Trigger warning: This episode includes discussions of trauma, sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, and the challenges of leaving unsafe or toxic environments. Please take care of yourself and skip this episode if it feels triggering.

Can the pain of your past become the catalyst for protecting the next generation?

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Heena Sinha Cheung, a powerful advocate, survivor, and storyteller who has transformed her lived experience into a mission of healing and justice.

After leaving behind years of trauma, discrimination, and silence, she rebuilt her life with courage and purpose, emerging as a voice for women, children, and people with disabilities.

Today, she works at the intersection of advocacy, policy, and community empowerment, championing safer systems and platforms where survivors can be heard and believed.

From surviving abuse in silence to becoming a public advocate, Dr. Cheung has dedicated herself to giving children the vocabulary, tools, and safe spaces they need to express themselves.

She is the author of "My Safe Circle: Learning to Protect Ourselves" and the founder of the political movement "Protect Our Children - Jail, Not Bail," which aims to strengthen laws and hold abusers accountable.

In this episode, we speak about:

• Dr. Cheung’s experiences throughout childhood, reaching out for help, and finding that people didn’t know how to support her
• Being labelled as lazy, disruptive, and rebellious as a child, when really she was in survival mode
• Finding a safe, loving relationship with her husband, growing a family, and realising she was never broken or damaged
• Her journey from trauma to advocacy, and the moment she realised entrepreneurship alone wasn’t enough
• How speaking her truth has empowered others to share their stories
• The creation of My Safe Circle and practical tools to help children protect themselves
• Her bold decision to run as an independent for the Senate, and why politics became part of her advocacy
• The power of community action and how giving one minute of your time can help protect children and drive systemic change

Dr. Cheung's story is a powerful reminder that our past doesn’t define us, but it can inspire change, protect the vulnerable, and create a safer future for children everywhere.

Connect with Dr. Cheung:

Jail Not Bail Website: www.jailnotbail.com.au

Heena Sinha Cheung Website: www.heenascheung.com.au

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

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-heena-sinha/

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The start of a new year can bring up a lot, and it doesn’t all have to look like big goals or fresh starts.

It’s just me here today, in this solo New Year’s episode. I’m sharing a reflection on welcoming 2026 in your own way, without needing to feel your best on day one.

I reflect on the power of celebrating what you’ve already built, the importance of community and storytelling, and the safe spaces created through the Life After I Left podcast and live events. I also share details about our upcoming Melbourne event on 12 February, and why creating spaces where people feel seen, heard, and supported matters now more than ever.

This episode is an invitation to slow down, breathe, and honour yourself for making it here.

In this episode, I chat about:

• Why you don’t need to feel amazing on 1 January for the year to still count
• Letting go of the ‘New Year, new you’ narrative and embracing change in your own time
• Reflecting on 2025 and celebrating what you’ve already achieved
• The impact of storytelling, community, and creating safe spaces
• What’s coming next for Life After I Left, including our February Melbourne event

Thank you for being here, for listening, and for being part of this community.

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Life After I Left - the live event - is back in Melbourne on 12 Feb for our 5th unforgettable event. 5 women, sharing 5 raw, powerful stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Grab your ticket now - and use code LIFE5 to save $5:

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What if the key to your spiritual growth was simply learning to protect your energy, slow down, and trust what feels right in your body?

This week, I’m joined by Elinor Moshe, co-founder of Truth of You and a four-time author. She’s built a remarkable public legacy through awards, books, and a respected podcast. Yet beneath that outward success, a fracture grew. Her external achievements and inner world slowly slipped out of alignment, creating a quiet but relentless tension.

At 32, while travelling overseas with her parents, Elinor found herself caught in what she later learned as the ‘devouring mother’, where even simple choices felt impossible.

That moment sparked a profound awakening. She realised she had been living through masks and roles, disconnected from her own reality, and vowed to reclaim herself through spiritual guidance and grounded practices.

Although this story has unfolded only in recent years, her life today looks completely different.

