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Challenges That Change Us193 {Ali Flynn} The 11 big lessons from 2025Try our FREE burnout quiz.Grab your burnout workbook HERE. To sign up for our difficult conversations and workplace culture workshop go here.This week is actually a bit of a different style of episode. Normally, we interview a guest on a challenge they faced, but today is just you and I.I wanted to spend some time reflecting on the year, on the incredible conversations that we've had. Every story, every tear, every quiet pause of challenge, and what it's taught me and all of us about what it t...
2025-11-3037 minChallenges That Change Us182 {Allan Parker} From being unable to read to micro behavioural scientistTry our FREE burnout quiz.Grab your burnout workbook HERE. To sign up for our difficult conversations and workplace culture workshop go here.I’m so excited to be welcoming back Allan Parker to share his personal story of overcoming an extraordinary challenge to being able to learn, and to also share some amazing pearls of wisdom on neuro plasticity and learning.Alan Parker OAM is a distinguished micro‑behavioural scientist, negotiator and educator whose major achievements include developing Australia’s first tertiary degree in negotiation, serving as an adjunct profess...
2025-09-141h 06Challenges That Change Us177 {Ali Flynn} 5 ways to anchor yourself in uncertain timesTry our FREE burnout quiz.Grab your burnout workbook HERE. If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERE. I am fresh back from a life changing holiday and have some personal perspectives I want to share with you all.In this solo episode, I’m diving into a space we don’t often talk about, that quiet, messy middle between who we were and who we’re becoming. You know, the moments after something ends but before the next chapter arrives, where life fee...
2025-08-1021 minChallenges That Change Us169 {Jourdi Bleu} Escaping the grip of a destructive drug addictionTry our FREE burnout quiz. Grab your burnout workbook HERE. If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERE.Trigger warning: alcohol and drug addictionWe've spoken around addiction before, but each story shows how differently a path to addiction can start, and just how tragically it can effect the person’s life.That was the case for Jourdi Bleu whose addictions saw her first enter rehab at 18 years old. But it wasn’t until much later that she finally broke free and reinvented her l...
2025-06-081h 15Challenges That Change Us168 {Anna Grosman} The truth behind running an escort businessTry our FREE burnout quiz.Grab your burnout workbook HERE. If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERE.This week we are exploring a challenge but in a slightly different way.Anna Grosman is an entrepreneur whose diverse career journey has seen her work in roles from Medical Clinic Manager, to founder of two male escort agencies for women.Her Confidant came from years of listening to women share their frustration with modern dating, emotional disconnect, and a culture that still s...
2025-06-0148 minChallenges That Change Us167 {Skye Shannon} How spina bifida and an amputation affected my personal identityTry our FREE burnout quiz.Grab your burnout workbook HERE. If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERE. The relationship between disability and personal identity is incredibly complex and navigating that can take a lot of work and self-analysis.For Skye Shannon, growing up with Spina Bifida had an obvious impact on her life, but it wasn’t until she underwent an amputation in her adult years that she really felt the impact on her personal identity.In this conversation, Skye...
2025-05-2553 minChallenges That Change Us166 {Michelle Niemeyer} Healing an autoimmune illness after doctors said it couldn’t happenTry our FREE burnout quiz.Grab your burnout workbook HERE. If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERE.We’ve heard countless times on this podcast how the western medical system can often get in the way of, or even prevent people from being diagnosed or healed.But in today’s episode we are joined by someone who proved her doctors wrong after they told her there was no hope in regards to her condition.Michelle Niemeyer is a speaker, coach and f...
2025-05-1854 minChallenges That Change Us165 {Tara J Lal} Losing your brother to suicide and the resilience that followsTry our FREE burnout quiz. Grab your burnout workbook HERE. If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERE. Trigger warning: suicide, mental healthFor Tara J Lal, trauma and loss is sadly nothing new, but in a sea of trauma, for some people it can still be one event that stands out as a truly identifying point and that is very much the case for Tara.Amongst losing her mother to Cancer at 13 and dealing her father’s mental health battles it was...
2025-05-111h 26Challenges That Change Us164 {Annette Densham} Navigating a business partnership breakdownTry our FREE burnout quiz.Grab your burnout workbook HERE. If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERE. Imagine pouring your heart and soul into a business and having it succeed, only to lose it all because of a relationship breakdown with the business partner you worked with.That’s what happened to Annette Densham and it left her feeling lost, hurt and struggling.Annette Densham was fifteen when she wrote her first newspaper story about a local school fête. I...
2025-05-0453 minChallenges That Change Us163 {Andreea Kindryd} The impact of sexual assault and suicide on self worthTry our FREE burnout quiz.Grab your burnout workbook HERE. If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERETrigger warning: sexual assaultEvery now and then I encounter someone who has lived a life that is so much bigger and jam packed than you could expect. That means it comes with more than a few highs and more than a few challenges. That is very much the case for Andreea Kindryd whose early childhood was marked by moments of sexual assault, trauma and r...
2025-04-271h 06Challenges That Change Us162 {Mel Lechte} Getting hit by a car at almost 100 km/hTry our FREE burnout quiz. Grab your burnout workbook HERE. We often ask guests if they would have made the changes in their life if they hadn’t faced their ‘challenge’ and many say no, but none can definitively know for sure quite like Melanie Lechte. Mel is a seasoned marketing professional with over 25 years of experience in high-level marketing across diverse industries, including sports, entertainment. It was after leaving her high profile and successful career that Mel embarked on a journey of self discovery, only to find that it still didn’t feel quite right. That was...
2025-04-201h 08Challenges That Change Us161 {Ali Flynn} My insights from the last 160 episodesTry our FREE burnout quiz. Grab your burnout workbook HERE. So here’s a quick peek behind the curtain. This past week or so has been really big for me, and it has made it pretty hard to get a full interview ready.Now I have never missed an episode of this podcast and I wasn;t going to do so this week either so I decided to do something a little different.If you've been with me since the beginning, we have shared over 150 episodes on this podcast, conversations that have...
