Resolve and ethos borne of jailtime with Sophina Placencia | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Sophina grew up working for her mother in a not-for-profit business and was drawn back in when her grandmother asked her to help with her mother’s foundation. Determined to learn everything she could she left the business for others to run while she travelled. But while she was away funds were misappropriated and Sophina ended […]
Mending his Heart and finding his Destiny with Kyle Spyrides | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Kyle’s powerful story begins when he is a healthy young man who develops a serious infection in his heart and is rushed to hospital. He and his loving and supportive family go against the grain by not accepting the medical advice and using natural healing methods then find ways to heal the damage. Kyle was […]
Managing OCD without a diagnosis until career burnout with Simon Rinne | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Simon developed OCD from the age of around eight and his early life of bottling up his emotions and feelings His struggles with mental health continued after his parents separated and he felt responsible for the family safety at thirteen. He also developed depression on top of his OCD and he finally got help at […]
A perspective from inside the Alpine Fires with Trav Ledger
Trav Ledger’s fast-paced story keeps us on the edge of our seats as he describes the progress of the 2019-20 fires in a couple of locations from the point of view of an experienced CFA volunteer from Wangaratta coming into the Alpine region to fight the catastrophic fires. One of many powerful moments he shares […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Forty years of trauma and travel to escape his father with Endre Hoffmann | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Endre was born in Hungary and his story is based around healing the trauma of his toxic relationship with his father. He felt angry and unloved and a sense of worthlessness so powerful that in 2002 he moved to New Zealand dreaming of a new life. He describes the many challenges and rejection he experienced […]
Emerging from a history of domestic abuse stronger with Josie Parata | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Josie Parata’s story is an inspirational and heart-breaking account of survival from domestic violence and cancer. She was a single mum of four young children when she moved out of her own victim and poverty mentalities, found her faith and began equipping the community to move forward in order to step into their best lives […]
Friendship and Fitness are the key to a good life with Philip Basche | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Phillip has a very simple but profound story. He holds the record at St Vincent’s Hospital for the most heart by passes in one operation when he was 51. This was a defining moment for him as he realised, he may not have much longer to live and needed to live every day for today. […]