The first instalment of Mothermouth Musings! :)

I have decided to intersperse Mothermouth's interviews with maybe to be considered more 'philosophical' musings and ponderings of mine, that have recently come up. These will be short recordings around topics that have recently caught my attention.

Maybe I will publish these musings under a written blog, but for now time constraints are keeping them to audio recordings which I think works quite well.

With the recent explosion of offerings in coaching and mentoring and online courses in knowledge sharing I ponder about how typical word usage in the field of health and spiritual development actually undermine the essence of what they are claiming to help people with.

For me, the words 'coach' or 'guide' in themselves denote a power discrepancy or hierarchical set up, which might feel familiar and safe to many because we are used to authoritarian structures, however it contradicts the promise of helping you to 'step into your power'.

Language is powerful!

Naming something is a 'magical act'.

Thus, I feel, we need to be very aware of words' tonality, context, and origins.

How can we rename something that is a dynamic process between people? To come to its essence and to dismantle old disempowering structures at the same time? Maybe 'accompanying' somebody on a healing journey would be the right phrase?

I mention a couple of thinkers in this episode who are very much working on the dismantling of hierarchical structures and are supporting collective co-creation.

These are:

Bayo Akomolafe and his Emergence Network - https://www.bayoakomolafe.net, https://www.emergencenetwork.org/bio/bayo-akomolafe/

Phoebe Tickell and her Imagination Activism and participation in Liberating Structures: https://www.moralimaginations.com/imaginactivism, http://www.phoebetickell.com, https://www.liberatingstructures.com

As always, I am super interested in what your thoughts are on these subjects. :)

Please be in touch <3

Steph

If you have enjoyed the podcast, please write a quick review on one of the podcast platforms you use. Especially on apple podcast, spotify and youtube it helps to bring the podcast to more listeners.

Or support me on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mothermouth

And come to the website: https://mothermouth.co.uk

A transcript of the podcast episode is available here: https://rss.com/podcasts/mothermouth/1218610/#transcript

Music by 12Volt, with great thanks to my friend Sascha Usison.