Flip It
You can flip your life around for the better. Laura Hearn knows this firsthand, she's living proof of it. Join Laura, as we navigate life’s highs and lows through intimate solo sessions and guest interviews. Inspired by her personal journal entries, this series will help you create the life you not only want, but the life you deserve. We’ll explore listener questions and may even invite some of them onto the show. Laura's honesty, humour and authentic storytelling unveil the beauty, and let’s face it, sometimes the downright ugliness in life's negatives and positives. This podcast isn't just a listening experience; it's a profound exploration of the human spirit, designed to uplift, empower, and connect us all.
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To Follow Your Head or Your Heart?
02/17/2025
To Follow Your Head or Your Heart?
I have been at a complete crossroads for a little while now. I describe it like one of those you find in the outback of Australia. Where you can see for miles and miles either way, yet you have no idea what might be on the horizon of either – so you just stay sat in the middle sweating it out under the scorching sun, until you fall into a complete and utter burnout. And burn I did. You see, when you feel so drained and exhausted, your decisions feel muddled and so you ask everyone around you for their advice – well at least this is what I did. But for every nugget of wisdom that was shared with me, I found myself even more unable to choose which path to follow. Do I take the path that my head was pulling me towards, or do I begin to walk the path my head was calling me to walk. With them both shouting and vying for my attention, I turned to the internet and asked, “should I follow my head or my heart…gut or intuition”? After a lot of digging and a lot of contradictory opinions, I concluded that it was me who had the answer all along, I just needed to do what I had always done before in moments of confusion and uncertainty – take a moment to pause, breathe and welcome both my head and heart in. So, if you find yourself in unfamiliar territory or unsure as to which path to follow next, I hope this episode will help you to feel a little less alone in your own experience – and to know that both your head and your heart are only ever doing their best to look out for you. Connect with me: Socials: #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn YouTube: @FlipItPodcast Sign up to my Substack and and join the Flip It community: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you:
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Healing From Abandonment
02/10/2025
Healing From Abandonment
What comes to mind when you hear the word 'abandonment.' Perhaps, it takes you back to a difficult time and place in your childhood. Maybe you recall a story you heard on the news of a baby being left on the doorstep. Perhaps it reignites the pain you felt when your partner left you for someone else. Or maybe the humiliation you felt the time you spoke up at work and were immediately shut down. No matter what kind of picture the word abandonment paints - feelings of being left behind, unlovable and unimportant can infiltrate every relationship you encounter. The word abandonment hadn't entered the pages of my own journal until recently when I began to explore the feelings I felt after a break-up. The more I wrote, the more I began to realise that I had been repeating patterns and playing the same old narratives over and over again. Curious to learn more about where my fear of abandonment may have come from, and more importantly how I could rewrite my script, I sought the help of psychotherapist, Susan Anderson. Susan’s vulnerability and willingness to share her own experience of overcoming her fear of abandonment, has helped me to look at my own wounds with a new perspective and understanding of this universal human emotion. If you are going through a heartbreak or a loss, if you feel alone or fear that you will never be loveable, then I hope this episode will help you to understand more about your own experience and most importantly how to recover from abandonment. Connect with Susan Anderson: Connect with me: Socials: #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn YouTube: @FlipItPodcast Sign up to my Substack and and join the Flip It community: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you:
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It's Never Too Late
02/03/2025
It's Never Too Late
Have you ever looked at someone else's life and wished it was yours? Maybe you feel stuck, unfulfilled and as though you are just going through life on autopilot. Or perhaps you have a longing for something more, but think that it’s all too late for you. We are conditioned to think that the way to win at life is to have a 2.4 family, a stable job and a nice house with a garden, so why is it that so many of us who seemingly have all of this, are unhappy? It was a question that kept nagging away at my guest for this week, who at the beginning of the second half of her life, made the brave decision to leave everything she knew to embark on an adventure that many of us only talk about. Anne Boyd, left her career in academia and life as an empty-nester to pursue her dream of travel and being an actual, real, full-time writer and writing coach at the age of 52. So if you have ever wondered if it’s too late to change your life, then let this conversation convince you otherwise. Connect with Anne Boyd: Connect with me: Socials: #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn YouTube: @FlipItPodcast Sign up to my Substack and and join the Flip It community: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: https://www.speakpipe.com/FlipIt
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What Is Love?
