Challenges That Change Us

We’ve had guests speak about growing up in a controlling religious sect before, but for this episode we are getting a close up look at what it was like to grow up in one of these groups, while also being gay. Craig Hoyle grew up in Invercargill, NZ in the restrictive Exclusive Brethren Christian sect, which banned television, radio, pets, and social contact with outsiders. He was excommunicated fr...

The impacts that body image beliefs can have on limiting our ability to grow and succeed are honestly hard to quantify, but make no mistake, they can be absolutely crushing.   During her 15+ years of experience in corporate leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies, Nma Emeh encountered countless women, including herself, who struggled with their body image. This experience inspired her to em...

Trigger warning: Child sexual abuse   We’ve said before that survivors of child sexual abuse often end up more resilient than others, purely because of what they have had to live through. Well Malika Reese is possibly the purest example of that, because not only did she survive abuse as a child, she also went on to face her perpetrator and see him charged, survive a robbery and survive having...

Welcome to part 2 of our chat with the incredible Nathan Stapleton. In our last episode Nathan shared the highs and lows of life in elite sport, and immediately afterwards, as well as the mindset he needed in order to thrive in that sporting space. For this episode we are discussing the serious topic of his sudden accident that left him a quadriplegic and what life has been like since. In this epi...

Few people know what is required mentally to achieve at the highest level of elite sport, and fewer still know what it’s like to have to apply that mindset to a life changing injury. Nathan Stapleton is an Australian professional rugby league player who most recently played for the London Broncos in the Kingstone Press Championship. He previously represented the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the N...

Motherhood is a big journey for any woman, but many of us consider that taking that step in your teenage years to be limiting and negative. Julie Allyson experienced this opinion from those around her when she fell pregnant at 16, but it was her mindset and determination that helped her reframe her situation so that she could not only go on to achieve great things professionally and as a mother, b...

Trigger warning: Anxiety Welcome to part two of our chat with Stephanie Burns. In part one Stephanie shared her remarkable life and some of the huge challenges she has faced, including having to navigate violence in the home and abandonment in her teenage years. In part two she shares with us the impact those experiences have had on her and how they influenced her social anxiety. This episode is n...

Trigger warning: domestic violence Today we are joined by someone who has truly lived a life of challenges, lessons and intriguing turns. From navigating violence in the home as a teenager, to being a woman in the military when they had only just started accepting women back into the technical fields, Stephanie Burns has seen a lot. In 1973, Stephanie became one of the first women trained as an en...

What exactly does it take to go from not being able to run to the end of your block, to running ultr marathons? Desiree Stanley is the host of the Pockets of Knowledge podcast, and she discovered exactly what it would take to go from a non-runner to completing multiple ultramarathons in her 40s/. Desiree's entrepreneurial spirit drives her various ventures, showcasing adaptability and commitment t...

Trigger warning: domestic violence and mental health When it comes to domestic violence, no two situations are the same. That is why it can be so hard to understand from the outside what exactly is going on. We might look at someone driven and successful and find it impossible to believe they could end up in such a situation, but there can be all kinds of factors that influence self worth and affe...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Trigger warning: Domestic violence, sexual assault, mental health While abuse within the family is something we have discussed on this podcast, one topic we have not covered as much, which often goes hand in hand, is the...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 For many of us reading and writing seems pretty common place. So much so that we might not even consider what it must be like to navigate our modern world without an ability to read and write. Graham Neville dropped out...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Trigger warning; domestic violence It’s so often the case that one trauma can result in an entirely different one down the track. That is the case for Marleen Mour, a 38yr old single mum who ran away from Egypt and an un...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Trigger warning: sexual assault, hate crime, attempted murder In this episode we will be discussing the experience of David Keck, a man in the U.S. who was brutally attacked 9 years ago and left for dead, simply because...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Trigger warning,: domestic violence We all know I am obsessed with discussing resilience on this podcast and the many ways it can show up. One area we haven’t really covered though is the challenge of redefining ourselve...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Listeners of the podcast know I have been diagnosed with POTS or Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. This is something many people can spend years suffering through before ever getting an official diagnosis, and o...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Burn out is a topic we have covered before, but what happens when you are a high performer, working overseas far away from all your support networks and it hits you when you are completely unprepared for it? Dr Kellie Pr...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Trigger warning: miscarriage Grief is a nuanced and varied thing can hits everyone differently and often in unexpected ways. One person who knows about this is Katie Rössler. In late 2018, her life came to a halt. Her mo...

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Trigger warning: Domestic Violence Imagine joining the police force to save lives and make a difference, only to get so bogged down in bureaucracy and rules that you are unable to do anything when called out to a suspect...

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Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024   If you’re interested in our manifestation workshop go here: https://soulstudioarmidale.com/event-manifestation We’ve all heard the phrase ‘travel to find yourself’ and one person who has lived that to its extreme...

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My gift to you all:  FREE High Performance Leadership E-book   https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/strategic-blueprint-high-performance-leadership Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 Today’s guest is Mim, a mum of 3, teache...

My gift to you all:  FREE High Performance Leadership E-book   https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/strategic-blueprint-high-performance-leadership Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places :  https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024 There is a challenge that, according to...