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Harry Potter Saved My Life
by Harriet MorrisUnexpected life lessons from The Boy Who Lived. Every episode, superfan Harriet Morris looks at one character, spell, invention or place from the magical world of Harry Potter (and related works) and asks: what hidden soul-saving teachings are there to help us navigate and dismantle anxiety, depression and the curveballs that life has a habit of throwing at us? As you will see, Winky the house elf, Draco Malfoy and the time turner all have as much to teach us about reclaiming our power as does Harry himself. Harry didn't literally save Harriet's life, but this more than any other work helped her recover from compulsive eating .
Copyright: Harriet Morris 2017
Episodes
#2.1: Should I Go and See The Crimes of Grindelwald?
15m · PublishedS2E1: A no-spoilers episode to kick off season 2.I give you a review of the latest Fantastic Beasts film that contains absolutely no major plot giveaways – beyond what your local cinema might have in their description blurb.
I talk about what’s good and not so good about The Crimes of Grindelwald so you can decide for yourself. I talk about where I disagree with the criticisms levelled at this movie – and where I think the naysayers are right.
In particular:
*The issue of exposition in a prequel and where the film fell down
*Where I thought there was real emotional depth
*How Leta Lestrange was portrayed
*Johnny Depp as Grindelwald – total dud or just right
*The problem of Dumbledore being played anew by a third actor
*What we all need to remember about exposition in the Harry Potter films
*My favourite special effects
Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the full spoiler-filled review coming later this week.
Contact me: info {at} theshiftinside.com
Check out The Eating Coach podcast - just search that title wherever you get your podcasts or go to www.theshiftinside.com/blog
#14: Season 2 Trailer - and a bit about Jacob Kowalski
21m · PublishedSeason 2 of this podcast is just around the corner! Be sure to subscribe so you get the next episode the moment it is released.
I include an excerpt about Jacob Kowalski (the thoroughly befuddled muggle fromFantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them) which was featured in episode 14 of my other podcast, The Eating Coach.
Here is the full episode that extract comes from, plus all the video clips for each Hollywood Rebel:
http://www.theshiftinside.com/films/
#13: The Time Turner: Neutralising Regret
14m · PublishedWouldn’t we all just love a Time Turner? How fabulous would it be to go back in time and wipe out that awful interview, the person you wish you had never met, or the job you would avoid like the plague if you had your time over again.
However, I believe that the REAL fantasy pull of the Time Turner is two-fold: to help us turn away from the inevitable forward march of time and to avoid having to feel regret.
Sorry, ain’t gonna happen. In this episode, I discuss how JK Rowling’s very interesting limitations on this invention gives us a clue to why we are better off without them (and Harry and co. helpfully smashed the lot in the department of mysteries at the end of book 5 anyway) and how we can neutralise regret instead.
Olivia from TheSuper Serious Social Justice Podcast drops in to give her a few of her favourite bits of all things Potter.
RESOURCES:
To contact me or record your audio to be on the show:
http://www.theshiftinside.com/harry/
https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/time-turner
http://www.theshiftinside.com/podcast-me-too-release-your-trauma-and-put-food-out-of-a-job-it-was-never-meant-to-do/
Super Serious Social Justice Podcast:
https://www.sssjcast.com/
The Eating Coach podcast:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
In the USA
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
SFX By www.zapsplat.com
#12: Voldemort: Dismantle Your Fears
22m · PublishedSo many of our fears have a very powerful misunderstanding at their core. Find out why so many of us are servants to our fears, instead of brave adventurers who dismantle them at every opportunity. Harry chooses to face Voldemort in the forest – and we too can stand up to our fears…with equally powerful results.
New section: Who’s Your Favourite…?
Thanks to Marina Darlow from www.vision-framework.com who hosts the Better at Business podcast athttp://betterat.biz/for being the first listener to tell us her favourite character and why, and also what spell she wishes she could use, and why.
To get on the show with YOUR answers, simply go to http://www.theshiftinside.com/harry/ and record your answers there! If you have a podcast tell what it is and what it’s about!
RESOURCES
Episode on Cavebrain:
http://www.theshiftinside.com/audio-why-cant-i-stop-stress-eating-ask-your-cavebrain/
The Eating Coach podcast:
If you have an Apple device, go to
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
In the USA
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
‘Rejection Proof’ is by Jia Jing
#11: Omnioculars - Reel VS Real Life
12m · PublishedToday I look at the significance of omnioculars in the Muggle world. If you have forgotten, they appear at the start of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire when our hero is watching the Quidditch World Cup:
"You can replay action ... slow everything down ... and they flash up a play-by-play breakdown if you need it. Bargain - ten Galleons each."
