Loved Called Gifted

• Rooted in Love with Maria Garvey: Finding Belonging, Presence and Playfulness

  Host Catherine Cowell is joined by Maria Garvey for a conversation about retirement, rootedness, and rediscovering the transformative power of community and presence. Maria shares her personal journey from a life of professional busyness to a slower, more intentional rhythm grounded in her local village. She explores themes of loneliness, the quiet revolution of love, vulnerability as strength, and embracing life with playfulness and authenticity. With wisdom, humor, and touching stories—including goose rescues, therapeutic clowning, and the quiet magic of shared tea—this episode is a celebration of the sacredness found in everyday connection. You can find a full transcript here.  If you'd like to get in touch, you can email Catherine at [email protected] Connect with us on Facebook  Find out more about what we get up to on the LCG website

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• Coping Together: Children with Special Needs Making Music

  Heather and Ben Cope have a lovely little studio in their home where they share their passion for music with lots of children with different special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In this episode, they talk passionately about their love of music, about life as a blended SEND family and how they came to set up their CIC, Coping Together. They talk about the unique needs and abilities of every child who walks through their doors and how they adjust their approach to adapt to the needs and interests and passions of each individual. Their love for music, for the children they work with and for one another shines through this conversation. I already knew Heather and Ben because one of my sons has music lessons with them, as do the children of several of my friends and we all know that they are marvellous, but it was wonderful to have the chance to listen to their story. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.   There is a full transcript of this episode here. You can contact the podcast at [email protected] and you can find our website here. It would be great to hear from you. You can also follow us on Facebook

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• Lucie Labadie: Let it Bleed!

  Lucie Labadie is a dance artist. A few years ago, she began to learn about the menstrual cycle and the way that women's bodies travel through different phases, different seasons each month. In this episode she talks to Catherine about what she has discovered and how understanding her body helps her to live more in tune with it. There are times in the month when she chooses to prioritise rest and times for focus and activity. Times when she is more intuitive. She has learnt that some times in the month are better for making decisions than others. She talks about the beauty and the spirituality of the female body.  Let it Bleed! is the dance show that Lucie created collaboratively with a group of women to artistically explore and depict the journey through the different seasons of the cycle. She shares the inspiration for the show and the way it was created. You can find out more about Lucie and her work on her website, Lucielabadiedanceartist.com Find out more about Loved Called Gifted on the website. Connect through email at [email protected] or via Facebook.    If you would like to get hold of Catherine's new book, you can find it on Amazon.

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• Unschooling with Heidi Steel

  Heidi Steel runs Live Play Learn, a hub and a community for unschooling parents. Unschooling is an approach to homeschooling that starts with the understanding that humans are born with a natural ability to learn and parents can provide the natural environment in which that can happen for their children. She is a qualified primary school teacher, and having worked in schools for 14 years, knew that she wanted something different for her own children. She talks about how unschooling has positively shaped the life of her family and provided the opportunity to create environments and learning opportunities centred around the individual personalities and needs of each of her children. Including where there is neurodiversity. She hosts the Unschooling Conversations podcast and you can find resources and information at liveplaylearn.org There is a transcript for this episode on the Loved Called Gifted website, where you can find out all sort of things about what I get up to.  You can connect with me on Facebook, or via email: [email protected].  

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• Jesus and Masculinity: it's not about being in charge. With Sean Kennedy

  In the last episode, Catherine looked at the concept of Biblical Womanhood, and the fact that it doesn't really stand up to scrutiny if you start by looking at Jesus and his interactions with women. This time, she is joined by Sean Kennedy to consider manhood through the lens of Jesus, his life, his teachings and his interactions with the men around him. Spoiler alert: Jesus never once tells men they need to be in charge.  If you enjoy this episode and the ideas within it, you might like to read Catherine's new book: Finding God's Feminine Side, which is available on Amazon as both a paperback and a Kindle version.  Episode transcript Loved Called Gifted website Get in touch via the Facebook page or email us: [email protected]

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