EP 04
Your host // Tim Bishop
Our guest // Cheyne Truelove
GOLD Chunk from Cheyne
“I now look at challenges as awesome opportunities.”
About Cheyne
Cheyne is a Sergeant in the Australian Army, having progressed through the ranks for the past 15 years. Cheyne experienced multiple deployments to the Middle East, and post-tour, he transformed PTSD into a growth experience and now leads other men in doing the same.
This Episode:
- Cheyne’s story
- Deployments & experience
- PTSD
- Cheyne’s role in the Australia Army
- Cheyne describes an intense deployment experience and how he emotionally responded after
- What stopped Cheyne from taking his life & the importance of connection
- How leadership can be tested
- Cheyne realised that it's not what people see but its what people don’t see that matters in leadership.
- Turning dark to light and how Cheyne turned his PTSD into a greatest growth experience
- Removing the stigma of emotional expression in men
- That it heals you
- Allows you to grow
- It empowers you
- What it does for relationships
- Metaphorical armour
- Where the journey of self mastery began for Cheyne
- The tag & label around PTSD
- How your identity can succumb to experiences such as this
- Identity shifts & what this meant for changes in Cheyne’s world
- How Cheyne approaches challenge differently
- How action comes before confidence
Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
Honour Roll | http://www.defence.gov.au/vale/
Hero's Journey Diagram | http://www.nxtlvl.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_7174.PNG.png
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