01/27/2025
What Is Love?
It’s something so intrinsic to our very being, yet at the same time, almost impossible to define. From the moment we enter the world, to the moment we depart it, love is the one thing that we all search for. Like the air we breathe, we cannot live without it. We seek it in people, places and things, yet the purest form of love surely demands nothing in return and must be nurtured from within first. My own relationship with love has been complicated and was tested a few years ago, when my heart was broken in ways I didn’t even know was possible. Like a tsunami, it engulfed me and swept me up leaving me gasping for breath. But it also made me realise that whilst I had poured love onto another, I rarely offered myself even a drop. So when I came across Antony and Margie, I just knew that the way they described their love was something that we all needed to hear. Because perhaps love is not so much about the bolts of lightning or racing heartbeats - perhaps it’s something so much simpler and ordinary – something that is accepting and allowing without judgement. And something that is not only experienced with another but through the way we look at life. Connect with me: Connect with Antony and Margie Socials: #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn YouTube: @FlipItPodcast Sign up to my Substack and and join the Flip It community: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: https://www.speakpipe.com/FlipIt
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My Story
01/20/2025
My Story
Content warning- This episode contains mentions of eating disorders. Welcome to Season Two of Flip It! It feels so wonderful to be back, and to be sharing more stories and voices, from more incredible humans. And so to begin the next Chapter of Flip It, I have, after some gentle encouragement from you, decided to start flip the script and begin the season by sharing my story. So, I hope that what you hear may give you a little insight into my own storybook and how all the chapters that came before, led me to creating Flip It, and to you. But more than anything, I hope that there may be a word or two that can help you to feel a little less alone in your own experiences, and to remind you that your story and voice deserves to be heard. Because, believe me when I say, it might just be the gift that gives someone the strength to face another day. Connect with me: Socials: #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn YouTube: @FlipItPodcast Sign up to my Substack and and join the Flip It community: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you:
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Coming Soon: Flip It Season Two
01/13/2025
Coming Soon: Flip It Season Two
I’m thrilled to share, that the new season of Flip It is here! Kicking off on January 20th, this next chapter is filled with more stories and voices that will make you laugh, cry and offer you powerful insights to help you navigate the beautiful messiness of life. This season, we’ll explore themes like love, surrender, survival, acceptance and success. Through heartfelt guest interviews and my personal reflections, we’ll embrace life’s highs and lows together. It is only by sharing stories that we can help each other to look at our own experiences through another lens, and flip the narrative around for the better — so I hope you will join me as we continue to explore our shared humanity. The first episode drops on January 20th! Subscribe now so it’s ready in your podcast feed the moment it goes live. Let’s uncover the extraordinary in the ordinary and amplify the voices that truly deserve to be heard.
