Boldly & Gently

Our second episode of HELD Chats, this time with Sarah bringing the conundrum and Emma holding space and interweaving insights and wisdom.We’re getting in to the guts of how it can feel to blend business, life and mothering in our modern systems and structures. There’s vulnerably about the guilt, capacity challenges, and self-imposed pressures we face trying to balance caregiving and pursuing our passions. From managing unhelpful societal expectations to creating sustainable schedules, we unpack how to honor our own needs while still showing up fully for our kiddos. We’re asking:How do we honor my own capacity and needs, and not put too much pressure on ourselves to do it all?How can we create a sustainable schedule and rhythm that works for us across different areas of life?How do we manage transitions, shared care and distance in co-parenting setups?How can we express difficult emotions while also modeling healthy boundaries, self-care, and coping strategies for our children?Wanna join HELD Retreats for 2024? Sign ups close end of day, Tuesday 30 April 2023Read more here: https://bit.ly/m/HELD-retreatsSay hello:Sarah's InstaEmma's InstaProduced on Kaurna Land.

Welcome to HELD Chats! A new pod conversation with Emma Holdsworth & Sarah Harney!All the HELD links: https://bit.ly/m/HELD-retreats~ Sarah's Insta~ Emma's Insta

I want to reimagine goal setting. I want to dismantle and rediscover what success looks like, for each of us, individually.  I want to unravel everything we’ve thought about achievement, productivity and worth. I want to untangle the layers of societal pressure, generational patterns and internal expectations.In recent times, we have started asking ‘how do you want to feel’ instead of only asking ‘ what do you want to achieve or attain’, which is a good start.  Thankfully, as a society we’ve started acknowledging that presence and joy and connection are often more important than wealth, status or material objects.  But we’re still putting A LOT of pressure on ourselves. I believe there is more digging to do. More self compassion to find. More nuance to discover.Instead of ‘what do I want to achieve, do or feel’, I invite you to start asking yourself…~ Who & How do you want to be?~ What are your ideal states of being?~ What kind of person do you crave to be? ~ What experiences & adventures are you craving more of?What if we moved from SMART goals to flexible goals? Join me for a reimagined framework for flexible goal setting, full of courage, curiosity and of course compassion.Grab the Google Doc template version by adding your email here.

I wrote you a reflection that became an essay and then I wanted to read it to you, and then it became an audio episode, and so my new audio newsletter was born!I wasn't sure what to call it, and then I remembered when I published the first edition of The Self Adventure Guide in 2022 I wrote this dedication in the opening pages, it said:You are home here.For curious, open-hearted humans who want to live courageously and creatively.For the folks who want to know themselves deeply and do their own thing boldly.For the souls who want to burn shit down one day and go gently the next.Those words struck a chord with my community and since then I’ve been signing off essays with this line:Here, we go boldly and gently, together.Because I believe both things can be true.And the name, Boldly & Gently, came to be.It is my rebellion, my revolution, my call to action and my love letter to you. I am so glad you’re here.This audio series will be spontaneous, eclectic and a little bit wild, it will live here in podcast land and on Substack, so you can read more about each episode here.Boldly & gently, is a choose your own adventure guide for playing in the messy middle.With creative, small businesses and full lives. This is for the courageous, ambitious, and thoughtful ones who wanna create meaningful work, take care of themselves and their people. Here we question everything. We build big visions and still make time for naps and trips to the park. And if you're new to my work, hi, I'm Sarah Haney. I'm an entrepreneur, a creative business consultant, a coach, and an audio producer. I offer coaching, consulting, and publishing services that support small business owners like you probably to create and build with curiosity, courage, and self-kindness. I am your creative director, your action partner, and your biggest cheerleader.I offer radical permission to do things your way. I'm your self adventure guide for when you want someone to hold your hand and heart and reignite your spark. I'm also a toddler mum, writer, a maker, and a proud ADHD-er living on the beautiful Kaurna country. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the Kaurna people as the Traditional Custodians of this land that I am so privileged to live, create, and play on.This land was never ceded and always was, and always will be Aboriginal land. I honour First Nations peoples as the original storytellers and acknowledge any First Nations people that may be reading or listening today. I am so glad you're here! If you like it, please tell a friend. And come say hello on Insta @sarahharney_More about my work: sarahharney.comTranscript of the ep: sarahharney.substack.com

Content awareness: This article discusses birth trauma and a mental health crisis."Even I need reminders of it every now and then but because I've been through so much dark, I know the richness in that."This podcast episode is the first half of Julia Hogarth's Self Adventure Club Conversation. Julia Hogarth (she/her) is a creativity queen and coach for cool people. She is a space holder and creator of experiences that change us. Listen to the whole conversation with Jules in the online portal. And find more from her on Instagram and discover her next creative offering, including the upcoming Create Club.Visit www.juliahogarth.com or say hello @julia.hogarthJOIN THE CLUB: https://www.theselfadventureclub.com/This podcast is produced on unceded Kaurna Country by Sarah Harney.

