Bästa Kintsugi Heroes podcaster (2024)

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TRAILER: Welcome to Australian Carers 1:13

3d ago1:13

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Welcome to Australian Carers, a Kintsugi Heroes Limited Series where we shine a light on the important Australians who provide voluntary care for someone in need. Episodes will release every day for Mental Health Week in Australia, beginning on Sunday 13th October 2024. If you'd like to donate to Kintsugi Heroes, please head to http://kintsugiheroe…

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Working through ADHD, Psychotherapy, and Finding your Power with Gina McClement 1:01:14

4d ago1:01:14

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Gina McClement has a story of resilience and her dedication to healing and helping others. She grew up in a structured, education-centric environment, which fostered critical thinking, but as a child, she experienced a high conflict separation between her parents. Despite a privileged education, Gina grew up with undiagnosed ADHD not receiving a di…

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Navigating Loss and Adversity Through Family, Farming, and Male Bonding with Wes Bending 50:38

11d ago50:38

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After retiring from rugby, Wes Bending purchased a farm in Bunya in 2006, fulfilling his father's dying wish to retire in the countryside. His father, terminally ill with cancer, passed away the day after the purchase. This period marked the beginning of Wes's journey into farming and a rural lifestyle. In memory of his brother who committed suicid…

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Clinical Depression, Diagnosis and Advocating for Struggling Men with Wayne Wigham 45:08

18d ago45:08

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Wayne's early years were filled with rugby union and league, providing him companionship and a mental outlet. Despite personal struggles with depression, sports helped him cope. From a young age, Wayne faced debilitating depression, navigating periods of despair unseen by others. Misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment marked his early experiences wi…

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Courage, Compassion and Commitment to a Better World with Jetha Devapura 57:18

25d ago57:18

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Born in Sri Lanka with limited career options, Jetha's perfectionist tendencies and cultural isolation triggered mental health challenges early on. His parents' courageous move to Australia provided new opportunities but also difficulties adapting. Jetha battled obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety in silence for years, with the conditions sig…

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Fighting Loneliness and Separation with The Chatty Cafe with Glenys Reid 49:34

1M ago49:34

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Glenys Reid is the CEO of the Chatty Cafe Foundation in Australia, an initiative focused on addressing loneliness and social isolation through facilitating conversations in coffee shops and cafes. Glenys has a background marked by resilience, shaped by her family's experience, particularly her father's time as a prisoner of war. Her family's attitu…

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Bringing Irish Community to Australian Mental Health Advocacy with Alan Earls 50:17

1M ago50:17

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Alan's personal experience with homelessness and mental health challenges, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, informs his empathetic approach to peer support work. He transitioned from a career as a financial advisor to a peer worker position in suicide prevention, where he co-designs and implements vital services to support those in crisis…

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Art, Advocacy, and Ending Child Slavery through Destiny Rescue with Tracie Eaton 29:12

2M ago29:12

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Tracie Eaton is an Internationally-renowned & award winning Australian artist with an artistic career spanning over 17 years. Tracie’s studio is located on the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. Her personal experiences with burnout propelled Tracie to transition from corporate to creative pursuits, emphasizing the importance of listening to one’s inner n…

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Domestic Abuse as a Child Empowering her to Advocacy with Jas Rawlinson 36:17

2M ago36:17

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Jas describes her experiences with domestic violence as a young teen, which included she and her mother running through the bush to seek safety and then spending 9 months in a safe house. Jas's experiences with her father’s emotional abuse, led to self-esteem and body image struggles, highlighting the deep impact of non-physical forms of abuse. She…

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Unmasking Trauma and How Rapid Transformational Therapy Helps with Stacey Uhrig 40:42

2M ago40:42

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Stacey suffered from childhood trauma due to parental divorce and remarriages. This caused instability, hyper vigilance, and long-term emotional impacts on her self-esteem and behaviours. Her parents divorced and each remarried within a few months so her life changed rapidly. She explains once that trauma responses like Fight, flight, freeze, and a…