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What Heartbreak Taught Me
06/13/2024
What Heartbreak Taught Me
There are no words to describe it. Heartbreak is like an explosion of your soul. It shatters every part of you, leaving you in pieces that you have no idea how to put back together. You can read, watch and listen to as many stories as you want, but nothing can prepare you for the brutality of heartbreak. You will never be the same again. Your heart won’t ever be the same again, but you will be ok and your heart won’t stay empty for long. In the aftermath of its destruction, you will discover a whole new chapter full of characters, who will hold your hand as you climb your way out of the rubble. And with everyday that passes, you will feel your heart growing stronger and stronger until you find it overflowing with more love than ever before. Love and heartbreak are meant for one another, so don’t deny yourself the magic of either. Heartbreak is the silent…hidden gift of love. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of each episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: www.awaywithwords.media/podcast
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Heartbreak - A Scientific Inquiry With Florence Williams
06/06/2024
Heartbreak - A Scientific Inquiry With Florence Williams
There has to be a reason why we risk having our hearts broken over and over again, when the experience is enough to leave you fighting for survival. The narrative of heartbreak is woven into our life from childhood. The cartoons, books, TV shows and films we are exposed to are littered with stories of love and loss. From Disney’s 'Beauty and The Beast' to Shakespeare’s 'Romeo and Juliet' and everything in between, we are well acquainted with heartbreak. But when it actually happens to you, everything you thought you knew about heartbreak evaporates into oblivion. There is nothing that can prepare you for the stabbing, then throbbing, then aching pain it leaves in your body. The only way to not suffer its brutality, is to never love at all and what kind of life would that be? But perhaps if we paid more attention to this unique and universal emotional pain, then maybe we could find a way to knit our hearts back together with a fragility that is even stronger than before. My guest for Part One of my exploration into heartbreak is the journalist Florence Williams, who went on a deeply personal and scientific inquiry to find meaning again after saying goodbye to her 25 year marriage. So, I hope that wherever you are in your own journey of love, our conversation will not only comfort you, but also help you to realise that not only is there is good reason for the pain you feel, but that there is also a way out of it. Connect with Florence Williams: Connect with me: www.awaywithwords.media #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: www.awaywithwords.media/podcast
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Rejection - The Rewards of Rejection With Patty LaRoche
05/30/2024
Rejection - The Rewards of Rejection With Patty LaRoche
It’s a story we could all write, it’s a script we have all read and it’s a page that all of us will turn again. The plot is centred around the universal experience of Rejection. Why me? What’s wrong with me? Why wasn’t I enough? What was it about me that they didn’t like? The sting of rejection can wound the most resilient of souls and can leave you questioning the very fabric of your being. But the truth is not all of our dreams are meant to be fulfilled and we are not everyone’s ‘cup of tea.’ But even more true, is that when one door closes there may just be a bigger and brighter door waiting to be opened. Whilst we can’t choose when, where or who rejects us, we can choose how we view it, as my guest this week on Flip It shares so beautifully. Patty LaRoche, is the author of ‘A Little Faith Lift: Finding Joy Beyond Rejection’- who through her years as a high school teacher and as the wife of a professional baseball player, discovered the endless rewards to be found in rejection. My story/s of rejection won’t be the same as yours, but I hope that what you hear from my conversation with Patty, may help you to flip the script and look at rejection as nothing to be ashamed of or to fear, because when the sting fades, you too may even feel its beauty. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Patty: Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: www.awaywithwords.media/podcast
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Lost and Found With Tansy Jane Dowman
05/23/2024
Lost and Found With Tansy Jane Dowman
Most of us go through moments of feeling as though something isn’t quite right - as though perhaps we have taken the wrong path. But when the path you had been walking suddenly hits a dead end without warning, it can leave you completely and utterly bewildered. When we feel lost, we can feel a million miles away from where we once were or where we want to be. We look for the answers in places, people and things in the hope that we will be shown the way back. But there is one place, a place that if we pay attention to and greet with curiosity, we can find all the answers we ever need. A place that feels like a big warm hug. A place that doesn’t judge or ask anything of you. A place that feels like home. That place is nature. Nature allows you to let go of the myriad of false expectations, social constructs and noise that derails you, and instead reconnects you with yourself in the purest form. It reminds you that you are nature and that by reimagining your relationship with nature, you need never feel lost again. So, if you are trying to find your way out of the darkness or unsure as to which way to turn next, then I hope my conversation with Tansy Dowman will help you to find a lasting friendship with nature. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Tansy Dowman: Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: www.awaywithwords.media/podcast
