Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... 🔥🏆 GUEST: Brett Connellan

AN INSPIRING PODCAST 🚀 to KICK START 2022... Brett is a Surfer, Shark Attack 🦈 Survivor, Motivational Speaker, Story Teller & Mental Health Advocate.

Brett shares how his life was moving along, smooth sailing for him, happy in life chasing his dream of becoming a professional surfer and qualifying for the World Tour...

To surviving a shark attack, the trauma of that, learning how to walk again... Brett's road to recovery... and his own powerful story of resilience...

...And how it's inspired him to now sharing this experience, and help others via speaking and via his incredible documentary "PYROPHYTIC" that's in the making.

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD 💥 IN THIS EPISODE:

🔥 Brett discusses how Resilience and facing adversity wasn't something that he'd had to face in this life, up until the shark attack. 🏆 How the day of the shark attack was pretty much a normal day... Other than a break-in at the store he was working at... Brett was going through the motions, as he would any other day.

🔥 Brett discusses how the shark attack took place... the sun was setting... he was contemplating life, chilling in the water, while surfing... something that he'd done many times before... and then the shark struck. 🏆 Brett shares the process of what was happening during the shark attack... And trying to fight off the shark. 🔥 How allowing the shark to take part of his leg, gave him a chance to get away from it.

🏆 The story of how Joel, Brett's best mate - and fellow surfer - helped saved Brett's life.

🔥 The incredible story of the mix-up of the rescue helicopters... how it heavily impacted his survival.

🏆 How being told that he couldn't walk, and not being able to surf again... turned his world, and identity, upside down.

...The emotional roller coaster of that.

🔥 The feeling of loneliness while in the hospital and the negative thoughts of "what if?", plus the pain killers... playing with his mind.

🏆 How it effected his family. And the weight and pressure of it on them from the moment of the shark attack and through his recovery.

...Which drove Brett to focus and be invested in his recovery... because he realised he wasn't alone and that he had people around him for support to help him heal.

🔥 The importance of taking care of your mental and emotional health and how it impacts your nervous system, immune system... And how scary it can feel.

..Being kind to yourself. And taking baby steps to move you forward.

🏆 We talk about how vital it is to talk to someone when you're going through challenging times...

How the most resilient of people can find themselves struggling... the amazing transformation that can come from that...

And what it can teach you about yourself.

🔥 The powerful lessons of letting go of WHO you were before the adversity. And being willing to create a new fresh chapter and version of yourself.

🏆 People often fail not from aiming too high and missing, but from from aiming too low and hitting... leaving too much on the table.

🔥 The possibilities and opportunities that change offers you.

🏆 The inspiration behind Brett's Documentary... And how Brett's cinematographer friend Sam Tolhurst... Who loves telling people's stories.

..Sam and Brett formed Honest Boys Productions aka the creators of PYROPHYTIC...

A story that's more than a shark attack. That also includes the journey of those who loved him, his recovery team... Brett interviews them and their experience throughout this.

🔥 The documentary also shares Brett getting back into surfing and "what's next" for him. And the incredible achievements he has accomplished since then.

The involvement of the community and inspiring others throughout the production of the documentary... and moving forward.

You can reach out to Brett here... https://www.brettconnellan.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-connellan-0b5b551a2/ https://www.facebook.com/brett.connellan https://www.instagram.com/pyrophyticfilm/

Love you, thank you... Mandy "Formidable Resilience Mastery" Gibbons 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (And Peace) During Challenging Times

http://mandygibbons.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Mandy.Gibbons.Coach/ https://www.instagram.com/mandy_gibbons_coach/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandygibbons/

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... 🔥🏆 GUEST: George V Helou

💥 Along with having with over 20,000 hours and decades of coaching behind him... Creating EP7 (Empowered for Purpose in 7 Steps), UFIND... and the EP7 Life Coach Academy... Authoring 2 books that became Australian best sellers... being mentored by Dr Deepak Chopra...

George has also represented Australia by taking the seat on the International Council of the World Kindness Movement... Creating Kindness Culture Workshops and Facilitation Training for Kindness Ambassadors in 22 countries...

And giving a virtual presentation at the International Kindness Conference in Switzerland in October 2019 to begin training the facilitators.

George brings it "big time" in this podcast episode as he shares his story and the process of UFIND - The Breakthrough.

As a UFIND Certified Coach myself - being trained by George... and loving being involved in the process of UFIND... This logic based, zero judgement, structured process, consistently pumps out insights...Helping people empower themselves.

I'm incredibly honoured to have George on the podcast today.

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD 💥 IN THIS EPISODE:

🔥 George shares how he started out in the personal development industry... something that I know many of you will resonate with... 🏆 The dark side of the personal development industry... how it can be addictive and breed co-dependency... with people not actually implementing into their lives, what they've learnt from personal development events, courses and so forth.

