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Made For More{Guest} From Poetry to Leadership: Joel McKerrow's Journey of Creativity-Driven TransformationIn this insightful episode of the Made For More podcast, Ally Nitschke is joined by the dynamic and creative Joel McKerrow, a renowned Australian poet, speaker, and creative facilitator. Known fondly as the “red-headed poet guy,” Joel brings a unique blend of creativity, depth, and storytelling expertise to the conversation.Joel shares his remarkable journey from working in youth and social work to becoming a celebrated spoken word poet and keynote speaker. He opens the episode with a compelling poetic introduction that immediately sets the tone for a rich, thought-provoking dialogue.Throughout the conversation, Joel expl...2025-06-0947 min

Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.735. Dani Vee and Joel McKerrow - Heist, Writing Process and courageous vulnerabilityDani and Joel chat about his brand new book Heist: The Great Chocolate Caper, planning vs the benefits of spontaneous writing, word counts and trends. Joel also confesses something about his past that inspired the book - and it's shocking! They also chat about the importance of self-care when touring, the power of poetry in bringing out the vulnerability of students, particularly boys, unraveling the patriarchy and practising courageous vulnerability.2025-05-2648 min

Real Stories with Random WritersA story about the consequences of public poetry with Joel McKerrowThis week Joel McKerrow joins us as we tell tales about serendipity. To find out more about Joel you can visit his website https://www.joelmckerrow.com/aboutPlease review, rate, subscribe, follow and like the show. Your support will help us keep this podcast going.To find out more about R.A. Spratt visit raspratt.comTo find out more about Jacqueline Harvey visit jacquelineharvey.com.au 2024-07-1541 min $Your Kid\'s Next Read With Allison Tait and Megan Daley$ Your Kid's Next Read With Allison Tait and Megan DaleyYKNR 155: 10 minutes with Joel McKerrowAllison spends 10 minutes with Joel McKerrow, chatting about poetry, kids and creativity, and his debut graphic novel URBAN LEGEND HUNTERS. Plus, Megan shares 5 things your school librarian wants you to know, and Allison is raving about a new picture book.Read the show notes for all book references at yourkidsnextread.com.au Connect with Allison, Megan and the Your Kid’s Next Read Community on Facebook Visit allisontait.com | megandaley.com.au 2024-04-3046 min

Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.668. Creative Conversations with Joel McKerrow and Dani VeeCreative Conversations with Joel McKerrow and Dani Vee 2024-04-2650 min

The HYBRID AuthorWriting Graphic Novels for Kids With Joel McKerrowJoel McKerrow is an award winning writer, keynote speaker, creativity specialist, children's author, educator and, having performed for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world, is one of Australia’s most successful internationally touring, performance poets. In the 113th episode of The HYBRID Author podcast host Joanne Morrell, author of children's and young adult fiction, women's fiction and short non fiction for authors chats to Joel about: his first Junior Fiction/Graphic novel Urban Legend Hunters: The Dreaded Mr Snipe, due for release with Larrikin House publishers in early 2024 whether you need to be a vi...2024-02-0832 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 56- Coming Home (FINAL Episode Season 3)Friends, we’ve come full circle. We are home. And we've been changed. But the world back home is exactly as we left it… So how do we come home well, especially when the creative life continues to call us into new adventures over and over again? In this final episode for Season 3, Joel asks us to consider the idea of what it means to truly find Home, and to carry this with us, like a snail shell on our backs - a place of belonging within ourselves, so that with each new journey, we lean into the w...2023-04-1653 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 55- INTERVIEW with Lesley Wirth (The healing power of listening - to body, intuition and creative flow)Lesley Wirth is an American-born poet, author, and speaker, with a masters in spiritual psychology, who works to inspire women to embrace their humanity and be open to the power of their spirit. In this conversation, Lesleys shares about her own journey towards healing through the practice of listening - to her intuition, to her body, and through the power and surrender of creative flow through poetry. And along the way, becoming somewhat of a master at tapping into those beautiful, almost unexplainable moments that we as creatives strive for - to become a vessel fo...2023-04-1251 min

Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.Somerset Storyfest Special: JOEL MCKERROW with Dani Vee and James LaytonSomerset Storyfest Special: JOEL MCKERROW with Dani Vee and James Layton 2023-03-2915 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 54- Coming Down The Mountain (and The Art of Authentic Marketing)Have you ever had a transcendent creative experience but then when you finally brought your work out into the world… it felt like a bit of a letdown? In todays episode, we’re talking through how to come back down the mountain of our creative highs and release our work into the world in a meaningful way. Yep, we’re talking marketing, and as it turns out… it’s not such a dirty word after all! Our sponsors are The Practice Co. and ACOM This podcast is hosted by Joel McKerrow & Produced by Ri...2023-03-211h 00

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 53- INTERVIEW with Chelsea McGough (On Pixie Dust and the Making of FLOW - The New Album by Joel McKerrow & Chelsea McGough)Joel speaks to Chelsea McGough - a cellist, composer, and producer based in Nashville, who’s compositions have been featured in films, television, social media and ad campaigns in the U.S. and abroad. In this conversation, Chelsea talks through losing her love for music and how she found her way back again, finally landing in a place that felt more like home. Chelsea and Joel recently performed together at Story Festival in the US, and off the back of that went on to record a fully improvised contemplative meditation album together, while living on oppo...2023-03-1254 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 52- INTERVIEW with Emma Wyndham Chalmers (Gentling The Wild Inside)If you’ve ever felt the pull towards two different directions within yourself or that life is just too short or not big enough to allow all the parts of you to thrive, then this just might be the episode for you. This week on the podcast, Joel speaks to singer, songwriter and musician from Melbourne band The Gentling - Emma Wyndham Chalmers. Emma shares about her relationship with creativity, and how this has changed over time as she made peace with the two “voices in her head” - or different parts of her character, that felt like t...2023-03-0556 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 51- The Innermost CaveIn this episode, we’ve come finally to the place we’ve been journeying towards all along… The Innermost Cave. The Centre of everything. The place where we meet ourselves and humanity and God and where all creativity flows out of. Joel gets pretty philosophical as he invites us beyond the Deep Place (our individual inner-self) to the DEEP DEEP (where our inner-selves connect with the inner reality of all things). We find that at the centre of everything is both our deep longing for and fear of connection, and all the ways we can get lost or bloc...2023-02-261h 06

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 50- Not Selling Out In The City Of SuccessWell, you’ve have arrived. You made it to the City Of Success and it feels glorious! …or does it? Is something missing?What is success anyway, and now that you are here, what does it look like to live authentically and genuinely in this life and still be able to give yourself to things that make you feel wonderful? In this episode, we’re building a house. YOUR house, in the City of Success. Not a mansion but a home. A refuge to dwell in and create in and welcome others into. Our...2023-02-121h 07

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 49- INTERVIEW with Candace Smith (Tapping into ESSENCE).Candace Smith is The Essence Photographer - a light seeking, photo ninja on a mission to help women come home to their bodies and see themselves as the perfectly imperfect, radiant, powerful beings that they are. Formerly an art model, Candace knows a thing or two about being on both sides of the camera. In this conversation, she shares her journey from modelling for others to becoming her own artist, and the immense power there is in allowing the beauty and essence in others to be truly seen by them, as they are. You...2023-02-0655 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 48- The People We Find On The WayThis week, we’re talking TRIBE. The Creative Journey was never meant to be walked alone. Like it or not - we NEED other people. So, in this episode, we name some of the different kinds of people that might intersect our paths along the way, and what this could look like as a movement towards community and belonging. Joel challenges us to truly see people and to live with the kind of empathy that allows us to be affected - that through being present to the real stories of others, we bec...2023-01-221h 15

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 47- INTERVIEW with Ingrid Laguna: When Curiosity Leads The WayIn this final episode for the year, we hear from Ingrid Laguna - an award winning novelist and educator, having published a memoir and multiple childrens books. In this conversation she opens up about her love affair with creativity in all the ways it shows up for her. She talks through collaboration & building trust, to her writing process, to the terrifying joy of discovering improv theatre, how creativity has helped her process unimaginable loss and make friends with risk and failure, and so much more, giving us a glimpse into a wonder-full and deeply rich life where...2022-12-181h 11