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Everyday Disruptors With Sophia Ufy Ukor
05/16/2024
Everyday Disruptors With Sophia Ufy Ukor
CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes discussions about rape, sexual assault, abuse, suicide and mental illness. Please listen with care. Not feeling like you matter, that you don’t fit or that your voice deserves to be heard is a familiar feeling to many of us. Afraid to stand out, we conform and squeeze ourselves into the narrow margins of societal norms. But, history has shown us that every transformative force of positive change has only ever happened with a disruption of the status quo. It’s not easy to go against the grain, to risk being rejected, isolated or deemed difficult. It takes tenacity, vulnerability and bravery, but everyday there are people who are doing just that. My guest this week is Sophia Ufy Ukor, who is one of those who has never allowed her past to define her and has gone out of her way to amplify the voices and stories of everyday ‘disruptors’ - people like you and me who took daring risks to pave the way for change. My conversation with Sophia has reminded me that my voice matters just as much as the next person’s and that it’s only by championing each other, that we can create a space for positive change to happen. None of us need to be defined by our past or to try and fit into a hole that feels too tight or too big. There is a place for us all in this world, I hope you find yours. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Sophia: Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: www.awaywithwords.media/podcast
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Solitude Part Two with Heather Hansen - The Practice of A Lost Art
05/09/2024
Solitude Part Two with Heather Hansen - The Practice of A Lost Art
Solitude has a long history and has been documented in stories, art and in real life for centuries. Perhaps our interest is not that surprising given that we spend one third of our waking life alone. Yet the way we view solitude today is often tied to negative narratives and preconceptions that perceive anything other than human connection as something to avoid. But solitude and loneliness, as I have been exploring, are not the same thing and according to my guest this week, the two have become confused. So how can we look at alone time differently and invest in it as something that is integral to our happiness, wellbeing and meaningful relationships? My guest this week for Part Two of my exploration into solitude is Heather Hansen, who along with her coauthors have spent several years researching what time alone means to different people around the world. Their book, ‘Solitude, The Science and Power of Being Alone’, presents time alone as a place of choice where we can best connect with what really matters to us - our values, interests and our emotions. I hope you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, and if you did I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Heather Hansen: Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: www.awaywithwords.media/podcast
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Solitude - Healing In Wilderness
05/02/2024
Solitude - Healing In Wilderness
Content warning: This episode features discussions of abusive relationships and suicidal ideation. Please listen with care. How much time do you spend alone? It’s a question I have been asking myself over and over again. Well actually it’s a question everyone around me has been asking over and over again. It’s got to the point where I have become so self-conscious that I find myself justifying my alone time. Loneliness carries a lot of stigma and shame and according to the World Health Organisation is a global health concern. Since time began humans were programmed to connect in order to survive, but I’m wondering if we have confused loneliness with alone time. I no longer live in the city, work in one of the world's busiest newsrooms or live with someone else. By default I spend much more time on my own than I used to but for the most part I don’t feel lonely, which has made me curious to explore what constitutes loneliness and what is the difference between loneliness and solitude. So If, like me you have found yourself conscious as to how much or how little time you spend alone, or if you are unsure as to what constitutes loneliness, then I hope my next two conversations will help you to reframe solitude as a way to rest, recharge and as an opportunity to hit the reset button. For Part One, I am joined by Jade Angeles Fitton, a writer whose beautiful and deeply personal memoir 'Hermit', documents her escape from an abusive relationship into a life of intentional solitude where she healed, restored and embraced life alone. Connect with Jade Angeles Fitton: Connect with me: www.awaywithwords.media #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: www.awaywithwords.media/podcast
