Challenges That Change Us

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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If you’re interested in our manifestation workshop go here : https://soulstudioarmidale.com/event-manifestation 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: birth trauma I am so excited to introduce you to a woman of my heart and a dear friend of mine si...

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...

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 When we are unhappy w...

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...

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 After we released episode 10...

Trigger warning: domestic violence and racial slurs   Find out about our High Performance Leadership Summit here:   https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024   Today, amongst other things we will be talking about the very nuanced topic of the foster system, but also growing up as an Aboriginal Australian. Dave Widders is a proud Anaiwan man from...

Trigger warning for suicide and sexual assault and domestic violence. When it comes to resilience, there are few who have survived as much as Melanie Eyles. Mel is a breathwork and trauma informed mindset and wellness coach and she has a lot of experience to draw from. With a childhood founded in domestic violence and sexual assault Mel already a hard start and the health issues that raised their...

Damien Thomlinson is someone who has seen his fair share of adversity. Damien is an Australian Afghanistan war veteran, inspires globally who lost both his legs to a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan. He undertook intense rehabilitation, learned to walk with prosthetics and from there he kept going. He authored his best-selling autobiography "Without Warning.", took on various challenges like the TARGA...

Trigger warning: Suicide, addiction Todays guest is someone who truly embodies resilience. Alexa Towersey is an internationally published celebrity trainer, sports cover model, motivational and mental health speaker with over 16 years experience in the health & fitness industry. Born into a military family, her journey started after she was bullied at school for being too skinny - her nic...

Trigger warning: This episode discusses eating disorders Eating disorders are something we are still coming to understand as a society, and one of the things many of us don’t realise is that they can really affect anyone. Even an athlete, who has to be healthy to compete can find themselves with a disordered style of eating. That is exactly what happened to Holly Harris, who quickly experienced th...

Trigger warning: this episode discusses the topic of suicide Muscular Dystrophy is something that has really only started to become more commonly known in the past decade or so. But even now most people might have a rough general idea of it, but not actually know the details of just how varied and complicated it can be. Rhiannon Anderson was diagnosed at 3 and her parents were told she would not l...

If you’ve been a long time listener of this podcast you’ll know the advocating for awareness around POTS is something very close to my heart. Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome can be absolutely debilitating, and that’s not taking into account how many years it can take for someone to actually get a diagnosis. All of this can be truly crushing for anyone, but is especially so for someo...

We’ve spoken before about what happens when High Performers push themselves so hard that they break down. But what happens when the physical break down symptoms occur, but you don’t realise it is because of your anxiety and mind? That’s the position Georgie Dent found herself in when her anxiety and stress sent her into a physical breakdown that took her over 4 months to recover from. Now she is t...

Trigger warning: this episode discusses suicide and family violence. If you feel you need someone to talk to, call lifeline on 13 11 14. By now you know how I feel about Family Violence. This is something we need to eradicate completely. The effects of family violence on survivors can reach through decades of life and that was very much the case for this episodes guest, Coen Tan. Growing up as an...

This week we are talking about a challenge that almost 50% of the population will experience. Menopause. But like everything, menopause can come on a sliding scale, and even if we think we are prepared it can hit, very hard. That is what happened to Susan Northey. Susan now works at my new business Soul Studio in Armidale as a breath work facilitator but also works in the nutrition space. She had...

Firstly I want to thank everyone for their patience when we were unable to release an episode last week. It’s been a big few weeks in the Flynn household and sometimes you just have to admit you can’t do everything. If you were in our Facebook group you would have seen that my daughter Jess has been quite sick and I just didn’t have capacity. But I was talking to Jess and I said I didn’t think I’d...

We’ve spoken about burn out on this podcast before, but this episode’s guest highlights possibly the most extreme case of burnout at the highest level. Stacey Luces was putting everyone and everything before her own needs and was still battling feelings of ‘not being enough.’ She was forced to reassess her entire lifestyle when she found herself in the hospital fighting for her life. Now she is a...

Challenges That Change Us – Trigger warning: suicidal ideation and depression The path to suicidal ideation varies for so many people, but for some it can start from a place of not feeling like they belong. Masking and hiding their true self in a failed attempt to fit in and please everyone can set most up for failure and it can let to even further challenges. This was the case for Lachlan Cameron...