The Chronic Comeback

This week’s guest - Sophie Grace Holme

Sophie was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis aged 4 months old and unlike my other guests so far, and me, has only ever known a life with her condition.

She was told she wouldn’t live beyond 16 but her whole life, she has consistently refused to listen to Doctors when they placed limitations on her life. She went past 16 with no issues and after being only given a few years to live at age 19, she again ignored all Dr’s advice, continuing to believe she would live an amazing life and she has certainly followed through on that promise to herself.

Since that point, she has challenged herself and her body to do things any “normal” person would find impossible - hiking the Himalayas, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and Gran Paradiso, running an ultra marathon, paddle-boarding 80 miles in the ocean overnight and so much more....

She really is the embodiment of what this podcast is all about. Had she listened to the negativity being sent her way, she could have lived a scared and uneventful life yet she’s managed to live more in the 27 years she’s been on the planet than most will ever so in their lifetime 

Please go follow her Instagram @sophiegraceholmes for more inspiration

Introducing this week’s guest on The Chronic Comeback Podcast - Amanda Campbell 

Amanda is a serial entrepreneur, a Kinesiologist, motivational speaker, author and one of Australia’s leading minds in the area of resilience. But how did she build this resilience?

With a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis at age 24 and a paralysis at just 29 years old, Amanda was faced with never walking again. She was stretched to her limit emotionally and physically. With no choice but to succeed and the odds stacked against her, Amanda had to change her mind about what could be possible to create new results.

Deciding on a balanced approach, Amanda had to embrace uncertainty and change to discover what she was made of. Learning how to walk and run again led to her transforming her mind, body and life.

Now a decade on, Amanda’s passion is to inspire others to embrace their obstacles as an opportunity to awaken their potential whilst maximising health and so is an ideal person to have on the show to talk us all through her inspiring comeback!

Amanda's online course info

"Bend Like Bamboo is a program designed to maximise resilience and your health. 

As a Sports Kinesiologist, Speaker and Author, it has become my passion to help people every day, to transform their mind, body, and life. When we can effectively embrace the changes that we all experience in our lives, without feeling exhausted, lost, and unwell, we can find the inner courage to heal and transform. 

After years of working with people locked up in their lives from negative beliefs, I set out to create a resilience program that helps to unlock people’s potential. My intention for this course is to inspire you to go on a journey within and feel empowered to overcome any setback that are you faced with. When we can give our mind and body the best environment to be flexible, we are more adaptable and open to change. This also gives us the best environment to repair and transform our lives.  Whatever you are going through, you can overcome it – and discover what you are made of.

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Bend Like Bamboo is proud to collaborate with Foodbank Victoria, Victoria’s oldest and largest food relief organisation. Every dollar donated is two meals created. Bend Like Bamboo will be donating $5 of each course sold, which will provide for 10 meals going to those most vulnerable.⁠

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This week’s on The Chronic Comeback Podcast - Danny Mcmillan

Danny is someone I’ve known of for some time as he runs a successful podcast called seller sessions that has over 50,000 downloads a month and rising. The podcast itself interviews some of the top minds in the online e-commerce space and as I’m in the process of launching my own online business I am a loyal listener! 

Added to the podcast, he runs three very successful businesses and also runs huge sell-out events in the online selling space that attract thousands of people. 

So you would think with a guy like this, all that he has and does, he must have it all together and is completely healthy? Guess again...

Since 2014, Danny has been dealing with Lyme, SIBO and mold and the mental challenges this comes with. However, after being hospitalised in 2017, he took control over his situation and vowed he would “throw the kitchen sink” at figuring this all out and wouldn’t ever accept the idea that he couldn’t improve his situation. 

As a result, Dannys health has improved significantly and his businesses and podcast are thriving. Danny is raw and honest which is why he makes such a good guest for this show and am excited for you to listen

At the age of 18 Mez Gallifuoco’s dreams were shattered when she was told her future would be in a wheelchair and that she should never try and have children.

Her immune system had started attacking her body's own central nervous system and she was losing feeling in her limbs.

Rather than accept this future, Mez decided to take things into her own hands which sparked a comeback that surprised everyone around her, including her Doctors.

Her situation has vastly improved now from a health perspective and is now a new mum. Added to this, she has achieved the following throughout her comeback:

- 10 Years in startups & business

- 18 Countries visited

- 23 Years old when she sold my first company

- 2 Successful exits totalling $3.6m

- 3 Countries lived and worked in

- 4 Businesses created and built.

- 3 Years consulting with high level, transnational corporations & senior executives

- $15.6m investment money raised in Sydney, Dubai, New York and Silicon Valley

- 1 Psychology Degree

- 478 aspiring and active entrepreneurs trained in

Please go follow her and her inspiring story on Instagram at @millennialstrategist