In this episode, we have Carol Liknaitzky, an outstanding educator and social artist who provided teacher training at the School of Education, Victoria University for 5 years and ran a part-time Nourishing Early Childhood Course at the Steiner Seminar for the past 9 years. 

She provides the Early Childhood Courses through her organisation, Heart Spaces, with a foundation in Rudolf Steiner’s insights and wisdom in human development. She has been the Education Leader for Ignite Minds Family Day Care scheme for the past 5 years and is currently, leading a team in developing practical storytelling skills with an indigenous language development project in Fitzroy Crossing. She taught in a Steiner High school and Nursery school over 30 years ago and co-founded the first South African Steiner Teacher Training organisation and Waldorf School in a black ghetto in 1985. 

She also draws from wide experiences in artistic development, craft making, as well as movement and Nia dance classes that she conducts. She is talented in stained glass art, leatherwork, woodwork, ceramics and graphic arts. She has run large scale community arts projects and has built a deep connection to all sectors of the community through her eclectic and diverse life experiences.

In this episode, Carol shares her life experience and shares a different perspective on the power of creativity in self-development.