2025-04-1330 minChallenges That Change Us160 {Jules Brooke} Hurdles in a woman's entrepreneur careerTry our FREE burnout quiz. Grab your burnout workbook HERE. Jules Brooke has lived a life full of twists, turns and more experiences from childhood than many of us might have in our entire lives.But it’s her business journey and her choice to go into solo entrepreneurship that shows how resilient and durable she is in the face of adversity.Jules is the founder of Handle Your Own PR, She’s The Boss and Australian Women Speakers.In She’s The Boss, Jules runs online and offline events nationally, a podca...
2025-04-0656 minChallenges That Change Us159 {Kathryn Elliott} I thought my binge drinking was normalTry our FREE burnout quiz or grab your burnout workbook HERE. Trigger warning: AlcoholAustralians have a complicated relationship with alcohol and it’s not helped by how we have created the idea that people only have problems with alcohol if they are complete alcoholics. The reality is that binge drinking and how we associate with alcohol is a lot more nuanced and a lot more destructive than we realise.That is what Kathryn Elliot discovered when she made the decision to quit alcohol after decades of binge drinking.Now...
2025-03-301h 03Challenges That Change Us146 {Ali Flynn} How to navigate adversity in 2025If you’d like to do more work on resilience check out our course here. Can you believe we have made it to the end of 2024?I know the past year has been a big one for many of us, myself included, so before we hit 2025 I thought I’d jump on here to give a few tools, strategies and tips for how to can approach adversity and nurture resilience. In this episode I share: - Keyy strategies that I use when adversity hits- Why...
2024-12-2919 minChallenges That Change Us106 {Jess Flynn} Chronic illness from the eyes of a 14 year oldFirstly I want to thank everyone for their patience when we were unable to release an episode last week. It’s been a big few weeks in the Flynn household and sometimes you just have to admit you can’t do everything.If you were in our Facebook group you would have seen that my daughter Jess has been quite sick and I just didn’t have capacity.But I was talking to Jess and I said I didn’t think I’d be able to release an episode this week as well and with her blessi...
2024-03-2423 minChallenges That Change UsBONUS: The physical, mental and emotional elements of High Performance with David BallardI'm so excited to give you something a little extra for your week! This is the another of our 'Beyond The Summit' short bonus series where we discuss High Performance topics in the lead up to our High Performers Leadership Summit. Speaking of, you can find out more details about that here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140*********In this episode of "Beyond the Summit”, host Ali Flynn engages in a candid conversation with high-performance expert David Ballard, who’s the Head of Performance at the Brisbane Broncos. David provides insights into his j...
2024-02-1420 minChallenges That Change UsBONUS: A deep dive into High Performance with Ali Flynn (Beyond the summit)I'm so excited to give you something a little extra for your week! This is the another of our 'Beyond The Summit' short bonus series where we discuss High Performance topics in the lead up to our High Performers Leadership Summit. Speaking of, you can find out more details about that here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140*****This week is a little different, because the person being interviewed is me!In this episode, I am interviewed by Pearl Lim about my two decades of experience as a therapist, facilitator, and performance coach.
2024-02-0724 minChallenges That Change UsBONUS: A 3X Olympian perspective with Sami Kennedy-Sim (Beyond the summit)I'm so excited to give you something a little extra for your week! This is the first of our 'Beyond The Summit' short bonus series where we discuss High Performance topics in the lead up to our High Performers Leadership Summit. Speaking of, you can find out more details about that here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140*****What does it feel like to be pursuing high performance - from a professional athlete Olympian perspective?In this episode, we chat with Sammy Kennedy Sim, a three-time Australian Olympian, about her experience with...
2024-01-3123 minChallenges That Change UsBONUS: Why being people focused drives high performance (Beyond the summit)I'm so excited to give you something a little extra for your week! This is the first of our 'Beyond The Summit' short bonus series where we discuss High Performance topics in the lead up to our High Performers Leadership Summit. Speaking of, you can find out more details about that here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140 Wayne Reuben is not your typical C-Suite business leader. He has an enviable track record of excellent business performance spanning multiple industries and geographies. More importantly, he has consistently proven that people-focused leadership is at t...
2024-01-2424 minChallenges That Change Us97 {Ashton Wood} How your phone can save domestic violence survivorsTo book an exclusive spot in our High Performance Leadership summit head here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140Trigger warning: this episode discusses domestic violenceOur guest for this episode is someone whose tenacity and ingenuity helped them overcome a big personal hurdle, but also helped them take on a challenge to help other Australians as well. Ashton Wood runs DV Safe phone, a charity that gets safe phones into the hands of domestic violence survivors AND he has also lobbied to change the Australian Consumer Law to better protect new car buyers...
2024-01-211h 03Challenges That Change Us96 {Lindy Jacomb} Born into a high control religious groupTo book an exclusive spot in our High Performance Leadership summit head here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140We’ve spoken on this show before about highly controlled religious groups before, but it has been more from the outside looking in.This episode’s guest experience being born into just such a group and living in it for 20 years before being expelled simply for asking questions.Lindy Jacomb is the founder of the Olive Leaf Network, a recently launched charity in New Zealand that supports former members of high-demand religious groups. ...
2024-01-141h 27Challenges That Change Us95 {Aimee Parkinson} When a child goes missing on a school campTo book an exclusive spot in our High Performance Leadership summit head here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140We often end up discussing big medical challenges on this podcast but there are so many other challenges that can have lingering effects.We can all agree that teachers have an enormous responsibility on their shoulders, but what happens when one of the children in their care goes missing?That’s what happened for Aimee Parkinson the first time she was in charge of a big sleep over at the school she worked at....