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Teaching & Mental Health Advocacy after Trauma, Addiction and Loss with Chris Edwards 57:08

2M ago57:08

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Chris Edwards is a father of a son who died by suicide in 2021. He has a history of suicide ideation, brought about by domestic violence and abuse in his early life. His experiences and events like these, drive him to share his story, with the hope that the stigma surrounding mental health and suicide can be minimised, if not diminished. Chris's ch…

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Being Local during Disaster and the Role of Magooney's Coffee Shop with Melissa O'Toole 47:54

2M ago47:54

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Melissa O'Toole, a well-respected Broke Village local, gives us her perspective on the floods both from her personal experience and from what is now a hub of the village, Magoony's Coffee House, which plays an important part in village life. Melissa and her husband Paul moved to Broke nearly 30 years ago with their family and had a couple of busine…

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Transformation after Trauma & Abuse and Finding Resilience with Helen Ryan 35:30

2M ago35:30

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Helen Ryan's story starts with her describing how she overcame her shocking childhood in Norway and early adult life challenges. She shares her traumatic childhood with an alcoholic mother and facing sexual abuse while detailing her mother's risky behaviour. She recounts living a nomadic lifestyle after working in the district attorney's office dur…

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A Love of Wollombi, Volunteering in the RFS & the Historic Pub with Chris Books 1:03:52

3M ago1:03:52

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Chris Brooks, the proprietor of the iconic Wollombi Tavern during the July 2022 flood, is a resilient and community-oriented individual. In the early eighties, when Chris was in the army he discovered the tavern during regular trips to Singleton. Originally a builder from Sydney, in 2016, he and his wife decided to buy a small hobby farm and drew a…

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Using Entrepreneurship to fight Neurodiversity & Disability Prejudice with Mathew Townsend 34:09

3M ago34:09

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Mathew Townsend is a neurodiverse social entrepreneur based in Brisbane. Growing up with disabilities he faced discrimination and prejudice finding his pathways into career and passions. Being socially isolated he often had anxiety and depression, causing him to feel low and uncharacteristic. He wasn't confident to speak up about himself to help pe…

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Returning Home and the Flood Impacts on Broke Estate with Bernadette Tolson 37:31

3M ago37:31

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Bernadette lives with her husband, Max, on a property called Broke Estate on the outskirts of Broke where they have accommodation, a vineyard, and cattle. They were on other side of the road collapse that blocked of the local villages. Eventually they could get to Singleton but it was a few days before they could get into Broke. ‘It was scary becau…

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Where Art and Service Meet: How Voices for Veterans helps with PTSD with Mike Armstrong 59:24

3M ago59:24

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Mike Armstrong is an award-winning contemporary artist, author and veteran of the Australian Army for 23 years. He served in East Timor, Afghanistan, Iraq and was part of the Tactical assault Group East. He did his Master of Arts while deployed in Iraq, and now works in a variety of media from his art studio in Canberra. Mike has a Bachelor of Arts…

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Natural Disaster Trauma: What the Research Says with Rob Gordon 53:03

3M ago53:03

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Rob Gordon gives us a powerful and detailed explanation of the effects on the human psyche of trauma from disasters and describes strategies for healing. He is warm and compassionate and his examples which all come from his experience over many years illustrate the complexity of the human response to tragic events and explain why it can take many y…

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Surviving a Traumatic Childhood to Find Success in Australia with Neil Morley 55:38

3M ago55:38

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Neil Morley opens up about his incredible journey from a challenging upbringing to finding success and fulfillment in Australia. His story is a powerful reminder of resilience, the importance of mentorship, and following your heart. Biography I was born in Liverpool UK and raised by my grandmother who had 11 children. She raised me as number 12. My…

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The Hero of Broke: Operational Excellence and Generosity with Mick McCardle 45:07

