Broke & Hunter Valley Floods Podcast Launch Event | Kintsugi Heroes
About the Project 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. The stories will […]
When a cancer diagnosis opens doors instead
A stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis in December 2022 shattered Dominic Lynch’s world. On Kintsugi Heroes, he speaks about the misdiagnosis that left him facing Christmas with no options, the PET scan that restored possibility, and how he transformed a terminal sentence into a mission to help other men get the health checks that might […]
EXCLUSIVE: Podcast Preview of Broke & Hunter Valley Floods | Kintsugi Heroes
Natural disasters are common in rural Australia, but there is something particularly devastating about floods. They sweep through towns and communities often without warning, and leave people to pick up the pieces. And unlike bushfires, there is no way for people to take measures to deter the ferocity of a flood. On July 6th 2022, […]
The Reality of Floods for Emergency Services with Tony Hawkins | Kintsugi Heroes
Tony is a long-time resident of the Wollombi area up near Broke. He moved there with his partner in 1992. His story concerns the 2022 Broke and Bulga and Wollombi flood situation. He has a unique perspective because of his long association with the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and community support. During floods, the community […]
Connection and Compassion in the Community after the Flood with Carly Dawson | Kintsugi Heroes
Carly Dawson only moved into Broke almost a year to the day before the floods. She had been around the area for a while before that after she and her and her son had spent a long time travelling and working around Australia with a caravan, but with no plans to settle in Broke. Circumstances […]
Shining Light on Men’s Mental Health through Advocacy with Bradley Spillane | Kintsugi Heroes
Bradley Spillane is an advocate, a community volunteer and spokesperson. Through the men’s mental health radio show on Radio Blue Mountains, he is a lodestone, a centre for people talking about something that wasn’t fashionable when he started, which was men’s mental health and men’s health in general This episode is a brutally honest, in-depth […]
Beyond the Deluge: Flood Resilience Stories from the Hunter Valley
G’day, John Millam from Kintsugi Heroes, and welcome to Beyond the Deluge. There are some encounters in life that no amount of preparation planning and past experience will equip us to deal with when they hit. On the 6th of July, 2022, the rivers and streams outside of Wollombi broke and other villages in the […]
Her Family’s Fight through Cerebral Palsy & Mental Illness with Amira MacCue
Amira’s life has been defined by early adversity, including the loss of young family members to illness, accidents, and mental health issues. These experiences instilled in her a deep empathy and a drive to alleviate suffering. Becoming a mother to a child with cerebral palsy at 20 further shaped her journey, fostering resilience and determination […]
Generational Addiction Conquered through Self-discovery with Shannan Mondor | Kintsugi Heroes
Shannan came from a dysfunctional, abusive family with intergenerational addiction issues. She shares her story of overcoming her past and using her experiences to empower herself to change. She has worked very hard to overcome her addiction and realised, “If you want to make a difference in your life, you will invest in yourself because […]
Controlling Addiction and Sharing Stories of Hope with Kerrie Atherton
Kerrie grew up with alcoholic parents and began her own intense but successful struggle with alcoholism and mental health when she became an instant alcoholic after her first drink at fifteen. At eighteen, she joined Alcoholics Anonymous and has remained clean and sober since that day forty years ago. For thirty years, Kerrie has worked […]