This Human Life

Content Warning (CW): This episode discusses themes of sexual assault, which some listeners may find distressing or triggering. On this inaugural episode of the This Human Life podcast your host, Paul D. Lowe, talks Lyn Smith about three simple words that are actually an umbrella for a range of things: What matters most? In this case, Lyn decides to talk about injustice, both personal and global after being the victim of sexual assaults in her teens. KEY TAKEAWAYS The main injustice that affected me stemmed from a couple of nasty childhood experiences. I’m a two-time sexual assault survivor. This was in the 1970s when I was in my teens and I didn’t report it at the time. I only reported it when I was 42 years old. I was going to go to university to become a veterinarian, but that didn’t happen because my education was interrupted, I went totally off the rails in terms of academia and left school without the qualifications. At 19 I joined the police force, and I think that’s because of the injustice I felt at telling no one about it. It was shocking to me to see the stats around the amount of women who were making sexual assault claims that were false. That was very disheartening and a bit of a slap in the face for those of us that have genuinely been through that. I can understand why women don’t report it: A) Are you going to be believed if it genuinely has happened to you. B) You’re going to have to relive it all multiple times in the conversations you have with police officers, medical professionals, as well as in the court room. C) You see such trivial slaps on the wrists given to the perpetrators. It’s horrible to see women still not getting justice today even though women have a louder voice today. BEST MOMENTS ‘I could literally tell, or feel, which women were telling the truth or were trying to pull the wool over our eyes.’‘Worldwide the system is still failing women.’‘Women are murdered every week in intimate relationships behind closed doors on the back of a string of domestic violence reports.’‘It affected my future relationships, it also affects your nervous system, you’re living life at high alert all the time which puts stress on the body and brings health implications both physically and mentally.’ ABOUT THE GUESTS Lyn Smith – (The Queen of HEARTS) – Love, Dating & Relationship Expert Lyn’s personal story is a very inspirational and harrowing one of how she went from having unhealthy and unfulfilling relationships with men (on the back of several serious traumatic sexual assaults in her teens) to now feeling safe, fulfilled, alive, full of passion and having inner peace. She has a proven track record as a Love Solutions - Relationship Expert/ Trainer/ Inspirational Speaker and Best-Selling Author based upon her own vast personal research, experiential learning and training with the world’s leading industry experts. Lyn makes a difference by helping you make a difference; she has a vision of contributing back on a global scale. Contact Method [email protected]  THIS HUMAN LIFE  Inspiring Stories | Elevating Lives | Leaving Legacies  This Human Life is a reflective podcast exploring what it means to live, change, and make sense of experience over time.  Hosted by Paul D. Lowe, Life Architect & Storyteller, the podcast offers a calm, thoughtful space where people share insight after life has been lived — not while it is being performed.  Through unhurried conversations shaped by love and loss, courage and consequence, reinvention and meaning, guests reflect on the moments that have quietly shaped who they have become.  There is no teaching, no persuading, and no expectation placed on the listener. Just lived experience, shared with honesty, humility, and care.  More than a podcast, This Human Life is an invitation to pause, to listen more deeply, and to reflect on the lives we are shaping simply by living them.  Paul-Lowe.com  [email protected]