3M ago45:07

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Mick is a man who was acknowledged by the village as being an absolute hero when it came to supporting the community. His operational role was essential and his heart was huge when it came to supporting the local people. Born in 1963 he was in the Army from 1981 to 2013. In 2016 he moved with his wife to Broke where he owns a small business. He was…

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How an ADHD Diagnosis, Music and Human Sciences Saved Me with Dan Grey 26:13

3M ago26:13

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Dan Grey grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and loves to surf. He had a loving and nurturing childhood with strong familial relationships and connections to nature. He was academically challenged due to ADHD, which required extra support in school and medication during high school that significantly improved his grades. He studied public hea…

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How Surviving a Flood Deepens a Loving Partnership with Carina Moonen 34:28

3M ago34:28

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Carina and her husband Leith were severely impacted by the 2022 flood but because they live at Warkworth, away from the main flood area and cut off by flooded roads, they were not assisted by emergency services. “I was a little bit bitter that nobody had come, simply because if Leith hadn't been here, I would not have left. I would have waited for …

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Being Emotionally Open & Vulnerable in spite of Trauma with Jason Higson 53:22

4M ago53:22

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Jason’ s mother gave birth to him at a very young age of 15. Because of this he grew up in a challenging, lower socioeconomic environment with difficult family dynamics. Jason also experienced sexual abuse by a family member, which led to long-lasting effects such as PTSD and flashbacks. These factors, along with his grandfather’s mental health str…

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When Emergency Support Means Compassion for a Community with Annie Cossins 46:49

4M ago46:49

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Annie is a volunteer firefighter and a deputy captain with Wollombi Brigade in the Lower Hunter District. During the floods in 2022, along with many other firefighters in Wollombi Brigade, she undertook the daunting task of cleaning out local residents' flooded homes and businesses. She learnt how important it was for residents to start the recover…

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Advocating for Accessibility after Legally Blind at 42 with Narelle Gatti 31:15

4M ago31:15

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Narelle has a severe vision impairment that means she uses a guide dog to get around. She only started to lose my sight about 16 years ago and has lived with only seeing shapes for the last two years. She is an advocate for digital accessibility in Australia and work to let people know about the benefits of ensuring that everyone can access the inf…

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Providing Shelter & Empathy for the Broke Community with Kirsty & Quinton McLeod 1:04:50

4M ago1:04:50

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Kirsty and Quinton McCleod are a couple who manage Starline Alpacas Farmstay in Broke. They have a shared passion for farming, agritourism and for the growth and development of our region. Quinton came to the region with an interest in viticulture , but his farming background saw him return to his first love, and Alpacas took the limelight. Kirsty …

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Terminated Employment & Challenging Surgeries after Cancer Diagnosis with Paul Tredinnick 1:18:44

4M ago1:18:44

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Paul has had an amazing business career in marketing some of the world's largest consumer brands including McDonalds, Burger King and Snickers. He has had lot of fun in growing large and small organisations even setting up his own business to launch into Australia an amazing soft drink brand from Scotland called Irn-Bru. While his life has been fil…

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The Traumatic Impact and Toll a Flood Takes with Leith Moonen 1:15:39

4M ago1:15:39

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Leith has a heart rending story about the events of the 6th of July 2022, when he and his wife, Carina, were caught up in the floods and lost everything. Their village, Warkworth, was out of the way and not part of the hub of activity in the area, but they were heavily impacted on the day of the flood. They ended up camping by the roadside in atroc…

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Living with Crohn's Disease and Infectious Optimism with Justan Singh 56:40

4M ago56:40

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Justin has had a lifelong battle with Crohn's disease, a crippling bowel condition. His courageous story is about the consequences of that disease, both physically, emotionally, and psychologically, of chronic illness, including the medical interventions and the setbacks around that. Justin believes he had got the disease because of his family dyna…

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The Broke Community Hall: a Hub of Connection & Empathy with Evelyn Hardy 54:44