2024-01-0753 minChallenges That Change Us94 {Dave Brady} Competing in international sport while profoundly deafTo book an exclusive spot in our High Performance Leadership summit head here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140We have spoken about living with disability on this podcast before, but one disability that we don’t often understand the full impacts of is deafness.Today’s guest is David Brady and he has ample experience to share, including his insights into living with hearing loss. Profoundly deaf since birth, David grew up in rural Armidale, NSW and overcame many challenges. David was the Chief Executive Officer of Hear For You from 2013 to 2021. Prior to this...
2023-12-311h 25Challenges That Change Us93 {Jessica Spendlove} Insights into High Performance and Burnout with a Sports DietitianTo book a spot in our High Performance Leadership Summit head here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140To book into our free mindset reset workshop on January 2nd head here: https://trialtitude.as.me/MindsetresetWe’ve spoken about burn out before on this podcast, but no one quite encapsulates what it’s like to burn out from hitting the dizzying highs of a high performance job quite like Jessica Spendlove. Jess is one of Australia's most respected and experienced Sports Dietitian. Over the last decade, she has accumulated more than 30 seasons in vario...
2023-12-2459 minChallenges That Change Us92 {Taylah Ashley} When family violence & undiagnosed neurodiversity collideTo try out our resilience course: https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1Trigger warning: domestic violence This week we are joined by someone truly amazing.Taylah is an 18 year old psychology student, who on first glance looks just like everyone else, except in her first 18 years she has overcome bigger challenges than some of us may see in our entire lives. Through personal experience and academic study, Taylah wants to help change the way we look and speak about mental health, in particular autism. Though she might be young, she h...
2023-12-1747 minChallenges That Change Us91 {John Weiman} Trauma escalating to life-threatening alcohol dependenceTo try out our resilience course: https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1Some challenges come out of the blue, but others often occur as part of a chain reaction.That is the case for this week’s guest John Weiman.John is an incredible survivor and also the owner of Life Bridge Coaching.John’s life changed dramatically when he discovered that his extended period of alcohol dependence had damaged his liver so badly that he would need a liver transplant.That started a years long journey as he f...
2023-12-101h 02Challenges That Change Us90 {Bethany Wormald} From marathoner to 7 metre walks post long covidTo try out our resilience course: https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1When someone has a life altering medical challenge it can often be incredibly hard to come ot grips with.It can be even harder when the this medically challenging event contrasts your life with the physical, active one you had before hand.Bethany Wormald is a fun runner with a long list of achievements across the 5 to 42km spectrum. She also has POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and long covid, which saw her barely able to walk for a...
2023-12-031h 05Challenges That Change Us89 {Peter Holtmann} Self doubt following a major career changeTo try out our resilience course: https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1This week we have a returning guest, Peter Holtmann of Holtmann Professional Services.In the past episode we spoke about making a big career change, but this time we are going to be delving far deeper into the self doubt that comes with that and the advice he has for others making the same move.In this episode Peter shares: · The kinds of changes that can occur when changing a role· That support is crucial, and...
2023-11-261h 02Challenges That Change Us88 {Sophie Scott} Burnout and the Neuroscience behind itTo try out our resilience course: https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1People throw out the term ‘burn out’ a lot these days but what does it actually mean and just how bad can it be?For some it’s a cognitive feeling and for others it can also manifest in physical symptoms.To help us talk about burnout today is Sophie Scott, a renowned international keynote speaker and award-winning journalist.Formerly the National Medical Reporter for the ABC, she now impacts tens of thousands globally through evidence-based science and person...
2023-11-1958 minChallenges That Change Us87 {Jess Patz} Surviving life threatening domestic violenceTo try out our resilience course: https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1Trigger warning: domestic violenceWe have talked on this podcast before about abuse, but domestic violence between partners is something is simultaneously incredibly prevalent in society, whilst also barely understood.To help us shine a light on this we have the incredibly brave Jess Patz joining us on the podcast.Jess is a passionate philanthropist, energetic podcast host and electric motivational speaker, mum of four and wife.One of the many ways Jess helps others everyday...
2023-11-121h 06Challenges That Change Us86 {Shilpa Kulshrestha} Made redundant from a top level leadership roleThis week we are very lucky to be joined by 3 times Tedx Speaker, Shilpa Kulshrestha.In the modern day a lot of us can fall into the trap of defining ourselves by our careers. But what happens when that is all taken away?Sometimes, despite maybe causing a little bit of panic, it shines a light on the habits we have developed and the ways we have been restricting ourselves and allows us to change how we are living our lives.This is an experience very familiar to our guest, Shilpa. She is...
2023-11-051h 05Challenges That Change Us85 {Jenn Henry} Drugs, homelessness, jail and psychosisTW: psychosis, drug abuse, suicidal thoughtsWe’ve had episodes with one challenge and we’ve had episodes with multiple, disconnected challenges. But this episode is truly a story of resilience and overcoming adversities that start from a young age and cascade into each other like a domino effect.Our guest is Jenn Henry, a multiple business owner, best selling author, award winning speaker and lifestyle recovery coach. Jenn has been on a mission to shift the growing epidemic of chronic disconnection and unhealthy lifestyle habits that have become the norm in our society. She...
2023-10-291h 03Challenges That Change Us84 {Kelly Kessler} When perfectionism meets body image disorderTrigger warning: Anorexia, perfectionism, panic attacks Body image disorders can occur for a number of reasons and can slip quietly and insidiously into our lives through a number of ways.One space that can often make it hard to identify the issue is the sport and fitness space. Afterall, there is never a straight black line that determines what is and isn’t too much.On this episode we’ll be speaking to Dr. Kelly Kessler, a licensed physical therapist, transformation coach, host of the podcast Rewiring Health, the owner of Optim...
