Discover You Podcast

I just needed a window, and I kept saying that to myself." She prayed for a window of opportunity, and when it came she jumped in the car with a toddler and an 8-month-old baby and drove away.

In this episode, Joel sits down with a mother of two and survivor of domestic and family violence. She was married for nine years, and not long after the wedding the abuse started. More than a decade later, she spends her time helping other women through post-separation, co-facilitating legal programs from lived experience with the charity Broken to Brilliant. She opens up about being believed, the shame that keeps so many women quiet, how her faith grew stronger through it all, and why healing is lifelong and always on your own terms.

We cover:

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Linna Reakes is the founder of OMR Property, a former operating theatre nurse, a mother, and a first-generation migrant from China who arrived in Australia at 24 with no plan and built a business from scratch.
In this episode, she opens up about growing up as an only daughter under China's one-child policy, proving herself to her father, and learning to succeed in a new country, from passing her English exam in three months to working her way up from bullying in the operating theatre to person in charge.

We cover:
How Linna wants to be remembered
Growing up feeling "not good enough" and why she's always had to be strong
Losing her father and leaning on her faith
Switching from HR to nursing and convincing her dad to back her
Her advice for anyone ready to give up: go back to your "why"

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The Discover You podcast is a #1 weekly empowerment video podcast of the best talks and guests in Brisbane, Australia, where the country's leading thinkers, doers and businesses share the story of their lives in 1 hour and 40 minutes (or less). Look for talks on fulfillment, mental health, purpose and the lessons that define who we become.

For 30 years, Nina chased approval.

Good grades. Achievement. Being the “good daughter.” Trying to finally feel like she was enough.

Then, sitting beside her father during his final months, she asked the question she had carried for most of her life:

“Why were you so hard on me?”

What followed changed the way she understood her father, grief, forgiveness—and herself.

In this episode of Discover You, Nina opens up about inner child healing, growing up as the daughter of migrant parents, her struggles with anxiety and depression, and how losing her father forced her to confront a lifetime of searching for love through achievement.

Her biggest realization?

You were always worthy of love. You never had to earn it.

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Full episode coming soon on Discover You.

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In this inspiring episode of the Discover You Podcast, host Joel sits down with Kane, a remarkable 17-year-old Indigenous advocate who is making a powerful impact in his community. Having overcome a troubled past and navigating the foster care system, Kane shares his journey of transformation and the pivotal moment that changed his path.

Tune in to hear Kane’s wise words on reconciliation, unity, and how it only takes one person believing in a child to completely change their future.

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The Discover You podcast is a #1 weekly empowerment video podcast of the best talks and guests in Brisbane, Australia, where the country's leading thinkers, doers and businesses share the story of their lives in 1 hour and 40 minutes (or less). Look for talks on fulfillment, mental health, purpose and the lessons that define who we become.

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Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Childhood sexual abuse survivor, Olivia Johnson, explains that continuous abuse and neglect in the household has real, tangible effects on the brain and how the body keeps the score. 

This unravels across someone's life, to the extent where people who've experienced high levels of trauma become very isolated, suffer poor mental health, and have pair bonding struggles. 

25 years behind the pharmacy counter taught Wayne Truong something most people never expect: the anxiety walking through his door every day usually didn't start in adulthood. It started in childhood.

In this episode of Discover You Podcast, Wayne pulls back the curtain on what two and a half decades of watching people struggle actually revealed — how childhood trauma quietly rewires the way we handle stress, why anxiety isn't a character flaw, and what real happiness looks like once you stop managing symptoms and start understanding the root.

This one hit different. If you've ever wondered why you react the way you do under pressure, or you're raising kids and want to break a cycle — this conversation is for you.

Julian Barry, CEO of Darwin Family Law and one of the Northern Territory’s leading divorce lawyers, joins Joel Benesha on the Discover You Podcast for a deep conversation on relationships, separation, and the realities of family law.

They break down:
• The 3 precise steps courts use to divide assets after separation
• Why de facto relationships are still subject to asset division
• Whether mediation actually works
• Domestic violence & alcohol in the NT
• Why people become hostile, traumatised, or emotionally reactive during separation
• Mediation vs court
• Rehabilitation vs punishment
• And what moving forward looks like for unresolved couples

This is more than a legal conversation — it’s a human one.

What happens when music becomes more than entertainment?

In this episode of the Discover You Podcast, FERDI opens up about the deep connection between music, mental health, identity, and the influence hip-hop has on the next generation.

We dive into:
 • The hidden emotional impact of music
 • Hip-hop culture and youth influence
 • Mental health struggles many people never talk about
 • Masculinity, pressure, and self-expression
 • The responsibility artists have today
 • Finding purpose through pain and creativity

This conversation goes far beyond music. It’s about the psychology shaping an entire generation.

🎙 Hosted by Joel Benesha

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 Do you think music is healing the next generation… or damaging it?

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Why Are Modern Relationships Failing? (And What You Can Do)

We live in a world with more connection than ever… yet deeper disconnection than ever before.

Dating apps, instant messaging, endless options — but less commitment, less emotional maturity, and more fear of vulnerability.

Modern relationships aren’t failing because love disappeared.
 They’re failing because we were never taught how to regulate our nervous systems, communicate truthfully, or choose consciously.

In this episode, we break down:
 • Why attachment wounds are ruining connection
 • How ego shows up as “standards”
 • The difference between chemistry and compatibility
 • And what you can actually do to build something lasting

If you want love that feels peaceful — not performative — this is for you.