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Trigger warning: Domestic violence
We’ve spoken a lot on this podcast about family violence that starts when a child is young, but what about the insidious effect of domestic partner violence, where the perpetrators actions slowly escalate?
Often survivors can find themselves excusing and explaining away actions from their partner until it is too late, and that was a situation Jen Harwood found herself in when her partners aggressive behaviour exploded and impacted both herself and her 3 year old daughter.
Since escaping and recovering Jen has gone on to found the sensation Happy Hairbrush company, works as a coach, international speaker and author.
In this episode she shares:
Her past life and career, and how she became a coachThe whirlwind romance she started that set everything in motionThe issues that arose with her new husband once her baby was bornHow breastfeeding helped her keep her baby safeHow the abuse escalatedThe moment her ex got physical with her and her daughterHow she realised her partner's abuse had emotionally harmed her daughterThe process of filing a report against her exThe huge debt she got into in order to escapeThe business experience that helped pull her out of her situationHow Happy Hairbrush started and how it helped her recoverWhy she sees her business as a way to fight back against domestic violenceKey Quotes
“He got his two hands on top of me and he shoved me against the fridge and he started screaming at me.”
“He’d come home drunk, he’d drive the car into the garage and there were dents all over it.”
“Anyone that threatens violence verbally will ultimately, physically be violent.”
More about Jen
Follow her on Instagram, or find out more about The Happy Hairbrush on their website.
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Jen mentioned Debt Angels and you can check out their website and the number is 1300722560
For those in the USA, they can get her Mother Bushes.
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This weeks episode is a little different. We now how many people have encountered challenges and their individual ways that they have overcome them, but how does a professional suggest we approach resilience and struggle? Dr. Adam Fraser, a human performance researcher and consultant, helps organisations build a high-performance culture to thrive in our demanding environment. Passionate about research, he collaborates with universities across the Asia Pacific and is believed to be the only keynote speaker whose presentations have been scientifically measured for impact. Over the past decade, he has delivered more than 1,500 presentations to over half a million people globally, working with top companies such as CBA, Westpac, Telstra, IBM, and PwC. He is also the author of four best-selling books, including Strive and The Third Space.
Dr. Fraser specializes in topics such as performance psychology, productivity, leadership, team engagement, work-life balance, and high-performing cultures. His expertise has made him a sought-after media personality, with appearances in publications like AFR, SMH, CEO Magazine, and Reader’s Digest, as well as on television programs like Sunrise, The Morning Show, and Today. He has also hosted regular radio segments on ABC and Sky Business.
In this episode he shares:
His experience meeting his mentor and how intense it wasWhat his book strive is all aboutHis opinion on why we are not holding people accountableHis advice on how to have challenging conversationsHow we can better support people and hold them accountableThe difference between staying in challenges vs traumatic strugglesThe importance of rest and recoveryThe gender differences when it comes to burn out and recoveryKey Quotes
“When we don’t have struggle it can be really dysfunctional.”
“To learn anything you have to be uncomfortable.”
“The benefits of a holiday disappear after 3 weeks.”
More about
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Some people have just lived a bigger life than the rest of us, but that also means they have encountered more challenges too and Francesca Emerson has definitely lived a life of experiences.
She was born and raised in New York City. The mother of three children and five grandchildren.
She was one of the first Black Bunnies at the New York Playboy Club, the first Black woman to be initiated into the Film Editors Guild 776, the first Black Real Estate Broker to open an office in Selma, Alabama, and also the first Black American woman to be invited to speak at the Rotary Club in the Blue Mountains of Australia.
She faced hardships from a young age and experienced abuse, racism and threats to her life
Her friends there gave her the tribal name “Senedu,” which means “woman of adventure. ” Well, that is definitely her—a woman ready for everything.
In this episode she shares:
- What it was like when her mum passed when she was 5
- The abuse she experienced form her step mother
- Her experience getting married at 18 to a man who tried to kill her
- The moment her husband tried to kill her and how she escaped
- How she became a playboy bunny and how that changed things
- Her experience in Hollywood at universal studios
- The ways people tried to make her fail in Hollywood
- The people she is grateful for in her life
- The other wild experiences and adventures she has had
- Her opinion of Hugh Hefner
Key Quotes
“I always felt, not loved, I always felt a stranger.”