We all want to feel like we matter. Most of us just don't say it out loud. Host Paul D Low is joined by Aimee Mosco — author, intuitive channel and co-founder of Intentional Healing Systems — and Kristin Johnson, prize-winning writer, screenwriter and author of the social media essential Ain't "U" Got No Manners, for a conversation that goes right to the heart of one of the six core human needs: significance. From hoarding toilet paper during a pandemic to feeling invisible despite showing up every single day, the discussion gets honest about how the need for validation quietly shapes relationships, identity, and the ladders we choose to climb. There's warmth, laughter, and some genuinely profound moments around pain versus suffering, the wisdom of children, and why turning the lens inward is always where the journey begins. You are significant. You matter. Just for today, that's enough. 5 KEY TAKEAWAYS Significance is one of the six core human needs, yet most people never consciously recognise they're driven by it — and that blind spot creates real friction in relationships. Seeking validation from external sources places unfair expectations on others. The real work is finding ways to feel significant from within, rather than waiting for the world to confirm it. Pain is a useful signal telling you something needs to change. Suffering is what happens when you ignore the signal for too long. Recognising the difference is everything. When significance becomes your entire identity — through a career, a role, a relationship — losing it can feel like losing yourself. Awareness of this is the first line of defence. Children are natural teachers here. They pursue things with curiosity, fall down, get back up, and stay present. Rebuilding that relationship with play and wonder is a genuine antidote to suffering. QUOTES "It's not necessarily about sources — it's about seeking out ways to feel significant without putting expectations on others." "It wasn't about them at all. It was about me and how I felt about myself. That was the only way to dig myself out of feeling totally invisible." "When you lose that significance, you lose your identity — and that can be very painful." "Suffering means that we've missed the cues. We haven't paid attention to the rung that's missing." "Just remember that you are significant and you matter. Just for today — that's all that really counts." ABOUT THE GUESTS Kristin Johnson is a prize-winning/prize-finalist writer, blogger, ghost-writing/creative writing consultant, screenwriter, and editor. A graduate of the former Master of Professional Writing Program from the University of Southern California, she has published/ collaborated on seven books. Her current book AIN’T “U” GOT NO MANNERS has been called ‘the Bible for social media’. She is a member of the Desert Screenwriters Guild, Society of Children’s Books and Illustrators, and Palm Springs Women in Film and Television. ⁠Website⁠ Aimee Mosco is an author, intuitive channel, and co-founder of Intentional Healing Systems, LLC. Over the course of 10 years, she developed a healing system called SACRED after mapping the components of the human energy field, based on channelled communications. She conducts practitioner certification for SACRED and teaches classes based on the system, as well as her books… ‘Gratitude + Forgiveness x Love = Happiness’ ‘Daily Agreements, Guidelines & Intentions’ Aimee is a co-host of the global community group ‘Evolve Through Love’, and she works as an intuitive who specializes in facilitating healing of the body, heart, mind, and spirit. She has dedicated her journey to teaching others how to shift their beliefs, thoughts, and emotions to unearth innate personal power. Her passion for helping others to help themselves inspired the collaborative project and global healing movement, IHS Unity, created with her co-author, Donald Ferguson. ⁠Website⁠ THIS HUMAN LIFE  Inspiring Stories | Elevating Lives | Leaving Legacies  This Human Life is a reflective podcast exploring what it means to live, change, and make sense of experience over time.  Hosted by Paul D. Lowe, Life Architect & Storyteller, the podcast offers a calm, thoughtful space where people share insight after life has been lived — not while it is being performed.  Through unhurried conversations shaped by love and loss, courage and consequence, reinvention and meaning, guests reflect on the moments that have quietly shaped who they have become.  There is no teaching, no persuading, and no expectation placed on the listener. Just lived experience, shared with honesty, humility, and care.  More than a podcast, This Human Life is an invitation to pause, to listen more deeply, and to reflect on the lives we are shaping simply by living them.  ⁠Paul-Lowe.com⁠  ⁠mailto:[email protected]

On this inaugural episode of the This Human Life podcast, your host, Paul D. Lowe, talks to Kristen Johnson and Aimee Mosco about the concept of nothing being wasted in life. KEY TAKEAWAYS I can’t tell you how long I’ve spent on a labour-of-love project and expecting a big return – if not financially, then metaphorically or physically – and it didn’t pan out. But it taught me a lot, and I learned something from it. Sometimes when we have expectations, they are potentially not realistic, so we set the stage for failure – for lack of a better word – for not meeting those expectations because they’re not reasonable. We don’t necessarily know that before we take the journey, but that’s how we learn. Awareness plays a huge role in how you frame things. When you take the perspective that nothing is wasted and you look at things from that higher level you may see that your soul/higher wisdom/inner spirit has laid out a path for you. When you’re taking that path, you may not see where it’s leading but it will be productive. It’s easy to say you would have done things differently in hindsight because your perspective is growing in each moment and you’re growing in each moment. If I was faced with the same choices at this point in my life as I was 20 years ago I would probably make a different choice, but I feel like it wouldn’t serve me if I had made a different choice or taken a different path. BEST MOMENTS ‘You cannot be the person you are today if you didn’t have previous experiences – you wouldn’t be in this moment without the previous moments.’‘So many people want a shortcut, especially these days when we’re surrounded by technology. Wanting things now and impatience have always been human tendencies.’‘I don’t think thoughts can be wasted.’‘Perfection is impossible to achieve.’ ABOUT THE GUESTS Kristin Johnson is a prize-winning/prize-finalist writer, blogger, ghost-writing/creative writing consultant, screenwriter, and editor. A graduate of the former Master of Professional Writing Program from the University of Southern California, she has published/ collaborated on seven books. Her current book AIN’T “U” GOT NO MANNERS has been called ‘the Bible for social media’. She is a member of the Desert Screenwriters Guild, Society of Children’s Books and Illustrators, and Palm Springs Women in Film and Television. Website Aimee Mosco is an author, intuitive channel, and co-founder of Intentional Healing Systems, LLC. Over the course of 10 years, she developed a healing system called SACRED after mapping the components of the human energy field, based on channelled communications. She conducts practitioner certification for SACRED and teaches classes based on the system, as well as her books… ‘Gratitude + Forgiveness x Love = Happiness’ ‘Daily Agreements, Guidelines & Intentions’ Aimee is a co-host of the global community group ‘Evolve Through Love’, and she works as an intuitive who specializes in facilitating healing of the body, heart, mind, and spirit. She has dedicated her journey to teaching others how to shift their beliefs, thoughts, and emotions to unearth innate personal power. Her passion for helping others to help themselves inspired the collaborative project and global healing movement, IHS Unity, created with her co-author, Donald Ferguson. Website THIS HUMAN LIFE  Inspiring Stories | Elevating Lives | Leaving Legacies  This Human Life is a reflective podcast exploring what it means to live, change, and make sense of experience over time.  Hosted by Paul D. Lowe, Life Architect & Storyteller, the podcast offers a calm, thoughtful space where people share insight after life has been lived — not while it is being performed.  Through unhurried conversations shaped by love and loss, courage and consequence, reinvention and meaning, guests reflect on the moments that have quietly shaped who they have become.  There is no teaching, no persuading, and no expectation placed on the listener. Just lived experience, shared with honesty, humility, and care.  More than a podcast, This Human Life is an invitation to pause, to listen more deeply, and to reflect on the lives we are shaping simply by living them.  Paul-Lowe.com  mailto:[email protected]

