Use anger as fuel, not fire - Natalie on creativity, letting go and finding gratitude | The Daisy Chain

Some of the most important things anyone ever told you about creativity, confidence and finding your way weren't said in a classroom or a therapy room. They were said in a kitchen, at a piano, in the middle of an ordinary afternoon by someone who had already figured it out the hard way.Natalie is an actress with decades of BBC productions, theatre and film behind her - Calendar Girls, Pride and Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest, and this summer Shear Madness at the Sonning Theatre. She has spent nearly thirty years teaching the STAGE method to everyone from children to corporate boardrooms, helping people find their voice when it matters most. But she also happens to have known Daisy since the day she was born - and long before any of the credentials, she was the person who sat her down at a piano and told her to just play.In this conversation, Natalie talks about what it really means to use anger as fuel rather than letting it consume you, and why the fire you felt at fifteen never actually goes out - it just needs you to look for it. They talk about creativity and why boredom is one of the most underrated tools you have, about letting go of what you cannot control, and about gratitude as something you practise rather than feel. Natalie shares what a hypnotherapist gave her in two words that changed everything, how watching David Bowie on Top of the Pops in 1973 cracked something open in her, and why nothing you have ever learned — even the things that didn't work out - is ever truly wasted.This one is for anyone who has ever felt lost, poured everything into something that didn't go to plan, or needed a reminder that feeling behind is not the same as being behind.Every Thursday at 3pm. 🌼In this episode we discuss:Using anger as fuel, not fireWhy nothing you've ever learned is wastedThe two words that changed everythingBoredom as a creative toolLetting go of what you can't controlGratitude as a daily practiceNatalie Ogle's STAGE method and public speakingWhy the fire in your belly never really goes outFollow The Daisy Chain:Follow The Daisy Chain on InstagramThe Daisy Chain's TikTokKnow an amazing guest? Contact us at [email protected] this episode?Subscribe on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.Leave a 5🌟 review — to help more people discover our pearls of wisdom.What found us — Links & MentionsDaisy: Give it a grow by Martha SwalesJoshua Tree by Demi Lovato & Rose GrayIs This Thing On? What found me this week: Ella's pick: The Road Not Taken by Robert FrostNatalie:Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Rocky Horror ShowSuzi QuatroGuest: Natalie — Shear Madness at the Sonning TheatreThe Daisy Chain is a weekly podcast where every week, someone who's already been where you are passes down four pearls of wisdom to those of us still finding our way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.