2023-10-2255 minChallenges That Change Us83 {Kevin Dupe} The impact of multiple brushes with deathThis week’s episode is a little different to most. Kevin Dupe is a man who has lived an incredibly full life, and because of that there are just so many challenges that he has overcome. On top of that, his experiences have given him some incredible lessons. So we’ll be hearing about a wide variety of challenges and learning a lot all in one episode!Kevin’s career began working for the Australian Federal Government where he spent 14 years in various roles within economic and socio-economic policy units. He transitioned to the customer owned banking sector...
2023-10-1557 minChallenges That Change Us82 {Steph Wanless} The emotional repercussions of two premature birthsTrigger warning: This episode discusses premature birth, postpartum depression and anxietyFor those who haven’t experienced it, premature birth may seem like a simple concept. The baby is born early.But for those who have gone through it, it can be a traumatic, all consuming event that can have long lasting effects on their mental health and the very way they function as a parent.In this episode we speak to my friend Steph Wanless, an incredible woman who has co-founded and directs the publication FOUND Regional, all while juggling the li...
2023-10-081h 08Challenges That Change Us81 {Sally Douglas} Grieving after mum’s unexpected deathTrigger warning: grief, miscarriageGrief has been a common theme on this podcast, but often it has been discussed as a side effect, or an addition to the main challenge.You might remember that we spoke to Imogen from the Good Mourning podcast in episode 61. In this episode I catch up with Sally Douglas, the second half of Good Mourning, about the loss of her mother and the long lasting impacts of grief.Sally Douglas is an author and the co-founder of Good Mourning, the movement changing how we think and talk...
2023-10-0158 minChallenges That Change Us80 {Simon Rinne} Diagnosed with OCD after 20 yearsA lot of people have at some point jokingly said “Oh that’s my OCD acting up” when it comes to being a bit specific about details and for a lot of us that is the extent of our experience with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.But for many this can be a debilitating and difficult mental health condition to live with.In today’s episode I have the honour of speaking with Simon Rinne. Simon is a qualified Social Worker, and has 15 years experience in the Australian Public Service, has lived with Mental Illness for over 30 years an...
2023-09-241h 05Challenges That Change Us79 {Matt Dun} Losing your daughter to brain cancer, Forever 4Today we are talking to an incredible man who, together with his with Phoebe, went through the horrendous experience of losing their daughter Josie to Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).Matt Dun is Professor of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Research at the University of Newcastle and Deputy Director of the Precision Medicine Research Program at Hunter Medical Research Institute, Matt is currently a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator. He has many more titles and awards that would honestly make us go over our word limit just to post them all.The research of...
2023-09-171h 08Challenges That Change Us78 {Alison Shamir} The Unseen Toll of Imposter SyndromeTrigger warning: anxiety, imposter syndromeThe term imposter syndrome gets used more and more commonly these days and many of us have probably experienced it at some point. But just how closely is it connected to anxiety? And just how devastating can its effects be?To share her personal experiences with anxiety and imposter syndrome we have Alison Shamir joining on us the podcast.Alison is an Imposter Syndrome Expert, International Speaker, Certified Coach and Media Contributor. Through her work, Alison empowers global organisations, teams & individuals with the knowledge, tools and methods grounded...
2023-09-1046 minChallenges That Change Us77 {Hannah Campbell} The controlling thoughts behind anorexiaTrigger warning: eating disorders and depressionEating disorders are a mental disorder that is gaining a lot more awareness, but there is still so much we do not know.That is why I am so honoured to have Hannah Campbell share her journey of recovering from Anorexia Nervosa in such a raw, detailed and personal way.Hannah is 32 years old and currently lives in the United Kingdom. She completed her PhD in Clinical Exercise Physiology and is one of the first Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologists in the UK. She's now the Programme Lead...
2023-09-0358 minChallenges That Change Us76 {Col Secomb} Finding a brain tumour the size of a plumCancer is a topic that has come up a bit on Challenges That Change Us, but my good friend Col Secomb has an incredible story to share about not only overcoming a brain tumour the size of a plum, but also overcoming a challenge he describes as being even harder than going through brain surgery.Col was born, raised and educated on the east coast of Australia and moved to England in 2010 after travelling extensively. Since then he has gone through brain surgery, founded a law firm and founded a legal tech company.Cole o...
2023-08-2752 minChallenges That Change Us75 {Meg Southcombe} A daughter's story with her father’s depressionTrigger warning – depression and suicideWe have been honoured to have a few guests share their stories of mental health battles, this week’s episode is a truly detailed and immersive story of what it’s like to live with a parent who is battling depression.Meg Southcombe is currently the Where There’s A Will There’s A Way Ambassador and it is her story of coming to terms with her father’s depression that has allowed her to have such an impact with the organisation.She attended St Joseph’s High School Ab...
2023-08-201h 03Challenges That Change Us74 {Katie Godden} The dangerous self talk diabetes can createTime is almost out to sign up for our Resilience course. To subscribe to the course, use this link: https://altitudefitnessarmidale.clickfunnels.com/from-surviving-2-thrivingTrigger warning – difficult birthsCombining long term health issues like diabetes and birth complications is enough of a challenge for anyone to overcome, but Katie Godden has gone through it all.She has experienced the negative self talk, the struggles of not having a system that works for you and has come out the other end.Now Katie is a committed and purpose driven ho...
2023-08-1358 minChallenges That Change Us73 {Peter Hancock} Surviving 3040 days of swimmingResilience courseTo subscribe to our resilience course use this link: https://altitudefitnessarmidale.clickfunnels.com/from-surviving-2-thrivingA lot of the challenges we discuss on this podcast are about overcoming something unexpected, or something you were not prepared for, but this week’s episode is a different kind of challenge.Extreme sports like Ultra Marathon running, or swimming every day for over 8 years require an incredible amount of preparation and endurance and that is something Peter Hancock has in spades.This amazing friend of mine has pushed his body to...
