#HopeWall Podcast

➡️ Introducing Kirby Sefo who is the Founder of Subbed which creates initiatives for young females to overcome barriers and hardships that may prevent them from playing their chosen sport.

Kirby is highly passionate about mental health sharing the journies of high profile sportswomen around the highs and lows of professional sport. 👌

Her own personal experiences found her battling with anxiety, depression and imposter syndrome which she found was masked by her athletic abilities representing at state level and nationally for both Australia and NZ. 👈

Although Kirby was presented with some amazing opportunities as a professional athlete, it wasn't all that it seemed to be... 💯  

Unfortunately Kirby suffered a concussion that could've taken her sight. This event would change the direction of her career entirely and impact her day to day life. 😔

“ I'm Not Going To Stop Taking Part In Society, Because Of A Fear That Something Will Happen ” – Kirby Sefo

Tune in to hear more of Kirby’s journey.🎙

To learn more about Subbed click here: 👉 www.subbed.com.au

➡️ Introducing Callum Mellor, who is a son, a friend and most importantly in the driver's seat of his own life.

As a child Callum always felt like something was missing. He was scared of the world and would avoid venturing out. 🙁

You could often find him indoors watching The Simpson's. The Simpson's planted some ideals around drinking and the culture of this environment and at the age of 12, Callum had his first drink. 🍺

He found he was more confident in being himself, was comfortable venturing into the world now he had found this new way of living. 🙌

Soon after he would find himself trying to get his hands on the drink anyway he could, whether it meant buying it or stealing it etc. 👈

This would take him on a pathway of destruction and although he knew something needed to change, he wasn't sure where or how to get support. 😔

“ Take The First Step To Find Recovery, It Won't Be Easy But It's Worth It! ” – Callum Mellor 💙

💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

If you'd like to learn more about Alcohics Anonymous click here: 👉 https://aa.org.au/

➡️ Introducing Natasha Davies who is a wife, mother of two and CEO and Founder of Uincourage based in Papamoa, New Zealand.

It was the 29th of October 2019, a day like any other and Natasha and her cousins decided to walk up Mauao. 🏞

She was on a natural high after a recent trip to Bali, however, on the return trip down the mountain she collapsed and would soon be fighting for her life. 😭

I was only 33 at the time and was pretty young you know and otherwise in good health. You just don't expect these things to happen to you. 👈

Tune in to hear more of Natasha’s journey. 🎙   

“ When U Come Into Courage, U Naturally Incourage Others ” – Natasha Davies 💛

💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

If you'd like to learn more about Uincourage click here: 👉 https://bit.ly/3jayiB1

➡️ Introducing Tom Augustsson who is originally from parts of Northern Europe who is very passionate about speaking about mental illness, educating others on recognizing signs, and helping to break the associated stigma. ✅

When Tom arrived at work, he noticed a lot of his colleagues had arrived late that morning, not thinking too much of this he continued his day.

🤔 At 9.45 am he received a phonecall from his father and was met with the sound of heavy breathing as he could not speak. Eventually, his mother jumped on the line and uttered eight words…

We’re very sorry, your brother John has died. 😭 Tom’s stomach dropped, he was in shock and grief and would soon learn that the impact of his brother’s passing had not only affected him and his family, but it had rippled out to so many others on that day.

😢 Much later I would often think to myself if this were preventable if we could’ve helped John in some way the first responders, the staff, the patrons they would not have been impacted by the trauma of being at that event on that day.

💯 Tom is now an advocate for GROW which is a 12-step program mental health support program based on lived experience which helps people recovering from mental illness based on similar principles of AA. 👍

After utilising their services for himself, they really helped educate Tom with strategies, tools, and understanding more about people and the reasons they might abuse substances or similar. You can check them out here: https://grow.org.au/

👈 Tom also advocates for Arafmi who provides quality support, education, and advocacy services to people with mental illness, their families, and carers. If you are interested in the services, they offer please feel free to check out their link: www.arafmi.com.au

👈 Tune in to hear more of Tom’s journey. 🎙

“ Respond With Love & Compassion ” – Tom Augustsson 💙

➡️ Introducing Alan Howle who is a Video Coach and Founder of Triple Effect which is based on the Central Coast, NSW and has a team based all around Australia. Alan is also married to his beautiful wife Jessica and has two adorable children. 💛 

Working for yourself has its benefits, you’re able to schedule things so they work for you and if you’re offered a alcoholic drink at 8am you can have it. 🍺 

When this offer was made by a client, the older versions of Alan would’ve taken to this drink offer like a moth to a flame, without any hesitation at all however this time it was different. 👈 

This time, Alan thought about whether or not he actually needed that drink. Considering how it would impact his already busy schedule for the day. 🤔 

This conversation would be a pinnacle point for Alan which would send him on a journey through conversations with friends and a great book he read called “The Alcohol Experiment” by Annie Grace 📖  

Tune in to hear more of Alan’s journey. 🎙  “ I Told Myself I’m Going To Give Up Alcohol For 30 Days” - Alan Howle 💙 

💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

👉 If you'd like to connect with Alan Howle please click here: https://bit.ly/3ohqoWJ

➡️ Introducing Ghazal Sallouha who is originally from Iraq and has migrated not once but twice to two different countries for the safety of her family and a brand new start.

🔰 Could you imagine being disliked because of your religion?

