Happy vs Angry Which Mood Wins Races Expert Skier Reveals!
Does anger make you faster… or does calm win races? Zali breaks down how emotional states directly impact performance — and why happiness often outperforms rage at the highest level. Master your mood, master the race. #kintsugiheroes #gritdiaries #zalisteggall #mentalperformance #athletemindset #emotionalcontrol #highperformance ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT KINTSUGI HEROES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Kintsugi Heroes is a not-for-profit Australian […]
Coping with anxiety and depression and a difficult start to family life with Peter Donnell
Peter Donnell grew up in Sydney’s northern suburbs. His career began strongly but the early 2000s brought unexpected hurdles, including workplace changes and the closure of his office. He also faced tough commutes and job stress. His wife’s health after childbirth brought extra challenges at home. Managing a newborn and household demands grew more difficult […]
Creative business success, the loss of loved ones, and a quest for peace with Margo Strong
Margot Strong faced relentless adversity: growing up in a hardworking but emotionally burdened immigrant family, surviving bullying and early independence, enduring divorce and financial ruin, and navigating male-dominated business challenges. She also suffered profound grief from losing her partner, mother, and brother, carrying lasting pain and striving for resilience and healing. Links: myfamilytreeandme.com.au ***** We […]
A voice for the whales with Nan Hauser • Animals and Us E24
Nan Hauser grew up in Pennsylvania and Bermuda, surrounded by animals and inspired by her nature-loving grandmother. With a background in nursing and midwifery, Nan applies science and compassion from human healthcare to whale research, combining accurate methodology, emergency care, and a passion for helping both people and animals. A whale researcher in the Cook […]
From outback freedom to animal minds with Shane Gehlert • Animals and Us E23
Shane Gehlert grew up in Adelaide with lots of freedom. He explored sheep stations, rode motorbikes, camped, and developed a lifelong love of animals while enjoying the Australian outback and wildlife. Living on a property with alpacas, goats, and chickens, Shane’s bond grew deeper after caring for a baby goat called Rosie. This experience sparked […]
Ian Westmoreland’s Story on the Campfire Project
Ian Westmoreland shares the Kintsugi Heroes story as well as his cancer journey on the Campfire Project podcast with Alan Stevens ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT KINTSUGI HEROES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Kintsugi Heroes is a not-for-profit Australian podcast network sharing real stories of resilience, disability, and transformation. Named after the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold — […]
Learning from animals at sea and on land with Dr Sarah Pye • Animals & Us E21
Dr Sarah Pye was born in Gibraltar, spent 13 years sailing in nature with her family, then moved onto a boat, learning from animals, weather, and the world around her. She has always loved animals. Night watches at sea, meeting dolphins and whales, resulted in her developing a deep appreciation for hands-on animal encounters that […]
Adventure and exploring life, through service, family and purpose with Aaron Tait
From war zones to slums, Aaron Tait has travelled to and worked in more than 70 countries across the globe as a military officer, humanitarian and social entrepreneur, and now writes to help people live deliberate lives filled with purpose. Aaron was thrust into the frontline of international crisis at a young age, deploying to […]
After Africa with Michael Stewart (part 2/2)
Michael describes how leaving Africa for Australia brought him both emptiness and relief. Building a new life meant loss of networks and family upheaval, including divorce, yet the safety, law and order in Australia provided comfort. Michael’s passion for high-risk activities like kayaking, skydiving, and micro-lighting was driven by adrenaline and the thrill of adventure, […]
Who’s your organisation leaving out? A Conversation with DEI strategist Khayshie Tilak Ramesh
In this episode, DEI strategist Khayshie Tilak Ramesh shares her journey from a childhood experience of being “othered” to becoming a leading voice in creating more inclusive spaces. She demystifies intersectionality – how overlapping systems of oppression create unique experiences of discrimination – and explores how we can address compounded marginalisation. The conversation dives deep […]