories. Each episode focuses on a new writer, a personal picture of there’s and a story they want to share with you. So, sit back and enjoy.
‘ASHES TO ASHES, FUNK TO FUNKY’
Written by Martha Reed (Chippy Lane's Writing Apprentice)
WRITER: MARTHA REED
Martha is a Welsh writer for theatre and film. She is currently Chippy Lane Productions’ Writing Apprentice, working on new musical Toy Mic Trev...2020-03-0100 min