4M ago54:44

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Evelyn Hardy is a well -loved local pillar of the local community in Broke. She loves to keep busy and found that during the 2022 floods her commitment to the wellbeing of the local community was a way of dealing with her own losses in the flood. In her story she shares her experiences during the floods. As secretary of the Broke Community Hall and…

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A Stage 4 Diagnosis is not the End of your Options with Dominic Lynch 45:00

5M ago45:00

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In December 2022, Dominic was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Not only did this have a huge impact on him and his family, but it also clearly shook those around him, particularly his male peers, to whom he had always been a pillar of strength. His treatment is ongoing, and he does not yet see himself as a cancer ‘survivor’. He has used his livi…

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The Reality of Floods for Emergency Services with Tony Hawkins 41:42

5M ago41:42

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Tony is a long-time resident of the Wollombi area up near Broke. He moved there with his partner in 1992. His story concerns the 2022 Broke and Bulga and Wollombi flood situation. He has a unique perspective because of his long association with the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and community support. During floods, the community reaches out for help and…

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Shining Light on Men's Mental Health through Advocacy with Bradley Spillane 51:03

5M ago51:03

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Bradley Spillane is an advocate, a community volunteer and spokesperson. Through the men's mental health radio show on Radio Blue Mountains, he is a lodestone, a centre for people talking about something that wasn't fashionable when he started, which was men's mental health and men's health in general This episode is a brutally honest, in-depth con…

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Connection and Compassion in the Community after the Flood with Carly Dawson 52:47

5M ago52:47

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Carly Dawson only moved into Broke almost a year to the day before the floods. She had been around the area for a while before that after she and her and her son had spent a long time travelling and working around Australia with a caravan, but with no plans to settle in Broke. Circumstances led them to the Hunter and she subsequently got a job in t…

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Beyond the Deluge: Flood Resilience Stories from the Hunter Valley 4:16

5M ago4:16

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G'day, John Millam from Kintsugi Heroes, and welcome to Beyond the Deluge. There are some encounters in life that no amount of preparation planning and past experience will equip us to deal with when they hit. On the 6th of July, 2022, the rivers and streams outside of Wollombi broke and other villages in the Undervalley, New South Wales flowed ove…

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Escaping an Exploitative Marriage to Find Self-Empowerment with Romina Lee 44:33

5M ago44:33

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Romina’s story begins with her being swept off her feet by an amazing man after a previous violent relationship. Their marriage developed into her feeling compelled to take part in webcam sex with her partner and other people. Naively she went along with it for eleven years, thinking it was what she had to do as a married woman even though her whol…

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Her Family's Fight through Cerebral Palsy & Mental Illness with Amira MacCue 32:14

5M ago32:14

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Amira's life has been defined by early adversity, including the loss of young family members to illness, accidents, and mental health issues. These experiences instilled in her a deep empathy and a drive to alleviate suffering. Becoming a mother to a child with cerebral palsy at 20 further shaped her journey, fostering resilience and determination …

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Generational Addiction Conquered through Self-discovery with Shannan Mondor 1:13:44

6M ago1:13:44

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Shannan came from a dysfunctional, abusive family with intergenerational addiction issues. She shares her story of overcoming her past and using her experiences to empower herself to change. She has worked very hard to overcome her addiction and realised, "If you want to make a difference in your life, you will invest in yourself because that is th…

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Controlling Addiction and Sharing Stories of Hope with Kerrie Atherton 46:02

6M ago46:02

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Kerrie grew up with alcoholic parents and began her own intense but successful struggle with alcoholism and mental health when she became an instant alcoholic after her first drink at fifteen. At eighteen, she joined Alcoholics Anonymous and has remained clean and sober since that day forty years ago. For thirty years, Kerrie has worked and volunte…

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Beating Fibromyalgia and Healing Yourself before Moving Forward with Fran Garton 58:05

6M ago58:05

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Fran Garton’s story is about how she overcame severe fibromyalgia which was undiagnosed for many years. She describes the long pain-filled path through the medical system while she tried to maintain her work and family life until she finally found someone who knew what was wrong. She was told ‘You are a plant with no soil. You're literally just pou…