2023-08-0859 minChallenges That Change Us73 {Peter Hancock} Surviving 3040 days of swimmingA lot of the challenges we discuss on this podcast are about overcoming something unexpected, or something you were not prepared for, but this week’s episode is a different kind of challenge.Extreme sports like Ultra Marathon running, or swimming every day for over 8 years require an incredible amount of preparation and endurance and that is something Peter Hancock has in spades.This amazing friend of mine has pushed his body to the absolute limit with running and swimming and it was my absolute pleasure to talk with him about the impact that these in...
2023-08-0659 minChallenges That Change Us72 {Salam Qaro} Escaping the mass murder of your communityTrigger warning: This episode covers the details of a genocide and discusses murder, rape, assault, slavery and more.This episode I have the privilege to be speaking to someone truly courageous and incredible.Living in Australia and the rest of Western society, our understanding of what can happen oppressed minority groups in other countries can be hazy at best.So it goes without saying that even our imagination cannot truly help us what it must have been like to have suffered through a genocide.That is exactly what happened to...
2023-07-301h 00Challenges That Change Us71 {Marnie Thomas} How a wellbeing focus helps those with challengesFor this episode we’re going to have a little change of pace with an expert to give us some amazing guidance and advice on positive education and the science of well being.Marnie Thomas is the head of positive education at Newcastle Grammar School and loves making wellbeing visible for her students, colleagues, and the wider school community.She has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne and won the Top Visible Wellbeing Teacher Award in a K-12 School – Global Visible Wellbeing Summit in 2021. In this episode Marnie shares:...
2023-07-2355 minChallenges That Change Us70 {Jarrad Bolton} From stage 4 melanoma to a 660km runCancer is an enormous challenge that many of us, or our loved ones may encounter.But somehow a lot of us are still unaware of what is involved in the recovery journey.And for Australians, an alarming number of us are unaware of the journey with Melanoma in particular.In 2019 Jarrad Bolton’s life was changed forever when he was given a stage 4 Melanoma diagnosis.Since then he has gone through an incredible journey to remission and then the insane journey to become an ultra distance runner to run the 660 km’s of...
2023-07-1659 minChallenges That Change Us69 {Lynda MacCallum} Conquering MS with unwavering determinationThis weeks episode is all about overing MS or Multiple sclerosisLynda MacCallum grew up on her family’s sheep and cattle property in a little district called Timor, in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales.In 2018 she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and to many that would see an end to any career that requires hard physical work with animals like horses.Instead she has gone on to run MacCallum Performance and achieve so much more.In this episode Ly...
2023-07-091h 06Challenges That Change Us68 {Jack Berne} Raising 2.2 million for charity from the age of 10For this episode we are examining a very different kind of challenge. The journey of launching and running a national charity at the age of 10.Jack Berne is the founder of the Jack’s Mate’s Foundation and the campaign A Fiver for a Farmer that he started when he was 10 years old. Since launching the campaign in 2018, more than $2 million dollars have been raised to help support farmers. Jack has continued to use his small but mighty voice to continue raising awareness.In this episode Jack shares:- The story of how he...
2023-07-0243 minChallenges That Change Us67 {Wayne Reuben} When work stress sends you to hospitalWork, life balance is something we are all becoming a lot more aware of, but being aware and enacting it are two very different things.Most of us will be familiar with the feeling of burn out, over work, or being stuck in a toxic work place, but what happens when those very circumstances result in you waking up in the hospital in your twenties?That is exactly what this weeks episode is about.Wayne Reuben is the host of Hard Yards in leadership and he is an accomplished CEO with decades of...
2023-06-2557 minChallenges That Change Us66 {Ellen Howland} The things you don't know about chronic painIn this episode we are delving into the topic of ‘Chronic pain’. It’s a term that is being used more and more often, but for those on the outside, how much do we really understand about it? How much of the impacts to we truly know?Ellen Howland is a 44 year old mum of 3 and is a Health, Lifestyle and Nutrition Coach with 18 years coaching and mentoring experience. Ellen had a life changing health journey which completely transformed her life, going from walking zombie to ultra marathon runner and really finding her passion and purpose in life...
2023-06-1852 minChallenges That Change Us65 {Jess Lawton} Why I chose surgery to lose 48 kilosFor this episode we are welcoming back my incredible friend Jess Lawton who you might remember from episode 22 “When no one notices you have anxiety”.But this time around she is sharing a completely different story about her journey to the stage of under going bariatric surgery and what the process was like.For those who don’t know Bariatric surgery is a weight loss measure that affects the stomach and how food is digested.This surgery is shrouded in a lot of mystery because those who undergo it are often accused of ‘taking t...
2023-06-1149 minChallenges That Change Us64 {Kim Grundy} Losing a child at 23 weeks pregnantTrigger Warning: neo natal death and miscarriageWhile we have previously touched on difficult pregnancies, today’s episode follows one incredibly strong woman’s journey through the trauma of neo natal death.Kim Grundy is an incredible woman, wife and mother to two boys, but before she had her two children she lost her baby girl Chloe at 23 weeks of pregnancy.In this episode Kim shares:- When she started to think things were wrong but the doctors said it was fine- The process of being hospitalis...
2023-06-0454 minChallenges That Change Us63 {Di Leal} In 40 days my daughter, husband and I got cancerFor this episode I am so excited to introduce you to a guest who is extremely special to me. I want to introduce you to my beautiful Aunty Di.This is a story that when you see it on paper you think, there is no way that so much could happen to one family at one time.In the space of forty days, my Uncle Barry, Aunty Di and cousin Laura were all diagnosed with cancer and this was all during the peak of the covid pandemic in the UK.Their resilience and...
2023-05-281h 25Challenges That Change Us62 {Josh Marshall} MS diagnosis, a car crash and building a life afterA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!I’d like to introduce you to Josh Marshall a veteran nurse who has been living with MS since he was was 23. He’s used a wheelchair for the last 5 years and is incr...
2023-05-211h 01Challenges That Change Us61 {Imogen Carn} Complex grief after losing someone to suicideA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Trigger warning: suicideThe grief of losing a loved one is a powerful thing and when it is an unexpected loss such as homicide or suicide there can be other...
