Challenges That Change Us

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Trigger warning: Domestic violence, sexual assault, mental health

While abuse within the family is something we have discussed on this podcast, one topic we have not covered as much, which often goes hand in hand, is the abandonment many children go through in this experience.

Dante Amato is renowned in the Personal Development space for the deeply nurturing and transformational spaces she holds. She is a Business Mentor, Transformational Life Coach, Spiritual Guide and Energy Practitioner. But besides being a coach, Dante is a woman who has walked the path of trauma and triumph, gaining valuable insights that fuel her mission to help others.

From an early age she experienced abandonment, abuse, manipulation and trauma which extended far into her life. As an adult she has done a loooot of healing and work, but her story is one that I think will resonate with a lot of people.

In this episode she shares:

• Her experience of being abandoned by her mum as a child
• The experience of spending time with her unstable mother as a child
• Her experience with domestic abuse in her mother’s home
• How her brother was manipulated and let down by their mother
• How her relationship with her husband helped her
• What happened when she was diagnosed with infertility
• What her journey to heal was like
• The thing that kept her going through recovery when things got really hard
• How she developed her voice in adulthood
• The way she was able to work through her anger
• What she is doing now to help others

Key Quotes

“I had to completely cut my mother off. Really intentionally and energetically remove her from my life.”

“The constant thought that I had was that I just need to do everything that I can to make her love me.”

“When bad things happened, we would never ever speak about them.”

More about Dante

Dante’s website: https://www.danteamato.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedanteamato/?hl=en

Minibook: https://www.danteamato.com/mini-book-of-self-discovery

You can get involved with the podcast online

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If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites: www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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For many of us reading and writing seems pretty common place. So much so that we might not even consider what it must be like to navigate our modern world without an ability to read and write.

Graham Neville dropped out of school in year 10 and ever since, he navigated he world with a very minimal ability to read and write up until his 50’s. For his entire life he hid this from the world, sharing his secret with only a select few.

But with covid lockdowns and the world increasingly moving online he realised he had to make a change, but even he couldn’t have predicted the massive effect this move would have on his life.

He was asked to appear on the SBS program Lost For words, has been a guest speaker on numerous occasions and his personal life has also benefitted from the boom in self confidence he has experienced as well.

In this episode Grahame shares:

-      His early career life after he dropped out of school

-      His early struggles with reading and writing

-      What his life was like without reading and writing

-      How he hid is inability to write and read

-      Why the fear of getting found out was so serious for him

-      How he finally took the step to change things

-      how doing the course got him on tv

-      The scary experience of being in Sydney with no support for weeks

-      The surprising support he received

-      The avenues and opportunities he has gotten since

-      The huge change in his self confidence

Key Quotes

“The fear was overwhelming.”

“When it came to reading and writing I just delegated.”

“The first book I read was cat in the hat, and now I'm reading the barefoot investor.”

More about Grahame

You can watch Lost For Words season 2 here: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/lost-for-words/season-2

You can get involved with the podcast online

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If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites: www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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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

It’s so often the case that one trauma can result in an entirely different one down the track.

That is the case for Marleen Mour, a 38yr old single mum who ran away from Egypt and an unwanted engagement at age 19 to build her life in Australia.

She battled obesity, binge eating and self-loathing for decades before she finally discovered the power of self love for Permanent weight loss and lost 49kg/ 108lbs which she’s kept off for 13 years now, even after becoming a mum.

Today she’s helped over 1,000 women of all ages to Permanently lose weight by healing their relationship with food, their bodies and themselves.

In this episode she shares:

-      Why her mum took her children and escaped to Australia for 4 years

-      How her difficult home life created emotional eating for her

-      The huge opportunity that helped her finance her escape

-      How her family repeatedly attempted to prevent her escape

-      How she managed to make it to Australia with $100 cash

-      Why her eating problems continued and grew after she moved to Australia

-      The climactic moment that she realised how badly she was treating herself

-      The journey she went on to process her emotions rather than eat them,

-      How her journey has evolved to a point where she helps others with their emotional eating

-      The tools and strategies she point in place to manage her emotional eating

Key Quotes

“I thought I'd left the abuse behind but here I was abusing myself”

“The night of my flight my mum dead bolted the doors and took the keys until my flight took off without me.”

