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Happy Friday folks. Earlier this week we released the 3rd episode of our Podcast - focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) : Where the tech is, how it may evolve and implications on jobs and education. We end the discussion on what we should teach kids if AI is going to be doing all the snazzy jobs... If you have any thoughts on the topic - we'd love to hear it.
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Are we chasing the wrong rewards? Society conditions us to seek external validation—good grades, promotions—but could true fulfillment, contentment, happiness might lie elsewhere?
Watch full episode: https://youtu.be/MoZQba-zBxE?si=2ZMpLLOEPtPXvhbs
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Happy Monday! Sharing the 2nd Episode of our podcast series - we dive deep into the challenging stages of life and share our personal experiences. Reflecting on our teenage and early adulthood years, we discuss the importance of wisdom and life lessons that could have made these phases easier.
Our conversation underscores the significance of the Willow the Wonderer Series, which aims to impart timeless wisdom to children, helping them navigate life's ups and downs with a balanced perspective. Tune in to gain insights into how early wisdom can help alleviate suffering and guide you toward a more fulfilling life.
Prefer to read - Here's the blog with full transcript of the episode: https://www.wiseasstories.com/post/how-wisdom-can-help-us-get-through-hard-times-in-life
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From starting a new business during the Covid Pandemic to navigating the turmoil of the current day - it seems that our external world is refusing to settle. Perhaps there was more wisdom we had to learn...
A short clip from our new Podcast where we explore all the ups and downs of life and living in our ever changing world in our new podcast - and what wisdom we can learn from it all.
You can catch the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcast :)
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For our very first Wise As Podcast, we went back to where it all began - on pristine, sacred land, nestled in the heart of Nambucca Valley, in the Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia! This is where we (Darren and Reeta) first met and where we retreated to during COVID lockdowns in 2020.
(This episode was shot shortly before the broader Mid North Coast region was hit with devastating floods. Our hearts are with all our community up there.)
In this conversation, we recount the journey of creating 'Willow the Wonderer' and establishing our publishing venture, Wise As Stories. Starting from a conversation during the early days of the pandemic, we share our desire to craft stories imbued with timeless wisdom for children.
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Conversations about Life and Living in an Ever-Changing World
We are an Author and Artist who during COVID established an independent publishing house. We started with a project close to our hearts: Creating beautiful stories for children with seeds of wisdom or life lessons. These are stories we wish, we had grown up with.
Sounds idyllic, right? Well, the ride has been anything but smooth...
In this series of conversation about life and living we discuss our ever-changing world - and what it all means for ordinary people like us, who are trying to leave the world in a better shape than we found it.
Our conversation offers unique insights that are often missing from the mainstream - One that seeks to reconcile the apparent differences in worldview between:
Eastern & Western cultures
Masculine & Feminine points of view
Professional & Creative pursuits
Spiritual & Materialistic goals
'Pragmatic Realist' & 'Idealist Dreamer' takes on life
Like most people, we don't strictly adhere to any one side of the spectrum - our positions change depending on the issue. We also defy societal stereotypes around things like our heritage, gender, education or profession.
Our goal, through life and in our podcasts, is to arrive at a 'best of all worlds' wisdom - One that offers a practical guide to the pertinent questions of life and living.
Some of these questions will be existential, but most will be practical.
It will shed light on the realities of growing up, schooling, pursuing a career, exploring spirituality, publishing, the arts and small business. We will also spend time discussing the impact of disruptive forces like Artificial Intelligence.
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We wanted Willow the Wonderer books to be engaging, enjoyable and educational - but we also wanted it to convey some valuable life lessons in the hope it makes things a little bit easier for the next generation... What life lesson would you share with your little ones?
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Do you get theatrical when reading out your Willow the Wonderer books? I thought I'd record a quick video to share some insights on how I write and some of the creative choices we have made as we developed the series that hopefully inspire you to put on a bit more of a performance at the next storytime :) Poetry, after all, is meant to be performed! It may help you little one become more confident readers and who knows, even turn into performers themselves :)
Here's the blog on the topic that provides a bit more insight: https://www.wiseasstories.com/post/poetry-is-meant-to-be-performed-how-to-read-aloud-our-rhyming-books
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Sometimes our readers express the essence of our books better than we could. We loved this review from Simon - and could not agree with the sentiment more :)
“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”
