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This crown is on fire
by Willisa Osburn
A podcast for women who are just trying to keep their crowns on their heads. Join us for weekly-ish discussions on the challenges facing modern women. Topics including but not limited to; health, wellbeing, time management, career, politics, book reviews, and historical profiles. Something for everyone! Listen to our sister podcast WEAR YOUR CROWN for quick pinches of positive productivity every Friday(ish).
Episodes
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E206 - APRIL BOOK - Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay w/Jo
This week we welcome back our friend Jo for our April BOOK OF THE MONTH - Growing up disabled in Australia, edited by Carly Findlay. We discuss multiple stories and how these helped us relate to our own experiences. It's not an in-depth discussion, however, I will release a longer more detailed...
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E205 - Standard of Care for the NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is pegged to undergo some major reforms according to some recently leaked documents revealed in the media this week. Today’s episode investigates if standardised testing and assessment processes will ensure a ‘fairer’ outcome for Australians living with a...
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E204 - The 'Hit Job' on Speaking Up #auspol
A ‘Hit job’ is a pretty well-known style of journalism. The basic definition is to attack someone’s character, and wordhippo.com, one of my student’s favourite websites for English, suggests that other terms that fit are ‘smear campaign’ ‘demonizing, and ‘character assassination. Last week, Aaron...
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E203 - Why are women so mad and men so sad?
This week the rage of women has reached boiling point. There is no denying that, and according to the Australian Government, we're fresh out of ideas for handling it. In the spirit of looking at difficult problems with few solutions, we've doubled this weeks fires but adding Men's mental health…
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BONUS!! WEAR YOUR CROWN The Podcast - Reflect, Readjust and Reject (Goal Setting)
BONUS: WEAR YOUR CROWN – Reflect, Readjust, Reject (Goal Setting) Who can believe it’s ALREADY March?? It’s a quarter of the way through 2021 already and so I think it’s a great time to really think about those goals you set in January! Does this goal still bring you joy? Are you still interested...
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E202 - Lady Millie Peacock The First Woman Elected to Vic Parliament - Feminist History
A short and sweet profile to end of Women's History Month (March). in 1923 the Parliament Act was finally amended to allowed to run as candidates for elections at state and federal levels. It took ten years, but eventually, Lady Millie Peacock was elected to the seat of Allendale. Listen in to…
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E201 - I'm BACK!!! Facial Paralysis and Life Update
Hello!! Welcome back to season 2 of THIS CROWN IS ON FIRE! In this first episode, I give an update on what's kept me away so long, my continuing facial paralysis, and how this has impacted my life/classroom/future. Please leave a rating and a review OR EVEN SHARE THE PODCAST ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA!...
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E122 - Fired up Friday - WEAR YOUR CROWN!
This is the last Fired up Friday episode for TCIOF, but don't fear! It's because you loved it so much that it's now got it's OWN LITTLE PART OF THE UNIVERSE! Wear your crown is now it's own podcast and website, and the perfect destination for women who know that life is all about progress not...
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E121 - Exposed Roses w/Leah
Well with the Bachelorette Australia kicking off for 2020 with TWO SISTERS, we thought who better than to recap and analyze this season then TWO OTHER SISTERS. Leah and Willisa are launching a brand new podcast, dropping every Saturday from this week called EXPOSED ROSES! We'll Rate the Date…
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E120 - Fired Up Friday!! - What do you GET to do?
Hello!! On this mini-episode, we talk about practicing gratitude in your language and the way you word your to-do list! Come listen and see if you can implement this in your world this week! Have a fantastic weekend! Wx
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E119 -Bachlighting w/Lisa
In this week's episode, Willisa wraps up the 2020 season of the Bachelor for our reality-tv-rookie Lisa. They discuss the concepts of gaslighting and breakups and how mainstream media showing this behaviour might have on people navigating modern relationships. Mini-Episodes every Friday focus on...
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E118 - FIRED UP FRIDAY - Mindful To-Do Lists
Happy Fri-YAY!! On todays mini-episode; Bilbies in the wild, Positive Productivity challenge to add mindfulness into your to-do list, and the WINNER OF OUR INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY!!! Have a wonderful weekend!! Wx
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E117 - 'Women don't owe your pretty' w/Jo
Hello! And welcome to our September Book Debrief! In this episode, Jo and Willisa debrief the contemporary feminist text "Women don't owe you pretty" by Florence Given. This visually exciting book is definitely a must-read for young women, but Jo and Willisa talk a bit about what women in their...
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E116 - FIRED UP FRIDAY!!!
HELLO!! Welcome to our brand new weekly mini-episode - Fired Up Friday! Each week Willisa will bring you a positive mindset activity that you can do across the week to reconnect and reenergize for the week ahead or reflect on the week that has just been. These will be super practical activities...
