{"id":25,"date":"2019-08-21T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2024-06-30T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T10:42:48","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>From trading and working in computing in the financial markets, through working for homeless people and promoting positive mental health and finally working for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenspirit.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GreenSpirit<\/a> and training with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithfoundation.org\/minister\/ian_mowll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation<\/a>, I offer a diversity of experience.<\/p>\n<p>More than this, my experience of the high mountains and the deep valleys of life bring with it an understanding that life\u2019s journey is not always a straightforward path to an obvious goal. It can be an adventure full of joys, sorrows, hopes, surprise, sacrifice and more. One that, when lived truthfully and with compassion, can be truly fulfilling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Storytelling and Talks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I have given talks and been storytelling for over 20 years and I have performed in a variety of places such as around camp fires, on walks, on retreats, at public events, at Universities and online. I bring meaning making to my talks and storytelling, helping to answer some of the big questions in life such as our meaning and purpose and how we can make the world a better place. You can read my endorsements <a href=\"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/#endorsements\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-274 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-66x75.jpg 66w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-177x200.jpg 177w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-200x226.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-300x339.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-320x361.jpg 320w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-400x452.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-460x519.jpg 460w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-540x610.jpg 540w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-600x677.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-669x755.jpg 669w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-700x790.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-800x903.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-907x1024.jpg 907w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1-940x1061.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ian-1.jpg 1015w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mowll.org\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}