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Second Chances With Patrick Dougher
04/25/2024
Second Chances With Patrick Dougher
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of addiction and mental illness, including eating disorders. Please listen with care. There are more than 8 billion people on this planet and by the time your head hits the pillow tonight, that number will have risen by several hundred thousand more. It’s the enormity of this planet that has always made me wonder why we cross paths with people at certain times and why we don’t with others. Is it by chance, coincidence or is it through the choices we make? The answer to this question will never likely be known, but I do know that on any given day we may miss the opportunity to hear a new voice or story, simply because we choose to focus on our differences rather than our similarities. My guest this week is someone whose life on paper couldn’t be more different than mine, and is exactly the reason why this episode is so special. We connected because we both chose to look past the external and meet each other just as we are - two people taking up space on this incredible planet, simply navigating similar experiences. Patrick Dougher is a kindred spirit, whose life has thrown him a multitude of identities that he has chosen to dismiss, in order to find one where he can be seen and heard as his most authentic self. I hope you enjoy our conversation and that it encourages you to meet every person without agenda, judgement or expectation and with a sense of gratitude that in a planet of 8 billion people, your paths were lucky enough to meet. Connect with Patrick Dougher: Connect with me: www.awaywithwords.media #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you:
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Perfectionism - Celebrating Our Imperfections
04/18/2024
Perfectionism - Celebrating Our Imperfections
To be perfect means to be without blemish, fault or weakness, an ideal that many deem to be a goal worth pursuing at any cost. Yet the cost for most of us is high, because contrary to popular belief, perfection only exists in the vacuum of carefully curated social media posts that we have come to simultaneously love and hate. The price we are willing to pay for the unattainable is high and according to my guest is contributing to an increase in burnout, anxiety and depression. Tom Curran is a professor at the London School of Economics and the author of ‘The Perfection Trap: The Power Of Good Enough In A World That Always Wants More.’ Tom describes the modern-day pressure to be perfect as “society’s favourite flaw” that promotes a culture of ‘never good enough.’ Both Tom and I have had our own struggles with perfectionism, and is why I appreciate Tom’s vulnerability in sharing his own personal experience during our conversation. The truth is though that few of us are immune to the lure of perfectionism, but is there a difference between having high standards and how can we resist the modern-day pressures to be better and do more? And can we go even further and create a kinder, more compassionate world that not only accepts but celebrates our imperfections. So if you have ever found yourself comparing, competing, ruminating about mistakes or just feeling like you aren’t good enough, then I hope this episode may help you to quieten your voice of self-doubt and criticism and to know that you are perfectly…imperfect just as you are. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Thomas Curran Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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Wellness Culture - Why The Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick
04/11/2024
Wellness Culture - Why The Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick
The hashtag ‘wellness’ has over 70 million posts on Instagram and is an industry worth trillions of dollars. Influencers, celebrities and major brands have infiltrated our lives with their carefully curated and very glossy social media posts. In pursuit of being a new and improved version of myself, I have in the past found myself falling for the unattainable ideals that the wellness culture promotes. Wasting too much money and time, I’ve invested in products and trends that left me feeling more than inadequate and definitely not well. But imagine you are a young girl starting out in a highly competitive industry full of unrealistic and unhealthy ideals? How do you avoid succumbing to the next quick fix or the false promises that the wellness culture encourages? My guest this week is - a model, entrepreneur and founder of The Be Well Collective - an organisation she created to provide mental health and nutritional support to young adults working within the creative industries. Sarah has used her own experience of navigating wellness to help others create a relationship with themselves, that is less about expensive gimmicks and more about nourishing the mind, body and spirit. I hope you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, and if you did I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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Forgiveness Part Two - Forgiveness Is A Choice
04/04/2024
Forgiveness Part Two - Forgiveness Is A Choice
