210 episodes

Each week Founder and Host, Bryn Edwards, has a deep dive conversation with fascinating people who either live, or are visiting, Western Australia to have a real and authentic conversation.

These aren’t your standard feel good interviews that’s served up on mainstream media, each week Bryn goes deep into the human journey behind the story, going to the heart of where people came from to achieve what they achieved and what makes them tick.It’s a space where guests openly and honestly share their highs and lows, their unique learnings and perspectives, their vulnerabilities and their journey.

It’s a space that captures the human journey in a way that we can resonate and connect with covering the 4 main games of life - health and wellbeing, relationships, business and connection to something bigger than ourselves.

Bryn Edwards at The WA Real Bryn R. Edwards

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Each week Founder and Host, Bryn Edwards, has a deep dive conversation with fascinating people who either live, or are visiting, Western Australia to have a real and authentic conversation.

These aren’t your standard feel good interviews that’s served up on mainstream media, each week Bryn goes deep into the human journey behind the story, going to the heart of where people came from to achieve what they achieved and what makes them tick.It’s a space where guests openly and honestly share their highs and lows, their unique learnings and perspectives, their vulnerabilities and their journey.

It’s a space that captures the human journey in a way that we can resonate and connect with covering the 4 main games of life - health and wellbeing, relationships, business and connection to something bigger than ourselves.

    The Movement practise that swam to Rottnest Island

    The Movement practise that swam to Rottnest Island

    The purpose of this conversation is to hopefully expand your frame of reference of what it is to be in your bodies 24/7, what that means to your experience of life and where a movement orientated practice can take you through the lens of my specific personal example.
    Earlier this year, I successfully completed the 20km solo Rottnest Channel Swim. I had previously completed the challenge in 2016, but, despite successfully crossing, that ended up being a net negative experience physically.
    Therefore, this time around I enlisted the help of Mark Bernacchi, experienced explorer of all things ‘movement’ and the co-founder of Modus Movement Studio in Myaree Perth.
    Originally, I approached Mark for guidance with preparation for the swim with the aim of increasing the integrity of my body so that, at the age of 47, I would come out of it in a net positive physical position.
    However, by embracing the culture and philosophy Mark has created at Modus and its application to the challenge of swimming 20km in open ocean, I started to experience the movement of my body in a deeper and broader context that exceeded the swim itself and spread out to all aspects of my life.
    This has given rise to a movement practice that continues to be an integral part of my life today. The practise has redefined my physical experience in life and yields so many exciting possibilities for future exploration that far exceed swimming.
    This conversation charts that journey.
    So, who would benefit from this conversation?
    Anybody who exercises or undertakes physical challenges; particularly anybody who exercises using singular repetitive based movement patterns, such as swimming, running, cycling, etc.
    Anybody who wants to consider their experience within their body more deeply
    Everyone who asks ‘What do you mean by movement?’
    To learn more about Mark and Modus visit:
    Instagram – @modusmovement
    Webpage – modusmovement.com

    • 45 min
    FU: The Return of the Magnetic Human - Rebecca Dawson

    FU: The Return of the Magnetic Human - Rebecca Dawson

    Rebecca Dawson returns to share a deeper lens on what many of us are experiencing through some of the major themes of her recent book ‘FU – The Return of the Magnetic Human’.
    As always with Rebecca, this was a playful, expansive and exploratory conversation that put its roots in to many of the surrounding recent events.
    Explore further with Rebecca at - www.rebeccadawson.net/

    • 1 hr 11 min
    The cost of ignoring ’All That We Are’ at work

    The cost of ignoring ’All That We Are’ at work

    Despite our best efforts to ‘wipe our feet’ of our personal life on the doorway before we go into work, the reality is that this does not occur and that we take all of us to work – the good bits, the untidy bits, the contradictory bits; whether we like it all not.But when the typical workplace is only set up to deal with a small part of All That We Are, how does this play out? What is the impact on the individual?This is the focus of my conversation with Gabriella Braun, who specialises in bringing psychoanalytic and systems thinking into workplaces and has authored the book ‘All That We Are’.
    Find out more about Gabriella and her book - www.gabriellabraun.co.uk

    • 1 hr
    After the big event

    After the big event

    More and more of us are undertaking amazing challenges in life – such as an Ironman triathlon, marathon, climbing Everest or for me very recently, swimming 20km in the ocean to Rottnest Island.
    These are amazing, life affirming feats that require a lot of time, focus and energy. There is a wealth of information relating to leading up to and during the event, but there’s been very little focus on what happens afterwards and the journey post event.
    In this very honest conversation, I talk and reflect with Perth swim coach Paul Newsome about this very ‘live’ issue for me and his experience both as a competitor and coach of many others who have undertaken such feats.

    • 51 min
    A secret weapon and a real journey into the nervous system

    A secret weapon and a real journey into the nervous system

    Many will tell you the importance of reducing stress, lowering anxiety and calming your nervous system, but how is that journey experienced in real life and what are some of the points along the way as you unwind where you’ve come from?
    In this brutally honest conversation, I reflect on my journey over the past 3 years of practising Trauma Release Exercise Tremoring with Richmond Heath, Founder of TRE Australia. Together we explore the changes, impacts and growth over time that this simple but powerful practise has had on my nervous system and way of being in life.
    From a start point common to many - a state of high anxiety hyper-vigilant functioning in the world where I genuinely thought “I was ok” - to a place of being where I can begin to meet the complexity of the outside world with an inner existential trust and truly begin to grow.
    It’s certainly not all blissful states of ease and grace serenely passing through life because, as you will find out, that concept is a response to an early point on the journey.
    Why did I record this conversation?
    I am no different to millions / billions of people who heavily wear the anxiety, depression, despair and stress resulting from the everyday living in the current human experience – but does it have to hang so heavily upon us? I believe not, but what is the journey ahead and what can be done about it?
    I believe more conversations like this need to happen so that we can chart the journey ahead and normalise it into our collective way of being.
    Link to online Richmond’s TRE course: https://www.trecourse.com/
    Link to Richmond’s High Anxiety Functioning Video: https://www.treaustralia.com/product/tre-for-high-functioning-anxiety/
    Learn TRE Tremoring in Western Australia with Fran Fuller: https://www.treaustralia.com/providers/listing/frances-fuller/
     

    • 1 hr 46 min
    The wisdom gleamed from 200+ podcast conversations

    The wisdom gleamed from 200+ podcast conversations

    In a complete change around, I was interviewed by Shaun Nannup, Si Lapping and Mark Booth.
    The focus - the wisdom gleamed from the journey of 4 years and 200+ conversation with the WA Real Podcast.
    A big thank you to all guests and listeners who all helped to make this happen - gratitude overwhelms me. 

    • 1 hr 27 min

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Choliver619 ,

Real conversations that are relevant

Congrats Bryn on the new adventure. I applaud the idea of talking to real people and sharing their stories. There are not enough face to face conversations these days. I too rode the oil boom into Perth and now I'm about to lose my job. I'm in my mid forties and not really sure what is next, but I know I want a change. I enjoyed the story of how you got to WA Real and the conversation with Brittain certainly gave me some things to think about and ponder. I will definitely be back to listen to some more conversations.

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