The Recipe For Resilience

Jessi is a strategic communication and career positioning specialist, helping professionals, founders and leaders clearly express who they are and the value they bring — through resumes, LinkedIn profiles and personal branding. Jessi believes everyone has a powerful story to tell. Her work focuses on helping people find the right words to show up authentically, get noticed, and move confidently to...

With eight US Open singles titles, two Masters singles titles, and a Paralympic gold medal in singles, David has been referred to as Australia's greatest ever wheelchair tennis player. He also knows a thing or two about nurturing Personal resilience for performing at an elite level. But it’s not just performing in sport that David has had to endure. As you’ll hear, David experienced a tragic and l...

Melo is a certified mindfulness and performance coach and he's written a popular book titled ‘Beating Burnout Finding Balance’. Melo learned to manage highly challenging and stressful situations, build mental endurance and rise above adversity from his life lessons on the road where he cycled, trekked and travelled around the world on his mountain bike. As you'll hear, this involved overcoming man...

In 2006 Geoff co-founded the cancer charity 'Tour de Cure', a charity that has raised over $108 Million and contributed to more than 134 scientific cancer research breakthroughs. A contribution to society that awarded Geoff and his fellow co-founders the Order of Australia Membership. Geoff has always had a strong connection to the power of community, and having recently faced some major change in...

Being an Executive Coach to many successful entrepreneurs and professionals over the last 20 years, Peter knows a thing or two about juggling life’s inevitable and extreme hardships. But even he had to adapt and find new ways of building resilience for facing off against 4 Bush fire evacuations and 3 Major floods, leading to the loss of several beloved horses! As you'll hear, being creative under...

Marie is Head of the Dementia Centre for HammondCare. As a leader, Marie is responsible for the wellbeing of hundreds of people across Australia, including professionals and frontline dementia consultants, who do an incredible job supporting the welfare of individuals and loved ones facing dementia. Marie hasn’t had an easy life herself. This has included the tragic loss of her parents at a young...

Cooper Palmer is a surfer, high-school student and brand creator, having started a successful surfing brand in Sydney, Australia. His success is not going unnoticed having recently won a Youth Small Business award, just 1 year into starting the company. Coop is a popular kid at school, with what seems like everything landing into his lap. But having been diagnosed with ADHD, while juggling the pre...

Paul has been a victim of extreme workplace bullying, he's raised a son with autism, supported a teenage daughter with anxiety-related depression, and all while facing his own personal struggles with his own self-worth. You don't have to be a parent, leader or carer to benefit from Pauls story. His journey, self-discovery and approach to life is guaranteed to help understand what it takes to be a...

Erin is one of the most inspiring women you could meet. She’s the founder and owner of 2 successful companies, a mum of 2, and someone who is willing to ask themselves the hard questions and face any challenge head on. As you'll hear, Erin’s journey has not been an easy one and as a female in a male dominated industry she has had to claim her seat at the table!  Erin wanted to share her story to h...

Matt's son Jacob was diagnosed with Leukemia when he was 4, before he had even started school and before life had started to return to 'normal' post-Covid! In this episode we uncover what it takes to hear tragic news, face immense uncertainty and suffering on top of a Pandemic, and still remain a positive, optimistic and kind-hearted individual. You don't need to have children, or even a loved one...

Welcome to 'What it Takes: The Recipe for Resilience', the podcast that serves up a healthy dose of inspiration and motivation! In this show, we explore the real-world experiences of people who have faced tough times and come out on the other side. We’ll uncover the secrets to their resilience and find out what it takes to get through adversity, and become a better human being in the process! With...

Every single person on this planet has a resilience story to tell. It's not just the elite athletes, military personnel, or CEOs who know what it takes to get through extreme challenges, personal loss and sacrifice. This podcast is about sharing the stories of real-world relatable people. People who have been to hell and back in one way or another, but are still standing... still smiling ...still...