Find out what they mean to us in our life, and how they can help us be happier and more empowered.
RESOURCES
Ideas for future show topics? Email me: info {at} theshiftinside.com or leave me a message at
http://www.theshiftinside.com/harry/
Check out my other podcast The Eating Coach
If you have an Apple device and are in the UK, go to
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
In the USA:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
SFX by the ever-splendiferous Zapsplat
#10: Snape - The Dangers of Confirmation Bias
14m · PublishedToday we look at our own tendancy to use events and actions of other people to confirm our pre-existing beliefs through Snape...and indeed Harry. Find out exactly how they are inverted mirror images of each other, a kind of mutually destructive, corrupted yin and yang.
And of course we take this lesson out of JK Rowling's world, and into our own. Find out what feeling is a pretty good clue that you are suffering from confirmation bias, as well as the question that can help you be more objective.
Quote of The Episode: Fred and George's U-No-Pooposter from The Half Blood Prince
Resources
The episode about Harry and Snape and The Shadow:
http://harrypottersavedmylife.com/2-harry-and-self-acceptance
The Psychology Today Article:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/automatic-you/201710/confirmation-bias-why-you-make-terrible-life-choices
Check out The Eating Coach podcast wherever you get your podcasts
#9: The Dursleys - The Hidden Benefits of Jealousy
13m · PublishedWhat surprising lessons can Harry Potter's hideous relatives have to offer us? The hidden benefits of jealousy, that's what.
Another shot of inspiration from superfan Harriet Morris who can seemingly find not exactly a font of wisdom from Privet drive, but some backwards, unintended life advice Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon never intended to give their nephew, but is writ large in neo lights whenever either of them open their (rather mealy) mouths.
RESOURCES
Episode 2 (mistakenly I called it episode one) about Harry's shadows:
http://harrypottersavedmylife.com/2-harry-and-self-acceptance
Contact me athttp://www.theshiftinside.com/harry/
The Eating Coach podcast on iTunes is at
UK -https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
USA -https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
#8: Halloween - Discover Life’s Greatest Paradox
14m · PublishedThe 31st October is massively significant in the Potterverse, and even more meaningful for us – if we look deep enough.
How we do it is by unearthing the strange paradoxes that occur every Halloween to Harry and his friends. His parents died on this day – but it is also the day that he, Ron and Hermione join forces as a powerful trio that will eventually work together to defeat Voldemort.
These conflicts of meaning continue throughout the whole series – listen today to decipher what they can signify for us.
QUOTE OF THE EPISODE
…actually we have two quotes. One non-JKR (sacrilege? Maybe, but it’s worth it) plus Harry buying books in Flourish and Botts.
RESOURCES
Check out my Eating Coach podcast
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eating-coach/id1258258375
#7: Draco - The Loneliness of Change
17m · PublishedDraco Malfoy is much more than a bully gifted with magical powers. He offers us two very different sources of inspiration when it comes to empowering ourselves.
First of all, he makes us ask What is great about that person who drives me crazy? It is the ONLY question we can ask. Without Draco, Harry would not be master of The Elder Wand. We too can use bullies and other difficult people as sources of resilience.
Secondly, Draco exemplifies the loneliness of true change. Nobody is there to help him transition from eager Death Eater in waiting to the better man he is growing into. I get enormous comfort from Draco's very real struggles in the last two books.
RESOURCES
Check out The Eating Coach Podcast
#7: Draco - The Loneliness of Change
17m · PublishedDraco Malfoy is much more than a bully gifted with magical powers. He offers us two very different sources of inspiration when it comes to empowering ourselves.
First of all, he makes us ask What is great about that person who drives me crazy? It is the ONLY question we can ask. Without Draco, Harry would not be master of The Elder Wand. We too can use bullies and other difficult people as sources of resilience.
Secondly, Draco exemplifies the loneliness of true change. Nobody is there to help him transition from eager Death Eater in waiting to the better man he is growing into. I get enormous comfort from Draco's very real struggles in the last two books.
RESOURCES
Check out The Eating Coach Podcast
Harry Potter Saved My Life has 36 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 9:00:26. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 7th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on September 27th, 2023 22:41.