Stories and Water are the most powerful mediums connecting us in place and time.
The intention of this podcast and interviews is to reach, connect, empower and inspire , by sharing personal stories of challenge and growth; and the role being in the water has played in their life and wellbeing holistically.
My name is Liz, I am the host of the Half Mermaid podcast. I am the daughter of Greek immigrants and I call Australia home. Half Mermaid, acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation as the traditional owners of this land upon which this podcast is recorded and we extend our respects to the elders, past and present. As I travel this country’s coastline to be in the open water, swim, connect with nature and stories we share, I do so, in gratitude and respect of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples as the holders of the most ancient and rich story telling traditions and connections to the land and water.
Lou Derricks on doing uncomfortable things, finding mindfulness, intuition and childhood glee.
In episode 7 of The Half Mermaid Podcast we talk about doing uncomfortable things, mindfulness, finding child glee and intuition, how our identity and ego get in the way, and what is enough, being in your body, being kind to your self. In some ways it felt like a journey of becoming. The never ending journey of love and struggle interwoven we all share!
Karen Doyle on community, respecting your own capability, life as an experience and advocacy for the things we love.
Open water Swimming community, respecting your own capability, life as an experience and advocacy for the things we love.
Karen Mulholland on swimming for healing, showing up despite resistance…and tumble turns.
We talk experience over perfection, about how swimming helped her body heal post cancer treatment, how place and time in water bond us with past generations, the meditative state swimming can induce, overcoming internal resistance, and her passion, quilting, which is now a blooming business.
Maryse Meale on Release, What pulls us to the water, Community, Body Image and so much more.
The fourth episode of the Half Mermaid podcast is an absolute treasure of a conversation. I loved talking with Maryse Meale, a wonderful human I am grateful to have met in the Seaford swimming community. We talk about so many real things: What pulls us to the water, how the water releases what the body holds on to, body image, community, tips for cold water swimming and so much more.
Half Mermaid. A short introduction.
Water is a place where nothing else matters. Where earthly demands and constraints have no hold. Being in the water is about finding the self we lost, long time ago when we were told who to be and how to behave. It is about recognising there is a side to us, a part of us that is free, un restrained, wild, undefined and waiting to find expression, no matter how old we are.
Lisa Schmidt on Shitbox Rallies, Ocean Therapy and healing from PTSD
We are so humbled to be able to share with you our conversation with the most amazing and courageous half mermaid, Lisa Schmidt. My first memory of Lisa was meeting her in the water at Seaford and what stayed with me was her infectious smile. I have got to know her a little more since then and I love her smile even more for all she carries in her healing journey. I will let Lisa share more of her story.