Social Harmony - Time to Talk

As a child we look to our parents for many things -guidance, help to grow, food and shelter but most of all we look to them to care for us. Sadly, that isn't the case for everyone - but to then double down on childhood abuse was how today's guest experienced his formative years.

Gregorio Lewis was Craig Lewis - a regular boy who went through a highly irregular upbringing. While his parents gave the outward appearance that they were pillars of the community, behind closed doors the abuse they inflicted on their son told a different story - and when young Craig voiced this, their response was to have him purposefully and wrongfully diagnosed with a number of psychological conditions, given drugs that affected both his physical health and his state of mind whilst proclaiming total innocence of any wrongdoing.

Thus began a 15-year battle to regain both his life and his sanity, the right to know what was held on file about him and the opportunity to break free of his old life in order to start anew. While he began to rebuild his life as he saw fit, there were several pitfalls and struggles ahead in what had already been filled with the worst of starts.

Living in Mexico having left his old life and much of his former identity, Gregorio has found a new enthusiasm alongside his new community. In addition to this, he has written several self-help books as both a means of understanding his own trauma as well as helping others who are need of someone to just believe in them.

Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

http://www.youtube.com/@SocialHarmonyTimetoTalk

https://open.spotify.com/show/4aAdbPrTjEEnwco5jII65U?si=7560cec563a14d08

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-harmony-time-to-talk/id1792776061

Check out Gregorio and his work on the links below:

Craig "Gregorio" Lewis | About | Patreon
Amazon.com: Craig Lewis: books, biography, latest update
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As a parent, so many things run through your mind when trying to find the sweet spot of raising your child to be strong but gentle, kind but firm, outgoing yet humble and so the list goes on. Added to this as the parent of a boy is "Will my son become a good man?" - but what is expected when speaking of a good man? And how do we meet this ever-changing paradigm?

Joining me today is Kathy Imabayashi - a coach, educator, author and mother, who has over 40 years of experience working with families and their children, learning from each encounter and sharing her knowledge when it comes to understanding how our young men grow, function and find their way in the world.

In an age where equality is seen as the gold standard, nuance and individual needs can be overlooked or misunderstood which can lead to disconnect in either the classroom, society or the family unit. Boys are often misunderstood in this way, their need to be boisterous seen as unruly, their excess energy seen as a cause for misbehaviour and the very things that make boys who they are seen as problems to be solved rather than as qualities to be championed.

Looking from a perspective of treating boys and girls on their own merits, Kathy and I look at society's views on boys in various fields, how to protect them as they grow, how to encourage independence sensibly and much more.

Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

http://www.youtube.com/@SocialHarmonyTimetoTalk

https://open.spotify.com/show/4aAdbPrTjEEnwco5jII65U?si=444c3079bcf74b9c

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-harmony-time-to-talk/id1792776061

Check out Kathy and her work on the links below:

Sonhood Coaching → Guiding intentional parenting of boys
Kathy Imabayashi | Find Podcasters & Guests - MatchMaker.fm
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Have you ever observed someone who just gets things done? Someone dynamic who seems to just know the right things to say and then has the energy to get the wheels in motion? Today's conversation left me feeling as though my guest not only fits that mould, she went on to reform it in her own image.

I'm joined by Sunniva Holt, who has spent the last decade motivating and coaching high-achieving women to push themselves further, step out from the shadows and "remember who the fuck you are!". Working intuitively and in a highly relational way with women who have become stuck for whatever reason, Sunniva looks to put each aspect of her clients' lives under the microscope in order to seek out that which serves and that which hinders before looking to manifest that which will take you to a higher level.

Talking openly and honestly about her own life, from an idyllic childhood setting, through struggles with religion, to living abroad at 17, buying her first home at 19 and through to her present life in Auckland, Sunniva embodies her philosophies and lives it the way she talks it, practising what she preaches and works on both her struggles and her successes in equal measure.

Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

http://www.youtube.com/@SocialHarmonyTimetoTalk

https://open.spotify.com/show/4aAdbPrTjEEnwco5jII65U?si=a23a03a061bb4afd

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-harmony-time-to-talk/id1792776061

Check out Sunniva and her work on the links below:

SUNNIVA HOLT
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How I made my first million: 'This is not a romantic story' | Stuff

Every so often, a person shows up in your life that sees things differently. We may misunderstand, dismiss or even act with hostility toward these people - but then something clicks. The lesson makes sense, or you become engaged with what you've just heard and want to learn more. Your journey begins towards a higher level of being...

Today I'm joined by just such a person - and at the end of our conversation I left with more questions than answers alongside a burning desire to hear more. Greg Campisi is an author, speaker, channeler and awakener who has a number of unique and insightful ways of seeing the human condition and how we move through life - seeing us encumbered with a density that we carry that keeps us from our true potential. He can also help to shift that density in order to move forward.
Greg and I discuss his work, the paths he has taken in order to reach his current state, the gravity of trauma, the energy of fear and so much more - as you'll hear, there is so much that we are just moving through life unaware of and wisdom that we are passing by which ensures we continue with the same resistance.

Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

http://www.youtube.com/@SocialHarmonyTimetoTalk

https://open.spotify.com/show/4aAdbPrTjEEnwco5jII65U?si=d21ebe96a5fe418d

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-harmony-time-to-talk/id1792776061

Check out Greg and his work on the links below:

Greg Campisi Speaker and Guide - Greg Campisi
Amazon.com: Greg Campisi: books, biography, latest update
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Most of us would have been asked as children "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and would have replied with the job of choice that currently held esteem for us - at age 4, Gina Gonzalez said that she was going to be a mental health worker and so it came to pass now that she is a Licensed Mental Health Counsellor, speaker and podcaster.

Following her parents' acrimonious divorce in her early years, Gina was introduced to 'adults who would help her' to come to terms with the change in circumstances and processing any emotions that would surface but there was the constant feeling that they were getting it wrong and that in order to genuinely connect with a child or teenager then things would need to be done differently.

Gina talks me through her career working with teenagers, the sheer volume of cases assigned with limited resources, her progression through to supervising others and needing therapy to leave a job after 14 years. Also in among this is a heartbreaking story of loss that changed Gina's outlook and took her in a new direction.

Having miscarried and then gone through the peri-natal loss of her son at 40 weeks, Gina and her husband had to grieve their tragedy and then face Life After The Hardest Goodbye. Talking candidly about their journey, working with a community that is suffering, dealing with a topic that nobody wants to discuss and asking difficult questions of herself and others, Gina turned her pain into purpose and began working on finding solutions to high mortality rates in her community and starting her podcast in order to be a resource for others who were facing similar struggles and the same wall of silence.

Available on Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts:

https://open.spotify.com/show/4aAdbPrTjEEnwco5jII65U?si=5a97c1b06bb84590

http://www.youtube.com/@SocialHarmonyTimetoTalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-harmony-time-to-talk/id1792776061

Check out Gina and her work on the links below:

Gina Gonzalez (LMHC) - Sping Hill, FL - Postpartum Therapist
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https://open.spotify.com/show/033RFk43BErXbuI0zCJK1e?si=4626c2fb223f45b7