Kintsugi Heroes

Ross tells his harrowing story of his lived experience of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression and addiction. He shares his recovery story with us in the hope that it assists in alleviating the stigma of mental health and suicide. He has been sober and gamble-free for nearly 20 years.

Biography

Ross has worked in the mental health field since completing a Bachelor of Counselling in 2015. He has delivered cognitive behavioural therapy as a group facilitator to clients experiencing mood and addiction disorders, individual counselling and facilitated suicide prevention workshops.

Ross is currently employed with Lifeline Australia as a member of their special project team. His current role is assisting NSW regional towns that have a high incidence of suicide.

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Sophina grew up working for her mother in a not-for-profit business and was drawn back in when her grandmother asked her to help with her mother’s foundation. Determined to learn everything she could she left the business for others to run while she travelled.

But while she was away funds were misappropriated and Sophina ended up in jail for a year as somebody needed to be held accountable. She shares her humorous and engaging story of the positive lessons she learned from these experiences including insights into the US legal system. She came out determined to apply her ethos which is to be passionate about helping the people who are passionate about helping people.

Biography

She is the founder of Mission Money Assets and has a mission to help non-profits create sustainable funding.

Contacts

https://www.missionmoneyassets.com

[email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRFMVnkpbwbvlGSKsWVFDA

https://www.instagram.com/sophinaplacencia/

https://www.facebook.com/MissionMoneyAssets

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Kyle’s powerful story begins when he is a healthy young man who develops a serious infection in his heart and is rushed to hospital. He and his loving and supportive family go against the grain by not accepting the medical advice and using natural healing methods then find ways to heal the damage. Kyle was able to work with a cardiologist and eventually had successful open-heart surgery at twenty and his life changed from there.

He shares a moving account of having loving people around him, what he learned from them and how that affected his destiny in so many ways and helped inspire his book where he shares his insights to help others.

Biography

Kyle Spyrides runs Soul Gazing Photography and is the custodian of the Decide Your Destiny movement. Kyle has had a vision to capture ‘life’s essence’ from a young age, both in the press of a shutter with photography and the Decide Your Destiny mission. Extracting the power each and every one of us has to shape our own destiny.

Contacts:

Website - https://kylespyrides.com/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUIJyRqTEFYSC3_GZBgckw

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kyle.spyrides/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-spyrides/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kylespyrides/

Book - https://amzn.to/3UCQeE0

Soul Gazing Photography:

Website - https://www.soulgazingphotography.com/

Decide Your Destiny

https://decideyourdestinybook.com/preorder/

[email protected]

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Nathan received an A.B.O. incompatible kidney transplant from his father, Michael in 2009 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. The incompatible program at Cedars allows people who are not blood compatible to successfully receive kidney transplants. He was the 16th person in Cedars history to receive the transplant.

Biography

Nathan Gutierrez, Founder and CEO of Wheel Life Enterprises, was born with Spina Bifida, uses a manual wheelchair for his daily mobility needs, and has never let his physical disability stop him from what he sets out to accomplish.

The first born of two kids, Nathan was always encouraged to be as independent as possible, including getting a higher education so he could be independent. He played wheelchair basketball as a child into his early adult years, learned how to drive, graduated with a degree in Business and has worked in the private, nonprofit and public sectors. He has also coached high school boys and girls basketball

While in college, Nathan experienced a chronic illness that was soon diagnosed as kidney failure. After three years of dialysis treatments, Nathan had a successful kidney transplant, with his father as his living donor. He would finish his degree in business after returning to school.

Nathan is a 2-time TEDx speaker, and has been a paid professional speaker. He loves helping people who have overcome personal adversities to develop a plan so that they can live with purpose and freedom.

Contact:

[email protected]

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David’s extraordinary story of resilience and courage begins in his early teens when he was very involved with sports but diagnosed with Fairbanks Disease or multiple epiphyseal dysplasia a rare genetic disorder affecting the growing ends of bones. He had to change his focus and tried golf but eventually had to give it up and he had the first in a long series of orthopaedic surgeries. He was also allergic to general anaesthesia. He describes his years of operations as he awaited his fortieth surgery as parts of his body wore out and had to be replaced and how he maintains a positive mindset. He is grateful to be living in a time where he can still thrive and inspire and help others.

Biography

David Moran is a father of two, grandfather to two and has a passion for helping others, he owns and manages a family business in Mental Health Education. He has over 40 years’ experience running small business in South Australia, from being an owner operator up to National and International companies.

