Finding resilience and surviving the Three Ds with Natalie Stockdale | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Natalie shares her story about the experiences she had that enabled her to create her resilience tools and shares several of them with us. As a young woman she experienced the heartbreak of drought in the outback when suffering stock were lost or had to be destroyed. Drought was the first of the three D’s […]
Rising above a traumatic childhood and changing lives with Danny Lloyd | Kintsugi Heroes
Danny grew up in Guernsey Channel Island, bullied for being grossly overweight. He had a good home with a hardworking single mum but didn’t fit in. He was surrounded by wealth and privilege and felt trapped and became involved with drinking, drugs and violence. After many other experiences and now living in Australia, Danny had […]
A life of love and business after a traumatic childhood with Judy Van Nierkerk | Kintsugi Heroes
Judy’s truly remarkable story begins at the age of fifteen after a childhood of unimaginable fear and torment as a victim of sexual enslavement by her father. She had the first of several extraordinary ‘transcendent’ experiences that gave her insight into the extraordinariness of who we are. She learned that we could access the universal […]
The truth about Child Slavery & being part of the solution with Paul Mergard | Kintsugi Heroes
Paul’s story is very moving, confronting but overall filled with hope. Over the past two decades, Paul has spent multiple nights in some of the darkest places on the face of the planet, rescuing children who have been sold into the global sex trade. He has felt a drive to do what he can to […]
Burnout recovery, mental health and supporting yourself with Derek Rogers | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Derek has always been active and healthy, playing sports, in clubs and involved with communities. He was in scouting for eighteen years and is a Queen Scout. He has researched and studied food, human behaviour, and longevity for the last twenty years. As a single parent, he suffered from burnout and depression, and this is […]
Planting acorns to manifest your future with Monica Henderson | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Monica is a wife, mother, mogul, jet setter, and socialite who shares her own personal struggles with social anxiety, failure, and fear to illustrate how to stop being pushed by pain and start being pulled by your own vision. Her story is a compelling account of how she transitioned from poverty and homelessness to a […]
Overcoming gambling addiction, finding hope and giving back with Ross Durkin | Kintsugi Heroes
Ross tells his harrowing story of his lived experience of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression and addiction. He shares his recovery story with us in the hope that it assists in alleviating the stigma of mental health and suicide. He has been sober and gamble-free for nearly 20 years. Biography Ross has worked in […]
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 […]
Value of a positive mindset facing an incurable illness with David Moran || Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
David’s extraordinary story of resilience and courage begins in his early teens when he was very involved with sports but diagnosed with Fairbanks Disease or multiple epiphyseal dysplasia a rare genetic disorder affecting the growing ends of bones. He had to change his focus and tried golf but eventually had to give it up and […]