This is a deep, expansive conversation that pulls back the curtain on the spiritual space, and it’s packed with so many golden insights you may find yourself listening more than once.

In this episode, we chat about:

• Elinor’s personal journey through shadow work, nervous system healing, and breaking lifelong generational patterns
• How she met her now-partner, and what their life together looks like today
• What energetic protection and spiritual hygiene actually look like, and why they matter before doing any deep healing
• How to choose a practitioner or guide with discernment (including red flags to look out for)
• The importance of reconnecting with intuition and trusting your body’s signals
• How modalities like astrology, shadow work, human design, tarot, and QHHT can support, but never replace, your inner wisdom
• Practical, accessible first steps for anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin

Whether you’re deep into your spiritual journey or just taking your first steps, this episode is full of insight and guidance. Elinor’s story is a reminder that you don’t need to force your path; it begins by tuning into what feels true in your body right now.

Connect with Elinor:

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

Website: truthofyou.com.au

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elinor-moshe/

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What happens when the motherhood you pictured meets the reality of anxiety, exhaustion, and doing it without enough support?

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of mental health challenges and references to suicidal ideation.

This week, I’m joined by Shani Connard, a holistic life coach.

She supports men and women to be happier parents, live healthier lives, and show up in their relationships with courage and authenticity. She also hosts monthly women's gatherings and potluck dinners where the focus is on being real, authentic, and navigating the ups and downs of life.

Shani is also a voice for women who feel unseen and overwhelmed in the early years of parenting.

After experiencing debilitating panic disorder and the crushing weight of feeling unsupported, she now speaks openly about the realities so many mothers quietly carry.

In this episode, we chat about:

• Shani’s early challenges in the birth of her son and the first years of motherhood
• The importance of evaluating your support network before becoming a parent
• Handling divorce, selling a house, and organising custody and finances while her mental health was at its lowest
• Receiving a diagnosis of panic disorder and how gradual exposure therapy, medication, and support meetings helped reduce her panic triggers
• Experiencing a near-death anaphylactic attack, suppressing fear and grief for six months, and how this may have contributed to the onset of panic attacks
• Why mums often minimise their own needs until reaching their breaking point due to fear of judgement
• What she wants every mother who feels scared, overwhelmed, or alone to know

This episode is a reminder that behind the highlight reels of motherhood are real women navigating fear, identity shifts, and invisible emotional loads; and how transformative it is to have the right people and support around you.

Connect with Shani:

Websites: www.reconnect2life.com.au & www.hertribe.com.au

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reconnect2Life & https://www.facebook.com/her.tribe.gatherings

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reconnect_2life & https://www.instagram.com/her.tribe.gatherings/

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Christmas vouchers are officially live -  and if you’re looking for a gift that feels meaningful, supportive and actually helpful… this is it. Vouchers can be used across all Reconnect2Life and Her Tribe offerings in 2026 - workshops, coaching, women’s gatherings, and more: https://www.reconnect2life.com.au/gift-vouchers 

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Unsure? Totally get it… Book a free 20-minute strategy call to feel things out and see if I’m the right fit for you: https://www.reconnect2life.com.au/book-a-session

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Ever experienced pain or symptoms that didn’t feel right, only to hear it’s ‘just bad period pain’?

Trigger warning: Discussions of PMDD, mental health struggles, and suicidal ideation (in the context of healing and transformation).

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Adriana Tantau, a menstrual mentor and educator helping women live symptom-free menstrual cycles after being let down by the system.

Adriana shares her decade-long journey to a PMDD diagnosis, the frustration of being misdiagnosed, and being told her only options were antidepressants or birth control.

Through nervous system regulation and menstrual intelligence, she went from barely surviving her cycle to being completely symptom-free. Now, Adriana teaches other women to do the same inside The Cycle Codes™ movement.

From understanding symptoms to navigating a healthcare system that often overlooks women’s experiences, Adriana brings both compassion and clarity to a topic that many women struggle with in silence - or may not even be aware of.

