From Shame to Storytelling: The Unexpected Power of Simply Being There
Mental health awareness looks different when it’s your own child in crisis. Sarah Rosse spent her career helping others navigate mental health emergencies, until October 2023, when her 16-year-old son attempted to take his life. In this episode of Kintsugi Heroes, Sarah shares how the gap between her professional knowledge and her lived reality as […]
One Look in an Elephant’s Eyes Redirected Her Entire Life
At 16, Saengduean witnessed an elephant being brutally beaten in the logging industry. That moment redirected her entire life toward animal welfare advocacy. Now she runs a sanctuary that has rescued hundreds of elephants and other animals across Thailand and Asia. ⚠️ Content advisory: this episode discusses trauma & healing, which some listeners may find […]
Karl named the hollowness at the heart of it | Karl Germann | Kintsugi Heroes Shorts
Karl Germann realised his family structure lacked unconditional love. Kintsugi Heroes. Karl articulated something precise about his family’s architecture. There was a hollowness because the entire structure had not been built on unconditional love. He recognised that his parents gave materially but missed the human connection, the presence, that children actually need. 🎙️ Watch the […]
Trauma Doesn’t Always Announce Itself
Dissociation and trauma can persist silently for decades without dramatic incidents. Karl Germann spent 20 years numb and disconnected, unaware he was experiencing complex trauma rooted in emotional distance from his family. Only in the last two years, after leaving corporate work and reclaiming his authenticity, did he begin to understand what had been broken […]
Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you
Reframing trauma from victim identity to material for growth: Dr Heena Cheung survived childhood sexual abuse and anorexia, then used one sentence to unlock a shift that led her to run for Senate and fight for NDIS housing and migrant women’s rights. This is her story of how life doesn’t happen to you-it happens for […]
When goals became harder to see | Daniel Searle | Kintsugi Heroes Shorts
Daniel Searle set goals. Then vision loss made them harder to reach. Kintsugi Heroes. Daniel was someone who thrived on setting short and long term goals. It was part of who he was. Then he started to notice things getting harder. Vision loss was quietly intruding on the identity he’d built around ambition and progress. […]
Why I spent years refusing the one thing I needed most
Daniel lost his sight at 16 to a genetic condition he couldn’t control. But his story isn’t about overcoming disability. It’s about learning to see differently, finding strength in asking for help, and building a life of purpose beyond what he thought he’d lost. ⚠️ Content advisory: this episode discusses mental health & wellbeing, which […]
I Thought I Was Broken Until I Found This Pattern
ADHD in women is one of the most missed diagnoses in adult mental health, and for three professional women, understanding why took decades. This is Too Much, Not Enough: Late Diagnosis of ADHD in Women, a live online panel from Kintsugi Heroes’ Our Stories Matter series. Three women share what it’s really like to get […]
The Pattern He Found in Every Prison Cell After 40 Years
Second chances aren’t given, they’re earned through someone seeing potential you can’t see in yourself. Phil Hugill left school at 15 written off as a slow learner. Forty years later, after working inside prisons, youth diversion programs, and child protection, he discovered one unshakeable truth: before you judge someone, you need to know their story. […]
This Sanctuary Is Saving People Traditional Therapy Missed
Animal healing therapy is more than a trend-it’s a lifeline for people stuck in traditional therapy and disconnected from themselves. Matt and Jezey Wolf left their careers to build a healing sanctuary in Queensland where horses, buffalo, and nature become partners in recovery. In this episode of Animals & Us, they share how trust-based horsemanship […]