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 46- INTERVIEW: A Live Experiment In Theatre Production with Hailey McQueen (Finding Freedom Within Constraint)This week on the podcast Joel interviews the artistic director of Clock & Spiel Productions in Sydney - Hailey McQueen. Hailey shares her story from moving to Sydney to study acting at 17, to learning to create her own opportunities in the acting world and finding her way into artistic directing, now running a professional theatre company that works with some of Australia’s best talent. Meanwhile Joel & Hailey take on an impromptu challenge to write a monologue mid podcast (!!) and then dissect the process as it happens. This is a good one folks, get ya cuppa’s an...2022-12-041h 14

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 45- Sanctuary: A Place Of RestWhen was the last time you did not have to succeed? When was the last time you did not feel guilty for doing nothing? When did you last think about why you started this creative journey in the first place? In this episode, hosted by Joel McKerrow - we enter into sanctuary; a time of slowing down, of looking inward, of remembering and reflecting and of play, without any agenda. This is indeed, the deep place, the well from which we draw our creativity out of. Our sponsors are The Practice Co. and A...2022-11-271h 15

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 44- INTERVIEW with Dani Vee: Living With Anxiety And A Creative MindIn this episode, Joel interviews author and Words and Nerds podcast host Dani Vee who gives us the inside view of what it’s like to live with anxiety and a wildly creative mind. Dani goes deep on how she has come to make a companion out of her anxiety, how to sit with it and channel this energy into her various creative projects. Show notes: Dani Vee: https://www.wordsandnerds.com/ Our sponsors are The Practice Co. and ACOM This podcast is hosted by Joel McKerrow & Produced by Rich...2022-11-2051 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 43 - What The Desert Has To Teach Us (+ The Launch of the School For Creative Development)This week on the podcast we launch the School For Creative Development! An online communal learning platform combining four different creative modules, over 50 hours of audio and video content, workbooks and zoom sessions with Joel McKerrow, to inspire your art, grow your audience and blow your creative practice out of the water! As we launch this, Joel talks us through what to do when we feel we’ve landed in the desert (creatively speaking), when the inspiration has run dry, and we are barely surviving. How do we find that lush fertile land again and what...2022-11-061h 05

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 42- INTERVIEW with Liz Milani: Stepping Into Your Creative PowerLiz Milani is writer and creator of The Practice Co. In this conversation, Liz shares about her creative practice and battles with imposter syndrome, and gives us a deep dive into her story of leaving the church, deconstructing and reimagining her faith, and coming home to her creative, physical and spiritual self. Our sponsors are The Practice Co. and ACOM. This podcast is hosted by Joel McKerrow & Produced by Richelle Bourne. 2022-10-2355 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 41- Lost In The ForestAs humans, almost all of us have woken up at some point in our lives feeling lost and aimless, unsure of which path to take or where the path even is. And for many of us - and especially in our creative lives - the temptation to just give up at this point is real. In this episode, we find ourselves lost in the forest and Joel McKerrow shares five key tools for getting back on track and what this lostness might have to teach us along the way. Our sponsors are The Practice Co...2022-10-091h 01

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 40- First Steps on the JourneyIn this episode we have begun the Creative Journey. We face into the wild unknown and the foreboding blankness of the empty page and take a few tentative steps forward. Perhaps feeling like an imposter in this strange new landscape and longing for the comfort of home, and yet here we find ourselves. Joel McKerrow talks us through how we begin our journey, how we move forward and who to look to for guidance along the way. Show notes: The books referenced in this episode are: The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp, Bird b...2022-09-271h 09

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 39- INTERVIEW with Stephen RoachBased in North Carolina, Stephen Roach is a musician, author, podcaster and founder of The Breath & The Clay - a creative arts community exploring the intersections of art, faith & culture. In this conversation, Stephen shares about his creative process, how he sees the relationship between creativity and spirituality, seasons of transition and facing into the dark night of the soul. Show Notes: The music featured throughout this episode is by Stephen Roach’s band, Songs of Water. Find them on Spotify here. The Breath and the Clay community ...2022-09-1850 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 38- Crossing The Threshold: The intentional choice to leave what has beenIn this episode we find ourselves at the “threshold” of our creative lives, and we have a choice to make. Will we stay within the boundaries of the familiar and comfortable that we know so well or will cross over into the Great Unknown, and embark wholeheartedly on the Creative Journey? What will we take with us and what will we leave behind? We also explore why this decision can be so hard, and what it means to find ourselves in the liminal space - when one thing has ended and the next has not yet begun. 2022-09-121h 17

