Down to Earth Conversations

Nov 30 2024 100 ep. 48 mins 4

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Conversations with ordinary people who are helping to bring a bit of heaven Down to Earth. A fortnightly podcast hosted by Andy Dickson - a husband, father, poet, preacher, business owner and sports nut.

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104. Dallas Harema - Embracing Emotions, Te Tiriti, and Creating Safe Spaces to Take Risks

Nov 30 2024 56 mins

Dallas Harema is a social worker, counsellor, coach, husband, father, and so much more. My observation, having known Dallas for a while now, is that he has a really good grasp on what it means to love people well, in a way that gets through the clutter to make real connections. We talk about how being Māori influences how he sees relationships, we talk about breaking down barrier

103. Stephen Garton Takes Over - A Spectrum of Belonging: Embracing Diversity in Our Communities

Nov 04 2024 68 mins

Earlier this year I was a guest on Stephen Garton's podcast, Fresh Aesthetic. This episode is a rerelease of that episode in full. If you enjoy it, make sure you check out Stephen's other episodes of Fresh Aesthetic. Check out Fresh Aesthetic on Instagram, linktree, or wherever you get your podcasts. ___ Connect with me at downtoearthconversations.com or at: Facebook: facebook.com

102. Kylee Black - Disability, Interdependence, and How Accessibility Benefits Everyone

Oct 20 2024 59 mins

Kylee Black is a social entrepreneur committed to cultivating strong connected community. Through her own experiences with disability and complex health challenges, Kylee has been able to create spaces for others and that help empower them in their own journey. Kylee is the CEO and founder of Kylee & Co, an online platform with accessible products by the disability community fo

101. Cole Yeoman - Palestinian Resilience, Non-Violent Resistance, and Creating Hope

Oct 06 2024 94 mins

As I release this, today marks one full year since the atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel, and the beginning of a horrendous campaign of genocide that Israel began in Gaza as a result. Violence that has, in the past week or so, spread into surrounding territories as the western world sits back and watches. Today's guest, Cole Yeoman, is a visual journalist, capturing stories

100. Strahan Coleman - Mountain Tops, Unanswered Prayers, and What It Means That God is Good,

Sep 24 2024 64 mins

Episode 100 is here! As I was thinking about what to do for this episode, I thought, why not interview someone who has featured more on the podcast than anyone else, yet who hasn't actually been a guest on the podcast? Every episode since episode 21, Strahan Coleman's music has been there. And in this kōrero with Strahan we go deep, talking about the journey that led to him being

99. Asif Mall - Religious Persecution, Harm Prevention, and Loving Those Who Hate You

Sep 09 2024 58 mins

Asif Mall works out of the UK in places like his homeland of Pakistan, helping to support persecuted Christians, but even more than that, using influence and strategy to help create change that prevents some of the persecution from happening to begin with. We talk about growing up in Pakistan as a Christian in a Muslim country, how he got involved in the work he is doing, and what

98. Charlotte Cummings - Church Hurt, The Helping Gang, and How to Feel Better

Aug 28 2024 56 mins

Charlotte Cummings works in a number of ways to outwork an inner desire to help others, especially people who are finding life tough through mental health, parenting, or because they've been hurt in faith-based spaces. We talk about her work as an investigator, counsellor, consultant and more. We hear about her experience of supporting those who have been hurt in Christian faith c

97. Scott Gilmour - Generational Change, Building Connections, and the I Have a Dream Trust

Aug 11 2024 49 mins

Scott Gilmour is the chair and founder of the I Have A Dream Trust. I Have a Dream is an organisation working to support children through building relationships that span years. It is a programme that, as you will hear, was a long time in the making for Scott, but he followed his intuition, used the resources he had, and now supports over 20 workers, or navigators as they call the

Catching Up With - 05 - Aaron Hendry - Still Kicking Back at Youth Homelessness

Aug 05 2024 34 mins

Back on episode 11 of Down to Earth Conversations I talked to Aaron about work he was doing with young people experiencing homelessness. Aaron is still fighting with and for our rangatahi (youth) but has left the larger, more generic services he worked for and, with his wife Summer, started Kick Back - an organisation dedicated to supporting some of our most vulnerable young people

96. Ken Clearwater - The Royal Commission of Inquiry, Healing from Abuse, and Changes that Must Be Made

Jul 24 2024 52 mins

I have released this episode out of my usual rhythm because the day of release is a significant day in Aotearoa New Zealand. On this day, July 24, 2024, the Royal Commission of inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-based Care released their final report. This report, which took six years to compile, details the abuse of thousands of New Zealand children and other vulnerable people