Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.

Send us Fan Mail Join Luke and Kyle as we unpack the insanity that was Anne's story in the previous episode! What a ride and what extraordinary trauma Anne had to endure with her kids. It was a heartbreaking tale but the fact that Anne is here to tell the tale, and her kids are doing OK, is testament to her courage and strength. To any of our listeners who are going though things, we hope you...

Send us Fan Mail Anne Hayes was taking care of her long term female partner for over 3 years,  who had succumbed to cancer, while their children were 6 and 9 years old. One week after she died, Anne found out that her partner had been in an affair with another woman for 20 years. And had another child too! This episode plays out like a Hollywood psychological thriller,  but the truth is that what...

Send us Fan Mail This is the after thoughts section from the previous episode! The strength and courage of our guests will never cease to amaze us. In Walt's case its actual physical strength as well as mental strength! Ha ha. Luke and Kyle discuss what it must be like to be an athlete with such a major injury, and in Walt's case, overcoming the fear and self doubt that he was going to b...

Send us Fan Mail We have had our fare share of hospitalizations on the Podcast, from cars and bikes, to surfing and falls, we've been on some amazing journeys through some incredible stories.. Walt Blau is no exception! An avid gym goer, Walt was helping with some flooring installation work one day, when he stood up and heard a ‘pop’. That night the pain would take him to the edge, and it was...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you Amanda for a wonderful and raw episode. This is the after thoughts episode, and if you missed Amanda's story, you must go back and have a listen otherwise none of this will make sense! Amanda experienced 5 miscarriages before finally having her first child. Her commitment, perseverance and drive trough the pain and torment is incredible. As always with our podcast w...

Send us Fan Mail We have had a lot of brave guests on the show, and it really does take a lot for people to share their extremely personal stories sometimes. That's surely true in the case of Amanda Rush, who went through years and years of pain and turmoil trying to have a baby with her childhood sweetheart and husband. No less than five miscarriages later, they started to believe it would n...

Send us Fan Mail Wow, what an episode this was. Luke and Kyle unpack Kristel Tuul's episode in which she discussed working for a company who were falsely mixed up in a sex trafficking scandal! This episode was so much more than just this story, it was about resilience, courage, self esteem and staying above water against the roughest of tides. We don't think we could have done what Krist...

Send us Fan Mail In this absolutely mind blowing story, Kristel Tuul explains how she and the company she worked for, became caught up in a Sex Trafficking scandal in the US. Kristel had travelled to the United States each summer from Estonia, to work for a company named Southwestern Advantage, working as a door to door salesperson, selling educational books to families with Children. Somehow, som...

Send us Fan Mail In this after thoughts section, Luke and Kyle discuss what it must be like to be faced with potential homelessness. We have spoken to other guests on the show and heard people discuss how quickly it can happen.  No back up money is common in this expensive world we live in, and in Denise's case, to lose a job after nearly two decades, and find your self with the prospect of b...

Send us Fan Mail Life is so fragile, and things can turn 180 in the blink of an eye.. Denise Wester went from living in comfort and security, to no job, welfare and at one stage no electricity and on the brink of homelessness with her 4 x young kids. Denise grew up in a strict religious home, and her upbringing had negative effects on her self esteem and subsequent relationships. Our lives can be...

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Kyle discuss the previous episode in which Jess Lalumiere described the night she nearly died in a head on car collision! So much strength and courage, and an utterly terrifying experience to reflect on. Thank you Jess and thank you to all our listeners for your support as we explore some amazing and inspirational stories together! TRIGGER / CONTENT WARNING: Details of a...

Send us Fan Mail Jess Lalumiere was driving home late one night from a dream job as a chef that she had recently started. She was minutes away from her house on a quiet road, when an oncoming car seemed to be driving at speed on the wrong side of the road. Before Jess could react, she would find herself involved in a huge head on collision, that would turn her world upside down! It was just these...

Send us Fan Mail Kyle is back from some Covid time out, as Luke and Kyle discuss Crystal's amazing episode all about how we can recover from a lack of self belief.  All too often we listen to the voices in our head, and all too often our upbringing has had a huge impact on how we feel about ourselves. Thank you as always to our guests who bring on such inspiration and positivity to some reall...