David has trained over 5000 people in Mental Health and has used Mental health skills to save the lives of many South Australians and he lives and works to a guiding set of personal principals, headed by, “I know that I will be better as those around me are better”

David has certificates in:

Mental Health First Aid

Senior First Aid

Small Business Management

Information Technology

Recruitment

Hospitality

Franchisee Management

Contact

Business Name: Mental Health Partners

https://www.mentalhealthpartners.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/Mentalhealthpartnersadl/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/mental-health-partnersadl

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-moran-a521b4107/

https://www.instagram.com/mentalhealthpartners/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRKzJ4dIlrz4PZoQyuzi5A

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Mandy was a functioning cocaine addict for sixteen years and is now entering her fourth year of being clean. Her relationship with drugs started at twelve when she experimented with weed, then mushroom, acid and ecstasy, all mixed with alcohol.

She has now completely reinvented herself, her mind, body heart and soul and become a successful entrepreneur and recently moved to Nicaragua. She shares her story of how she got from there to here initially by discovering the power of community, having hard conversations then learning to rewire her brain and subconscious mind and heal her traumas to break the intergenerational cycle in her family. Her passion is to help and motivate others.

Biography

I want to share tools I've learned, I want to share my experiences and be an example to people so that they too can change unhealthy habits and mindset, no matter how long they have had them for and create the life they desire.

I want to inspire and help motivate people to heal, grow and live healthy and happy lives. 💖

Contact

www.mandyalexismotivation.ca

@mandyalexismotivation

[email protected]

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Simon developed OCD from the age of around eight and his early life of bottling up his emotions and feelings His struggles with mental health continued after his parents separated and he felt responsible for the family safety at thirteen. He also developed depression on top of his OCD and he finally got help at the age of twenty-eight for his depression then mid-thirties for his OCD.

Using alcohol to suppress his feelings led to him seeking help and ten years of different therapy until 2020 when he suffered burnout during lockdown.

He realised that his mental illness enabled him to show his authentic self after learning mindfulness. This led to his work with Mindful Men.

Biography

Simon is a husband and father of two based in Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Simon is also the Founder of Mindful Men, a therapy practice that is dedicated to supporting men with mental illness and disability. Simon’s passion for mental health comes from living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Depression, Anxiety, Burnout throughout the last 30 years. 2022 marks 10 years since Simon finally opened up and got help for mental illness, and he shares his story to inspire other men to share theirs.

Contact

www.mindful-men.com.au

[email protected]

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Today he's got a successful career, over two and a half years of sobriety, and a lot of contentment about where life is. It wasn't always this way. Luke was FOUR when his father took his own life, and the trauma and knock-on impacts saw Luke develop unhealthy coping behaviours including perfectionism, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, and troubles with the law, and hospitalisation. His healing journey saw him write a book, discover inner child work, and embrace recovery.

Biography:

Luke is a digital consultant, writer, mental health advocate, and father-to-be. He is one of the few people in Australia to have worked at both Google and Facebook.

Contact:

[email protected]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshwah/

https://www.instagram.com/marshwah/

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Kitt gives us an unflinching account of her struggle with what was initially undiagnosed bipolar disorder. As a trained psychotherapist, she has a unique perspective of living with bipolar disorder; of having an advanced qualification but being unable to work and having a child to look after while she navigated her condition. She describes reframing and making use of her experience and journey as part of her purpose to help others by sharing her story or by volunteering. No longer a therapist, Kitt is now a mental health advocate. She does a lot of educating, public speaking and writing and responds to those who reach out to her, just as Kitt.

Biography:

Kitt O'Malley, author of "Balancing Act: Writing Through a Bipolar Life," is a mental health advocate, public speaker, and former psychotherapist who lives with bipolar disorder. Her personal experience and clinical background inform her advocacy and enable her to help herself and guide others toward mental health recovery.

Kitt O'Malley - Mental Health Advocate

https://www.kittomalley.com

[email protected]

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Chris describes his early years of low self-worth as a result of family and school issues. Then he became only the second male nurse in Queensland and then an anaesthetic technician and a successful corporate job.

He discovered martial arts which set him on a path and he eventually started a small martial arts school in Sydney and a new career in martial arts and helping people.

His business failed during the pandemic but he realised he wanted to help others in different ways by seeing people who were victims become survivors.

Biography

I've been preaching for years to the multitude, be authentic, face your fears but I kept my story to myself. I knew my beginnings shaped my life with lots of bumps and blind corners but I could feel a force pushing me to help others. A Martial Artist for 45 years, I didn't just do martial arts, I let the philosophy of Martial Arts shape the part of me that was the most damaged. I let my Martial Arts save me to help and save others.

STAY SAFE Personal Safety AUSTRALIA

www.sydney-selfdefence.com.au

[email protected]

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