One Moment Please

Andrew Kooger suffered a tragic life altering accident that left him paralyzed in 2020 while training for an upcoming mountain bike race. Andrew’s mindset and determination to defy the odds has carried him forward throughout this journey has conquered obstacles on this new life chapter and learned the power of grit, courage and determination.

Now a sponsored adaptive athlete with High Fives Foundation competing in adaptive mountain biking and pursuing other athletic opportunities whether it be returning to mats in the BJJ gym, lifting weights or exploring Paralympic sports.

He co-founded Maximus Athletics, a supplement and fitness company expand into North America and mentors other young athletes who go through a life changing spinal cord injury.

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Personal website: www.AndrewKooger.com with book launching later this year

Personal brand: Maximus Athletics for sport supplements 

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Website:  www.maximusathletics.com 

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After approximately 7 months on the road travelling around Australia with my husband and cat in a van we are giving our final update of the trip and our thoughts. My husband is my guest this week where we discuss how we have found van life, our favourite moments, tips for those starting out and if we would do this adventure again.

Cameron Hardiman joined the Victoria Police at age eighteen and served over 34 years in policing. Most of his time with Victoria Police was as an air observer with the Police Air Wing. He saw his fair share of trauma and dealt with it like most coppers would: he quickly put each dangerous job out of his mind as soon as it was over. But one particular rescue in Bass Strait brought about a reckoning - and Cameron was never the same again. He eventually joined the Australian Federal Police and served on overseas missions that included the Solomon Islands and Timor Leste. He then transferred into an investigations role, focusing first on general crime, then people smuggling operations and counter terr***sm. Cameron has authored “ten feet tall and not quite bull**proof” about his story.

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Jan Sky is an internationally recognized Neuro Psychotherapist for her work in behaviour change, and for creating the ESI (Executive State Identification) Mapping Tool that maps the social neural network of the brain. She is the author of the successful book ‘The Many Parts of You’ which is published in English and Finnish.

Her clarity and unique style expand audiences’ understanding of emotional and intellectual opportunities, which are possible using neuroscience as a foundation. She has presented and lectured in Finland, Netherlands, India, Asia, USA, New Zealand and in her homeland, Australia.

Jan has used this knowledge to develop an amazing leadership program, ‘Brain Potential, leadership powered by neuroscience’.

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Currently traversing the great Australian landscape in a van with our cat, todays podcast departs from our normal type of guest and episode to provide an update on our van life adventure. I managed to convince my husband to come back on the podcast to discuss the incredible animals we have encountered, beautiful beaches visited, scenery viewed and people meet throughout Queensland as well as his increasing, all be it slowly, coffee knowledge!

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Shaun O’Gorman is a Human Behaviour, High Performance and Resilience consultant, keynote speaker, and author. After joining the Queensland Police Service in 1989, Shaun worked in the Police Dog Squad for many years as well as the Covert and Surveillance unit working on Major and Organised Crime. While in the K9 unit Shaun was involved in daily high-risk critical incidents ranging from violent street brawls, high-speed pursuits, barricaded suspects, domestics, and other serious shootings. The majority of these placed him at high risk of serious injury or worse. He also performed duties with the Special Emergency Response Team (SWAT) as a tactical K9 handler.

Shaun left the QPS and was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The years of exposure to serious police call outs, resulted in clinical depression. To overcome his mental health injuries, Shaun spent the next 17 years immersed in the study of personal development, human behaviour and high performance with a goal of healing himself and living a happy life. He now devotes his life to helping others using the knowledge and education that helped him help himself.

While forging his successful corporate executive career Shaun developed an interest in mentoring and coaching others and now continues to follow his passion for helping others to create high performing lives for themselves. He established “The Strong Life Project” to deliver High-Performance Mentoring,  Workshops, Keynote Speeches, daily podcasts, and articles focused on providing tools and strategies to empower people to conquer challenges, manage stress, and create happy and fulfilled lives.

As an accomplished author, Shaun’s most recent book, “My Dark Companion”, chronicles his own highly personal fight with PTSD, depression and how he has come out the other side as a role model for people of all walks of life on how to create a life that you love.

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Dylan Conway is a current serving Infantry Captain and the founder of The Charity BrothersnBooks. After having 9 surgeries on his back and using reading to continue his progression in life Dylan is changing the culture of reading in Australia.

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Troy Knight was member of the Royal Australian Airforce and was one of the first Airmen to pass 2nd Commando Regiment selection and to serve with what was at the time a new Special Forces unit, the elite 4 Squadron Combat Controllers

Troy Knight’s mates know him as ‘Norm’ or ‘TK’. Born in 1977 to a single mother, Troy grew up as what he describes as a ‘typical Queensland boy’ enjoying surfing, playing rugby league and generally looking for mischief. It was Troy’s boundary pushing and risk taking that fuelled his thirst for adventure and made him walk into the Townsville Defence Force Recruiting office in 1999, just after the East Timor crisis had kicked off. Deflated at being told that Army Recruit training was bottlenecked for eight months, Troy was stopped by an Air Force Sergeant who asked if he knew about the RAAF Airfield Defence Guards. It was this sliding door moment, that would see Troy subsequently travel to Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond and become one of Australia’s first Combat Controllers in the Australian Special Forces.

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Website: troyknight.com.au

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*Trigger warning: graphic discussions of war.

*Not suitable for children.

Esmat was born and lived all of his life in war torn Kabul, Afghanistan.   As a child his memories are of shelling during the Mujahideen war and later of cruel public demonstrations of the Taliban rule. As a 7 year old he found work in a smelting factory and later as a bar manager in the UK embassy. Defying local laws to handle and serve alcohol to the western staff. It was this job which resulted in him fleeing for his life to neighbouring borders and entrusting international people smugglers to get him to Australia.  A four year journey.

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Dawn Macintyre is an experienced clinical counsellor, educator and supervisor who has worked in her own private practice for 3 decades and supervises counsellors in their professional practices.

Holding a degree in Education and Psychology, plus a Master’s in Public Health and a PhD in Public Health. Dawn has had a varied career, combining academic and practical roles which have included University Lecturer, Senior Behavioural Scientist, Injury Prevention specialist, Manager of the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit at the Mater Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Director of the Safe Communities Centre, also at the Mater Hospital,Manager of an early intervention anxiety and depression program for hard to reach communities.

Dawn’s book, Living with Chronic Pain, from OK to Despair and Finding My Way Back Again, was written when she was 3 years into an ongoing flare up which resulted in her facing a life forever changed by the pain.

The book has already helped hundreds of families understand the psychosocial impact of living with pain and importantly, to destigmatise the condition and help people have conversations with their loved ones around these challenges.  Dawn knows that this book also represents the voice of many, those of us who are the silent unwilling pain tribe and our loving families and friends who struggle to know how to support us.

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