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From Brain Surgery at 13 to Health, Fitness & Success with Bishoy Tadros 42:25

6M ago42:25

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Bishoy Tadros was born in Egypt. At the age of three the family immigrated to the US when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. He grew up in Long Island, NY where he received treatment for ten years. On his thirteenth birthday, Bishoy underwent brain surgery and remains cancer-free. Bishoy shares his passion for health and fitness. …

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The pain of losing a child and the slow climb back with Barb Higgins 57:55

6M ago57:55

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Barb spent her childhood in New Hampshire then went to Boston University on a full athletic scholarship majoring in Elementary, Special, and Physical Education. She married in 2001 and had two children. After the terrible pain of losing her daughter Molly in 2016, her husband was ill, and Barb was suffering from brain tumours, she fell into a deep,…

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From Fear of Rejection to Changing Value & Vision with Adam Walsh 46:32

7M ago46:32

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Adam begins his story in the Solomon Islands where he grew up. At seven, he was traumatised by psychological abuse from a teacher which instilled a very deep fear of rejection. This resulted in not being able to display any abilities or skills and becoming introverted and an unhappy underachiever at work. Eventually he had a breakdown at a conferen…

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Finding Strength & Vulnerability through Cancer with Susan Bloom 41:09

7M ago41:09

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Susan’s story is a harrowing and detailed account of an intense period in her life involving the U.S. medical system. Susan grew up as the daughter of the only doctor in a rural western Kansas town. After being a caregiver for her husband and a breast cancer survivor she has seen health care from three different angles. This has led to a passion to…

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Facing death in Indonesia but learning to live for now with Francois de Neuville 28:00

7M ago28:00

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The first part of Francois’ story is a gripping account of his life changing experience in the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. Losing friends there and elsewhere caused him to take the decision to accept his own mortality, live every day to the fullest, to inspire others to do the same and live their best life. He advises seeking professional help when …

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Resilience and changing your life after a spinal cord injury with Dinesh Palipana 28:00

7M ago28:00

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Dinesh Palipana is an extraordinary human being. He was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland and is a doctor, lawyer, disability advocate, and researcher. Halfway through medical school, he was involved in a motor vehicle accident that caused a cervical spinal cord injury. Biography Dinesh has completed an Advanced Clerkship in Radio…

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REPLAY: How business & personal trauma informs our values and purpose with Joanne Brooks 48:18

8M ago48:18

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Joanne talks about her inspiring journey into becoming a true entrepreneur beginning with a conventional bank job after school as decided by her father, then an early marriage as was expected of her. She moved up through promotions in the banking and finance world that made her a role model for women, breaking the glass ceiling of that time as she …

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REPLAY: Persisting through a fearful childhood with determination with Ian Forest-Jones 51:30

8M ago51:30

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Ian was born in Hamilton, Canada, a poor working-class steel town. His childhood was extremely challenging as his mother’s partner was president of an outlaw motorcycle gang. He tells his story of the violence and criminality which traumatised him in his early years. He describes how he survived and later thrived because of his placement with excep…

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REPLAY: Unmasking trauma, ADHD and addiction for a better life with Melissa Chureau 53:10

8M ago53:10

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Melissa’s story is very inspiring. She shares with us how she grew up in a dysfunctional family in California and suffered childhood trauma, undiagnosed ADHD and alcoholism as a teenager. Despite this adversity, her courage and determination led her to meet amazing support groups, healers and mentors and eventually become sober and live an authenti…

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REPLAY: Listening & being present for your peers & community with Alan Stevens 51:13

8M ago51:13

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Alan’s remarkable story describes overcoming the challenges that go with building relationships. He raised three young boys after his first marriage broke up. This was followed by business failure, then another failed marriage. His life began to change when he discovered his healing gift. Then he met a group of Aboriginal Elders for a year around a…

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