🔥 How a controlled existential crisis made George realise nothing was what it seemed... and he decided he needed to become more curious and humble... learning how to discern more effectively.

🏆 George shares how EP7 came about, the powerful creation of that - Empowered for Purpose in 7 Steps (digging into who are you, why are you so adaptive and powerful... And how can you use that to create a life that your heart really wants.)

🔥 Which then lead to UFIND being created. A less comprehensive version of EP7...a super practical and effective process... that could be taken into the Mining Industry and work culture.

🏆 Which is how I (Mandy - A Resilience Coach For Men) got involved with George and UFIND. 🔥 We share how UFIND encourages self awareness and intuition at the same time... George breaks down what it means to be an intuitive coach... and explains my own intuition (which comes naturally to me)... in a very cool way... thankyou so much, George.

🏆 How UFIND brings validation, insights and clarity to situations, challenges in your life... to bring forth breakthroughs.

🔥 George talks about perfectionism...the understanding of what that actually is... how it affects men and women... the shame of letting others down. The pressure of that. How we can torture ourselves with that.

🏆 We talk about the pressure that mounts when someone is doing FI/FO, the lifestyle. How the expectation of what it will be, the results from the pressure, may not be or feel like what you'd hoped. And how it can unravel us.

🔥 George talks about his own challenges with perfectionism. How he was in denial and how it effected those around him. How being able to move through this has been one of the most incredible achievements in his life.

🏆 UFIND - THE BREAKTHROUGH... (25 mins into the podcast and onwards)...What the acronym represents and how this incredible process works.

🔥 How it's important to detach and know that it's OK to not understand a situation that is taking place... because it opens you up to possibilities... to better options.

🏆 George shares the importance of emotions and identifying them... so you can tune into what you're feeling... so you can look at why you're feeling that way... without judgment.

🔥 Why it's important to validate yourself, how you're feeling, and to see where your assumptions are. Seeing how we're severing ourselves away from our wisdom... During the UFIND process you get to find that wisdom again... versus feeling lost and overwhelmed.

🏆 How UFIND helps you find balance again, so you can make powerful decisions in any area of your life. Offering yourself a new clear perception so you can take forward moving action.

🔥 George talks about how compassion and being there for people...who have been hurt, traumatised... how people just want to be heard. You'll love this part of the conversation... it's freaking beautiful.

🏆 Dealing with sociopathic behaviour and the fear of feeling confronted.

🔥 The safe place that UFIND creates within a coaching environment, and within yourself, to move through each stage of the decision making process. And being OK that you're a work in progress.

🏆 George shares how the subconscious is not our enemy. How we can make peace with it and utilise UFIND to make friends with it and allow ourselves to be at ease with it... and kinder to ourselves.

🔥 Change fatigue is REAL... allowing ourselves to not take ourselves so seriously. And caring about yourself. Taking time for yourself brings creativity and fun into our lives. And more peace.

🏆 We talk about the truth about "Purpose" and the trap around purpose that people fall into. How to tap into purpose so that you thrive in life now, so it's value based... versus pushing ourselves to feel obligated "to be someone" or "something" that we don't want to be.

Thankyou, George.

To talk about incorporating a Mental Safety System and UFIND into your Work Culture and Leadership. Transforming your organisation to help "thriving" be the new normal in your organisation...

You can reach out to George here:

https://ep7.com.au/ https://www.lifecoachperth.com/ https://www.facebook.com/EP7official/ https://www.facebook.com/fifozero/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ep7coaching

To work with Mandy as your Coach... to take you through the UFIND process... Private message Mandy. https://www.facebook.com/Mandy.Gibbons.Coach/ https://www.instagram.com/mandy_gibbons_coach/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandygibbons/

Love you, thank you... Mandy "Formidable Resilience Mastery" Gibbons 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (And Peace) During Challenging Times http://mandygibbons.com/

#resilience #mandygibbons #fifozero #ufind #georgevhelou #ep7

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... 🔥🏆 GUEST: Maurice "Mo" Sauzier

💥 "Mo" brings his incredible insights and techniques that he's used for himself recovering from the brink of suicide... And his personal awe-inspiring story, his passion, with over 40 years experience in the mental health space.

...And how a sliding door moment - lead him to be involved in the promotion of mental health and suicide prevention.

Mo got me sharing my story of what led to my brain trauma, which I hadn't shared publicly... Thankyou, Mo.

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD 💥 IN THIS EPISODE:

🔥 Mo shares how even when he was in secondary school, he found that people came to him for support, to talk about him about the issues they were experiencing. 🏆 ...Which inspired Mo to study for 3 years as an undergrad in Psychology... learning about the complexities of the mind.

