Challenges That Change Us

Trigger warning: anxiety, imposter syndrome The term imposter syndrome gets used more and more commonly these days and many of us have probably experienced it at some point. But just how closely is it connected to anxiety? And just how devastating can its effects be? To share her personal experiences with anxiety and imposter syndrome we have Alison Shamir joining on us the podcast. Alison is an I...

Trigger warning: eating disorders and depression Eating disorders are a mental disorder that is gaining a lot more awareness, but there is still so much we do not know. That is why I am so honoured to have Hannah Campbell share her journey of recovering from Anorexia Nervosa in such a raw, detailed and personal way. Hannah is 32 years old and currently lives in the United Kingdom. She completed he...

Cancer is a topic that has come up a bit on Challenges That Change Us, but my good friend Col Secomb has an incredible story to share about not only overcoming a brain tumour the size of a plum, but also overcoming a challenge he describes as being even harder than going through brain surgery. Col was born, raised and educated on the east coast of Australia and moved to England in 2010 after...

Trigger warning – depression and suicide We have been honoured to have a few guests share their stories of mental health battles, this week’s episode is a truly detailed and immersive story of what it’s like to live with a parent who is battling depression. Meg Southcombe is currently the Where There’s A Will There’s A Way Ambassador and it is her story of coming to terms with her father’s depress...

Time is almost out to sign up for our Resilience course. To subscribe to the course, use this link: https://altitudefitnessarmidale.clickfunnels.com/from-surviving-2-thriving Trigger warning – difficult births Combining long term health issues like diabetes and birth complications is enough of a challenge for anyone to overcome, but Katie Godden has gone through it all. She has experienced the neg...

Resilience course To subscribe to our resilience course use this link: https://altitudefitnessarmidale.clickfunnels.com/from-surviving-2-thriving A lot of the challenges we discuss on this podcast are about overcoming something unexpected, or something you were not prepared for, but this week’s episode is a different kind of challenge. Extreme sports like Ultra Marathon running, or swimming every...

Trigger warning: This episode covers the details of a genocide and discusses murder, rape, assault, slavery and more. This episode I have the privilege to be speaking to someone truly courageous and incredible. Living in Australia and the rest of Western society, our understanding of what can happen oppressed minority groups in other countries can be hazy at best. So it goes without saying that ev...

For this episode we’re going to have a little change of pace with an expert to give us some amazing guidance and advice on positive education and the science of well being. Marnie Thomas is the head of positive education at Newcastle Grammar School and loves making wellbeing visible for her students, colleagues, and the wider school community. She has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology, Univ...

Cancer is an enormous challenge that many of us, or our loved ones may encounter. But somehow a lot of us are still unaware of what is involved in the recovery journey. And for Australians, an alarming number of us are unaware of the journey with Melanoma in particular. In 2019 Jarrad Bolton’s life was changed forever when he was given a stage 4 Melanoma diagnosis. Since then he has gone through a...

This weeks episode is all about overing MS or Multiple sclerosis Lynda MacCallum grew up on her family’s sheep and cattle property in a little district called Timor, in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales. In 2018 she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and to many that would see an end to any career that requires hard physical work with animal...

For this episode we are examining a very different kind of challenge. The journey of launching and running a national charity at the age of 10. Jack Berne is the founder of the Jack’s Mate’s Foundation and the campaign A Fiver for a Farmer that he started when he was 10 years old. Since launching the campaign in 2018, more than $2 million dollars have been raised to help support farmers. Jack has...

Work, life balance is something we are all becoming a lot more aware of, but being aware and enacting it are two very different things. Most of us will be familiar with the feeling of burn out, over work, or being stuck in a toxic work place, but what happens when those very circumstances result in you waking up in the hospital in your twenties? That is exactly what this weeks episode is about. Wa...

In this episode we are delving into the topic of ‘Chronic pain’. It’s a term that is being used more and more often, but for those on the outside, how much do we really understand about it? How much of the impacts to we truly know? Ellen Howland is a 44 year old mum of 3 and is a Health, Lifestyle and Nutrition Coach with 18 years coaching and mentoring experience. Ellen had a life changing health...

For this episode we are welcoming back my incredible friend Jess Lawton who you might remember from episode 22 “When no one notices you have anxiety”. But this time around she is sharing a completely different story about her journey to the stage of under going bariatric surgery and what the process was like. For those who don’t know Bariatric surgery is a weight loss measure that affects the stom...

Trigger Warning: neo natal death and miscarriage While we have previously touched on difficult pregnancies, today’s episode follows one incredibly strong woman’s journey through the trauma of neo natal death. Kim Grundy is an incredible woman, wife and mother to two boys, but before she had her two children she lost her baby girl Chloe at 23 weeks of pregnancy. In this episode Kim shares: - &...

For this episode I am so excited to introduce you to a guest who is extremely special to me. I want to introduce you to my beautiful Aunty Di. This is a story that when you see it on paper you think, there is no way that so much could happen to one family at one time. In the space of forty days, my Uncle Barry, Aunty Di and cousin Laura were all diagnosed with cancer and this was all during the pe...

A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode. PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!...

A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode. PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!...

A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode. PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!...

A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode. PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!...

A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode. PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!...

Trigger Warning: Strokes, medical recovery Well we are properly into our second year of Challenges That Change Us and this week we are continuing with Part 2 of my story. If you thought Part 1 had a lot, we are about to take a hard left turn into the world of medical challenges and delve into the moments of my health journey that left me feeling like I was dying a slow death. In this episode I sha...

Can you believe we have made it to the first anniversary of Challenges That Change us? Thank you so much to everyone who has joined us on this journey, and to celebrate 1 year of stories I will be sharing my personal story, the origin of why I am doing this whole project. This is part 1 of 2 and will be covering the abuse and trauma I suffered as a child and how it impacted me well into adulthood....

A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode. PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!...

A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode. PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!...