by Elise Marcianti
The Explore Your Core podcast talks with people who have paved their own path in the creative, adventurous or entrepreneurial field and explores how the followed their passions and purpose and built the resilience to keep persevering <br/><br/><a href="https://elisemarcianti.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">elisemarcianti.substack.com</a>
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March 24, 2025
<p>On Episode 83 of the Explore Your Core Podcast I am joined with Adventure Psychologist Paula Reid from the UK. </p><p>Paula Reid lives by the motto “living life to the full” and what she has accomplsihed and her attitude towards life show she has truly embraced that motto. Paula has skiied 1000km from the coast of Antarctica to the south pole, a journey hauling an 80kg sled over 46 days. She has also sailed around the world in the worlds toughest Yacht race and cycled across 17 countries. On the podcast, we talk about her recent trip volunteering in Ukraine and the broadened persepctive she came back with. We also talk about the conflicting pull- the moment you realise you have the path you ‘should follow’ and the path you have a pull for, and speak about what gave her the courage to listen to that pull and pave her own path where there wasn’t a clear way forward.“It was about 20 years ago that I realised this could be a lifestyle and that it’s okay to be me and it’s actually better, I feel more alive and therefore I’m able to put more energy back into the world”She talks about a positive psychology model called PERMA which makes up the core elements needed for wellbeing- Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment and how important having meaningful conversations and relationships and a sense of purpose are for our wellbeing. Paua’s story shows it’s not about chasing happiness, it’s about honoring all the human emotions we have by seeking richness in experience. </p><p>Follow the Explore Your Core Podcast to stay up to date with new epsisodes. You can find Paula Reid <a target="_blank" href="https://www.paulareid.com/">here</a> and on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/thepaulareid/">socials.</a>Until the next episode,Explore Your Core.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://elisemarcianti.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">elisemarcianti.substack.com</a>
February 28, 2025
<p>On this episode of the Explore Your Core Podcast, I am joined with Bohie. Bohie isn’t just an artist- she is a change maker, a pioneer, and shaping how we see the world. Growing up in Braidwood, NSW, she studied drawing and printmaking, and what underpins many of the works she does across the diverse mediums she uses is story. Her fascination with stories led her to get a camera and roam the streets during her gap year, keeping a sketchbook with her while she travelled, capturing moments through drawings and quotes from hostels. She began to find her voice looking at the spaces between us. We talk about the struggles of having your voice dampened and some of the struggles of finding the balance between being a creative and doing commercial projects as well as being in this field as a woman. She speaks about her journey finding who she authentically was after finding herself in the skate community after a breakup and not knowing where she stood as a female in that space. </p><p>In the years that followed, she came to realise she wasn’t okay and turned inwards to heal. We spoke about creativity and depression, how she found art to be therapeutic, and her battles with imposter syndrome. </p><p><p>“Our language is so limited. We label everything, but every single label has connotations and baggage attached to it and visuals cut through that.”</p></p><p>With a 10 year background in sign writing, she came to see the power that words played in her life and how words trapped her- creating categories, connotations, and labels. We discuss labels and mental health and the stigma of different labels. She speaks about the depths her depression took her to and how she now sees those depths as a place she gets to explore and enhance her capacity to feel.We talk about perspectives and how a zoomed-out perspective on life can make people feel everything is connected. Alongside perspective, we touch on how self-talk can be impactful, especially to combat the negative narratives within, and how curiosity can become a counteract method for overcoming fear. </p><p><p>"Curiosity is playfulness. It’s about letting yourself be in awe of anything, even if you just look at a concrete wall, you can find playfulness, or sit there long enough until the light changes or shadows play up against it. It’s just opening yourself up.” </p></p><p>Bohie’s works have been deeply rooted in healing from these life situations and has found it transformative inviting others into her projects turning them into community-driven mural projects that raise the voices and awareness of these issues. You can find her work on her <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bohie.com.au/">Website</a> and socials <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/bohie/">here</a>, uou can check out her creative agency called <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rawinitiative.com/">Raw Initiative </a>and the book she mentioned in the podcast <a target="_blank" href="https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/women_who_run_with_the_wolves__myths_and_stories_of_the_wild_woman_archetype_101250.htm">Women Who Run With The Wolves </a>Follow Explore Your Core on Substack or Spotify to stay up to date. Would love to hear your thoughts on this chat!Until next episode,-Explore Your Core </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://elisemarcianti.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">elisemarcianti.substack.com</a>
February 16, 2025
<p><p>What’s sitting on the other side of fear’-Tim Ferris </p></p><p>On epsiode 81 of the Explore Your Core Podcast I chat with Gianni Valenti, a friend of mine who I’ve spent countless hours on the phone with over the years and who has been there as we navigate our own way through the unknown and fear. </p><p>I wanted to chat to him about his journey and what gave him the courage to change the direction he was going in, how he deals with the uncertainty and his mindset and approach to these situations. Gianni’s trajectory was in finacial planning in Geelong, that was until he decided to do a snow season in Canada which changed his persective on how life could be lived. Since then he continued to travel and explore new pathways and has now become a guide in K’Gari Island and a yoga instructor. </p><p>We speak about the challenges and rewards of changing your path- how you know it will bring a sense of meaning but it comes with no certainty and we talk about reframing the way uncertainty is seen. He speaks on how meeting like minded people has been validating, it’s been proof when he see’s other people living the way he wants to be; that sometimes things seem unrealistic and unmanagable but hearing from other people breaks things down into small steps and slowly it becomes possible. We also chat about his yoga practice and how journalling, meditation and yoga have been his go to for reflecting and recharging.You can follow his journey on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/giannis.promise?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==">socials </a> here. </p><p><p>"The process of making essential oil is to dilute and dissolve and remove any impurities so that all you are left with is what is vibrant and fragrant, and that’s what I believe life should be like”</p><p>-Gianni</p></p><p>Follow the Explore Your Core podcast to keep up to date with the latest epsiodes. Until then, stay curious. -Explore Your Core </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://elisemarcianti.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">elisemarcianti.substack.com</a>
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