In this episode, we chat about:

• What Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is, the early symptoms Adriana experienced, and why they were dismissed for so long
• Adriana’s journey through sobriety and the night she experienced a ‘dark cloud’, she later recognised as PMDD
• How Adriana left behind the version of herself who thought pain was normal, who swallowed pills, drank alcohol just to get through the month, and who believed her body was broken
• The limited medical treatments she was offered and why she chose to find another way
• Why PMDD is often misdiagnosed as anxiety or depression
• The holistic steps Adriana took to begin healing naturally, and how she now supports other women
• How understanding your cycle and regulating your nervous system can become the most empowering tool for your wellbeing

Adriana unpacks a lot in this episode. From her childhood experiences and sobriety journey to her PMDD diagnosis and current motherhood journey.

This conversation is a powerful reminder that you deserve options, to be heard, and to feel supported on your path to wellbeing.

Connect with Adriana:

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

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6RckYyVBPSul2DZkyh0HuY

Join SYNCED — a 6-week live masterclass series helping women move from fight-or-flight to symptom-free living through menstrual intelligence and nervous system regulation. https://tr.ee/6gZkdlJmsy

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What happens when the life you built becomes the one you have to leave behind?

This week I’m joined by Glenda Kroll, a podcast host and life empowerment strategist, helping women 40+ and special needs families reinvent life with confidence, purpose, and real estate success.

She is deeply passionate about reinvention after 40, rebuilding self-worth after betrayal, and empowering women to step into their next chapter with courage and clarity.

Glenda shares her extraordinary journey of leaving not one, but two toxic relationships, and how she rebuilt her life, confidence, and business from the ground up.

From running a successful company while hiding the reality of her home life to secretly planning her escape, Glenda’s story is one of resilience, strategy, and self-belief.

In this conversation, Glenda shares how she found the courage to start over, the lessons she’s passed on to her children, and how trusting her intuition (and a few divine nudges) helped her rebuild a life filled with purpose, peace, and freedom.

In this episode, we chat about:

• How, after decades of caregiving, navigating divorce, and putting others first, Glenda made the bold decision to reinvent her life in her 60s
• The moment she walked into court with $200,000 in legal bills, and fired her lawyer
• How she planned her exit from a toxic relationship safely and reclaimed her independence
• The affirmation that kept her going during her darkest nights
• Breaking the cycle of attracting unhealthy relationships
• Rebuilding self-trust, strength, and emotional resilience after leaving
• How intuition and divine guidance shaped her healing and purpose
• Why she now helps women and families rebuild after hardship and create financial freedom

Glenda’s story is more than one of survival. It’s a testament to the truth that you’re never too old, too broken, or too late to start over.

Connect with Glenda:

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

Website: https://glendakroll.com/   

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAMGLENDAKROLL

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What happens when the thing you once felt most insecure about becomes your greatest strength?

This week, I’m joined by Annelise McCarthy, a renowned women’s speaking coach and founder of Her Speaking Coach.

She shares how a childhood struggle with speech became the foundation for a career empowering others to speak with confidence and authenticity.

At just 20 years old, she launched her business, but behind the polished brand and professional voice was a young woman terrified she wouldn’t be taken seriously.

In this episode, Annelise gets honest about imposter syndrome, starting a business young, and the moment she realised that hiding her age (and her story) was holding her back.

This is such a fun and insightful conversation, packed with practical takeaways, lessons on confidence, communication and the power of backing yourself.

In this episode, we chat about:

• The childhood experiences with a lisp and speech therapy that shaped Annelise’s confidence and love of communication
• How studying public speaking from age eight built lifelong speaking and presentation skills
• The mindset hurdles of launching a business at 20, and why she now sees it as a privilege to mentor women
• The self-doubt that surfaced in her early business years and the conversation that changed everything
• Why age has nothing to do with authority or impact when you have the experience to back it up
• The importance of solo dates and how spending intentional time alone builds confidence, creativity, and self-trust
• How her business evolved into Her Speaking Coach, a global community of over 250,000 people

Annelise’s story is a reminder that confidence isn’t something you’re born with; it’s something you build through practice, self-trust, and courage.