🔥 9 years ago Mo was head hunted for a director role... it was extremely challenging over a number of dimensions... 8 months into the role and being dedicated to wanting to succeed and make a difference... Mo found himself burnt out.

🏆 Mo explains how quickly things started to change for him experiencing overwhelm and anxiety and espisodial depression. And realised that his own personal values clashed with corporate values.

🔥 Left wondering at 50 years old, what his next steps were. Mo's episodial depression became manic and Mo then started to consider suicide. Leading to him writing a suicide note and having a plan to execute ending his life.

🏆 Mo and I discuss, even though you can have the most loving family, and people around you that love you, who care about you and want to support you...

And how you disassociate with others, isolate yourself, the darkness and the despair that's experienced... that other's don't understand. Making it difficult to opening yourself up to help. 🔥 Mo shares how grateful he is that he didn't take his own life... and for taking the significant steps he took to get to where he is now. And it's helped him relate to others and be relatable to others, going through mental health challenges.

🏆 Mo and I discuss how fatigued you become during mental health challenges... With Mo sharing one of his own experiences on this.

🔥 Mo shares his awesome "mantra" about the small steps to take when recovering. And how important baby steps are. And we talk about how going through this raises our own awareness of how we're feeling, so when you're going through challenging times, you're able to pick up on that, to ensure you take care of your mental health.

🏆 How moving beyond that, Mo has been able to impact so many amazing people with this passion, his story... and spending time sharing and conversing with others about mental health and suicide prevention. And coaching and mentoring.

🔥 Mo's simple model of A B C, keeping a thumb on the pulse of what's happening around you.

🏆 We talk about perfectionism... and the response you can have to it. How it can be debilitating...and can affect your mental health and quality of life.

🔥 The awesome mental health check-in tool that Mo's been involved with... so you can see where you're at with your own mental health, self help tool... that's designed to positively impact globally 1 million lives. It can be used to take to your doctor, coach, counsellor... and they use the results as a screening tool. It's Anonymous. An amazing pre-emptive tool.

And the campaign to help support the construction industry, with 10,000 mental health check-ins. The construction industry is losing a person to suicide every 2 days.

🏆 We talk about what we can ask when we're concerned about someone and their mental health... and being supportive.

🔥 How scary it can be if you're afraid of what will happen when you open up the can of worms, especially for men, of sharing what you've been bottling up. And the awesome relief of getting help, having a conversation and not having to hang onto it any more... when you find the help that you're able to connect with and feel safe enough to do that.

🏆 Mo shares how important compassion is when it comes to mental health... and life in general. And how doing acts of compassion every day, showing kindness, the ripple effect of that.

🔥 We talk about rest, recovery, taking care and making friends with your heart. Bringing yourself back to "neutral" to give yourself peace...and self-compassion.

You can reach out to Mo here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-mo-sauzier-81129016/ And refer to the podcast.

And the mental health check in tool Mo spoke about... https://www.oml.world/

Love you, thank you... Mandy "Formidable Resilience Mastery" Gibbons 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (And Peace) During Challenging Times

http://mandygibbons.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Mandy.Gibbons.Coach/ https://www.instagram.com/mandy_gibbons_coach/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandygibbons/

#resilience #mandygibbons #mosauzier

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... 🔥 SPECIAL GUEST: John T. Krotec

John is a Founder, Veteran, Best-Selling Poet, Mentor and Speaker... 🔥✊🏆 He's the Founder of Hashtag Planet and GreenZone Hero... The Co Host and Co Founder of AHO Radio Network Founder and Podcast Host Of Straight Outta Combat... And Contributor at Poetic Human: A Men's Leadership Project on Calling & Purpose

John shares his own personal story of Resilience and his journey through healing from trauma from being assaulted as a child. And how that affected him trying to fit in in life… and as a man.

And how a car accident changed his life, leaving him with a Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD. John shares his inspiring recovery journey from saving his marriage from divorce, having to sell his successful adventure company and saving himself from wanting to end his own life.

How John powerfully decided to step up, as a man, for himself, his wife, his personal growth and purpose... And the steps he took to rebuild his life.

We discuss John's amazing work with supporting men and veterans, the emotional challenges that men go through...

And what it means to a man, when a woman says they wish that men would "step up"…

MORE OF THE GOLD 💥 IN THIS EPISODE: 🏆 John shares how, as a child, experiencing assault, and how that affected his journey in life as man, trying to understand his emotions, why he was feeling confused about what a man should, or shouldn't be.