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 37- INTERVIEW with Grace NaoumIn this interview, actor, acting coach and writer Grace Naoum speaks about her creative process and approach to acting and storytelling - how she accesses the magic and how she does this with presence, vulnerability and authenticity. You can find Grace on instagram @grace_naoum_acting_coach The music in Grace’s poem is by David Andrew. Find his music on Spotify 2022-09-041h 07

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 36- The Call to AdventureIn this episode we explore the Call to Adventure. The inciting incidents and patterns of synchronicity that have brought us to this place in our creative journeys, of leaving our comfort behind for the hope of something more. Anna McGahan (Anna’s story) - annamcgahan.com/ 2022-08-281h 02

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp 35- (SEASON 3) The Shallows We Have Called HomeIn this first episode of Season 3 Joel welcomes us to the Creative Journey inviting us for this whole season to step out on a new path. In this episode he guides us in exploring where we are at in our creative lives and acknowledging the parts of us that may have become too comfortable making a home in the “shallows”. 2022-08-2154 min

Spiritual Misfits PodcastJoel McKerrow on removing the blindfoldsJoel McKerrow is a poet and educator. He speaks to large groups of people. He writes wonderful books. He occasionally paints skateboards or does wood carvings. He’s one of those people who is basically brilliant at everything he does. And he has a deep understanding of the winding pilgrimage that honest spirituality entails. A couple years ago Joel published a book called ‘Woven: a Faith for the Dissatisfied’. It’s a great book that most listeners of this podcast would deeply resonate with. Head to joelmckerrow.com after the episode to grab a copy.I actuall...2022-08-0640 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 34- Pre-Season Excitement...Snuck in between season 2 and season 3 Joel McKerrow shares a bunch of SUPER exciting things happening that you really need to know about... So check them all out... 2022-07-1219 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 33. INTERVIEW with Amirah Sackett- We're Muslim, Don't Panic.Back in 2019 at the GreenBelt festival in the UK Joel interviewed hip hop dancer, choreographer, activist and educator Amirah Sackett about the intersection of her dance and her Islamic faith. Check out her work at- https://www.amirahsackett.com 2021-08-1538 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 32. INTERVIEW with Laura Lindsay- Writing Your Way into Healing.This episode of the podcast is an interview with Laura Lindsay and covers things like the Royal Commission on Child Abuse in religious organisations, IVF and miscarriage and the role of creativity to bring healing in these realities. It is a weighty episode, but one about things that need to be spoken about. This is not one you want to listen to with young children. You can Laura's safe-guarding work at https://glasshousesafeguarding.com Music in this episode by Taylor Leonhardt- https://www.taylorleonhardt.com DEEP PLACE- www.thedeepplacepodcast.co...2021-08-021h 14

Down to Earth Conversations31. Joel McKerrow - Creativity, Spirituality, and Seeking JusticeJoel McKerrow is an award winning writer, speaker, educator, artist, and one of Australia’s most successful, internationally touring, performance poets. He is the artist ambassador for Tearfund Australia, and a big part of The Justice Conference in Australia. In this conversation we talk about his creativity, how that connects with his spirituality which has changed over the years, how he got involved in issues of justice, and so much more. We even listen to one of his poems, released earlier this year. He is inspiring, thought provoking, and is a totally relatable, down to earth human being. Check out Joel...2021-07-0455 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 31. INTERVIEW with Sabrina Lloyd- On Redefining Creating Success.Joel interviews artist, actor and writer Sabrina Lloyd about how she sees creative success having moved from Hollywood stardom to travelling the world to living on an island and taking up painting. www.sabrinalloyd.com https://www.instagram.com/sabrina.lloyd_ STORY COURSE- www.joelmckerroweducation.com Music on todays episode mostly by Taylor Leonhardt. 2021-06-2147 min

