33. How to Follow Your Dreaming Path with Dr Paul Callaghan (PHD)

Today, we walk the Dreaming Path with Dr. Paul Callaghan — a Worimi man, storyteller, dancer, consultant and author whose life journey and cultural wisdom teach us how to live out our best story.

We travel through his early years of spirituality and cultural roots, into the western system that pulled him away from them, and toward a breakdown that became the portal back home.

In this conversation, Paul invites us to reflect on what it means to find The Dreaming Path, to reclaim our power with gentleness, and to nurture a creative life in harmony with Country. He shares practices to help us pay attention and reconnect to the living world, to find belonging in the land beneath our feet, and to remember that community is the true source of originality.

This episode is an invitation to step out of the rush of our modern world, to trust the wisdom of Country, and to begin walking your own Dreaming Path back to wonder, authenticity, and peace.

This episode is full of rare and precious Indigenous wisdom, truth telling,  transformative insights, practical tips, and rich inspiration for the creative heart.

In this episode, we explore:

• The power of owning and sharing our story
• Paul’s journey from corporate success to a pivotal breakdown that led him back to reconnecting with his cultural roots
• The wisdom of Aboriginal spirituality
• Practices for listening to Country and finding true belonging
• Creativity as medicine for healing and transformation
• How to reclaim our power with gentleness rather than force
• The ache of loneliness and the pathways back to connection
• The wisdom of slowing down in a world that rushes ahead
• Why originality is born in community, not in isolation
• The sacred responsibility of sharing knowledge with integrity

You can purchase Dr Paul's book - The Dreaming Path HERE

And his new children's book - Adventures on the Dreaming Path HERE.

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The original painted work in the show design was hand painted by artist Sarah Darling.

The creation of our original musical score was created by Camilla Rose Sullivan.