🔥 How disrespecting the opposite sex didn't sit well with him (regardless if they were male or female)... And how he struggled with this during college, with guys talking about conquests, and vying for attention. Frustrated, John started writing poetry, which was controversial about his struggles and thoughts about being a man.

🏆 How he moved onto getting his degree, becoming a corporate manager, then at 26 years old decided to serve his country enlisting in the Army in the United States. Later meeting his wife and running a very successful Adventure Business. Running trips to the Andes and extreme activities.

🔥 John shares how one night... everything changed for him... He was in a car accident which left him with a Traumatic Brain Injury. He struggled putting together words, struggled with his mental health.. became angry, resentful...suffered from insomnia. How his personality changed overnight.

🌅🌊We chat about how he was forced to sell his business, losing his identity, losing friends and his wife asking for a divorce...

🙏 How being assaulted when he was child... the emotions he was now going through... stemming from that.

🏆 Johns shares after a trip to see his wife, hoping to win her back and she said "no"... He started having thoughts about "not wanting to be here anymore". He phoned a "crisis hotline". 💥🔥 Realising he had to work on himself... Accepting that he couldn't save his marriage... But he could save his life. We discuss the awesome journey of how doing that, after some inspiring hard work...lead to his wife wanting to call-off the divorce.

🏆 How self-acceptance, and appreciating himself... was his true beginning of his healing journey.

💥 We discuss how the triggers don't necessarily go away... we just move through them differently.

🏆 We talk about men... and how the industrial age has affecting men not following their calling or purpose. The pressure of society that leads men to be something they feel like they have to be what others expect or perceive them to be.

🏆 John shares how in high school he was offered a full scholarship to Art School, but his father told him he needed to go to business school. Which he did...and did well. But felt like he didn't fit the mould, knowing he was an entrepreneur and artist.

🔥 How there are lots of men that are feeling trapped, confused and angry. Not living a fulfilled life... the pressure of having to be everything to everybody and not being able to express the emotions that are taking place inside them. Feeling like there's no way out of the cycle.

💥 How resiliency and self-discovery takes hard work. How people often quit after they make a mistake... they beat themselves up. How incredible the progress is when you surrender to it. How important it is to have support, and supportive friends on your resilience and growth journey.

🏆 We talk about John's work with Veterans. And how his radio show is dispelling the myths and stigma around veterans. How in the military you're trained not to show weakness. And are put in extraordinary conditions. And how it's ok to express emotions... And how the suicide rates in the veteran community are high.

🔥 We discuss how men, it's ok to open car doors for women, to be courteous, respectful and kind to each other... And the ripple effect of that.

💥 John shares how men can create amazing lives for themselves with emotional skill sets, along with patience and perseverance.

🏆 John's response about when women say they want "men to step up more".

🔥 We discuss how men can benefit from operating from your core values. And how living a life outside of your inner resilience and core value is exhausting, because you're trying to be someone else.

💥 John shares one of his short poems "Last Storm Prayer", how writing has helped him during his challenging times... We talk about mindfulness.

You can reach out to John via: https://johntkrotec.com/ https://greenzonehero.com/ https://www.heroesmediagroup.com/straight-outta-combat-radio/ https://hashtagplanet.co/

John's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Fractals-Poetic-Journey-Acceptance-Book-ebook/dp/B0859JHJB9

Love you, thankyou xo

Mandy xo 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (& Peace) During Challenging and Remarkable Times

#resilience #mandygibbons #johntkrotec

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... 🔥🏆 GUEST: Corey Gaidzionis

💥 Corey's a Coach and Rites of Passage Facilitator for Fathers, Families and Teens... With an amazing focus on Generational Change and Transformation.

Corey shares his personal story of working in Construction and how the death of one of his mates at work, Corey was with him as he was taking his final breaths, lead to Corey's journey and healing...

And how Corey transitioned into helping Teens understand their emotions, having healthier conversations and relationships with each other and their parents… Including Father and Son Camps… Working with hundreds of young men through in-school and camp experiences on what it looks like to step into adulthood.

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD 💥 IN THIS EPISODE:

🔥 Corey shares how teenagers are struggling with pressure around education and performance. And how teenagers need a balance of (amongst other things): Movement Health Eating Hanging Out with their mates, having fun Education 🏆 Corey shares the awesome processes of how he helps teenagers communicate with each other so they can support one another.

🔥 We discuss how Corey guides teenagers to understand their emotions, simplifying it for them. Adding vocabulary to their emotional language. Rage, anger, stress, grief, irritability, worry... What that looks like to them and identifying how that feels.

🏆 Corey talks about helping teenagers create peer support with friends that help them rise, setting boundaries...taking responsibility... and self accountability.

And how Teenagers emotions are getting bigger and more out of control.

