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THIS IS AN ARCHIVE of stories told at The Weekly Service from 2016-2020. WE HAVE A NEW PODCAST on all good players - search for 'Stories from the Heart - The Weekly Service Podcast'. Storytellers explores the mystery of what it is to be human, sharing ideas and inspiration to help us grow towards a truly thriving society.
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Stories from the Heart uncovers the unique tales we all have to tell about this human life, and how we might grow towards a truly thriving society - from a refugee's reflections on gratitude, to a mother's rejection of her ancestors' codes of secrecy, to a sperm donor's explorations of the many shapes and colours of family. These stories were originally told at The Weekly Service, a Melbourne-based community bringing connection, ritual, meaning, purpose & awe back into our lives.
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Michelle Morgan has spent years building a creative practice and career in art therapy, and she now works in something called clinical pastoral care - offering emotional and spiritual support to patients in two major Melbourne hospitals Today Michelle shares stories of moments of showing up with people in hospital, and also for herself, through cre…
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Mash Quereshi is a Pakistani-born rapper and MC inspiring hope in people's hearts. Mash's early years were a lesson in impermanence as he moved between Pakistan and Australia, and changed schools often. When he was older he decided to go abroad on his own terms, travelling to Vietnam to teach English, and it’s here that he sets today’s story, telli…
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Ornob Sheikh is an artist, musician and deep feeling human, who grew up in Bangladesh surrounded by a large supportive family. He is also one of our Bards for this season and his story today is interwoven with him playing his beautiful instrument, the Sarod. It was only when Ornob moved to Melbourne in 2014 that he realized how rich in connection h…
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Harley Hefford is a drama teacher who today's curator Eike describes as the most creative person he knows. Harley talks about why he thinks everybody is innately creative, how play might be useful in darker times, and how he brings imagination into his daily life, and overcomes creative blocks. Join Harley in this exploration of imagination as a mu…
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Valerie Albrecht has spent a lifetime building bridges. Trained as a speech pathologist, she began to feel that the Western medical model was missing a lot, and she set off to find out how she could really be of service to whole humans. This journey took her to study yoga and other eastern healing arts, as well as learning from, and being of servic…
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Uncle Peltherre Chris Tomlins is an Arrente elder who carries the message that “now is the time for all Australians to come together and begin the healing" - but first we need truth. Today he generously shares stories from his family, and talks about his yarning circles where non-Indigenous people can sit and listen to elders talk about the realiti…
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Matt Wicking is a musician, facilitator and writer and he’s also the current Bard for the weekly service, providing artistic contributions to this season. Today Matt steps into the role of storyteller, sharing not only some of his beautiful mythic songs, but also the stories behind them, which range from grappling with being a settler on stolen lan…
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Stacia Beazley is a trained holistic counsellor, facilitator, writer, mentor and all round feelings ninja. Today she’s talking about how reclaiming anger has been transformational in her life, and why she believes healthy anger is the medicine society needs right now. Starting with her childhood she maps out how the irresponsible use of anger cause…
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Jon Osborne is interested in how the conversations we have create the world we live in. The language and stories we share often define what we think is possible. And if we feel stuck, perhaps there’s a missing conversation we need to have. In this service Jon speaks with Kirsty Moergelein, tracking everything from Jon’s cockney heritage, to dating …
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Today’s storyteller is the proud, queer Indigenous youth leader and artist, Aretha Brown. Through sharing her own stories of going to school in Australia, the 19 year-old Gumbaynggirr woman makes a powerful case for decolonizing the country’s education system. She’s clear - if Australian schools aren’t teaching Bla(c)k history then they're teaching…
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Petrine McCrohan has spent 17 years working with Indigenous communities in the Kimberleys in Australia, and she has seen first-hand the damage that can be done when Non-Aboriginal people turn up in these communities with their own agendas and un-healed trauma. Today Petrine, who is a Caucasian woman, talks about her own healing journey, the evoluti…
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Today’s storyteller is New-Zealand based writer Jackson Payne. Jackson’s story is about the different colours and shapes of family, and in particular how a motorbike accident prompted him to become a sperm donor for his friends' kids. Starting with the story of his own father and unknown half-sister, through the different iterations of family he ha…
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Abe Nouk is a poet, a community educator, a mentor and a humble human being with an infectious sense of gratitude. In this podcast he talks about how he fled civil war in Sudan to come to Australia, and his journey to creativity and gratitude as a way of unravelling the numbness and trauma he grew up with. He talks about discovering how important i…
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Inbal has three boys who sometimes wear pants and sometimes wear dresses - and she feels pretty good about that. She's undoing oppressive cultural norms of secrecy by talking simply about the child abuse she braved as a teenager, and by creating a new culture in her own family. In her house there's only one rule – think for yourself. Inbal is a mem…
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Abe Nouk is a poet, a community educator, a mentor and a humble human being with an infectious sense of gratitude. In this podcast he talks about how he fled civil war in Sudan to come to Australia, and his journey to creativity and gratitude as a way of unravelling the numbness and trauma he grew up with. He talks about discovering how important i…
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In this podcast, Weekly Service members Henry and Jeremy offer guidance on how to curate a service. They talk through the three pillars of atmosphere, facilitation and creating a safe space. Before Coronavirus this was a 7-hour in person training but they've done a good job of distilling some stellar advice into 20 minutes! This follows on from our…
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Inbal left her birth country of Israel twenty years ago - but being a migrant doesn't define her. A few years ago, Inbal decided to reconstruct family - and she wonders why people say "sorry about your divorce". Inbal has three boys who sometimes wear pants and sometimes wear dresses - and she feels pretty good about that. Inbal has braved child ab…
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In this podcast, Jarrah talks about how The Weekly Service is co-created. She explains a bit about the background of The Weekly Service: the intention & structure. And then she introduces the roles and the process for how we make the Service itself. If you're interested in being a storyteller or a curator for one of our Services, this podcast is fo…
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