“I got married when I was 18. I stepped out of the frying pan into the fire.”
More about Francesca
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Trigger warning: Suicide, PTSD, depression and anxiety
There are many paths to PTSD and Suicide and many of us would expect a military man like Kevin Humphreys to attribute his triggers for these issues on the intense military battles he was involved in, but it was actually caused by something much more common and much more insidious.
Kevin is an Ex-Army Officer, rescue helicopter pilot and mental health ambassador, and he knows what it’s like to hit rock bottom. For a long time, Kevin kept his post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety buried deep. These days Kevin shares what happens when you hit rock bottom, how he figured it out, and the triggers that made a difference in transforming his life as a coach and public speaker.
In this episode he shares:
How he got into the militaryThe act of compassion that ensured his successWhat it means to be a Blackhawk helicopter pilotHis time in the US and overseas and the impact it hadThe loneliness he experienced while in commandThe management debacle that meant his promotion actually created problemsThe toxic workplace issues he experienced in the militaryWhen he became suicidalThe help he received that started him on his path to recoveryHis realisation about what he was putting his family throughWhat he used and did to help heal and recoverHis realisation about PTED and how it helped himHow long it took him to make his problems publicThe important, healing power of accepting his mental illnessHis current relationship with shame and prideKey Quotes
“I didn’t wanna be asleep and I didn’t wanna be awake. I just didn’t wanna be anymore.”
“That was Friday and the Monday morning I went to take my own life.”
More about Kevin
Follow him on his website.
Podcasting
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Just how bad is the recovery after an accident that should have killed you?
In last week’s episode we spoke with Pete Harris about his motorbike accident that he miraculously survived.
But surviving was only the first step. What followed was an extensive recovery process for both body and mind that took a long time, and kept rearing its head, even when Pete thought it was over. It was also never helped by the fact that he is yet to receive an apology from the driver.
In this episode he shares:
- What his initial physical recovery was like
- The alignment of personality and motivation levels to appropriate physiotherapists and treatment team
- The people in his life who helped and he wasn’t expecting it
- how his work supported him
- The importance of having someone check in with his wife when she was struggling
- The important lesson about patience he was given by a friend
- Why you have to celebrate the positives or you'll fail
- How to widen your window of tolerance
- How his kids shined during his recovery
- How dangerously bad his PTSD got
- The moment he event intro therapy and realised he needed help
- How his insurance agency made his PTSD worse
- The 3 activities he did to help strengthen his mind and help him through his PTSD
- The post trauma growth he has experienced
- Why being a hero to yourself can actually help others
Key Quotes
“I thought about PTSD as a punchline in a joke. I'm embarrassed to say that that's how it was, but it was and I have learnt my lesson.”
“I was becoming aware of me being angrier at my kids and wife.”
“There are gonna be times where you are so frustrated and in so much pain that it’s not worth it”
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We’ve all heard stories of people surviving accidents that should have killed them, but when it happened to Pete Harris it wasn’t just a case of ‘walking away’. It was a period of significant recovery and hardship.
Peter Harris is a seasoned educator and leader with over 24 years of experience in teaching and executive roles across New South Wales schools.
Peter currently teaches at Camden Haven High School, where he continues to inspire excellence in teaching and learning.
Outside of work, Peter is an avid mountain biker and cyclist. He enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, embracing the outdoors and the balance of family life.
In this episode he shares:
- His life before the accident and what he had achieved
- The moment he had his accident
- How no one thought he would survive
- The extensive injuries he suffered
- The things he had on his side that helped on the day
- The impact his accident had on his wife
- The second trauma his wife had to go through while they battled his recovery
- The life threatening challenges he faced after the accident
- How PTSD hit him and what impact that had
- Why his first solid meal was traumatic
- The hurdles he encountered in hospital
Key Quotes
“Doctors at the scene gave me less than 3% chance of survival”
“So I had, somewhere between 7 and 9 bags of blood to keep me alive.”
“I was thought to be a median strip when I was run over.”
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This weeks episode is a story close to my heart. Not just because it’s a close friend of mine, but because it shares the life altering and terrifying experience of suffering a stroke.
Erin Benjamin was in her early thirties when she had a stroke and it changed her life forever.
The initial experience, the hospital arrival and the recovery process were all huuuge hurdles for Erin to overcome and she has done a truly remarkable job.