When it is taken so far that many are killed for this reason alone. 😢

Ghazal has seen what most of us will only ever see on the movies, bodies laying on the ground covered in blood. Images that stay with you no matter where you in life... 😭

Imagine hiding out with a family of 20 or so people keeping away from the windows because of glass and hoping and praying that the bomb won’t hit where you are. 🙏

This was her reality as a child and that of her family until one day they received a message that her brother was going to be next.. 😱

Tune in to hear more of Ghazal’s journey. 🎙

“Love All People, People Are People And We’re All The Same ” - Ghazal Sallouha 💛

💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

➡️ Introducing Jamie Milne who is the owner of Jamie Milne Training. He is a father, partner, Hypnotherapist, CBT Practitioner, NLP & Time Line Therapy specialist.

Some of Jamie’s achievements include:

🔥 World Record Title Holder for: 🔥

🔰 Most Burpee Broadjumps - 4,267 (22.5 hours)

🔰 Most Double Unders - 22,222 (12 hours)

🔰 Many Miles for Mary (320km)

🔰 Run 2x Length of the North Island, NZ (80km per day)

🔰 Running from Melbourne to his gym on the Sunshine Coast (2,000km)

It wasn’t always like this for Jamie who was raised by his father, as a child you could often find Jamie on the handle bars of his fathers push bike. 🚴

He finished school with no formal qualifications and at the age of 16 he enlisted into the Navy to follow in his fathers footstep. He eventually became a qualified chef and ships diver. 🚢

Jamie earned a thirst whilst in the Navy and was eventually given an ultimatum at the age of 19 on his last warning to attend Rehab or AA as a result of this. ⚠️

Once he left the Navy he went overseas for 9 months and returned looking like an entirely different man. 😳

My grandfather looked at me and said;

🗣 “Jamie you look disgusting man, I can’t even see my grandson. Where is my grandson?”.

It was the message he needed to hear, although it hurt him to the core. 😔

“My Life Will Never Ever Be The Same, I Will Never Treat Myself The Way That I Have” - Jamie Milne 💙

Tune in to hear more of Jamie’s journey. 🎙

👉 If you would like to learn more about “Jamie Milne” click here: https://bit.ly/32mtkY2

💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

➡️ Introducing Lindsay Mustain who is the CEO of Talent Paradigm which has helped over 15,000+ individuals land jobs around the world.

Before she founded Talent Paradigm she was also responsible for hiring over 10,000 individuals for Amazon. 👌

Lindsay is also the author of “7 Critical Resume Mistakes to Avoid” and she is a mother of two beautiful children. 💕

Lindsay’s speciality is helping people to land their 6 figure dream job! 🙌

It wasn’t always like this...

20 years ago you could find Lindsay on the streets, homeless but grateful just to have shoes on her feet. 🙏

Leaving her job at Amazon to pursue her own business with nothing but a hope and a dream with a family was scary as hell. 💭

Sadly, she would find that the worst was yet to come... 😢

It was her daughters 5th birthday. 🥳

I received a text from my aunt and all it said was:

⚠️ EMERGENCY, call me ASAP! ⚠️

As I talked to my uncle, my heart sank.. 💔

All I wanted to know was...

🔰 Is he okay?

🔰 Where do I need to go?

🔰 What do I need to do?

What her uncle said next would tare Lindsay’s whole world apart in an instant. 😭

“I Looked Into Her Eyes And I Told Her I Forgave Her” - Lindsay Mustain 💜

Tune in to hear more of Lindsay’s journey. 🎙

👉 If you would like to learn more about the “Lindsay Mustain” click here: https://bit.ly/3sDnpcL

💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

➡️ Introducing Kyle Segarra who is a teacher and a change agent who aspires to inspire the leaders of tomorrow.

In March 2020 Kyle weighed over 372 pounds! 👊

In 2016 over 1.9 Billion adults worldwide were overweight of which 13% were obese (WHO). 👈

I was in the “morbidly obese” range and I was suffering a multitude of signs and symptoms which accompanied this. 😔

🔰 It was a struggle and it was a quiet struggle.

🔰 No one knew what I was experiencing except for my wife.

🔰 A walk that may seem simple for many, was excruciating for me.

🔰 You don’t want to tell anyone that you can’t even remove your own socks, due to swelling.

🔰 You don’t want to tell anyone because you feel embarrassed.

A horrific family loss would change the direction of Kyle’s life. 😢

“I Told My Wife I Want To Be Here For You Now And In The Future Too” - Kyle Segarra 💙

Tune in to hear more of Kyle’s journey. 🎙

Kyle created the “Happy Strides Project” so he could continue to inspire others outside of the classroom. 💯

👉 If you would like to learn more about the “Happy Strides Project” click here: https://linktr.ee/happystridesproject

💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

➡️ Introducing Dominique Ropiha who is a beautiful friend who provides spiritual guidance to help hundreds of people through her business Ora Mystic. 💗

When her trainer said: “Dom, you’re bleeding... I cant be though I’m pregnant”... 😥

Her whole world changed in an instant. 💯

Today she shares her story on the loss of her baby and the journey that followed. 😭

Carrying guilt because she felt like her body had failed her... 😔

Sadly 10-20% of woman have and will continue to experience this worldwide (Wikipedia). 🌍

But what happens when that woman is you? 👈

There is no advice that I could give to prepare you for the loss of a baby, but sometimes you just need to be around love. 💕

“Don’t Forget To Love Yourself On This Journey” - Dominique Ropiha 💛

Tune in to hear more of Dominique’s journey. 🎙

💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