Kintsugi Heroes share their real-life stories about overcoming adversity to provide hope and inspiration to people who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing similar challenges.
The book features incredible stories of resilience and unity that emerged from the Hunter Valley Floods of 2022 derived from the heartfelt conversations with locals from the Hunter Valley community, many of which are also featured in our podcast series:
Beyond the Deluge: Flood Resilience Stories from the Hunter Valley – YouTube
The Singleton Neighbourhood Centre and Kintsugi Heroes have worked together to collect stories highlighting the Hunter Valley community’s resilience following the 2022 floods.
Kintsugi Heroes is producing 12 ‘Kintsugi Heroes’ episodes suitable for video and audio publishing as well as radio broadcasting across the Vision Australia national radio network. These episodes feature a range of locals sharing their real-life experiences of overcoming adversity, serving the community in challenging times, and offering encouragement and motivation to others who may be going through similar difficulties.
Here is a link to free downloads of the digital versions of our Kintsugi Heroes books.
Please feel free to share this with anyone you know who may benefit and feel encouraged by learning how others navigated these challenging experiences.
Our mission is “helping people uncover their hidden value”.
Kintsugi Heroes share their real-life stories about overcoming adversity to provide hope and inspiration to people who may be experiencing or at risk of experiencing similar challenges.
The Initial Idea
In August 1993 Ian Westmoreland wrote to several community leaders about an idea he had for a new type of book where well-known identities who had experienced adversity would share part of their life story to provide….
Our mission is “helping people uncovering their hidden value”.
We are living in a time of increasing adversity. Following the disruption of Covid, and escalating financial and political instability around the world, it is increasingly difficult for our communities to live with hope and optimism. This is particularly the case for our younger society.
Kintsugi Heroes share their real-life stories about overcoming adversity, particularly depression, anxiety disorder and PTSD, to provide hope and inspiration to people who may be experiencing or at risk of experiencing similar challenges.
Kintsugi promotes the prevention, control and relief of mental health conditions and other associated challenges through our ‘Hero’ program.
We are not a commercial business. The purpose and philosophy behind Kintsugi Heroes means we are operating for the benefit of people and our communities, rather than profit.
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