2023-05-141h 12Challenges That Change Us60 {Peter Holtmann} Changing careers with no safety netA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!The weeks episode is with the very impressive Peter Holtmann of Holtmann Professional Services.Peter is a visionary business leader who was Formerly the President and CEO of a global non-profit. B...
2023-05-0758 minChallenges That Change Us59 {Sarah Rusbatch} The impact of grey area drinkingA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Trigger warning: this episode discusses excessive alcohol use.In society we are well aware of the term ‘alcoholic’, but have you heard of Grey Area Drinking?This episode’s gues...
2023-04-301h 02Challenges That Change Us58 {Jonathon Peatfield} How taking risks can lead to career successA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Jonathon (Jono) Peatfield is CEO of Life Ed NSW/ACT. He manages a team of 80 people delivering health and wellbeing programs to around 280,000 children right across NSW and the ACT, with support from...
2023-04-231h 22Challenges That Change Us57 {Ali Flynn} Part 2: Finding contentment in medical chaosTrigger Warning: Strokes, medical recoveryWell we are properly into our second year of Challenges That Change Us and this week we are continuing with Part 2 of my story.If you thought Part 1 had a lot, we are about to take a hard left turn into the world of medical challenges and delve into the moments of my health journey that left me feeling like I was dying a slow death.In this episode I share:- The moments I started having a stroke and how it ended with m...
2023-04-161h 24Challenges That Change Us56 {Ali Flynn} Part 1: My story of sexual abuse and traumaCan you believe we have made it to the first anniversary of Challenges That Change us?Thank you so much to everyone who has joined us on this journey, and to celebrate 1 year of stories I will be sharing my personal story, the origin of why I am doing this whole project.This is part 1 of 2 and will be covering the abuse and trauma I suffered as a child and how it impacted me well into adulthood.In this episode I share:- The abuse I suffered as a child
2023-04-091h 00Challenges That Change Us55 {Clifford Morgan} Leadership challenges and skillsA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!This week we have one of our expert episodes where we get advice on how to overcome a particular challenge.For this episode we are joined by Clifford Morgan, an endorsed...
2023-04-031h 07Challenges That Change Us54 {Jo Bird Part 2} Life with twin boys as a single mumA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!In last weeks episode we spoke with Jo Bird about her journey to having twin boys via IVF on her own.In our first ever part 2 episode Jo joins us again...
2023-03-261h 12Challenges That Change Us53 {Jo Bird Part 1} Going though IVF as a single womanA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Over the past few years Endometriosis awareness has increased significantly, and with it the understanding of how debilitating it can be and how it can affect a woman’s fertility.Now im...
2023-03-191h 07Challenges That Change Us52 {Sami Kennedy-Sim} Stroke at 24, Olympic Athlete at 25A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Returning to normal life after a big challenge is hard for any of us, but what happens when your ‘normal’ is competing in sports at the Olympic level?That was exactly what...
2023-03-121h 05Challenges That Change Us51 {Tim Elliott} Being controlled by a highly religious sectTrigger warning: this episode discusses miscarriage, child abuse and domestic abuse.A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!This episode’s guest is Tim Elliott, a senior writer at Good Weekend and The Age, where he has wo...
2023-03-0551 minChallenges That Change Us50 {Rachael Laurie} When things go wrong with pregnancyTrigger warning: this episode discusses miscarriage, and depression, and difficult child births.A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Todays episode features the incredible brave and strong Rachael Laurie.Awareness of complications during pregnancy is...
2023-02-2653 minChallenges That Change Us49 {Michael Were} Crisis support during the Lismore FloodsA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Todays episode features a guest who both helps those with their challenges, but also worked through one our biggest, recent natural challenges. The Lismore floods.Michael Were is the Regional General...
2023-02-191h 13Challenges That Change Us48 {Andrew Hall} How our nutrition influences how we feelA big thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!When it comes to overcoming a challenges, one of the reoccurring factors is nutrition.Health problems can be caused by, or exacerbated by an unbalanced diet. Or when other problems occur...
2023-02-1257 minChallenges That Change Us47 {Sienna Catterall} The path out of a dark head spaceTrigger warning: this episode discusses depression, suicide, self harm and brain cancerA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!This episode’s guest is Sienna Catterall, our youngest guest so far at 20 years of age.Si...
2023-02-061h 05Challenges That Change Us46 {Ben Law} Infertility in menTrigger warning: This episode discusses infertility for men, mentions suicide, and a possible heart attack.A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!This episode’s guest is Ben Law, The Financial Bloke.While Ben is a suc...
2023-01-291h 03Challenges That Change Us45 {Nerissa Trindade} Being a full time carer for your partnerA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!This episode’s guest is Nerissa Trinidade.Nerissa is a professional keynote and transformational speaker who has inspired audiences globally and a two-time international bestselling author of her books Growing Through an...
2023-01-221h 09Challenges That Change Us44 {Martin Broad} Losing the ability to move and talk in 48 hoursA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!This episode’s guest is Martin Broad, an accountant Broad who fell victim to Guillain-Barresyndrome, a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks your nerves. It can even...
2023-01-1557 minChallenges That Change Us43 {Carey Hauri} When a secret unravels your identityA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!This episodes guest is former journalist, coach and leader, Carey Hauri.Born in Switzerland, Carey immigrated with her family to Australia when she was six years old. While she now calls A...
2023-01-081h 17Challenges That Change Us42 {Andy Gourley & Dave Connett} Red frogs and parenting tipsA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Our free MINDSET RESET is 8.30am January 2nd. Jump on to book your spot and get crystal clear on your plan for 2023- mindset, environment, strategy https://trialtitude.as...
2023-01-011h 23Challenges That Change Us41 {Samuel Munday} A professional cyclist’s mindset post a crashA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!This episodes guest is Samuel Munday a former professional cyclist. Diagnosed as Type 1 Diabetic at the age of 11 in 2009 and started to compete overseas in International cycling competitions in 2016.