“We think we're unhappy because we're overweight but really we’re overweight because we're unhappy.”

More about Marleen

Website: http://www.marleenmourcoaching.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marleen.nour

You can get involved with the podcast online

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Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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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: sexual assault, hate crime, attempted murder

In this episode we will be discussing the experience of David Keck, a man in the U.S. who was brutally attacked 9 years ago and left for dead, simply because he was gay. The experience of a hate crime is something not all of us will ever truly understand but the lessons David has to share can help us all. Believe me when I say that David’s story will shock and then also inspire you. Now David uses his experience to help others. As a professional Life Coach, David draws on his experience working with clients who have faced Borderline Personality Disorder, survivors of hate crimes, survivors of domestic violence, and PTSD. He is also one part of the “The Process Of Healing Podcast” (Formerly Surviving Podcast) where they to shed light on the struggles faced during and after traumatic experiences by sharing interviews with survivors, experts and answering listener questions.

In this episode he shares:

• His personal experience being gay as a young man and how it helped him
• The early stages of his night before the attack
• What is believed to have happened as part of the attack
• The aftermath of the attack
• The harsh journey after he was released from hospital
• The prejudice that happened with the police force
• The shockingly short amount of time his attacker spent in prison
• The dark space he was in after the attack
• What the early stages of his road to recovery looked like
• The pivotal moment that helped with his recovery
• How he took control of his life again

Key Quotes

"I had someone who was on trial, telling my mother what I looked like taking my last breath, describing my lips turning blue, saying that I looked like a fish out of water."

“The only revenge I thought that I could get was to live.”

“He spent about 2 hours sexually assaulting and beating me…and called the mother of his children and confessed to murder.”

More about David

The podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-process-of-healing/id1572182113

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/processofhealing_pod/

You can get involved with the podcast online

On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus

Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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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 ourselves in Mid Life when we can go through some of the biggest changes of our lives. And overcoming those changes can take some real resilience.

Jo Clark is one of those really resilient people who has not only gone through it, but is now helping others to do the same. Jo's life once moved at breakneck speed. She juggled the demands of work, family, and keeping everything running smoothly. She guided her children through school, cared for dying parents, and coped with their loss. After decades of teaching, she hit burnout while also navigating the challenges of perimenopause. And amidst it all, Jo and her family moved to a new town. Now, all of her inner transformation work, decades of teaching experience, studies and mentoring expertise have all led her to create a heart-led business that supports women through this phase of life.

In this episode she shares:

-       Her childhood experiences of domestic violence

-       What it was like living on the land in remote Australia

-       The challenge of transitioning from the land to a different lifestyle

-       Her experience with empty nest syndrome and Resilience

-       Why Midlife is a time for reflection and re-evaluation of one's values and life choices.

-       How grief can be multi-layered and complex, and it can impact different aspects of life

Key Quotes

"Open conversations about domestic violence are crucial"

"Experiences of adversity can shape a person's resilience”

More about Jo

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joclarkcoaching/

Website www.Joclarkcoaching.com

Podcast: Redefining Midlife: https://www.joclarkcoaching.com/podcast

You can get involved with the podcast online

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If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:

http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites: www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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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 one man who knows that well is Caelum Schild.

Caelum, an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with over 12 years of experience in hospital rehabilitation, private practice, and GP clinics.

After his own battles with POTS and other health conditions, he founded Lofty Health and Wellness to offer specialized allied health services for individuals with conditions like POTS, ME/CFS, EDS, fibromyalgia, long COVID, and other invisible illnesses.

In this episode Caelum shares:

• The early injuries that got him interested in how the human body works
• What hyper mobility is and why it is a sign of something more
• What made him aware there was something different with him and his body
• The time his POTS symptoms were confused as depression over the loss of his sister
• How he figured out he was misdiagnosed
• What a bad day looked like for him at the start of his journey
• The narratives he told himself as he struggled with his health
• How he manages the fear and uncertainty that comes with POTS
• How he got involved with the pots foundation
• How the stresses of life have made his POTs worse
• The reason why he does what he does
• The fundraiser he is doing

Key Quotes

“I would just have to go to the toilet and have a lay down, at 9 o’clock in the morning.”