🔥 How Corey is now going to High Schools and talking to Teenagers about Teenagers emotions and how things can be done differently... Guiding Teachers and Parents... showing them how to have the conversations around emotions, managing them... and noticing the cues when something is going wrong with teens.

🔥 Corey shares the trauma of one of his good mates passing away from an accident at the Construction site he was working at... And the mental and emotional stress and anguish that he experienced...

Along with the pressure and anxiety he was under with the Construction company wanting him back on the job. Including him having to do walk throughs on the site with a psychologist. His work mates telling him to toughen up. 🏆 The day Corey decided, enough was enough... And left Construction, knowing he needed to heal. Corey had 3 meltdowns in his life before this. 🔥 We discuss how when you've been through trauma, you operate from a different energy, place within yourself, in life. How it changes you.

🏆 Corey share's the different mediums he's implemented and participated in his healing... And as a coach. Including running men's circles, father and son camps.

🔥 We talk about how quickly when men are struggling... if they don't have the knowledge, or the support... they can quickly spiral downwards. Why suicide rates in men are higher than women.

🏆 Corey shares how men in the Construction industry are suffering emotionally at the moment...

And a powerful vulnerable moment in this interview with Corey, discussing the recent suicide of a Construction Worker in Melbourne.

Corey leading by example here big time.

🔥 How Corey has incredibly supportive mates around him, that have been there for him during his dark times.

Why when you say to a bloke "If you ever need support, reach out"... There's a good chance, they won't reach out and call you when they do need support.

When a man's behaviour changes... ask questions.

🏆 What we're programmed to believe about what a Man is.

🔥 The protection we put up, both as men and women, to keep ourselves safe emotionally.

🏆 Corey shares the masks that teenage guys wear, and pulling back the layers to empower them to be responsible for their own happiness.

🔥 We talk about how we both have an immense passion to help prevent men from crashing and burning.

We share some real-life stories of men that we know or have come to us for coaching... And how important it is for men to share their "stories" and their darkness. And how doing that helps men heal.

🏆 How self-respect, respecting others, being kind to others and to yourself, being compassionate, understanding of yourself... as a man is transformative.

You can reach out to Corey here: https://www.facebook.com/coreyg76 https://www.facebook.com/strongersidebyside https://www.instagram.com/sidebyside_stronger_together/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-gaidzionis-a922a6110/ https://sidebysidetogether.com.au/

Love you, thank you... Mandy "Formidable Resilience Mastery" Gibbons 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (And Peace) During Challenging Times

http://mandygibbons.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Mandy.Gibbons.Coach/ https://www.instagram.com/mandy_gibbons_coach/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandygibbons/

#resilience #mandygibbons #coreygaidzionis

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... 🔥🏆 SPECIAL GUEST: Leah of Build A Brotherhood

👉🏼💥 MEN, THIS EPISODE IS A MUST WATCH... Men's Mental Health, Suicide, Supporting Men during their struggles.

Leah has worked in the Welfare field all her life. Her last position as a drug and alcohol counsellor for 10 years, she dealt with mostly men. And saw the need for more support for men.

In 2018, Peta's brother took his own life (Peta is Leah's partner in Build A Brotherhood).

...He was in the military and served in Afghanistan. He never came back the same and battled PTSD.

From this, Leah and Peta realised the lack of support men have for their mental health. So decided to form the Build A Brotherhood Foundation... A place where men can come to, share and receive support if that is what is wanted.

We talk about the challenges that men experience with mental health and how to support men when they're finding themselves struggling.

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD 💥 IN THIS EPISODE:

🔥 Leah shares how they started out at a local park, and because it grew so quickly, with more men continuing to come along... they needed somewhere to meet where there was shelter and facilities... Which led them to running it at the Men's Shed. 🏆 The incredible real raw stories, the deep stuff, that men share and send into Build A Brotherhood to be published on their Facebook Page.

🔥 How the suicide of Peta's brother affected her, family members. The emotions, the guilt, the shame, the grief that family's and friends go through... Wondering if they could've done more. Not knowing he was considering suicide.

And how they worked, and are working, through that grief.

🏆 Men not asking for help, the loneliness, shame and the inner struggles that have them closing down and not feeling like they can talk to anyone about what they're going through.

🔥 Why men don't feel comfortable asking for help. And the anguish they go through bottling things up because they don't want to be perceived as failing.

🏆 Why it's so important for Men to seek help... To have insight, knowledge of their emotions. And the strength and courage it takes for men to reach out and attend meetings, or ask for help in general.

🔥 How being open and vulnerable helps voice what you're feeling. It makes it more real... it's like the first time you've actually realised it. That's why it's essential to talk.

