Reflecting on drug addiction, prison and rehabilitation with Dean Lloyd | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Dean’s powerful story began with his addiction to drugs as a middle-class teenager initially following a football injury. He quickly moved on to heroin and petty crime which eventually led to a period of imprisonment for more serious offences. He describes his time in the criminal justice system and long-term battle with addiction in harrowing […]
Immigration, navigating gangs and entrepreneurship with Usman Sheikh | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Usman Sheikh’s family migrated from Pakistan to Canada. He describes their experiences as they navigate the migrant experience and how they were all shaped by their backgrounds and life experiences. While his parents worked hard to sustain the family and provide education, he became involved with gangs and bad behaviour and finally dropped out of […]
Overcoming illness & disability to empower others with Shanice Green | Kintsugi Heroes
Shanice tells her extraordinary, heart-warming story with humility and grace. She has lived with constant pain all her life. As a child, she spent months in hospital and rehabilitation. Shanice has had nineteen surgeries since childhood and lives in a wheelchair. Her inspirational journey saw her facing many challenges with courage and endless determination. A […]
Being childless isn’t always a choice with Michael Hughes | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Michael Hughes tells the story of himself and his wife, Vicky, their personal tragedy of childlessness not by choice and they how transformed their suffering into participation in an international support network for couples who have been unable to have children. He describes the many personal, emotional and social implications for people in a similar […]
Dealing with mental health and abusive relationships with Mark Henderson | Kintsugi Heroes
Mark’s story is about the tragic effect of severe mental illness on all family members. He married his beautiful wife for love and life. But over time, her erratic and challenging behaviour, its adverse effects on the family and several misdiagnoses resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Mark felt trapped in their relationship but […]
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Finding your inspiration after divorce with Jeni Vercoe | Kintsugi Heroes
Jeni was married at twenty-two at a time when many women stayed at home after marriage. When her marriage broke up after twenty-two years, she had zero self-esteem, two kids and no idea how to move on as she felt she had no skills. She tells her remarkable story with humour, honesty and wisdom and […]
Coping with Cancer Diagnosis & Treatement with Ian Westmoreland & Kathleen Langmore
In this inspiring conversation, Ian Westmoreland and Kathleen Langmore discuss and share their experiences with the treatment of cancer. With Ian on the beginning of his treatment journey and Kathleen only just out the other side, they have kindly brought their discussion and learnings to share with us. In this episode we hear how mindset, […]
Personal Trauma, Family Tragedy and Stage 4 Cancer with Martin Gillespie | Kintsugi Heroes
Intro In this uplifting conversation Martin tells his story about his successful but very stressful corporate career then overcoming personal trauma and family tragedy and Stage 4 cancer in 2012. The he describes how he transformed his life and health finding a team of mentors and new practices along the way as he discovers his […]
Autism Advocacy and finding your Mentors with Jimmy Clare | Kintsugi Heroes
Jimmy has a special perspective as he has autism and shares his often sad but heart-warming and uplifting story of growing up with autism being bullied and misunderstood but finding mentors and supporters during the ‘years of hell’ of his education. And now he’s a voice, with a quirky sense of humour, for others as […]