EPS : 127 - Refusing to Let Silence Be the Ending with Kate Markland

What happens when a child is given back their voice?In this powerful episode, we sit down with a former physiotherapist turned award-winning innovator to explore how storytelling became a lifeline — first for her son, and then for children around the world.After a court-ordered separation limited her contact with her son Gabriel to one hour a week, she asked him one simple question:“Do you want to be the hero of your own story?”That question sparked magical adventures, bestselling books, and eventually StoryQuest™ — a storytelling approach that has helped hundreds of children who once struggled to write discover that the blank page isn’t a literacy problem, it’s a voice problem.In this episode, we talk about: • Why listening is the most underestimated skill in education • What the blank page is really telling us about a child • What 100% engagement actually looks like in a classroom • Why self-leadership matters more than ever in an AI-driven world • How one boy’s story became a global movement • What it means to refuse to let silence be the endingThis conversation is for parents, educators, creatives, and anyone sitting in front of a blank page wondering if their voice matters.🎧 Listen now and be reminded:The most powerful story you’ll ever tell is the one you tell yourself.Connect with Kate Markland https://www.katemarkland.com/