Unmuted: Speak the Truth you were Trained to Hide

Learning in the Margins
My mum is whip-smart, creative, and relentless — and still says she’s “not clever like you or your brother.” The system told her that, and over time, she believed it.

This episode is about the kind of deep, unrecognised learning that happens outside the classroom — the skills, wisdom, and grit you gain without a certificate, and why they matter. We’ll talk about emotional labour, the hidden curriculum, and...

What gets recorded, and what gets erased?
Who holds the pen, and who gets buried beneath the edits?

In this fiercely intelligent and deeply human conversation, poet and historian Carol J. Forrester joins me to talk about the silencing of women in official records—and the radical act of writing them back in. We talk about poetry, research, mythology, grief, running, and how history is not a fixed truth but a live wire.

This one goe...

What stops us from talking about money?
Where did we learn to shrink, to go silent, to feel ashamed of wanting more?

In this episode, I speak with Jessica from Definance — a financial coach who’s helping women rewrite their money stories.
We talk about shame, silence, and the systems that taught us money was complicated — or dangerous — or not for us at all.

We also talk about possibility.
Because power doesn’t have to look ...

This week on Unmuted: Speak the Truth They Trained You to Hide, I talk with Dianne Casey—a poet, performer, and all-round powerhouse—about what it really takes to reclaim your voice when the world has taught you to stay quiet.

We dive into the magic of spoken word, the strength of building community, and the courage it takes to speak before you're ready. Dianne doesn’t just talk about transformation—she embodies it. She shares p...

This one’s for the women who don’t press the call button even when they think they might be dying. The ones who’ve been told they're too much for having feelings and not enough for needing help. The ones who apologise for crying, for asking questions, for needing an extra pillow in a hospital bed. If that’s you—welcome. This is your episode.

In this first solo episode of Unmuted, I talk about being the quiet girl. The compliant ...