🏆 Why it's important, if even you're feeling like something isn't right - and aren't sure, to ask for help... How men find it difficult at times to connect emotions to a word, to explain how they're feeling.

🔥 The fear of opening up and creating a safe place. How men talk about things more logically. And why awesome breakthroughs come from learning how to connect logic to emotions.

🏆 We talk about how when men have had terrible experiences with psychologists and psychiatrists and then won't try again... they shut down.

🔥 How to talk to men... how men can support each other... what they can say to each other when going through adversity.

🏆 How to support someone, that you're worried about, who's going through really dark times.

🏆 Not having the skills to get out of difficult problems...How to take control of one thing at a time.

🔥 How vital self care and setting boundaries are. And how health problems manifest when you're struggling emotionally. How men can be afraid to stop... The pressure of feeling like they can't stop.

We dig in deep on all these topics and expand on other tips and insights that Leah shares.

You can reach out to Build A Brotherhood here: https://www.facebook.com/buildabrotherhood

To contact Build A Brotherhood via their website: https://www.buildabrotherhood.com/

Love you, thank you... Mandy "Formidable Resilience Mastery" Gibbons 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (And Peace) During Challenging Times

http://mandygibbons.com/

#resilience #buildabrotherhood #mandygibbons

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... 🔥 SPECIAL GUEST: Mitch Morton

Mitch is the Founder of the Mr Anxiety project 🔥✊🏆

Mitch shares his own personal story of severe Anxiety and how it affected his childhood, his teens and his career as a Aussie Rules Footy player in the AFL (Australian Football League).

Ripping apart Mitch's life until he hit rock bottom in 2018. For 5 years after finishing playing professional sport, Mitch had been spiraling, living in different cities, changing jobs and he couldn't settle. He was looking for things outside of himself to make the anxiety go away.

In 2018 Mitch had a moment where he could see the damage that anxiety had done. In that moment he was so angry with his anxiety that he decided he was going to put life on hold and figure out exactly what anxiety was and how he could beat it.

Mitch shares his journey of trying psychologists, meds, online courses, seminars and everything he could find to fix it over the 15-year period but he wanted to go deeper...

To where he is now... A deep understanding of Anxiety... having created his own model of what anxiety is and how he has been able to manage it and overcome what has been the greatest obstacle in his life.

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD 💥 IN THIS EPISODE: 🏆 Mitch shares how, as a 7 year old, experiencing severe anxiety and not understanding what it was...how terrifying and confusing it was for him as a child.

🔥 How Mitch hid his anxiety throughout his life and didn't realise what it was until he 23.

🏆 Developing nervous ticks, when he was trying to sit still and was anxious. How performance anxiety, throwing up before events had become part of his life... It becoming increasingly challenging because he didn't feel he could tell anyone.

🔥 How overthinking about it... and it playing on his mind... affected his life.

🌅🌊We chat about how as a 15 year old (around year 10 in high school) it got really bad and he started to withdraw, not answer his phone or texts, not want to talk to anyone, stopped participating in sporting events... and staying in his room.

🙏 AND then... being thrust into the AFL. Performance anxiety, coming up maybe once a week when playing sports... then took over his life. It all became too much. Affecting his relationships.

🏆 Mitch shares how anxiety works and his own years of effort to figure out what was wrong with him. And the moment he found out that he had anxiety. 💥🔥 The different methods, meds, techniques to try and find a solution for his anxiety while also trying to perform at his best as an AFL player. Playing AFL was his dream.

Trying to keep up lead to him overdosing on anti-psychotic medication, which he was taking to help with his anxiety.

🏆 We discuss his coming off that medication... And feeling frustrated that other techniques, methods, psychologists... nothing was working. He started to numb it with vices drinking, other drugs, sex.

💥How after a relationship breakup... He got angry with this anxiety, blaming his anxiety for how it was ruining his life. And how getting angry with it turned things around for him...

🏆 This lead him on a journey of self discovery with his anxiety... Leading him to figuring out a way to manage it and overcome it.

🏆 Mitch shares what he's learnt in this podcast... Including the tools and techniques he uses. And discusses the incredible quality of life he now has...

...Including being a public speaker and helping others with anxiety.

🔥 We talk about mindfulness. Self Acceptance, self compassion... And being able to help yourself feel calm. And safe. And sitting with uncomfortable feelings.

💥 What takes place in the actual process with the body, mind and brain when experiencing anxiety... Why we spiral into anxiety, fear, fight and flight in that moment.

🏆 Using Mitch's system that he's created, he's gone within 7 talks, from not being able to public speak, to being a fantastic public speaker. How it's about conditioning, and re-programming the unconscious mind.

