Coping with anxiety and depression after workplace bullying and a difficult start to family life …
Peter Donnell grew up in Sydney’s northern suburbs. His career began strongly but the early 2000s brought unexpected hurdles, including workplace changes and the closure of his office. He also faced tough commutes and job stress. His wife’s health after childbirth brought extra challenges at home. Managing a newborn and household demands grew more difficult […]
Creative business success, the loss of loved ones, and a quest for peace with Margo Strong
Margot Strong faced relentless adversity: growing up in a hardworking but emotionally burdened immigrant family, surviving bullying and early independence, enduring divorce and financial ruin, and navigating male-dominated business challenges. She also suffered profound grief from losing her partner, mother, and brother, carrying lasting pain and striving for resilience and healing. Links: myfamilytreeandme.com.au ***** We […]
Creative business success, the loss of loved ones, and a quest for peace with Margo Strong
Margot was born in 1962 in Australia, the daughter of Dutch immigrant parents. She left school in year 11 and went to art school in the Netherlands for a little while. On her return she secured an apprenticeship the pre-press printing industry as a ‘retoucher and dot etcher’. She worked in that trade until opening her Apple Computer store, Mac & Me in Avalon, Sydney in 1999. Her two daughters were […]
Ian Westmoreland’s Story on the Campfire Project
Ian Westmoreland shares the Kintsugi Heroes story as well as his cancer journey on the Campfire Project podcast with Alan Stevens ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT KINTSUGI HEROES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Kintsugi Heroes is a not-for-profit Australian podcast network sharing real stories of resilience, disability, and transformation. Named after the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold — […]
Adventure and exploring life, through service, family and purpose with Aaron Tait
From war zones to slums, Aaron Tait has travelled to and worked in more than 70 countries across the globe as a military officer, humanitarian and social entrepreneur, and now writes to help people live deliberate lives filled with purpose. Aaron was thrust into the frontline of international crisis at a young age, deploying to […]
Adventure and exploring life, through service, family and purpose with Aaron Tait
From war zones to slums, Aaron Tait has travelled to and worked in more than 70 countries across the globe as a military officer, humanitarian and social entrepreneur, and now writes to help people live deliberate lives filled with purpose. Aaron was thrust into the frontline of international crisis at a young age, deploying […]
After Africa with Michael Stewart (part 2/2)
Michael describes how leaving Africa for Australia brought him both emptiness and relief. Building a new life meant loss of networks and family upheaval, including divorce, yet the safety, law and order in Australia provided comfort. Michael’s passion for high-risk activities like kayaking, skydiving, and micro-lighting was driven by adrenaline and the thrill of adventure, helping him stay […]
After Africa with Michael Stewart (part 2/2)
Michael describes how leaving Africa for Australia brought him both emptiness and relief. Building a new life meant loss of networks and family upheaval, including divorce, yet the safety, law and order in Australia provided comfort. Michael’s passion for high-risk activities like kayaking, skydiving, and micro-lighting was driven by adrenaline and the thrill of adventure, […]
Built for Africa with Michael Stewart (part 1/2)
Michael’s childhood was filled with outdoor adventure and freedom in Rhodesia, growing up on a hobby farm, fishing and riding, but also navigating a complex relationship with his Scottish father’s temper. Being sent to boarding school at a young age shaped Michael’s sense of independence and self-reliance but also led to feelings of abandonment and […]
Built for Africa with Michael Stewart (part 1/2)
Michal’s childhood was filled with outdoor adventure and freedom in Rhodesia, growing up on a hobby farm, fishing and riding, but also navigating a complex relationship with his Scottish father’s temper. Being sent to boarding school at a young age shaped Michael’s sense of independence and self-reliance but also led to feelings of abandonment and […]