Fierce-Gentle: The Courageous Voice Podcast
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsReclaiming voice, courage, and power through poetry and conversation.
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Hiraeth - Home, Identity, and Being White as Fuck
December 08, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBAt 23 years old, I left England on a journey to see how far I could go without flying. I now live, work, and play on Naam, land of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. This land is colonially known as Melbourne, Australia. In this episode I unpack the poem Hiraeth. It is titled and inspired by the Welsh word "Hiraeth" which means a profound longing and homesickness for a home that no longer exists. It felt like a suitable poem to unpack considering I am now back in the UK for the fir...
The "Too Much" Woman and the toxicity of comparison - Serra Stone x Fleassy Malay
November 24, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBHave you ever been told that you are “too much” or "intimidating"? OR Have you ever looked at another woman or femme person and thought “She’s so…”, “Ugh, I can’t believe she…”, or “I hate when they…”? It’s taught to us from a very early age. We see it in movies, cartoons, magazines, books, even songs; women competing against other women. Women fighting for love interests, jobs, social status, women comparing their motherhood skills, their home decor, their talents and their body shapes. ...
Living with Integrity - Fleassy Malay
November 10, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBHey babes! We hit 1000 DOWNLOADS!! Amazing! This week I asked my awesome Facebook Followers "What does it mean to live with integrity?". The responses were varied and came in thick and fast. Instead of unpacking a poem, like I would usually do on a non-interview week, I have actually decided to explore the concept of Integrity. I share my own experience of what it means for me to have integrity in life and intimate relationships. I also share how I identify integrity in other people, and ho...
Behind the Poem: Witches
October 13, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBHey babes! If you love this podcast please consider supporting it by joining me on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Fleassy 4 years ago this week, a poem was written that ripped its way through me. Then, in March 2018, when it was released, it sky rocketed, went viral, and lit fires in the hearts of women all over the world. In this weeks episode I unpack my poem Witches. This is a big one. It feels scary to do because I know it's a poem that holds SO MUCH WEIGHT for so many people. I hope this epi...
Kerryn Fields - Loving yourself through incredible challenges
October 12, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBIn this episode musician and absolute babe, Kerryn Fields, and I have a chat. We look at love, anger, and the impact of debilitating illness. Her relationship to vulnerability when It was something that was enforced upon her by the challenges that life threw her way. And because she's a huge walking Care Bear, we discuss the power of loving ourselves through it all. We also talk about life as a musician in the age of digital music, and what it is to take up space on a stage with commanding ...
Fleur Watkins x Fleassy Malay: Women; Competition, Comparison, and Lego.
September 29, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBThis show features an interview with the talented Fleur Watkins, who appeared in my life via season 3 of Lego Masters Australia. This episode was a beautiful conversation we had unpacking the impact of the “Compete and Compare” mindset that so many women are brought up with. We also look at the importance of representation in mainstream media, and Fleur shares her experience battling stereotypes and pushing for better representation of women on TV, whilst also existing in the high-stress en...
Bowie Stover & Zay Canters x Fleassy Malay - Three-way Relationships and Non-Gendered Fitness
September 15, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBThis very special show features an interview with the creators of Fearless Movement Collective, Bowie Stover and Zay Canters. These two beings are not only personal friends of mine but are also special to me in a very unique way. In this episode we unpack their experiences running a business aimed at the trans and gender diverse community, we look at their exploration of identity and how they truly discovered who their target market actually is, and the mistakes they made in the process. We...
Behind the Poem: Tall Poppy
September 01, 2021 21:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBHey babes! If you love this podcast please consider supporting it by joining me on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Fleassy In this episode I unpack my poem Tall Poppy. It was requested by my Patron...and parent... Pam Riley. Thanks for all your support mum. You can request a poem of mine for me to do a Behind The Poem episode about. I take requests from my Patrons, join me over on Patreon and just send me a message through there. If you would like a copy of this poem you can find it here: (DELET...
Fleassy x Vico Ortiz - Living queer in the limelight
August 18, 2021 21:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBHey babes! If you love this podcast please consider supporting it by joining me on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Fleassy I’m super excited to share today’s guest, I’ve been a big fan for a while now. Today’s show is an interview with proud Latine/x non-binary/gender fluid actor/activist Vico Ortiz. In today’s show we delve into what it means to explore and live your truth courageously...especially in a world that doesn’t represent you in the media. It’s about living courageously as marginalised...
Farah Beaini x Fleassy Malay - Having Better Conversations
August 18, 2021 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBHey babes! If you love this podcast please consider supporting it by joining me on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Fleassy This episode features an interview with the incredible Farah Beaini, a spoken word poet and a master (in my eyes) of inciting open and curious conversations. I believe we could all benefit from having better conversations. In this episode we explore what it means to write our own stories for others to hear, and what it means to “leave our shoes at the door” when we are asked...
Behind the Poem: Northern Lights
August 18, 2021 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBHey babes! If you love this podcast please consider supporting it by joining me on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Fleassy In this episode I unpack my poem Northern Lights. It's sensual, revealing, and when I wrote it was drenched in deep emotions. It was requested by my Patron, Pete Jordan. Thanks Pete. If you want to request a poem, I take requests from all my Patrons, so jump over and join me on Patreon. If you would like a copy of this poem you can find it here: Book - Sex and God You can...
Fierce-Gentle Introduction
August 18, 2021 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBHey babes! If you love this podcast please consider supporting it by joining me on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Fleassy This episode is a personal hello from me, an introduction into the concept of Fierce-Gentle, what it means, who I will be talking to, and who this podcast is aimed at. I'm so excited to release this project into the world. Self-enquiry with radical babes, queer, femmes is one of my favourite things to do; Poetry, and talking about courageous, intimate, vulnerable, and fierce...