Episode 73: Catriona Pine

Host Tori Walker spends a morning with Catriona Pine on her Brisbane balcony chatting candidly about her faith, her friends, her love of stories, and her work with kids with complex special needs.    EPISODE NOTES:   Host Tori Walker spends a morning with Catriona Pine on her Brisbane balcony chatting candidly about her faith, her friends, her love of stories, and her work with kids with complex special needs.    *** Catriona is a beautiful, warm individual who uses her gifts to love her family, her church family, and the kids she works with.  She works as a speech pathologist assisting kids with complex special needs to eat and communicate.  She lives in Brisbane and is a member of Living Church.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   Wide Eyed Stories      SHOW SNIPPETS:   “You emotionally connect very well with stories.”   “I think it’s really important to make sure that that kid knows that you’re present and that you’re there.”   “These are beloved children.”   “Church has a lot of politics that I don’t want to get involved in and I think don’t want to mess relationships.”   “When you’re working with someone who’s, in the beginning, not giving a lot back because of a variety of reasons, turning up for them every week is really important.”   “The pressure to be a certain size is so prevalent.”   “Buy bigger jeans. I shouldn’t get sad, just buy bigger jeans.”   “I’m the biggest person in the class but I can do it.”   “Constant encouragement from everyone around you.”   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com . . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.