You can reach out to Mitch via: https://www.mranxiety.com.au/

Mitch's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mranxiety_aus/

Love you, thankyou xo

Mandy xo 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (& Peace) During Challenging and Remarkable Times

http://mandygibbons.com/about-mandy/

#resilience #mranxiety #mitchmorton #mandygibbons

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... 🔥🏆 GUEST: Joey O'Dell

This episode 😀 actually started as a cruisey coffee ☕🌊 catch-up via zoom to discuss doing a podcast episode... BUT...

...We got on a roll, were vibing, ✊🏼 it was recording - so we went with it...

💥THERE'S GOLD in conversations, baby!

Joey is... The Keynote Speaker & Coach at O-NU Host of Naked Reality Podcast And.. Keynote Speaker & Mentor at Joey O'Dell - Ownership Coach

Joey's shares his personal journey of struggling with mental health and attempting suicide... to now helping others transform their lives... Including his workshops for children and teens.

We also talk about how his dad leaving early in his life, and then finding out when he wanted to get in touch with his dad, that he had passed away... How this affected his relationship and connections with men.

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD 💥 IN THIS EPISODE:

🔥 Joey shares how not having men in his life to support him when he was at his lowest, has impacted his own personal growth of healing and supporting others.

And why it's so important for men to talk and be open to understanding their emotions.

We also discuss what to say to a man when he's opening up, versus saying "you'll be right, mate". 🏆 Why "running away" from a man's vulnerable share or conversation can bring more shame to him, and guilt, from burdening you with that... Especially when he's struggling to understand his own emotions and how he's feeling about what's going on for him in that moment.

🔥 Joey discusses his passion and work in educating children and teens on mental health, resilience... and suicide prevention. And helping them get in touch with their emotions and arming them with the tools to be able to deal with challenges. 🏆 How, as adults and children, we're programmed to be afraid of feeling and experiencing the darkness within us. And how by being afraid of it... it spirals us into more darkness.

And when we arrive at those times in our lives with darkness such as depression, suicidal thoughts... we don't know how to deal with them because we haven't been taught how. ...Especially if we haven't experienced that before.

We spend so much of our resources on our happy times...often the darkness is pushed aside, because people don't want to go there. 🔥 Changing the perception of how we see challenges in life. Speak our truth of the shitty stuff we're going through.

🏆 Offering ourselves understanding and running through the emotions. And how having the awareness and education to do this is life-changing.

🔥 How what we discover about ourselves gives us the opportunity to transforming guiding our own life. And how we can treat it like an internal adventure.

🏆 How looking internally and taking baby steps creates momentum and growth... Versus looking externally for distractions and vices (alcohol, drugs, p-rn, gambling) so we don't have to "be" or "sit" with ourselves internally.

🔥 How you can be grounded and have an inner peace "high"... allowing yourself to be 100% present to capture and create incredible experiences in your life.

🏆 Why taking ownership for yourself, in each moment, puts you in the drivers seat of life. It doesn't matter what is going on for you in your life, it's your responsibility to choose how you deal with it and move through it.

🔥 Why blaming others for whatever is taking place in your world right now... doesn't change what's happened... You get to choose how you react to it personally... Which affects your decision making power.

🏆 We discuss the B.S. behind mindset... Why it's important to create your own inner resilience versus trying to adopt someone else's.

Trying to be someone else, think like someone else... makes it more challenging... because it's not coming from within you.

🔥 Why we give up so easy... How we've become addicted to quick fix inspiration from social media. We can watch quick inspirational videos of people flawlessly doing great things. It looks easy.

We go from feeling down to feeling high fast... So we've programmed ourselves to thinking we should be able to have quick highs with everything.

This was an awesome catch-up turned podcast episode. And a lot of fun too.

You can reach out to Joey here: https://www.facebook.com/JoeyWOdell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joey-o-dell-ab628b177/ https://www.instagram.com/joey_the_nomad/

Love you, thank you... Mandy "Formidable Resilience Mastery" Gibbons 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (And Peace) During Challenging Times

http://mandygibbons.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Mandy.Gibbons.Coach/ https://www.instagram.com/mandy_gibbons_coach/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandygibbons/

#resilience #mandygibbons #joeyodell

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... SPECIAL GUEST: Blake Wood

If you're a FIFO Man YOURSELF, or close to someone who is... TODAY'S PODCAST IS A "MUST WATCH!"

Blake is the Co-Founder of FIFOzero

As most of you know, I'm incredibly passionate about Men's RESILIENCE, FIFO and Men's Mental Health

This episode is all of these rolled into one... with Blake sharing his story of struggling with mental health and suicidal thoughts while working FIFO.

And the devastating loss of one of his close FIFO mates to suicide... how that impacted his life to take action...

...that MORE needed to be done to prevent FIFO suicides.