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E115 - Everything doing too much has taught me w/Willisa
So as you know, I'm a full-time teacher, I am in the leadership group of a major political party, I'm on several committees, I have three amazing children, I produce this podcast and I usually have two or three other personal project on the go at any one time. I love being busy, it keeps my brain...
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E114 - What do you remember most about your childhood? w/Leah
Hello! This week is a little bit special. My sister, Leah, and I chat about the most memorable parts of our childhood, and what things stick out in our minds most, and we compare these to how we think our kids will remember their time during COVID. Our kids have a really wide span in ages, so I...
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E113 - Modern Devotion w/Lucia
Hello! Welcome to another week of This crown is on fire. This week we are talking about the idea of "modern devotion" with co-host Lucia. I've been fascinated by stan culture, and this 'defend at any cost' mentality that I've seen rise through our modern society in the last five years or so.…
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E112 - The Lady Hercules, Katie Sandwina - Feminst History w/Willisa
Hello!! Thank you for joining me on this episode of This crown is on fire! This week I am featuring a bit of a historical profile on amazing 20th Century feminist, The Great Sandwina. Born into a circus family in Germany in 1886, Katie toured the world with her husband and children as the…
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E111 - Perceptions of Reality w/Lisa
We all know that Willisa is a bit of a reality TV show tragic, especially the romanticized relationship narratives such as The Bachelor and Married at First Sight. In this episode Lisa and Willisa chat about the most recent season of Bachie, and how these constructed narratives impact the way…
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E110 - An Apology and some Headlines w/Willisa
Yes, you did read that correctly. In this episode, our resident raging redhead APOLOGISES for an Instagram mishap during the week. She also talks about some feminist news from throughout this week. From today's show; WAP by Cardi B and Megan the stallion (NSFW) -...
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E109 - Woman and Leadership w/ Jo
A very special episode of TCIOF this week! Jo and Will debrief after reading "Woman and Leadership" by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Both Jo and Willisa highly recommend this, and this chat goes on many side discussions on the everyday challenges that women face that are so relatable…
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E108 - Close Contact w/Leah
This episode features the story of Leah, whose childcare centre had a staff member test positive to COVID-19 after spending time in both her children's care rooms. Find out how she found out, what happened with her special needs child at the testing site and how the expectation and pressures from...
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E107 - Masks of Mayhem
It's a SOLO EPISODE. Because I knew I'd have enough thoughts and feelings about all the things #pandemiclife this week. Mandatory masks came into effect this week, and so I look at what "right" people have to refuse to wear one. We also consider the state government's brand new emotive...
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BONUS EPISODE!! An invitation to join in with us...
Hello! Well, if you have been over on the @ThisCrownIsOnFire Instagram page you'll know that I have finally got my hands on "Women and leadership" by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Last week's co-host Jo and I are planning on reading this book and then recording a special debrief episode,...
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E106 - Pandemic Media Diet
Welcome to another week! As Willisa and cohost Jo enter official lockdown, they discuss how they consume media in this fast-paced political landscape. How does the media help or hinder our anxiety? How can we help keep our kids knowledgable but not alarmed! Tell us how you're media diet has…
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E105 - Womanhood and Wellbeing.
This episode is truly a fly on the wall opportunity. Two women just chatting about how wellbeing impacts them, what self-care is in 2020 and how it impacts our parenting and our functioning. If ever we needed relatable content it is NOW! As Lockdown 2.0 hits across Melbourne, and the rest of the...
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E104 - Talk about Economics w/Nicole Rowan
Hello! This week's episode is with the amazing Nicole Rowan. Nicole has worked as a tax lawyer, often gives advice to our government systems. Join as we talk about literal fire making, pandemic economics, universal basic income and superannuation. I've learned so much in this episode, but I do…
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E103 - How do you think we learn 'Guilt'? w/Willisa
A SOLO EPISODE! In this episode Willisa dives into the emotion women report as being on of the biggest influence on their wellbeing - guilt. What is the impact of carrying this guilt? Across the ditch in New Zealand, a supermarket chain is adding the label "Period" to products that deal with...
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E102 - This Pandemic Life... w/Lisa
Will and Lisa chat about all things ISO Living in this informal conversation. Listen in as they discuss how their views on work have changed, how their local communities and economies have been impacted and what they hope will stay and go in "beyond covid normal". Don't forget to follow…
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Welcome to...
Our very first episode! This short introductory ep features me, your host and discussed my reasons for starting this podcast and the hopes I have for it moving forward! Got an idea for an upcoming episode? Wanna be an episode cohost? I‘d love to hear from you; [email protected] Have a…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast for women who are just trying to keep their crowns on their heads. Join us for weekly-ish discussions on the challenges facing modern women. Topics including but not limited to; health, wellbeing, time management, career, politics, book reviews, and historical profiles. Something for everyone! Listen to our sister podcast WEAR YOUR CROWN for quick pinches of positive productivity every Friday(ish).
HOSTED BY
Willisa Osburn
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