If there is anyone out there that is listening to this, that is going through it or that has been through something similar, I hope that this story gives you some hope that it might be that little light in the darkness that lets you know that no matter how hard it is right now, you will find a way through it.
In this episode she shares:
- What happened in her life in the lead up to her stroke
- The early symptoms she experienced before her stroke hit
- How her personal trainer noticed that something was wrong
- The strange thing she asked her husband to do that was a sign she was having a stroke
- The risks her husband took to get her to hospital in time
- What happened when she arrived at the hospital
- The traumatic experience she had after she woke up from a black out
- The positives she has taken from the experience
- The aftermath of her stroke and how her quality of life deteriorated
- The depression she experienced in the aftermath of the stroke
- How she built herself back up afterwards
- An important thing we should all know about insurance
Key Quotes
“And next thing it just went black and I didn’t wake up for maybe 2 days.”
“Oh my god I'm dead, I’m in a coffin....they don’t know I’m alive.”
“I couldn’t read, I couldn’t write, it was awful.”
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Finding out you have a degenerative disease is a huge, life altering discovery, and for a parent it can be even more distressing to think about those you may leave behind.
Matt Butler was a parent of two when he first discovered he had muscular dystrophy, but while he has experienced the struggles, the stress and the challenges that come with it, his story is a story of hope.
After undergoing a medical trial process, Matt’s life has been seemingly turned around. Now he is seeing improved mobility and works as an ambassador for the Nerve Connection Foundation to help others going through a similar experience.
In this episode he shares:
- His early life and the hardships he faced with his dad dying when he was young
- The early signs that showed something was going wrong physically for him
- How he discovered he had muscular dystrophy
- The long drawn out process to getting a clear diagnosis
- The Early unhelpful medical advice that he got
- How long he kept his diagnosis to himself for
- Why mindset is so important in managing an illness like this
- The hope he found that kept him going
- When things started to turn around
- The moment he got onto the medical trial and what happened after
- What life is like for him right now
- What he is doing as part of the nerve connection foundation
Key Quotes
“The neurologist said, you have got muscular dystrophy and you may be in a wheelchair in 5-10 year’s time.”
“I was at the beach and a wave knocked me over and I couldn’t get back up. I had to get my wife and one of her friends to physically get me up.”
More about Matt
Follow him on linkedin, and check out The Nerve Connection foundation website.
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The sudden impact of an unexpected injury can have instant, life changing consequences, and that was the case for Richard Tombs when a freak accident left him wondering if he would ever walk again.
During his time whilst juggling his career Richard also represented the Wallabies from 1988 thru 1996, which included 5 test matches and a part of the 1991 World Cup winning squad and 1992 Bledisloe victory.
Now he uses his 30 years experience from the medical device industry to help as the general manager of Hearts in Rugby Union.
In this episode he shares:
- What first got him into rugby
- How a coach’s death had a big influence on him
- The difference between believing you can vs believing you can’t
- How he got into working with medical devices
- How his career in sport was transferrable to the corporate world
- The accident that changed his life
- How one doctors diagnosis caused him unnecessary mental anguish
- His journey to being able to walk again
- The tools he had in his toolkit that he pulled on to make it through this latest chapter
- What he misses the most from his past life
- What he has learnt about listening
- How he got involved with Hearts In Rugby Union.
Key Quotes
“You don’t have a choice when you're a quadriplegic in a wheelchair, you have to be patient.”
“Integrity is key.”
More about
Follow him on linkedin and find out more about Hearts In Rugby Union here.
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One experience that all parents hope they never have to go through is losing their child. The grief and loss can be overwhelming and figuring out how to navigate that can be incredibly hard.
Sadly that was an experience Barbra Schulte had to go through when she lost her son Zane to bone cancer.
Since working her way through how to process her grief she is now a High-Performance Coach, Cutting Horse Trainer, the Author of six books, the Publisher of video blogs and Online Programs, a Clinician, a Speaker, and an Honoree in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.
She was awarded the National Female Equestrian of the Year Award by the AQHA and the Women's Sports Foundation. In 2020, she received the American Horse Publications Equine Industry Vision Award for her positive impact on the horse industry. In 2021, she received The Western Horseman & The Art of the Cowgirl's Women of the West Award.
