S2E9-047 Mindful Growth with Jo Henwood

Author: DL Nix
Published: Thu 29 May 2025
Episode Link: https://findingelara.libsyn.com/s2e9-047-mindful-growth-with-jo-henwood

Show Notes

‘I’ve constructed the life that meets my dreams’
Wrong Bassinet at the Hospital
When you have the choice to learn something practical or something you Loe then go for the one that you love.
Oscure path leads to Niche
Started Australian Fairytale Society in August 2013
She lives and out of the Rut life because of her different jobs.
Jo is not scared of hard work
Motivation is easy to find when you are inspired and interested
Was pleased to learn Storytelling was a profession
Don’t need to be original to be a storyteller, you take the scaffolding from something that is already there.
To stop overwhelm – pretend to be tough.

Guest Bio

Jo Henwood is an Accredited Storyteller with Australian Storytellers, accredited Professional Guide with the Institute of Australian Tour Guides, and has been President of the Australian Fairy Tale Society. She is a museum theatre creative, and workshop leader on literature, history, creative writing, folklore, and storytelling. As a Tour Guide she leads tours around Sydney, as and Education Officer she interprets history and science in heritage sites, and she was a FEAST (Federation of Asian Storytellers) mentor to Storytellers performing in heritage sites. Her qualifications include BA (Library Science), Tour Guiding Cert III, Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies, Graduate Certificate of Gifted Education, and Master of Cultural Heritage. Jo has been performing stories for over 25 years, specialising in historical stories and fairy tales, and storytelling in heritage sites, but also performing myths, mysteries, romances, ghost and literary stories, for audiences from pre school to elderly, including school age, families, teens, and People With Disability.

Links

Contact Jo

Website: www.johenwoodstoryteller.com.au

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jo.henwood1

Australian Fairytale Society

Website: https://australianfairytalesociety.org/

Conference: https://australianfairytalesociety.org/2025-sydney-conference/

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