Challenges That Change Us

Trigger warning: Child sexual abuse   We’ve said before that survivors of child sexual abuse often end up more resilient than others, purely because of what they have had to live through. Well Malika Reese is possibly the purest example of that, because not only did she survive abuse as a child, she also went on to fac

Welcome to part 2 of our chat with the incredible Nathan Stapleton. In our last episode Nathan shared the highs and lows of life in elite sport, and immediately afterwards, as well as the mindset he needed in order to thrive in that sporting space. For this episode we are discussing the serious topic of his sudden acci

Few people know what is required mentally to achieve at the highest level of elite sport, and fewer still know what it’s like to have to apply that mindset to a life changing injury. Nathan Stapleton is an Australian professional rugby league player who most recently played for the London Broncos in the Kingstone Press

Motherhood is a big journey for any woman, but many of us consider that taking that step in your teenage years to be limiting and negative. Julie Allyson experienced this opinion from those around her when she fell pregnant at 16, but it was her mindset and determination that helped her reframe her situation so that sh

Trigger warning: Anxiety Welcome to part two of our chat with Stephanie Burns. In part one Stephanie shared her remarkable life and some of the huge challenges she has faced, including having to navigate violence in the home and abandonment in her teenage years. In part two she shares with us the impact those experienc

Trigger warning: domestic violence Today we are joined by someone who has truly lived a life of challenges, lessons and intriguing turns. From navigating violence in the home as a teenager, to being a woman in the military when they had only just started accepting women back into the technical fields, Stephanie Burns h