One Moment Please

Stephanie Romeo is a burns survivor who shares her harrowing experience of being caught in a buffet explosion at a French restaurant, where she suffered burns to her thighs and hands, triggering trauma and PTSD. From her hospital experience to the lack of knowledge on trauma healing, Stephanie talks candidly about her journey to recovery and how she turned her experience into a positive message to...

Captain Charlie Plumb has lived what he believes to be the American Dream. As a farm kid from Kansas, he fantasized about airplanes, although he felt certain he would never have the opportunity to pilot one. It would be the United States Navy who afforded Plumb the opportunity to live out that dream. After graduating from the Naval Academy, Plumb completed Navy Flight Training and reported to Mira...

TW: Discussion of suicide ideology and mental health Retired Special Forces Major and decorated combat Veteran Heston Russell has dedicated his life to serving his country and the wider Veteran community.  Heston joined the Australian Army at the age of 17 as a fifth generation Army Veteran following in the footsteps of his father Mark who served for over twenty years in the Australian Army.  Whil...

How can you be blind and not even know it? Stephanie Duesing is an author, speaker, and international advocate for people who have CVI. In January of 2017, she discovered that her straight A honors student, genius artist, and water polo-playing son Sebastian was almost completely blind and no one knew, not even Sebastian himself. He was fifteen and just about to enroll in driver's ed. We were...

Andrew Kooger suffered a tragic life altering accident that left him paralyzed in 2020 while training for an upcoming mountain bike race. Andrew’s mindset and determination to defy the odds has carried him forward throughout this journey has conquered obstacles on this new life chapter and learned the power of grit, courage and determination. Now a sponsored adaptive athlete with High Fives Founda...

After approximately 7 months on the road travelling around Australia with my husband and cat in a van we are giving our final update of the trip and our thoughts. My husband is my guest this week where we discuss how we have found van life, our favourite moments, tips for those starting out and if we would do this adventure again.

Cameron Hardiman joined the Victoria Police at age eighteen and served over 34 years in policing. Most of his time with Victoria Police was as an air observer with the Police Air Wing. He saw his fair share of trauma and dealt with it like most coppers would: he quickly put each dangerous job out of his mind as soon as it was over. But one particular rescue in Bass Strait brought about a reckoning...

Jan Sky is an internationally recognized Neuro Psychotherapist for her work in behaviour change, and for creating the ESI (Executive State Identification) Mapping Tool that maps the social neural network of the brain. She is the author of the successful book ‘The Many Parts of You’ which is published in English and Finnish. Her clarity and unique style expand audiences’ understanding of emotional...

Currently traversing the great Australian landscape in a van with our cat, todays podcast departs from our normal type of guest and episode to provide an update on our van life adventure. I managed to convince my husband to come back on the podcast to discuss the incredible animals we have encountered, beautiful beaches visited, scenery viewed and people meet throughout Queensland as well as his i...

Shaun O’Gorman is a Human Behaviour, High Performance and Resilience consultant, keynote speaker, and author. After joining the Queensland Police Service in 1989, Shaun worked in the Police Dog Squad for many years as well as the Covert and Surveillance unit working on Major and Organised Crime. While in the K9 unit Shaun was involved in daily high-risk critical incidents ranging from violent stre...

Dylan Conway is a current serving Infantry Captain and the founder of The Charity BrothersnBooks. After having 9 surgeries on his back and using reading to continue his progression in life Dylan is changing the culture of reading in Australia.   Www. Brothersnbooks.com Instagram.com/brothersnbooks Facebook - Brothersnbooks   Follow the podcast Onemomentpleasepodcast.com IG:@onemomentpleasepodcast...

Troy Knight was member of the Royal Australian Airforce and was one of the first Airmen to pass 2nd Commando Regiment selection and to serve with what was at the time a new Special Forces unit, the elite 4 Squadron Combat Controllers Troy Knight’s mates know him as ‘Norm’ or ‘TK’. Born in 1977 to a single mother, Troy grew up as what he describes as a ‘typical Queensland boy’ enjoying surfing, pla...