"We use things like wine, food, TV to numb because we're out of our bodies and we don't know how to come back to baseline in a way that's truly supportive."This podcast episode is the first 15 minutes of Jolinda Johnson's Self Adventure Club Conversation. Jolinda Johnson (M.S.Ed., CHHC) (she/they) is an award-winning Certified Life Coach, Mentor & Priestess who specialises in burnout and perimenopause. She's obsessed with helping changemakers and revolutionaries get back their spark so they can go set the world on fire.You can listen to Jolinda's full Club Conversation in the online Clubhouse. Find more about their work changing the narrative around perimenopause and giving attention to the voices that are typically left out of the conversation on their Instagram or website below.Visit jolindajohnson.com or say hello @coachjolindaJOIN THE CLUB: https://www.theselfadventureclub.com/This podcast is produced on unceded Kaurna Country by Sarah Harney.

Today's episode is with the incredibly wise Angie Cole.I am beyond thrilled to FINALLY share this wonderful chat with you all.  This was recorded late last year and since then Angie has become an Aunty and I've become a Mum, so we've been busy! There is still so much wisdom here and I'm so grateful to Angie for sharing this time with me and also for her patience awaiting its release.Angie and I are dear friends and have worked together on both sides of the fence, as I'm sure you'll be able to tell.  In part, The Self Adventure wouldn't exist without the support of this incredible human and for that I'm immensely grateful.Angie Cole is a force of nature -- soft and subtle, fierce and unstoppable.  She is a coach and mentor for Responsible Renegades and Rebellious Rule-Followers.  Her clients and students would tell you she’s one part genius, one part priestess, and 100% truth-teller. Blending a strategic and intuitive approach, Angie’s work inhabits the places where life and work intersect.  She can help you crunch the numbers while uncovering how your daddy issues are holding you back. Her emerging body of work centers around reorienting our relationship to Money, Value and Worthiness.Angie was a coach before it was the cool thing to sell online, and was raised by mentors and elders who taught her to stay true to the craft.  Angie has now wandered her way to thriving as a business owner, guided by her own intuition and no one else’s 6-step-plan.   As a fully nomadic spirit, she is at home in the unknown and unpredictable. This makes her the perfect co-pilot for those with wild ambition and the audacity to do things differently.We chat about:How rest and leisure are connected to privilegeHaving a sense of adventure in a global pandemicThe known vs making friends with the unknownThe myth of ‘nailing the uplevel’How are we creating our sense of self, internally or externallyDo you feel like your needs are inconvenient?Creating from fear vs desireSeparating value & worth and abundanceMoney flow in AND outI hope this conversation brings you some joy, resonance or self kindness.Thanks for being here,Sarah xFind Angie:untamingthewild.com@angiecole_meJoin Angie for [Study Hall]Find me:theselfadventure.com@theselfadventure@sarahharneymakes

Today's episode is with the wonderfully magic Jenna Britton.Jenna Britton is a freelance writer and a clarity coach. Most recently, she managed Storytelling & Advocacy for the Global Purpose team at adidas. In her spare time, Jenna also loves to write and publish personal essays, and her work has been published in Salon, Thought Catalog, Darling Magazine, The Everygirl, and more. In 2016, she gave a TEDx Talk on how story has the power to change your life, and these days she shares stories through a weekly personal newsletter and a podcast called Brave Enough to Be. Jenna is also a trained Human Design reader, and in this work she combines HD chart analysis with coaching experience to support folx looking for clarity and accountability during times of transition.  Jenna lives and writes in Portland, Oregon - one of my all time fave places & where we first met!We chat about our unique wisdom, purpose, processing shame and how we hear what we need to hear at the right moment.In the pod we mention:How we met - worlddominationsummit.comThe adult summer camp we attended - goodlifeproject.comAnything by Brene BrownAnd the Gretchen Rubin Four Tendencies QuizFind Jenna:jennabritton.com@jennabrittonwrites@braveenoughtobeFind me:theselfadventure.com@theselfadventure@sarahharneymakes