In this episode she shares:
- What her sone Zane was like
- How things started to go wrong when a tumour was found in Zane’s knee
- What happened when Zane was misdiagnosed
- The fun, creative things Zane would do while in hospital
- What she learnt from Zane
- What it was like when he first passed
- What happened in her marriage after Zane’s death
- Her spiritual discovery and how it helped her
- Why she now sees life as before Zane, with Zane, and after Zane
- How her grief has changed her
Key Quotes
“I had never known grief like I had experienced with him.”
“They gave him a 65% chance of survival. Well of course Zane and I took it for granted that he was in the 65th percentile.”
More about Barbra
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You can find her books via her website.
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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 you should ‘clear the deck’ when adversity hits
- The importance of figuring out what you can and cannot control
- How to work out how to measure what's happening in this moment of adversity
- Why number scaling your adversity can help
- The negative narrative in your head and how to combat it
- The importance of being compassionate with yourself
- The storm analogy I use for understanding adversity
- An activity you can do with me to help
Key Quotes
“I choose to let go of what I can’t control.”
“When you can measure it you can manage it.”
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One person whose journey to success could be described as a struggled laced with tragedy is Beau Robinson.
Having experienced multiple attempts and hurdles before finally making and playing in the Super Rugby Final with the NSW Waratahs and then in 2011 he found himself at the Queensland Reds and became a Super Rugby Champion winning the Super Rugby title. He also went on to play for the Australian National Team, the Wallabies.
He completed a Business degree and now transfers and applies his experience and
knowledge as a Leadership and Culture Coach and consultant.
In this episode he shares:
- How he went straight into pro rugby league
- The loneliness he experienced when he moved from the country to the city
- Why he switched codes
- The struggles he had whilst living overseas
- The heart breaking loss he experienced while living away from home
- How hard it was when he decided he only wanted to do pro rugby in Australia
- What he’s learnt from his coaches
- What he has learnt from sport that he has applied to the business world
Key Quotes
“I kept asking myself why am I doing this?”
“I was like how has it got to this at 23 years of age that I’m driving the garbage truck, I don’t have a professional contract, I’ve lost my brother.”
“I’d cry myself to sleep being so lonely.”
More about Beau
Follow him on Instagram and linkedin, and his book is here.
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It’s shown time and time again that family abuse and violence is rife in our communities, and it’s often the other family members who keep things quiet.
Caroline Brunne’s story shows just how far families can go to hide abuse, and the impact it can have when the secret does finally come out.
Caroline Brunne is a survivor coach, breath work facilitator, author, professional speaker and Founder of INSupport Community. From her lived experience of incest, child sexual abuse, family and domestic violence Caroline has shifted her trauma into transformation. Caroline shares her healing journey and guides both survivors and supporters by teaching them the power of being allies whilst walking beside survivors as they face the complexities of their journey of healing.
In this episode she shares:
- How writing became a tool for healing, with the completion of her memoir during the 2020 lockdown helping her process trauma and share her story;
- Why she decided to self-publish her memoir to share her lived experience as a survivor publicly
- The journey of navigating family relationships involves balancing love, grief, and boundaries while addressing trauma
- Why she chose to disclose her story to her sister and the subsequent impact on her family dynamics.
- The ways that speaking out publicly has led to ripple effects in her personal and family life
- Why she chose not to pursue criminal justice and explored alternatives like restorative justice.
- The process of finding her voice, from private conversations to public advocacy
Key Quotes
“I was abused by my father at the age of 10 for about four years”
"I think my parents just want to live their lives as adults... as retired people who just want to forget whatever may have happened in their life and whatever they may have caused."
“I know that she knew that she wasn't safe before she was actually not safe”
More about Caroline
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In this episode of 'Challenges That Change Us,' we are joined by 18-year-old cyclist Toby Inglis, who details his extraordinary journey in the sport. Toby shares his experiences growing up in a small farming community and his rapid rise in the world of cycling despite significant challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, unexpected health issues, and living arrangement problems. Toby has developed a raft of coping strategies, and has learnt the importance of having a strong support network, and his approach to maintaining resilience and focus in the face of adversity is one we can all learn from.
Despite setbacks, including health issues, team challenges in Europe, and personal struggles, Toby is determined to continue pursuing his dreams. He believes that overcoming challenges reveals true character, driving fulfillment and growth as both an athlete and a person.