Send us Fan Mail This week, an amazing story of fear, rejection, loss and grief, and a comeback story to soothe the soul. Crystal grew up in an environment that didn't nurture her self esteem. She would go through a period of serious overeating as a teenager, weighing almost 200lbs at age 14.  Cut to a few years later, Crystal would lose her Dad suddenly, get divorced, and move back to her ho...

Send us Fan Mail Kyle is back from the Covid wilderness to chat to us about the last episode, Bevan's Story.  I subject close Kyle's heart as Kyle too suffered a stroke in his thirties, thankfully not quite as severe as our guest Bevan. It's an insightful after thoughts episode and one that makes us ponder the fragility of life once again. Bevan was just going about a normal day, an...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's amazing episode, Bevan Choate joins us to discuss his life altering stroke at just 35 years old. We hear about the moment he knew something was wrong, the two near death experiences during his 52 day stay in hospital, and his road to recovery less that two years since the the day in question. Bevan is a Doctor and would perform surgeries, and one of the hardest...

Send us Fan Mail In this after thoughts section, Luke Colson looks back on the previous episode which featured our guest Dr Robb Kelly discussing his Alcoholism and how he finally turned things around. As someone who can directly relate to alcohol abuse, Luke offers some thoughts on the disease itself and some of the issues around treatment in the US. Kyle Wise couldn't join this one due to C...

Send us Fan Mail It's not often we have so many extraordinary things happen in one episode. Where to start!? Dr Robb Kelly was an alcoholic of desperate proportion, he would do literally anything to get a drink. At one point, Rodd tells us how things became so bad that he stabbed his wife just to get to the Vodka! Alcohol and Drug addiction can strip you of everything, and Robb would end up h...

Send us Fan Mail Wow. Lots to unpack here listeners and thank you Lori for an amazing episode! In this After Thoughts section, Luke and Kyle discuss belief systems and how we end up believing in what we do. It often takes trauma of some kind to land on a specific belief, and in fact we have had guests on who's belief system, religion, or families' religion have been the cause for the tra...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up, this one is a wild wild ride. This week we are joined by Lori Reising, who takes us on an amazing journey of self discovery and connection to the greater universe. Her traumatic childhood was filled with rejection right from the get go, as she was abandoned as a new born baby! But, Lori's story starts even before her birth, as she is a firm believer of parallel and...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes it's hard to find the hope and light in these stories of trauma and suffering. The events that Leigh and her son have been through, and are going though, really put things into perspective. Leigh has shown such strength to come on the show and tell us her harrowing tale and it really does offer hope to people who might be going through something similar. Luke and Ky...

Send us Fan Mail In this heartbreaking and raw episode, Leigh describes the events that led to her son having a total psychotic break at the age of just 16. Leigh's Son, Mark, had recently moved to China with his Dad. Leigh lived in England and It had been hard letting Mark go to live so far away as a young teen. One morning she came home to an onslaught of messages that her son was having so...

Send us Fan Mail In this Bonus section, Luke and Kyle (Hosts) discuss the last episode, in which Kyle Bachus tells the story of his mother being struck and killed by a truck while out walking one day. Such tragedy and grief is hard enough for a family, but the lack of justice that the truck driver faced seemed to rub salt into the wounds. As with all our stories, we focus on the triumph over traum...

Send us Fan Mail When your Mother or Father go out for a walk, you naturally expect them to come home. Kyle Bachus' Mother was not so lucky, when she was suddenly run over and killed on a cross walk by a cement truck, she never stood a chance. Worse still had to be identified by her jewelry by the family. In this heartbreaking and emotional story, Kyle tells about the hell that was the follow...

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Kyle discuss the previous episode, Jean Marie's Story, which was all about the listening to the universe, and taking those crossroad moments and seeing them as a chance to rest, or change, or breathe, or recover. We discuss how it is easier said than done, and it's easy to take an injury as a set back and spiral into depression or darkness. Interestingly many of...