The pain of losing a child and the slow climb back with Barb Higgins | Kintsugi Heroes
Barb spent her childhood in New Hampshire then went to Boston University on a full athletic scholarship majoring in Elementary, Special, and Physical Education. She married in 2001 and had two children. After the terrible pain of losing her daughter Molly in 2016, her husband was ill, and Barb was suffering from brain tumours, she […]
Finding Strength & Vulnerability through Cancer with Susan Bloom | Kintsugi Heroes
Susan’s story is a harrowing and detailed account of an intense period in her life involving the U.S. medical system. Susan grew up as the daughter of the only doctor in a rural western Kansas town. After being a caregiver for her husband and a breast cancer survivor she has seen health care from three […]
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Facing death in Indonesia but learning to live for now with Francois de Neuville
The first part of Francois’ story is a gripping account of his life changing experience in the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. Losing friends there and elsewhere caused him to take the decision to accept his own mortality, live every day to the fullest, to inspire others to do the same and live their best life. […]
Paralysed in a Crash, He Became an ER Doctor Anyway | Dinesh Palipana
Dinesh Palipana is an extraordinary human being. He was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland and is a doctor, lawyer, disability advocate, and researcher. Halfway through medical school, he was involved in a motor vehicle accident that caused a cervical spinal cord injury. Biography Dinesh has completed an Advanced Clerkship in Radiology at the […]
REPLAY: How business & personal trauma informs our purpose with Joanne Brooks | Kintsugi Heroes
Joanne talks about her inspiring journey into becoming a true entrepreneur beginning with a conventional bank job after school as decided by her father, then an early marriage as was expected of her. She moved up through promotions in the banking and finance world that made her a role model for women, breaking the glass […]
REPLAY: Persist through a fearful childhood w/ determination with Ian Forest-Jones | Kintsugi Heroes
Ian was born in Hamilton, Canada, a poor working-class steel town. His childhood was extremely challenging as his mother’s partner was president of an outlaw motorcycle gang. He tells his story of the violence and criminality which traumatised him in his early years. He describes how he survived and later thrived because of his placement […]
From lawyer hiding her truth to teaching others vulnerability
ADHD masking and recovery integration: the cost of living a double life. In this Kintsugi Heroes episode, a lawyer shares how hiding her diagnosis, her sobriety, and her authentic self nearly cost her marriage and her recovery, and how choosing to reveal herself one relationship at a time became the foundation for real connection. ADHD […]
REPLAY: Listening & being present for your peers & community with Alan Stevens | Kintsugi Heroes
Alan’s remarkable story describes overcoming the challenges that go with building relationships. He raised three young boys after his first marriage broke up. This was followed by business failure, then another failed marriage. His life began to change when he discovered his healing gift. Then he met a group of Aboriginal Elders for a year […]
REPLAY: Overcoming illness & fighting depression as an athlete with Don Mathewson | Kintsugi Heroes
Don Mathewson is a true champion who shares his extraordinary story of courage, determination, a passion for athletics, and overcoming major physical challenges alongside a life of service to others. He is a Masters track athlete who has been World Champion on three occasions across different age groups and received fifteen other medals. During his […]