In this episode he shares:
- The impact of COVID-19 and rowing
- His challenges and triumphs in Europe
- His struggles and how it helped develop his resilience
- The importance of finding your own path in elite sports
- Support system and key changes
- How he overcame setbacks and injuries
- The mental shifts and confidence building he went through
- Lessons from coaches
- How he now looks at balancing life and cycling
- His final thoughts and reflections
Key Quotes
"For me, it got into the point where I believed for a lot of this year that I wasn't good enough."
"It was recognizing that I’d gone from having my old group of people... to sort of in no man’s land.”
More about Toby
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We’ve had guests speak about growing up in a controlling religious sect before, but for this episode we are getting a close up look at what it was like to grow up in one of these groups, while also being gay.
Craig Hoyle grew up in Invercargill, NZ in the restrictive Exclusive Brethren Christian sect, which banned television, radio, pets, and social contact with outsiders. He was excommunicated from the Brethren in 2009 after coming out as gay as a teenager. Today he is chief news director for the Sunday Star-Times, one of New Zealand’s national newspapers. His book Excommunicated is a multigenerational memoir telling the story of his family's journey with the Exclusive Brethren sect over 200 years.
In this episode he shares:
- HIs early experience with the exclusive brethren
- What he wasn’t allowed to do as a kid
- How the brethren tried to change his sexuality
- What it was like being gay in the brethren
- What made him first want to run away from the brethren
- What it was like being kicked out of the brethren
- How his family reacting to him being gay
- The people who helped him and how the world helped him
Key Quotes
“The brethren were very, very good at keeping tabs on you and very good at finding out where you were”
“I was going round to a local priests house and we would spend hours while I tried to confess.”
More about Craig
Find him on linkedin and find his book on amazon.
You can get involved with the podcast online
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Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus
If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com
Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com
If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:
http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au
For her other business you can find it through the websites:
www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au
@trialtitudeperformance
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The impacts that body image beliefs can have on limiting our ability to grow and succeed are honestly hard to quantify, but make no mistake, they can be absolutely crushing.
During her 15+ years of experience in corporate leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies, Nma Emeh encountered countless women, including herself, who struggled with their body image.
This experience inspired her to embark on a mission to develop a practical and effective approach to help women leaders overcome body image challenges so they can advance in their careers, earn their true worth, and bridge the gender equality gap with confidence.
Now she works as a body image consultant, stylist, speaker and strong advocate for body diversity in the workplace.
In this episode she shares:
- The early factors that influenced her body image issues
- Her Journey to body image confidence coaching
- Impact of body Image on daily life
- The impact that body image has on women and young girls today
- The cycle of body image insecurity
- How she is empowering young girls to find their voice
- The importance of advocacy and self-expression
Key Quotes
“I felt like I was constantly being compared to them (siblings) physically.”
“Society taught me that beauty comes only in the physical.”
More about Nma
Follow her on her website, linkedin, Instagram or Facebook.
You can get involved with the podcast online
On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus
Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus
If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com
Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com
If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:
http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au
For her other business you can find it through the websites:
www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au
@trialtitudeperformance
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Trigger warning: Child sexual abuse
We’ve said before that survivors of child sexual abuse often end up more resilient than others, purely because of what they have had to live through.
Well Malika Reese is possibly the purest example of that, because not only did she survive abuse as a child, she also went on to face her perpetrator and see him charged, survive a robbery and survive having a car run her and her baby down.
Malika Reese was born in California in the 70’s, to a White writer and a Black writer.
As an emcee, speaker, writer, musician and storyteller, Malika has been performing for over 30 years. She is Artist in Residence and celebrant at Tender Funerals. She has taught music, produced dozens of community events, co-written multiple shows and performed at many places, including Sydney Opera House, TEDx, Woodford Folk Festival and Sydney, Adelaide, Darwin and Melbourne Fringe Festivals. She is a founding member of The Church of the Clitori.
Malika has also written an educational play called ”A Gentle Talk About Death for Little Ones”. She will follow this up with "A Gentle Talk About Bodies for Little Ones”. She is an outspoken advocate to bring awareness about CSA and works closely with Women’s groups to speak out against DV
In this episode she shares:
What life looked like growing up and how she moved aroundHer experience being groomed by her step fatherHow her grandmother gave up everything to try and protect herWhat happened at 14 that caused her abuse to stopHer realisation about her shame and its effect on herWhat her journey to recovery looked likeHow her abuser children and getting recognition lead her to having him chargedWhat the process of having her abuser charged was likeThe moment she and her son were run down by a car and reversed overHow insurance for the car accident was as traumatising as court for her assault caseHer perspective on the healing journeyKey Quotes
“I was alone in Australia, at 13, without any family, and living with a paedophile.”
