Challenges That Change Us

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments.

I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I’m away we are releasing some of our most listened to episodes.

Trigger warning: Drug crimes and ...

Trigger warning: this episode discusses mental health, depression and anxiety as well as chronic pain.

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments.

I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I...

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments.

I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I’m away we are releasing some of our most listened to episodes.

We’ve spoken before about t...

Motherhood can be absolutely exhausting and devastating, especially if you feel like you have no support. That was Stephanie Trethewey’s experience before she founded a life changing charity.

In 2019, she swapped city life for rural Tassie, navigating the highs and lows of rural motherhood. Her struggles with postnatal depression and isolation inspired her to create Motherland; a national charity changing lives through ser...

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TW: prescription drug use

There are many gateways to drug dependence, but the modern pressures of motherhood are not often recognised as one of them.

Erin Hughes is the founder and visionary behind Here, There, Everywhere, a platform born from her desire to create a space where women can truly be themselves. She is an entrepreneur, businesswoman, wife, daughter a...

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The problem with burnout is that it can take an absolute mountain of disasters to truly make us realise how hard we are pushing ourselves and for Janella Purcell it took a major natural disaster amongst other things.

Janella Purcell is an award-winning Naturopath, Herbalist, Nutritionist, Chef, author, and host of the Toxic Silence podcast. With nearly 3 decades of ...

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Money troubles might be considered common for many of us, but no one speaks about them, and because money is so rarely spoken about, some of us can end up in very real, and stressful money situations.

That’s what happened to Nell when she moved to LA to chase her acting career, only to find a lack of financial education completely undermined her.

Now, Nell is t...

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TW: Miscarriage

Any pregnancy loss can be traumatic, but Hollie Farmer experienced multiples losses, health complications and trauma on her journey to motherhood.

Hollie is a beautiful woman who is very special to our family. She has been a babysitter of my 3 girls over the years and I have watched her grow into an incredibly strong, thoughtful and deeply compassionate woman.

Her sto...

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I want to introduce a framework that has become one of the most practical and powerful tools I use personally and professionally almost every single day: the Window of Tolerance.

The framework was originally developed by psychiatrist Dr. Dan Siegel and helps explain the zone where our nervous system is regulated enough for us to think clearly, respond effectively, stay connected to ourselv...

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Imagine having a parent tell you they don’t love you, and then being left to heal from that.

That was Aimee Hudsons experience in her early 20’s and it drove her to learn and understand the influence of parental attachment.

Aimee is a clinically registered psychotherapist who is deeply passionate about helping people understand how they came to be ‘...

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TW: sexual abuse

What happens when the people, places, and systems meant to keep you safe don’t? And how do you rebuild trust when it’s been broken early?

In this episode, Mish shares her story of growing up without a stable sense of home or belonging, navigating a complex and challenging childhood, and carrying more than most kids should. It’s...

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Resilience is a big theme of this podcast, so this week we are doing things a bit differently and inviting on an expert in resilience.

Lyn Worsley is a Clinical Psychologist, former Nurse and Teacher, and Director of The Resilience Centre in Sydney. For over 26 years, she has led innovative therapy, research, training, as well as group programs and community seminar...

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Billy was once the guy everyone knew as the happy-go-lucky, always-up-for-anything friend, but beneath that surface he was quietly navigating a growing sense of overwhelm that would eventually reshape his life. From the early days of university, where depression first took hold, through years of uncertainty, physical symptoms, and a diagnosis of Functional Neurolog...

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If you’re a mum, a dad, a worker, a carer or a friend supporting someone through something, if you’re carrying multiple roles and responsibilities, you might love your life, but feel like you’re moving from moment to moment without a breather. Always on. Always needed. Always thinking about what’s ...

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Today’s episode is a deeply honest and powerful conversation with Jacinta Tynan, journalist, author, presenter, podcast host and creator of The Spiritual Book Club.

With a background in mainstream journalism, she’s also not afraid to explore concepts like spirituality and meditation, helping to make them more relatable and attainable.

She has written art...

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Imagine being a regional farmer living in remote Australia. Then imagine deciding to swim the English Channel.

This is part 2 of our chat with Brendan Cullen. I highly recommend listening to part 1 first. After his journey with his mental health, Brendan decided to make some big changes, and one of those was getting into swimming. But he didn’t just dabble, Br...

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We know remote and regional Australia has often been a space where mental health and abuse can fester untreated, and Brendan Cullen’s story is a prime example of this.

Brendan has always lived and worked on stations outside of Broken Hill, but his life has been much more than just managing stations.

With his diagnosis of depression from the steps he took up to ...

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We’ve heard before about receiving a diagnosis later in life, but imagine the confronting experience of being admitted to a psych ward as an adult and being told you have bipolar disorder.

Laura Schiller is a self-proclaimed hot-mess wife, mom of 3 and retired lawyer. 

Five years ago she was a content wife, mom, lawyer, and successful entrepreneur and then she...

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TW: child sexual abuse and trafficking

This is part 2 of Robyn Cameron’s incredibly traumatic story of abuse, and trafficking inside a cult and continues to share the trauma she experienced and how she has come out the other side.

own healing journey in the 1990s, combined with lived experience, inspired the creation of Golden Keys Healing, which she later ...