*Trigger warning: graphic discussions of war. *Not suitable for children. Esmat was born and lived all of his life in war torn Kabul, Afghanistan.   As a child his memories are of shelling during the Mujahideen war and later of cruel public demonstrations of the Taliban rule. As a 7 year old he found work in a smelting factory and later as a bar manager in the UK embassy. Defying local laws to han...

Dawn Macintyre is an experienced clinical counsellor, educator and supervisor who has worked in her own private practice for 3 decades and supervises counsellors in their professional practices. Holding a degree in Education and Psychology, plus a Master’s in Public Health and a PhD in Public Health. Dawn has had a varied career, combining academic and practical roles which have included Universit...

TRIGGER WARNING Dave Morgan left his family in Brisbane in 1969 for Vietnam as part of the 104 Signal Squadron. During his term, he served at several fire support bases and dealt with attacks by the Viet Cong. During one of those attacks, his pit hole collapsed on him, and after he returned to an unsympathetic Australia, he started reliving that experience night after night. Dave tried to live a n...

Billy Hedderman is a recovered quadriplegic. The ex-Irish Special Forces officer broke his neck on a beach in Australia in 2014 and was instantly paralysed. Lucky not to drown, he spent months in a spinal injuries’ unit forcing himself to stand, walk and move his fingers again. Within 8 months he returned to military duties with the ADF and made his return to skydiving activities soon after. Billy...

WARNING: Discussion of suicidal thoughts. Michael Sugrue began his law enforcement career in the United States Air Force as a Security Forces Officer in 1998. As a Security Forces Officer, Michael specialized in Law Enforcement, Global Force Protection, Anti-Terrorism, Nuclear Security, Foreign Air Field Assessments and Air Base Ground Defense. Serving in a variety of assignments including: Flight...

Natalie Stockdale believes that hardships are an inevitable and essential part of life experience that shape our character and enrich our lives. How we handle our hardships is a choice. After surviving her own personal challenges of droughts, divorce and disease (breast cancer),  Natalie  eventually woke up to the importance of resilience for our mind, body and spirit. She subsequently resigned fr...

My husband, Andrew, joins me on this weeks epsiode to discuss the places we have travelled and our thoughts of them. What we have loved and the challenges of van lifeing in general plus the added element of van lifeing with a cat. We even had to smuggle him into a very busy hotel!

Warning: not suitbale for children. Content of podcast episode may not be suitable for everyone and listener discretion is advise. Peter Seymour joined the New South Wales Police Force in 1980 as an eighteen-year-old and spent 24 years in Police, four years in Uniform, twelve years as a detective and eight years as a Police Prosecutor. He was medically discharged with PTSD and has written 2 best s...

A different episode today. With lots of questions via Instagram on how we are finding van life. Todays' episode is a van life update. Follow the podcast Onemomentpleasepodcast.com IG:@onemomentpleasepodcast FB: OneMomentPlease

Chris Burson is an ex army engineer and army load master as well as a former Victorian police officer with experience in the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) and as a negotiator. After 11 years as a police officer, with the Police Force enforcing the State of Emergency requirement for Covid– Chris witnessed and experienced public opinion of the police force shift. Disillusioned, conflicted,...

Emma Milesevic started riding motorbikes at the age of two and a half, wanting to chase her brother. At the age of 8 years she began racing motocross. Up until recently she’s always raced boys, enjoying the challenge and kickin’ their butt’s. Emma’s been racing in A Grade since the age of 10 years. She’s the first Victorian girl to progress to A Grade amongst the boys. Emma enjoys mentoring younge...

Ben Moore is one of the top bee keepers in Australia and has been on the podcast before on episode 16, discussing homelessness, prior careers, police raids and his passion for all things Bees.  Given the incredibly serious invasive pest new to Australian shores, the Varroa Mite, we chat what is being done to combat the pest and the impact on the food production if we don’t. Plus we talk why some p...

Imagine going bike riding with your friends, then the next thing you know you're flying through the air, crunching into the earth and then gasping for breath. Suffering an agonising wait for the ambulance. Trying to remain calm. Desperately hoping that the damage is not as severe as it feels. Hearing the words spinal cord injury and being told you may never walk again. Feeling your identity sh...