"That extra stress and then the impact on your sleep and then you just find that you don't have that energy come the end of the week and it just starts to disrupt everything."

More about Caelum

You can find out more about his services: https://loftyhealth.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loftyhealthandwellness/

You can get involved with the podcast online

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Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

 If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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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 Pritchard-Peschek is a performance scientist, executive health coach, and speaker who helps executive women on the brink of burnout restore their health and return to high performance. In a former life, Dr Kellie Pritchard-Peschek worked with Olympic athletes across Australia and Europe, supporting them in achieving medal-winning performances at international events such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, as well as World, European, and Pan Pacific Championships. It was her dream job but it was also where she neglected personal health and became a burned-out wreck

In this episode she shares:

• Her early career life and the kind of high performance lifestyle she led
• What happened when she went overseas
• What happened with the new job and move that had an impact on her
• What it was like when she realised how bad things had gotten
• Why she couldn’t even admit to herself how bad things were at the start
• The moment that forced her to stop
• How exercise turned from her support to the thing that made things worse
• The problem with keeping our struggles to ourselves
• What the process of unpacking and dealing with it was like for her
• The shame and guilt she felt around her burn out

Key Quotes

“I didn’t have family, I didn’t have friends to lean into when things got pressured and tough in that work situation

“I ignored those pebbles, those rocks, and it wasn’t until the boulder came that it stopped me in my tracks.”

“I remember walking the halls of my apartment in the cold, the dark, just crying in sheer frustration and utter exhaustion.”

More about Kellie

You can find her website here: https://www.drkellierose.com/home/

Or follow her on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelliepritchard/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkellierose/

You can get involved with the podcast online

On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected] Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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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 mother died unexpectedly, and the following year, she experienced two miscarriages while trying for a third child. This led to burnout, and relationship struggles as she work through parts of her life not turning out the way she’d hoped. Now, after 15 years as a licensed therapist working with individuals, couples, and families, she felt a deeper calling to help high achievers become more confident in creating their dream relationships.

In this episode Katie shares:

• The moment she found out about her mother’s death when she lived overseas
• The pregnancy losses she experienced in the year after her mums death
• Her realisation about grief after her experiences
• The different kinds of grief
• How journaling helped her through her grief
• What can happen when you hold grief in
• Tools for grounding yourself from your grief when you are not in a safe space
• How different people will and wont be able to help us with our grief
• What she suggests to do to get back to friends and people after you have retreated into your grief
• How she suggests you can get people to accept their grief and take support
• Her advice for how people can take the first steps to embracing and working with their grief

Key Quotes

“There's just this mental game that starts to get played of, I must be being punished, there must be something I've done.”

“Really the definition of grief is letting go of the way we thought life would or should go.”

More about Katie

The link to her relationship assessment is here: www.katierossler.com/relationship-assessment

Her book, The New Face of Grief: www.thenewfaceofgrief.com

Website: https://katierossler.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katie.rossler/?hl=en

You can get involved with the podcast online

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Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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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 suspected domestic violence incident.

Now imagine that the woman who called you out is found dead 6 months later.

That’s the experience of Jamie Pultz, who left the police force not long afterwards and went on to launch the podcast Beenham Valley Road to investigate the death of Kirra McLoughlin.

In this episode Jamie shares:

• How he got into the police
• The hardest parts about being in the police
• The time he was called out to Kirra’s home
• How it felt after he was unable to do anything
• How he got into starting the podcast
• Why it’s so hard to prove psychological and other damage in suspected domestic abuse situations
• One of the positives that is helping with domestic violence
• The challenges he had in doing the podcast
• The challenge of pushing for a coronial inquest
• How his life has changed with podcasting
• What we should be doing to combat domestic violence
• The anxious thoughts he had about the whole podcast
• How he managed his self doubt

Key Quotes

“My mentor shouldn’t have been a mentor.”

“Legally we did the right thing, but morally you feel like, if we could turn back the clock what could we have done?”

“I've seen the system work and I've seen the system fail and in my short time in the police there was a lot of arse covering going on.”

More about Jamie

You can follow Jamie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pultzy/

You can find all his creative projects here: https://www.six10mediagroup.com/

And you can listen to the podcast about Kirra here: https://www.six10mediagroup.com/beenhamvalleyroad

You can get involved with the podcast online

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Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

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