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 […]
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 […]
Learning self-love after trauma and psychosis with Luke Marshall | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Today he’s got a successful career, over two and a half years of sobriety, and a lot of contentment about where life is. It wasn’t always this way. Luke was FOUR when his father took his own life, and the trauma and knock-on impacts saw Luke develop unhealthy coping behaviours including perfectionism, drug and alcohol […]
Becoming an advocate through bipolar & depression with Kitt O’Malley | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Kitt gives us an unflinching account of her struggle with what was initially undiagnosed bipolar disorder. As a trained psychotherapist, she has a unique perspective of living with bipolar disorder; of having an advanced qualification but being unable to work and having a child to look after while she navigated her condition. She describes reframing […]
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 […]
The impacts of bureaucracy on communities after disaster with Ron Janas
Ron Janus, a retired local police officer, has been with the Country Fire Authority for thirty-two years. He is currently a member of the Buffalo River Fire Brigade and a Councillor with the Alpine Shire Council. His major ongoing concerns are firstly that mandatory evacuations are often through unsafe areas. He wants to see local […]
Living with auto-immune conditions through diet with Whitney Coupland | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Whitney describes her journey as she coped with autoimmune conditions wanting to avoid surgery or drug treatments for her thyroid issues. Realising she has multiple food sensitivities she adopted an autoimmune protocol to heal her thyroid this led to her changing her lifestyle and eating habits. She began working with many other women to help […]
Overcoming drug dependence by escaping to Australia with Luiz Ferriera | Kintsugi Heroes Podcast
Luiz’s story is about addiction. It began when he left his traditional Catholic family in Brazil and moved to London, where he became addicted to cocaine. He returned to Brazil and tried for fifteen years to overcome his addiction without success despite trying many different solutions. During that time, he maintained a job, so he […]
Understanding psychological recovery after disaster with Rob Gordon
Rob gives us a powerful and detailed explanation of the effects on the human psyche of trauma from disasters and describes strategies for healing. He is warm and compassionate and his examples which all come from his experience over many years illustrate the complexity of the human response to tragic events and explain why it […]
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 […]