What does it take to really forgive someone? What happens to your brain and body when you do or don’t? Why is it important to practice forgiveness in our everyday situations and how can our hearts help to heal our past wounds? Not easy questions to answer and is why I am so glad to have had the opportunity to sit down with my second guest in this exploration of forgiveness. Dr Robert Enright has been studying and writing about forgiveness for decades and says that although we may not all forgive in the same way, we can all forgive if we choose to. Through his work, Dr Enright has helped countless people who have experienced all sorts of injustices discover forgiveness as a way to be in community with others, rather than being in a constant divide. He also says that for those who choose not to forgive, it is possible to still lead a happy and fulfilling life. If, like me, you have found yourself lost and confused about what forgiveness really means then I hope you will enjoy this episode of Flip It. And If you did, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Dr Robert Enright Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you:
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What Forgiveness Has Taught Me
04/02/2024
What Forgiveness Has Taught Me
Welcome to another solo episode of Flip It! Forgiveness. One word, so many meanings. Forgiveness is a messy and risky concept that trickles through our everyday lives as a subtle, yet intrinsic part of our relationship to ourselves and others. My own journey with forgiveness is an ongoing one, but for someone who was stuck in a cycle of blame, shame, regret and punishment, I am finally making peace with my past. Forgiveness is truly a personal path with many twists and turns along the way, and can often feel like you have taken one step forwards and two steps back. But if you are struggling to forgive another or yourself, don’t judge your thoughts, instead meet them with observation and curiosity and the potential to release yourself from the pain and hurt that you don’t deserve. I hope that by sharing a little more about my own story and experience with forgiveness, it may help you to feel less alone in your own journey. And as always please do reach out to me if you would like to share your own story. Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: www.awaywithwords.media Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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Forgiveness Part One - Forgiveness Is The Antidote To Hate
03/28/2024
Forgiveness Part One - Forgiveness Is The Antidote To Hate
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of violence, including child abuse. Please listen with care. Forgiveness is a messy topic because by nature it taps into the most inner parts of the human condition, and sits within a multitude of extremes. From those who have experienced the most unfathomable of crimes, to the more familiar stories of family conflict, bullying or everyday disputes, forgiveness is complex. So, how do we learn to cope with what has happened to us, but also what we have done to others? Why are some of us more able to forgive than others? What does true forgiveness feel like and how do we forgive ourselves? Not easy questions to answer and is why I hope the next few episodes may help you to have a deeper understanding around your own experience of forgiveness, and even perhaps look at what has gone before, as a gift to free yourself and others. My first guest in this exploration of forgiveness is Sam Jalloh, a war survivor whose story is one full of determination and inspiration. Sam found forgiveness through his love for tennis which he says not only saved his life, but also motivated him to spread his message of forgiveness as an antidote to hate. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Sam Jalloh Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you:
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Behind the Mask - Living With High Functioning Anxiety
03/21/2024
Behind the Mask - Living With High Functioning Anxiety
If you have ever experienced that fluttering feeling that lurks in the pit of your stomach when you are worried or excited about something, then you might think you know what anxiety feels like. But if you consistently put other people’s needs before your own, find it hard to switch off or present a different version of yourself than the one that feels true to you, then you may be experiencing a kind of anxiety that I had no idea existed. High Functioning Anxiety is described as ‘silent anxiety’ where the sufferer may appear confident and successful on the outside, but on the inside is full of worry, self-doubt and battling with perfectionism. Pretending to be something you are not just to feel as though you ‘fit’ in or to feel accepted is exhausting, and is why I am so grateful to have shared a conversation with my guest for this week’s episode. Dr. Lalitaa Suglani is an award-winning psychologist, who through her own journey of self-discovery, knows first-hand that it is possible to make peace with our inner dialogue and to flip it around into a tool to help us fulfil our potential. So, if you are struggling to understand why you feel and behave in certain ways and need some help on how to quieten the voice of self-doubt, then I hope this episode will help you find your way. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Dr. Lalitaa Suglani on Instagram @dr.lalitaa Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: www.chaptersbylaurahearn.ck.page/8ceb71fb87 If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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Grief Part Two- The Learning Within Grief
03/14/2024
Grief Part Two- The Learning Within Grief
