Today’s guest is Gayle Cue a woman who grew up under a wide Montana sky in the Northwest of the US. The harsh and heavenly country, the great outdoor lifestyle, the grit and groundedness gave her the gift of resilience and strength that has helped carry her through life and what that journey brings.

Gayles story weaves through all the juicy ingredients of a life lived in flow, allowing what is meant to be: to simply be. It might have taken her a few years or even a few decades to get to where she is today but she’s here and her story, in all its glorious entirety is what we’ll be sharing on the show today.

Gayle married at 18 and became a young mum, before recognising the need for change which steered her toward navigating blended family life, with four kids under seven and the adventures that brought. Then came the moment that changed everything: Gayles second husband sat up in bed one morning and announced, “We’re going on a trip.” And just like that, Gayle’s view of life underneath those Montana skies expanded beyond realms, the world opened up and offered her a new vista and a way of being she couldn’t ignore.

The family took a giant leap that carried them across the world, to eventually land right here in Byron Bay, where she co‑created Sound Waves Music Store which housed and helped build a community radio station and all of its volumeters, and became one of the quiet forces shaping the creative heartbeat of the town.

She’s lived through profound loss, rebuilt her life more than once, travelled to sacred sites around the world, remembered past lives, more recently she’s embraced shared living, and stepped into elderhood with a mix of humility, humour, and deep soulful insight.

Gayle is vibrant, wise, grounded, and endlessly curious. She’s the kind of elder we can look to, to be reminded that as life expands, so do we.

Let's head deep into the life of another extraordinary wise older woman and see what wisdom arises. This is, in a nutshell, the life of Gayle Cue.

This project was made possible with the support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation CBF.org.

The WOW2 podcast version of the series will be available in July and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network (CRN) later in the year.