“The car came through in an arc and it hit me, with my son in my arms and we flew through the air.”
More about Malika
Follow her on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
You can get involved with the podcast online
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Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus
If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com
Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com
If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au
For her other business you can find it through the websites: www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au
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Welcome to part 2 of our chat with the incredible Nathan Stapleton.
In our last episode Nathan shared the highs and lows of life in elite sport, and immediately afterwards, as well as the mindset he needed in order to thrive in that sporting space.
For this episode we are discussing the serious topic of his sudden accident that left him a quadriplegic and what life has been like since.
In this episode he shares:
- The moments that led him to participate I nthe game that caused his accident
- How his accident occurred and what happened
- What it was like in the early stages when he discovered he couldn’t move
- The bad times he had ithe early days
- How he communicated via lip reading in the early stages of recovery
- How he got to the stage he has now with his mindset
- How his perspective on mental health has changed
- How his family gave him the strength to manage through hardship
- What he had to do to navigate fatherhood after his accident
- How he has found peace after his trauma
- How he started the Standing Strong Initiative
Key Quotes
"Time felt like it stood still...an hour felt like a day, a day felt like a month, a month felt like a year."
More about Nathan
Follow him on Instagram.
You can get involved with the podcast online
On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus
Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus
If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com
Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com
If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:
http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au
For her other business you can find it through the websites:
www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au
@trialtitudeperformance
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Few people know what is required mentally to achieve at the highest level of elite sport, and fewer still know what it’s like to have to apply that mindset to a life changing injury.
Nathan Stapleton is an Australian professional rugby league player who most recently played for the London Broncos in the Kingstone Press Championship. He previously represented the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League, primarily playing as a wing, fullback, and center.
In this episode he shares:
- His early life in rural Australia
How he ended up in elite level rugby
- The pressure and expectations he was under as an athlete
- The emotional lows he experienced in football
- The mindsets he leaned on when things got tough
- What the cost of his drive and discipline was
- The experience of losing his mum at 23
- The moves he made after the sharks
- His experience with his wife having a miscarriage
- Why he wasn’t prepared to deal with the miscarriage.
Key Quotes
“Because I always buried myself in physical work I didn’t know how to handle it mentally
"It was a lot harder than I was anticipating."
More about Nathan
Follow him on Instagram.
You can get involved with the podcast online
On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus
Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus
If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com
Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com
If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:
http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au
For her other business you can find it through the websites:
www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au
@trialtitudeperformance
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Motherhood is a big journey for any woman, but many of us consider that taking that step in your teenage years to be limiting and negative.
Julie Allyson experienced this opinion from those around her when she fell pregnant at 16, but it was her mindset and determination that helped her reframe her situation so that she could not only go on to achieve great things professionally and as a mother, but also survive other big challenges later on in life.
Now Julie Allyson is a transformative coach with over 30 years in nursing, including 25 in leadership roles. She helps clients navigate midlife, empowering them to make intentional decisions and build lives without regret.
In this episode Julie shares:
- Her experience falling pregnant as a teenager
- How her community reacted to the news
- The decision her baby's father made that made things harder
- How she approached her education as a teen mother
- How her eating disorder played a role in her journey
- The moment she was diagnosed with breast cancer
- The extreme lengths she went to, to work while receiving cancer treatment
- How she handled the waiting game of recovery
- What helped her discover her purpose
Key Quotes
"I was 16 and found out I was having a baby... I had to re-vamp everything and decide, am I going to have this baby or not?"
"I suffered from an eating disorder in my mid to late 20s... I felt like if I didn’t keep control, everything would fall apart."
"His family was very traditional... there was an arranged marriage planned for him. It was hard to watch him struggle with that loyalty to his family and the love we had.
More about Julie
Check out her website, Instagram and linkedin.
You can get involved with the podcast online
On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus
Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus
If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com
Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com
If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:
http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au
For her other business you can find it through the websites:
www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au
@trialtitudeperformance
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