The Unfolding EnneagramJoel McKerrow - HUMAN and Enneagram 3My guest today is performance poet, Joel McKerrow. To try and describe what that means and what he does in a these show notes would be like asking me to describe what crème brûlée taste like. I can’t. You must experience it. I’m so excited to share his latest project, HUMAN - An Exploration of the Inner Life. Through the visual arts, the zoological, the poetic and the musical, HUMAN is an exploration of the drive that makes us...well...human. With a philosophical base in the identity framework of the...2021-05-1339 min

REALIFE Conversations for Christian Coaches125: Joel McKerrow - A Conversation with a Poet and Creative“A fish in a bowl doesn’t know that it’s wet.” Joel McKerrow believes that naming the water we’ve been swimming around in is part of growing up and there’s a whole world out there for us to get lost in! Joel is a touring, performance poet whose life is the confluence of creativity and identity work. Join the conversation as Joel takes us on a journey of re-weaving–taking the unraveled threads of our lives and seeing them woven back together as a “garment for any season of faith and doubt and wrestle and...2021-05-1248 min

I love you too much to argue!38. Enneagram | JOEL MCKERROWHolly chats with very special guest Joel McKerrow 3w4 about his current art/poetry exhibition on the Enneagram called HUMAN. Check out all of Joel's amazing work at www.joelmckerrow.com listen to his podcast The Deep Place - on Creativity & Spirituality and listen to his Enneagram poems on Spotify or on his website. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iloveyoutoomuchtoargue/message 2021-05-1133 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 30. INTERVIEW with Colleen O'Connell- The Intentional Life of a Creative Mother.Joel interviews singer/songwriter Colleen O'Connell about creativity whilst parenting two toddlers and the intentionality it requires. All music in this episode by Colleen O'Connell- https://colleenoconnellmusic.com https://www.instagram.com/colleenoconnellmusic 2021-05-1058 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 29. HUMAN:THREE:SUPERHERO- for the Achievers (and all Enneagram THREE's).The third in the HUMAN enneagram series, a poem for all the achievers out there. www.joelmckerrow.com/human Music by Colleen O'Connell- https://colleenoconnellmusic.com 2021-05-0606 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 28. HUMAN:TWO:HEAVY- for those Weighed Down (and all Enneagram TWO's).The second in the HUMAN series from Joel McKerrow. www.joelmckerrow.com/human MUSIC on human:two:heavy by MEENA SHAMALY- http://www.meenashamaly.com 2021-05-0406 min

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 27. A LIVE experiment in Creative Risk with Richelle Bourne (On Fear, Risk, Failure and Redefining Success).Joel McKerrow and Richelle Bourne start from the blank page and attempt to write a whole poem/song together by the end of this episode. Talk about creative risk. Check out more of Joel and Richelles work together including their latest collaboration HERE The music from todays episode is from RICHELLE BOURNE. 2021-04-211h 01

The Deep Place: On Creativity and SpiritualityEp. 26. HUMAN:ONE:IMPERFECT- for the perfectionist (and all Enneagram ONE's).Are you a perfectionist, a critic, too harsh, on yourself, on others. Are you someone who sees what needs to be done, the details of it all, how it could come together if people would only... Are you someone who sees the injustices of the world and demands that they be changed. May this poem speak to you. The first of the poems from HUMAN: An Exploration of the Inner Life by Joel McKerrow. With Music by Richelle Bourne and Matthew Bourne. Check out www.joelmckerrow.com/human to see the full project. 2021-04-2007 min

Achievers AnonymousEpisode 3: Re-storying with Joel MckerrowIn our first ever interview with a fellow Enneagram 3, we chat to the prolific poet and artist Joel McKerrow. He opens up about the process of re-storying and how it enabled him to wrestle with the shadow side of being an Achiever. We discuss Joel's latest Enneagram exhibition, Human: An exploration of the Inner Life. Make sure you listen right to the end of the episode where you’ll hear Joel’s spoken word created just for Achievers. It definitely impacted us significantly and we’re sure it will impact you too…if you let it 😉 More of his fabulous wo...2021-04-1542 min