Connect with Annelise:

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

Website: https://www.herspeakingcoach.com/

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Trigger warning: This episode includes discussions of suicide ideation, sexual trauma, and religious trauma. Please take care of yourself and skip this one if it feels triggering.

What happens when your entire life has been built on fear, control, and shame, and you finally decide to walk away?

This week, I’m joined by Courtney Wilder, author, speaker, and coach, who shares her powerful story of escaping a high-control religious group and learnt to rebuild her life from the inside out.

After years of suppressing her voice, questioning her worth, and living under constant scrutiny, Courtney made the brave decision to choose freedom, even when it meant starting over completely.

Through our conversation, she opens up about the messy middle of healing, and the anger and isolation that come with leaving everything you’ve ever known.

But she also shares how reconnecting with her intuition, building community, and doing the inner work helped her reclaim her sense of self.

In this episode, we chat about:

• Courtney’s experience growing up in, and breaking free, from a religious cult
• The pressure to be ‘perfect’, how she learned to suppress shame, and the impact of denying her darkness
• How hours of devotion and study led to damaging beliefs, and the link between control and grooming
• The night she packed her bags and left in search of life beyond those beliefs
• How partying, drugs, and stripping became her way of escaping a life that felt out of her control
• What led her back home, and back into the cult, after years of rebellion
• Her journey of rebuilding self-trust after years of fear and manipulation
• The role of the body and intuition when questioning beliefs and programming that aren’t your own

Courtney’s story is raw, honest, and full of twists and turns. A reminder that even after the darkest chapters, healing and freedom are possible.

Connect with Courtney:

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

Website: www.seekingwilder.com

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What does it really take to rebuild your life after divorce and separation?

This week, I’m joined by Sallyanne Hartnell, divorce coach, strategist, founder of Reflect Coaching, and podcast host.

Sallyanne helps women decide whether to stay or leave a relationship and guides them through divorce with less drama.

With a mix of practical strategies and deep emotional support, she empowers clients to reframe what divorce means, communicate with clarity, and make confident, future-focused decisions, so they can create a life that feels aligned, supportive, and truly their own.

In this episode, we chat about:

• Sallyanne’s own story of separation and divorce, and how it inspired her coaching work
• The biggest challenges women face when navigating divorce, separation, and co-parenting
• Why rebuilding your identity after divorce can feel daunting, and where to start
• The power of choosing yourself in relationships and life after separation
• Practical tips for creating financial independence after divorce
• What it really means to ‘centre yourself’ and live aligned with your values

Sallyanne’s work is a reminder that while divorce and separation can feel overwhelming, they can also be a gateway to clarity, freedom, and self-discovery.

Connect with Sally:

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

Website: https://www.reflectcoaching.com.au/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sallyanne-hartnell

Podcast, offers, and resources: https://bio.site/reflect_coaching

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Is fear something we should avoid, or does it actually make us feel more alive?

This week, I’m going solo with a Halloween-themed episode (costumes and lollies encouraged).

From my very first horror movie experience at seven years old, through teenage sleepovers with zombie films, to scare acting in haunted attractions in the UK and Australia, I’m sharing why horror has been such a huge part of my life, and why I believe being scared is one of the best feelings in the world.

Fear isn’t just about hiding behind a pillow at the movies. It’s about adrenaline, aliveness, and even building community with the people who “get” you. And when fear happens in a safe space, whether that’s a haunted house, making a bold move in your life, or stepping on stage at a live event, it can change everything.

In this episode, I chat about:

• My earliest (and slightly traumatic) childhood horror movie memories
• What it was like working as a scare actor in horror and haunted house attractions
• The community I found through horror festivals and writing for The London Horror Society
• Why safe fear makes us feel alive, from rollercoasters to public speaking
• How being scared connects to growth, bravery, and even business

So, if you’re a horror fan, Halloween lover, or just curious about what it takes to be a scare actor, this episode is for you.

Grab your witch’s hat, line up your favourite spooky film, and let’s talk about why fear can be fun.

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