Revisiting scars & saving others w/ martial arts with Chris Futcher-Coles | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Chris describes his early years of low self-worth as a result of family and school issues. Then he became only the second male nurse in Queensland and then an anaesthetic technician and a successful corporate job. He discovered martial arts which set him on a path and he eventually started a small martial arts school […]
Embracing gratitude to live and love authentically with Kahlil Bagatsing | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Kahlil’s story is about his challenge which was, that at forty he realised he was not living an authentic life. ‘it’s like my whole life, I’ve just been trying to be someone who I wasn’t’. Although living very comfortably and with a job in the family business, he was unhappy, overweight, single and had no […]
The impacts of bureaucracy on communities after disaster with Ron Janas
Ron Janus, a retired local police officer, has been with the Country Fire Authority for thirty-two years. He is currently a member of the Buffalo River Fire Brigade and a Councillor with the Alpine Shire Council. His major ongoing concerns are firstly that mandatory evacuations are often through unsafe areas. He wants to see local […]
Living with auto-immune conditions through diet with Whitney Coupland | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Whitney describes her journey as she coped with autoimmune conditions wanting to avoid surgery or drug treatments for her thyroid issues. Realising she has multiple food sensitivities she adopted an autoimmune protocol to heal her thyroid this led to her changing her lifestyle and eating habits. She began working with many other women to help […]
Overcoming drug dependence by escaping to Australia with Luiz Ferriera | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Luiz’s story is about addiction. It began when he left his traditional Catholic family in Brazil and moved to London, where he became addicted to cocaine. He returned to Brazil and tried for fifteen years to overcome his addiction without success despite trying many different solutions. During that time, he maintained a job, so he […]
Understanding psychological recovery after disaster with Rob Gordon
Rob gives us a powerful and detailed explanation of the effects on the human psyche of trauma from disasters and describes strategies for healing. He is warm and compassionate and his examples which all come from his experience over many years illustrate the complexity of the human response to tragic events and explain why it […]
Finding the seed of advantage through adversity with Scotty Schindler | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
cotty Schindler is a force of nature. He has a quintessentially Australian identity as a born optimist and clear-cut straight talker and is an extraordinary entrepreneur and businessman who ‘retired at forty-six.’ He takes us through his amazing career and how he triumphed over adversity as he built as super successful business ReNet from scratch […]
Transcending domestic violence to save others with Diane Klem-Goode | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Diane shares her story of growing up in extreme domestic violence with no safe adults and how dreaming of escape to a safe place ignited her love for real estate at a very early age. Her good work ethic, resilience and determination resulted in her becoming an entrepreneur by seventeen and moving into her first […]
Surviving Black Saturday through community and consequences with Quentin Addison
Quentin shares a graphic and engaging account of his experiences in the 2009 Bushfires in which like many others their home was destroyed, while he was on a fire truck elsewhere. His wife and three female backpackers survived because they followed their plan to the letter. Immediately after the fires, he was frustrated and angry […]
Using sport & inclusion to overcome trauma with David Burns | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
David was born to eighteen-year-old drug addicts, in the UK, who did their best to provide for him and support him, while working through their addictions. He achieved a Masters in Sports Science and later became his father’s carer until his death which devastated him, so he moved to Australia. He was unable to get […]