The Daisy Chain Effect
The Daisy Chain Effect is a podcast about inclusion in the performing arts, hosted by Miranda Daisy, inclusive performing arts educator, speaker, and founder of Perform Ability. Through real studio stories, honest conversations, and practical teaching strategies that connect mind, body and heart, the podcast explores access, wellbeing, and what inclusion looks like in practice. Featuring performers with disabilities, allied health professionals, and wellness experts, this is a space for sharing ideas, challenges, and ways to make the arts work better for everyone.
Episodes
Welcome. This episode is about the lessons nobody warned me were coming.
I thought I was there to teach dance. I had no idea my students would end up teaching me how to be honest, how to feel joy without judging it, and how to notice myself for the first time.
The unexpected education I got from seventeen years in this field, and how it changed who I am outside the studio too.
In this episode you'll hear:
- The lack of inhibition my ...
Okay, episode five. And I have my very first guest on the couch.
Yes, we have upgraded from the beanbag. It's a long story.
Dale is my Studio Manager at Perform Ability, my co-founder of something very exciting and new, and honestly one of the most talented, passionate, humble humans I have ever met in my life. He came into my studio as a support worker for one of my students and I basically just walked up to him and said, do you wan...
Teacher wellbeing. (Well, human wellbeing really).
It's one of those things that sounds nice in theory but gets pushed to the bottom of the list the moment life gets busy. I didn't prioritise it for years and in this episode I'm telling you exactly what changed, and what I now refuse to compromise on.
In this episode you'll hear:
- Why your nervous system is your students' problem too and what to do about it before you walk through ...
There are three words I hear constantly in my world. You've probably said at least one of them. And in this episode, I'm finally saying why they drive me absolutely mad.
In this episode you'll hear:
- The three words I can't stand and why they might surprise you
- Why I never assume what a student can or can't do before letting them show me first
- The difference between admiration and actually being inspired and why it matters
- What this ...
What's the difference between treating students equally and giving them what they actually need? In this episode I tackle the "treat everyone the same" myth head-on — and explain why this seemingly kind idea can quietly exclude the very students you're trying to support.
I'll share the strategies I use every day at Perform Ability, an analogy involving an iPhone charger that might just change how you think about learning, and ...
Welcome. This is the 28 minute version of the story of my life.
I thought I was going to be a performer. I had no idea I was going to end up building something that would change so many lives and turn mine into what it is today...
How it all started, where it took me, and why after 17 years I feel like I'm only just getting started.
In this episode you'll hear:
- How and why Perform Ability began
- The life nobody knew I was...
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