How does trauma live in your body and what sets it free
Sarah Rowan spent 38 years hiding who she really was in a strict Christian environment. Trauma stored in her body as rheumatoid arthritis, a marriage that wasn’t hers, and a life on autopilot. Here is how she took back the steering wheel, rebuilt through art, and discovered that creativity and unconditional love are paths to […]
Music broke through her anger | Saengduean Chailert | Kintsugi Heroes Shorts
When an angry elephant threw stones, Saengduean didn’t give up. She sang instead. Saengduean encountered an elephant still traumatised and angry from her past. Rather than retreat, Saengduean used music as a bridge, and something shifted. The elephant eventually fell asleep alongside the others she was caring for. 🎙️ Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6FMrhSM-K4 🎧 […]
The first time Saengduean witnessed it | Saengduean Chailert | Kintsugi Heroes Shorts #podcast
Saengduean asked to look, and that moment she witnessed the cruelty from the logging industry. A single moment of witnessing changed Saengduean’s understanding of what was happening to the elephants. What she saw became the foundation for everything she would do next. 🎙️ Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6FMrhSM-K4 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033u5uGaKw7qEmQQll4H8P 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/channel/kintsugi-heroes-originals/id6776646986 […]
Leaving A Cult At 18: How Queer Support Services Saved My Life
Growing up in a controlling religious cult, our hero was told who to be and how to feel. At 18, after their family’s reaction to their non-binary identity escalated from verbal abuse to physical threats, they left home with almost nothing. In this episode of Pride in Stories, they share the concrete steps that kept […]
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 […]
They needed me more than I needed safety #wildlife #rescue #shorts
Saengduean faced a choice between silence that might save her life or speaking up to protect the animals she loved. Saengduean confronted a real tension between personal safety and the protection of the animals she was fighting for. She chose to speak, even when fear suggested otherwise. 🎙️ Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6FMrhSM-K4 🎧 Spotify: […]
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. […]
When failure became the turning point | Daniel Searle | Kintsugi Heroes Shorts
Daniel Searle failed subjects for the first time. It forced him to work differently. Kintsugi Heroes. Daniel Searle had always succeeded academically until he didn’t. Failing subjects hit hard, but it cracked open a realisation: his old methods weren’t going to work anymore. That moment of real struggle became the catalyst for learning how to […]