2022-12-251h 06Challenges That Change Us40 {Skye Hanley} Not letting your MS diagnosis limit youA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!The mantra of our podcast is taking the lessons we learn from our challenges and implementing them into our life and one person who has truly lived that philosophy is Skye Hanley.
2022-12-181h 01Challenges That Change Us39 {Alex Robinson} Menopause, Perimenopause and PostmenopauseA huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!One challenge most women face is going through menopause, but so many of us do not prepare or even look into it before hand and it turns out we should.Today’s...
2022-12-111h 11Challenges That Change Us38 {Anna Lyon} The devastation of a sexual assault cover upTrigger warning: Sexual assault, Suicide, Losing a parent, Depression/anxiety, Post natal depression, Charging a perpetrator.This may not be the right time or the right episode today. Give yourself permission to skip this episode and we will see you next week.It is my absolute honour to introduce our guest for this episode, Anna Lyon.Anna suffered trauma at a very young age when she lost her father, but that was only the beginning of what would soon become a difficult and devastating childhood when she was preyed upon by someone w...
2022-12-041h 09Challenges That Change Us37 {Brenda Denbesten} Wrongly accused and sent to prisonTrigger warning: Drug crimes and false arrestsThis episode is a story that took me completely by surprise and had my jaw absolutely on the flaw.Our guest is Brenda Denbesten, a chemical engineer with over 15 years' experience in the mining and manufacturing industries, and a Women in STEM advocate and driver for changeBrenda is a best-selling author of ‘the FIFO wives tale’s’ and creator of 'Chronicles of a Female Engineer', a YouTube series that demystifies what an engineer does plus how to get ahead in traditional and male dominated fields...
2022-11-271h 04Challenges That Change Us36 {Erica Smith} When your mum beats the cancer oddsTrigger warning: Anxiety, panic attacks, cancerAt this point we all know that the events in our formative childhood years can have long reaching effects, often influencing us decades later.So what happens when your Mum goes through life threatening cancer when you are just going through your teenage years?That’s exactly what happened to Erica Smith.Erica is an Associate Professor in Chemistry at the University of New England (UNE), Armidale. With a long history and decorated career Erica is currently the Chair of the University Curriculum Committee an...
2022-11-201h 07Challenges That Change Us35 {Morgan T Nelson} Dream out loud - anything is possibleTrigger warning: suicide, depression and substance abuse.This episode is all about what comes after the challenge.At 19, Morgan T Nelson found himself in a toxic work and life situation that resulted in substance abuse and a suicide attempt.Shortly after he vowed to turn things around and reached financial freedom at the age of 23.Now he’s a business owner, international speaker and podcast host and is hell bent on spreading his message.In today’s episode Morgan shares:- How a traditional upbringing...
2022-11-131h 01Challenges That Change Us34 {Jess Galvin} When your child has a longterm mystery illnessWe’ve spoken before about the horrifying experience of being in limbo when the medical industry cannot give you a diagnosis.Imagine what it’s like when that happens to your new born baby.In this week's episode I’m speaking with my close friend and incredible mother, Jess Galvin.After having her first child, Jess and her husband were delighted when their daughter Lucy was born, apparently happy and healthy.However things quickly changed when small symptoms appeared to indicate there could be other complications.As the medical establ...
2022-11-0656 minChallenges That Change Us33 {Suz Greig} Life post acquired brain injuryTrigger warning: brain injury and traumaThis is an extra episode that we have released just to thank you all for listening.Today’s guest is Suz Greig, an amazing friend and an incredible woman who was rushed to hospital after her car was found wrapped around a tree in 1996.She suffered an acquired traumatic brain injury and the doctors told her family she would never walk, cycle, work or live independently.What followed was an incredible journey of recovery.In today’s episode Suz shares:
2022-11-0153 minChallenges That Change Us32 {Allan Parker} An expert negotiator’s advice on challenging conversationsSometimes one of the greatest challenges can be our interactions with other people. Settling disputes, overcoming inter-personal conflict or just reaching a compromise can often be anxiety inducing events.That’s why today’s episode will be highlighting advice on how to navigate these experiences with the help of Allan Parker.Allan Parker OAM is a Micro Behavioural Scientist and Negotiator.Allan usually introduces himself as an eccentric Micro-Behavioural Neuroscientist, International Negotiator, and Educator.He works as a negotiator/facilitator of large-scale multi-party negotiations and disputes. Within government and private orga...
2022-10-301h 04Challenges That Change Us31 {Daniel Bentley} From Agoraphobia to the Kokoda TrailTrigger warning: this episode discusses anxiety, depression and agoraphobia.We have spoken about anxiety and depression on this podcast before, but what happens when the panic attacks and symptoms are so bad that you end up feeling too scared to even leave your home.A small town country kid who never quite fit in. that’s the feeling that would follow Daniel Bentley for decades and eventually lead him to developing a number of mental health conditions.Battling with depression and feeling stuck in a life that he felt was going nowhere, at th...
2022-10-231h 08Challenges That Change Us30 {Marie-Claire Seeley} A common disorder that drs haven’t heard aboutChallenges That Change Us Marie ClaireBattling any illness is a challenges in and of itself, but when it comes to often unknown autonomic conditions, the medical field can leave patients feeling lost, ignored and forgotten.Combine that with trying to seek medical help in the 90’s in a second world country like Uzbekistan and you might begin to imagine the overwhelming challenge that Marie Claire faced in her journey to be diagnosed with POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome).Marie-Claire coheads a multi-disciplinary practice in Adelaide, SA which specializes in the diagnosis an...
