Is how Rob’s wife found him, after things had gone catastrophically wrong with massive organ failure. He got his second chance at life after spending two weeks in a coma before waking with an organ transplant and a new lease on life.

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Simon’s rock bottom included lengthy time in jail, after being found guilty of embezzling over$16M. Simon made the decision to own the mistakes of his past, and is paving the way for a redeeming future.

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This is a story of two unlikely friends connecting during a time of ultimate fear, due to the pandemic. An unbreakable friendship developed distantly over a bowl of pasta, causing ripples in the community, and bringing families hope, in a time of despair.

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Arash fled from persecution in Iran. He spent six traumatic years in detention in Nauru, where he experienced even worse deprivation, cruelty, and violence than in his native country. His faith, community work, and passion for learning saw him through.

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Guy’s story will attempt to connect the dots, like a detective investigating a mystery, that led him to a wonderful and surprising realisation about his beautiful partner. He might mention his time in the Circus and Olympics, but this story is mainly about love.

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The Sydney Harbour Bridge always held a special place in Vanessa's family history. It’s also where her bridge phobia would first strike. What followed was a 20-year struggle to overcome her fears. Gephyrophobia -she even discovered it has a name along the way!

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From the age of six, aspiring musician Ciaran listened to the band INXS and fantasized about playing in their band. Fast forward 36 years, and incredibly, he became the singer of INXS. This is the story of how following his intuition, led to all his dreams coming true.

Kirsty struggled to love herself, so engaged in destructive behaviors, and thought finding a man would save her. Searching outside of herself didn't bring the answers, but by tapping into her intuition and learning to trust herself, she started to turn her life around.

Michelle is a freedom-loving adventurer who has completed 2 solo nonstop and unassisted ocean rows. She has faced challenges and dangers that few people can imagine. Adventure encourages you to trust your intuition – especially when the ISS was often closer to humanity than she was.