The experience of grief is one that will at some point touch us all, but how each of us express grief is both unique and completely normal. It can feel foreign, heavy and at times as if the pain will never pass. We are often told that time is a great healer, and whilst over time, the pain can subside, is it ever possible to find meaning and purpose after loss? My guest this week is someone who has helped me to understand my own experience of grief in a completely new light. Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, and believes that our brains can help us to turn grief into a form of learning, so that we can better know how to live alongside the fragility of life. So if you are wondering if you are ever going to feel any better or if you are feeling stuck in your grief, I hope this episode helps you to feel a little less alone and to know that what you are feeling right now, won’t always stay the same. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Mary-Frances: Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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What Grief Has Taught Me
03/12/2024
What Grief Has Taught Me
Welcome to my first solo episode of Flip It! Throughout my life I have experienced different kinds of losses. Some through a death and others through an ‘ending.’ Some of those endings have been intentional and others have been completely out of my control. But, through my own exploration and desire to process them, I am realising that each loss has shown me a new path, which has been paved with unexpected gifts. I hope that by sharing a little more about my own story and experiences with grief, it may help you to feel less alone in your own journey, and to know that with every ending there is always a beginning. Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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Grief Part One - The Gift Within Grief
03/07/2024
Grief Part One - The Gift Within Grief
Grief and loss are inevitable parts of life and although it can be incredibly painful, there is no grief without love, and love is the part that never dies. Judy Ford is an incredibly special human, whose outlook on loss and life deserves to be shared with everyone. She is someone who has experienced grief on more than one occasion, yet has chosen to flip her experience around to find meaning in her loss. Judy has helped me to shift my experience of loss from a place of sadness, guilt and longing into one of expression, learning and freedom. In the second episode into my exploration of grief which will be released next week, I speak to someone who has devoted decades researching how grief affects both the body and brain. It is a fascinating episode that I hope will provide hope to anyone who feels stuck in their grief, so please do join me then. If you enjoyed this episode of Flip It, I would be hugely grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe. It really will help me to discover and share more stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Connect with Judy: Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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Reinvention - Finding The Magic In Reinvention
02/29/2024
Reinvention - Finding The Magic In Reinvention
Meet my favourite human I have never met in real life! Tony Chapman has become a character in my story that I had never expected to meet. He is not only an incredible storyteller, entrepreneur and the host of ‘Chatter That Matters’ - one of Canada’s most listened to podcasts, he has also become a good friend whose infectious positivity never fails to leave a lasting impression on my soul. I couldn’t think of a better person to chat with for the very first episode of Flip It than Tony. Tony has had to reinvent himself countless times, some of which were not his choice. So, when I found my life unexpectedly changing direction, Tony’s outlook on life helped me to reframe reinvention as something not to be feared, but as a choice to discover more…not less. If you haven’t already, I’d encourage you to give Tony’s podcast a listen…it’s like listeningto the most beautiful film in your ears. Links below. Connect with Tony: Connect with me: #flipitpodcast #FlipItwitLauraHearn Website: Instagram: laura_lhearn TikTok: laura_lhearn Watch clips of this episode on YouTube: @FlipItwithLauraHearn Sign up to my newsletter and join the Flip It community here: If you have a story to share, I’d love to hear from you: DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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Coming soon
01/23/2024
Coming soon
Exploring the depths of the human experience through the intricate stories that define who we are. You can flip your life around for the better. Laura Hearn knows this firsthand, she's living proof of it. Join Laura, as we navigate life’s highs and lows through intimate solo sessions and guest interviews. Inspired by her personal journal entries, this series will help you create the life you not only want, but the life you deserve. We’ll explore listener questions and may even invite some of them onto the show. Laura's honesty, humor and authentic storytelling unveil the beauty, and let’s face it, sometimes the downright ugliness in life's negatives and positives. This podcast isn't just a listening experience; it's a profound exploration of the human spirit, designed to uplift, empower, and connect us all.
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