We discuss the incredible work that him and George (Blake's coach and fellow Co Founder of FIFOzero) are bringing to Mining, and other industries, that involve FIFO... and changing the culture towards mental health.

And Blake's inspiring journey and transformation to becoming the incredible Leader that he is today.

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD IN THIS EPISODE:

We discuss the challenges of FIFO life, and how men, especially, are struggling to ask for support. The reality of FIFO men, the pressures they're facing and their fear of being blacklisted or labelled as having mental health issues if asking for help... worried that it will affect their jobs and career.

The heart breaking side effects of not asking for help, the loneliness, the devastation... We share real life stories of people that either didn't have access to help, didn't know how... or felt like they "couldn't" ask for help.

Why it's so important for FIFO men (and women) to seek help...As soon as you feel like there's something not right, or are starting to struggle.

Blake and I both share our own journey's and insights into what has helped us emotionally, physically, mentally transform our own lives. And grow our resilience.

We break down into lots of awesome bite size chunks of GOLD our own lessons we've learned.. to move through tough times, depression and struggling with suicidal thoughts.

We take the fluff out... and GET REAL about men and their struggles, anguish and the perception they feel they have to live up too...

Leading lives under constant pressure to be the man that they feel everyone else expects them to be...And facing the fear of humiliation due to the programming of men feeling that being vulnerable is being weak.

We talk about why shit-hits-the-fan when things get bottled up (not dealing with emotions)... and why it's important to reach out and get support before things start to spiral downwards fast.

Blake shares the incredible tools and support that FIFOzero is bringing to FIFO men and women. And FIFOzero's mission to prevent suicides in the FIFO industry.

And how stepping up for yourself when you're experiencing challenges, getting help... empowers you, builds your resilience and personal growth...

...creates possibilities and opportunities by creating a grounded and clear stance for yourself... So you can make effective forward moving decisions and actions in your life.... And create inner freedom.

You can reach out to Blake here: https://www.facebook.com/blake.wood.96 https://www.instagram.com/blakewoodperth_/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-wood-4426a8182/

To contact FIFOzero direct or to find out more about their incredible services head to: https://fifozero.com/

Love you, thank you... Mandy "Formidable Resilience Mastery" Gibbons

http://mandygibbons.com/ The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (And Peace) During Challenging Times

#resilience #fifozero #mandygibbons

Mandy Gibbons Podcast Show... SPECIAL GUEST: John Blake

John is the Owner & Managing Director at John Blake Sales Breakthrough Solutions

John shares his story of resilience... and moving through the process of his wife being diagnosed with cancer, and passing away...

Having to relocate, his home, his business... Dissolving a business partnership.

Then re-designing his business to work around him being able to take care of his two young children as a single parent of his 5 month old son and his 2.5 year old daughter.

...(This all took place within 14 weeks)

JUST SOME OF THE GOLD IN THIS EPISODE:

John walks us through the 15 Steps he took to overcome adversity.

These are incredibly powerful. And super relatable too... And can be applied in your own life when going through challenging times. The reality of facing a life of bringing up his children on his own.

While also seeing his wife go through the devastating symptoms and side effects of the tumours.

And the heart break of knowing she won't get to be there for her children as they're growing up.

How John realised he was uniquely equipped to deal with this. How he emotionally, mentally and physically was able to empower himself and took action.

John shares how he moved through the grief, fear, emotions and the reality of his situation.

There's no fast tracking it... it's on him to deal with it, be present, taking responsibility for where he was at.

The most pivotal life-changing steps that allowed him to make incredible decisions moving forward.

We chat about the value of accepting offers of help... and seeking help.

How this journey has created an amazing connection with his daughter.

We discuss how challenges and feelings like you've lost everything... creates a blank slate. So you get to start afresh. How you can emerge and come out the other side of challenges, knowing and believing you can be a better man. A more resilient version of yourself.

How digging into resilience and personal growth during this process. Simplifying it and taking action on it... creates momentum.

Strength of purpose...Moving through the healing process...

John's acceptance that he would be a single Dad for the rest of his life... And then unexpectedly meeting his new wife.

The process of going from a single Dad, after heart break, to bringing a new partner into his and his children's life.

The power of being grateful. And the possibilities of life.

You can reach out to John via: https://john-blake.com.au/

And John's blog that includes the 15 steps discussed today: https://jcb-phoenix.tumblr.com/

Love you, thankyou xo

Mandy xo 🏆🌊🌅🔥❤✊🏼 The Resilience & Vital Force Coach For Men Formidable Resilience for Powerfully Grounded Momentum (& Peace) During Challenging and Remarkable Times

http://mandygibbons.com/

#resilience #johnblake #mandygibbons