From conflict to embracing change and freedom with Steve Khouw • Connecting Seniors
Steve is an Australia based immigrant who left Indonesia as a child due to risks of persecution. He is an engineer, business leader, single-dad, passionate conservationist and environmental advocate, lover of music of various genre, arts & culture, avid global backpack adventurer off the beaten-tracks. He is an Australian Survivor, social justice activist and prolific […]
Honouring Stories Through Craft – Kintsugi Workshop with Jun San
As part of the Connecting Seniors project, this hands-on workshop introduced participants to the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi — repairing broken pottery with gold. More than a craft, Kintsugi is a philosophy that celebrates resilience, healing, and the beauty of imperfection Learn more at kintsugiheroes.com.au ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT KINTSUGI HEROES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Kintsugi Heroes is […]
Healing trauma by rewiring the unconscious mind with Judith Richards • Connecting Seniors
Judith was the youngest of eight in a Catholic family. Despite a comfortable life, she faced traumatic experiences, including sexual abuse by priests from an early age. The abuse and violence she suffered profoundly shaping her programming and she developed beliefs of unworthiness and self-punishment. In secondary school, Judith endured further abuse, by a nun. […]
Generational grief and self-discovery with Michelle Scheibner
Michelle grew up as an only child in Melbourne, surrounded by adults, in a quiet home shaped by grief, missed connections and a sense of being different from other children. Her early childhood was defined by few friends, no pets and a risk-averse environment, where independence grew from a lack of emotional nurturing and encouragement […]
Generational grief and self-discovery with Michelle Scheibner
Michelle grew up as an only child in Melbourne, surrounded by adults, in a quiet home shaped by grief, missed connections and a sense of being different from other children. Her early childhood was defined by few friends, no pets and a risk-averse environment, where independence grew from a lack of emotional nurturing and encouragement […]
Surviving the Impossible: Yaser Naseri’s Journey from Iran to Australia
In this episode of From There to Here, Emma Bellamy-Dodd speaks with Yaser Naseri, who fled Iran after political activism made staying impossible. Yaser describes life in Tehran, the dangers of protesting, and tough decisions that led him to Indonesia – where multiple failed escape attempts and a deadly boat disaster profoundly shaped him. He […]
I didn’t know I had ADHD until I was 35
Lance Burdett didn’t know he had ADHD until he was thirty-five. Growing up with undiagnosed neurodivergence, constant relocations, and no stable friendships, he drifted through school and into construction before a radio ad changed everything. His story is one of radical self-discovery forged through adversity, mental health crisis, and the moment he learned to be […]
Facing ADHD, anger, and finding strength in helping others with Lance Burdett
Lance grew up moving often, with a tough childhood and feelings of not fitting in. He struggled at school, found it hard to make friends and often felt alone. Early on, Lance showed signs of ADHD and anger, feeling out of place and hearing constant criticism which shaped his self-belief and experience at home and […]
The Power of Sport to Rebuild: How Roman Abasy Champions Refugee Integration Through Sport
In this podcast episode, Roman Abasy shares his inspiring journey from Afghanistan to Australia as a refugee and human rights advocate. He discusses his background as a Taekwondo champion, his transition to advocating for women’s rights in sports, and the challenges he faced adapting to a new culture. Roman emphasizes the importance of sports in […]
Finding strength after setbacks with Mark Berridge
Mark grew up in Albany in WA, enjoying nature and learning from his schoolteacher parents, who blended creativity, resilience and the support that shaped his values and curiosity. After finishing high school, he went on to university in Perth, where he made lifelong friends. Mark began a corporate career in logistics and sales, working for […]