2022-10-161h 29Challenges That Change Us29 {Andrea Wildenthal Hanson} Live your life, not your diagnosisIn previous episodes we have discussed long term illness, but this week we are getting specific by talking to Andrea Wildenthal Hanson about the challenge she has faced in living with Multiple sclerosis.Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000, Andrea coaches people to become their own wellness guru. Andrea combines her experience from five years of life coaching and 16+ years of living well with MS to teach people how to create a customized approach to health that includes life balance, mindset tune-ups, and stress management so that they can feel like they're back to normal and in control...
2022-10-091h 11Challenges That Change Us28 {Rob Sams} What happens when you call lifeline?Trigger warning: this episode discusses suicide and depression.If you are struggling, please call lifeline on 13 11 14.After a few weeks of episodes discussing mental health and other struggles we noticed one thing that kept coming up.Lifeline.But a lot of people have been asking, what actually happens when you call lifeline?Well to clear things up and highlight how important of a service it is, this episode’s guest is Lifeline CEO Robert Sams who also works as a crisis support worker.In today’s ep...
2022-10-021h 14Challenges That Change Us27 {Aggie Seiler} The recovery journey from child sexual abuseTrigger warning: this episode discusses childhood sexual abuse and depression.In Australia support for sexual assault survivors is available at 1800 RESPECT or 1800 737 732. Children and young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, and adult survivors of child sexual assault can seek help at the Blue Knot Foundation.In today’s episode the incredibly brave Aggie Seiler has chosen to speak to us about the incredibly traumatic experience of surviving childhood sexual abuse.This occurred with a family member, someone with whom she should have been safe, but that was not the...
2022-09-2556 minChallenges That Change Us26 {Jessica Macguire} Chronic stress and the vagus nerveTrigger warning: this episode discusses mental health, depression and anxiety as well as chronic pain.Jessica Macguire who has worked as a trauma informed integrated physio therapist for 14 years and is currently running programs on the vagus nerve.She aims to help people get to the cause of the problems, rather than relying on others to treat their symptomsShe has studied neuro physiology throughout Europe, America, the UK and Australia and has learnt from pain researchers, professors in neuro plasticity, neuro scientists and psychologists on how the brain and nervous system...
2022-09-181h 03Challenges That Change Us25 {Roger Sutherland} The crippling effects of work stressTrigger warning: this episode discusses depression, anxiety, PTSD, strokes and stressful work environments.For this episode we are joined by Roger Sutherland.Roger is a veteran law enforcement officer and 24/7 shift worker for almost 4 decades.He has 2 children and a son in law that are all shift workers.His partner Melissa also works in a shift working environment and is a former 24/7 shift worker herself.He “gets” shift work.Roger runs his own podcast “A Healthy Shift” and coaches shift workers 1:1 in how to “Thrive, not just Survive”...
2022-09-121h 14Challenges That Change Us25 {Roger Sutherland} The crippling effects of work stressTrigger warning: this episode discusses depression, anxiety, PTSD, strokes and stressful work environments.For this episode we are joined by Roger Sutherland.Roger is a veteran law enforcement officer and 24/7 shift worker for almost 4 decades.He has 2 children and a son in law that are all shift workers.His partner Melissa also works in a shift working environment and is a former 24/7 shift worker herself.He “gets” shift work.Roger runs his own podcast “A Healthy Shift” and coaches shift workers 1:1 in how to “Thrive, not just Survive”...
2022-09-111h 14Challenges That Change Us24 {Catherine Stephen} Receiving a cancer diagnosis you are too young forTrigger warning: this episode discusses cancer, and endometriosisThis episode’s guest is an incredibly strong woman who has battled through a lot.Catherine Stephen was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer at a much younger age than is normally expected.The five-year survival rate for ovarian cancer in Australia is just 48%, meaning those diagnosed get less than half a chance of surviving five years from their diagnosisAfter going through surgeries and treatment she was also diagnosed and struggled with endometriosis.Catherine has very kindly offered to share her st...
2022-09-0457 minChallenges That Change Us23 {Cheryl Wilson) When your adopted mother shows a strong dislike for youTrigger warning: this episode discusses family dysfunction.This weeks episode brings a story from someone who has truly lived a life.From leaving home in her teens to join the military, working in a prison, studying bachelor of arts (majoring social welfare), bachelor of social work, graduate diploma of social science, a diploma of disability and a masters of business administration, Cheryl has done a lot.But before all of that Cheryl Wilson was raised by an adopted family with some serious issues and that was the start of her journey and a...
2022-08-2856 minChallenges That Change Us3 {Sarah Hayles} How to be you and harness your inner criticWelcome to the third episode of Challenges That Change Us, today’s episode discusses medical testing, the waiting game and the inner critic.Physical challenges can hit us at any stage and one of the many hurdles that can come with these is how we feel others will perceive us afterwards.Sarah Hayles is the host of All Things Small Biz podcast. Sarah is a mum, a career woman and an incredible entrepreneur who made it to the top in a very male dominated industry.She is a qualified engineer, has worked internationally, ha...
2022-04-101h 03Challenges That Change Us2 {James Horsburgh} Handling the negative to live the positiveWelcome to the second episode of the podcast Challenges that Change Us, where we interview people who have overcome or dealt with challenges to find out how dealt with them and what lessons they have learnt.For this episode I’m really excited to introduce you to one of the most incredible men I know, James Horsburgh Aka Teddy. His perseverance, determination and positive attitude is admired by so many.Teddy and I both lived on campus together while studying law.On the 7th of October 2004 I found out that something had go...
2022-04-101h 24Challenges That Change Us1 {Sarah Davidson} The power of mindset & sloth SundaysWelcome to the podcast Challenges That Change Us, where we interview people who have overcome or dealt with challenges to find out how they over came them and what lessons they have learnt.We could not possibly start this podcast with anyone more qualified to talk about this than the incredible Sarah Davidson or Spoonful of Sarah.As a high achiever in the law profession Sarah’s life took a dramatic turn when she developed serious health complications.Since then she has founded multiple businesses and works as an influencer, podcast host, MC an...
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