Paul is joined by returning guest, Martin Leifeld, one of the most successful fundraisers and thought leaders in the world, to discuss leadership, and how the first hours of the day can determine the day ahead of us.  Martin talks about the ways in which he prepares himself to meet the challenges ahead and how focusing on his morning rituals has driven him to success. KEY TAKEAWAYS Our mood, temperament and mental agility are determined by how we begin each day. By focusing on positivity and productivity straight away, we set the compass of our day. Journaling and reflection are empowering ways in which to focus our minds on our achievements, and by doing so, inspire us to achieve more. Preparation creates certainty, and adds to a solid foundation for your day ahead. It helps to remove the doubts about where our time will lead us. Leaders are not so because of their wealth or position. Leaders can be found at all levels of life, even in the home. We are all responsible for something. Always remember that one day we will be living through our final moments. Will there be parts of your life you regret, but more importantly, what will you take pride in? BEST MOMENTS ‘How we begin our day has everything to do with the kind of day we have’ ’The fruit of preparation is peace’ ‘We are all leaders’ ‘Live your life with the end in mind' VALUABLE RESOURCES Mastering The Game Of Life  ABOUT THE GUEST Asking someone to donate money is tough! Martin Leifeld would sit in his car rehearsing his ask with sweaty palms, praying he wouldn’t get another rejection. Determined to master his craft he learned the power of embracing discomfort and through powerful human behaviour techniques was able to raise over $500 Million for three organisations! Martin served as vice chancellor for university advancement at the University of Missouri–St. Louis for ten years.  While there, he led a dramatic increase in fundraising, averaging $26.4 million per year.  Prior to joining UMSL, Martin was associate vice president for university development at Saint Louis University, where he led his team raising $158 million in 3 years. Raising money became his Number One passion and Martin has since been able to distill the art of fundraising into core fundamental principles and a clear formula that anyone can learn. Contact Martin via: www.MartinLeifeld.com ABOUT THE HOST One thing that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – something he is totally aware of.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned the iconic ‘Think Different’ Apple commercial narrated by Steve Jobs in 1977: “Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules.  You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do!” Paul has a long and distinguished history of coaching & mentoring – particularly focusing on helping people make the transition from pain to purpose; a journey he has made himself, from the depths of a deep dark existence, to now living a life of happiness and prosperity. Through this Mastering The Game Of Life podcast, and books he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising. “Remember – Mastering The Game Of Life Starts, By Embracing Our Hearts!” CONTACT METHOD Tel: +44 (0) 115 7270101 E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAMPaulLowe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

Paul is joined by Joyce Shaw, as the pair discuss the concept of challenges, and why they must actively be faced as lessons in life, instead of obstacles. Only by embracing challenges in life can we truly grow, develop, and master the intricate and beautiful game of life. KEY TAKEAWAYS Life happens, no matter how much we try to control it. We must accept that challenges arrive whether we like it or not Without faith, we will suffer from fear. The more this fear takes root, the less able we will be to face down the challenges of tomorrow. The antidote to fear is bravery, and the acquisition of bravery is an ongoing pursuit. Therefore, the acceptance of fear is often the easier option. Surrounding ourselves with positivity and support is the first step in achieving the self-belief we need in order to face life’s lessons. BEST MOMENTS ‘We need to trust that things will get better’ ‘We must make the choice to choose love’ ’Find the positive. This too shall pass’ ‘We know not what the future holds, but we know who holds the future' VALUABLE RESOURCES Mastering The Game Of Life   ABOUT THE HOST One thing that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – something he is totally aware of.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned the iconic ‘Think Different’ Apple commercial narrated by Steve Jobs in 1977: “Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules.  You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do!” Paul has a long and distinguished history of coaching & mentoring – particularly focusing on helping people make the transition from pain to purpose; a journey he has made himself, from the depths of a deep dark existence, to now living a life of happiness and prosperity. Through this Mastering The Game Of Life podcast, and books he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising. “Remember – Mastering The Game Of Life Starts, By Embracing Our Hearts!” CONTACT METHODS Tel: +44 (0) 115 7270101 E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAMPaulLowe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/