Hear Worimi storyteller Paul Callaghan in conversation with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis as he shares the power of Indigenous spirituality as a source of contentment and wellbeing. The dreaming path is a way of connecting with our stories and ourselves, something we often lose in our modern lives.
Paul Callaghan is an Aboriginal man belonging to the land of the Worimi people and author of The Dreaming Path, a national bestseller that won the ABIA 2023 Small Publishers' Book of the Year. For many years he has held senior executive positions in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal related service areas, but eventually his desire to focus on community and individual wellbeing compelled him to start his own business. In addition to consultancy work, Paul is a motivational speaker, a storyteller, a dancer and an author. Paul’s passions are driven by his belief in the power of story to create a better world.
Charmaine Ledden-Lewis is a proud Bundjalung woman residing on Dharug & Gundungurra Country in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Winner of the 2019 Kestin Indigenous Illustration Award, Charmaine illustrated her first children’s picture book, ABIA shortlisted ‘Found’, with acclaimed author Bruce Pascoe, and has gone on to produce illustrations for Cathy Freeman’s first children’s picture book ‘Born to Run’ and Edith Wright’s ‘Charlie’s Swim’.
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