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In this powerful and heart-moving episode, Adam Przytula opens up about the pain and isolation he endured as a young person bullied at school, leading him down a dark path where he felt completely alone and even suicidal. With raw honesty, Adam takes us through his lowest moments and how they ultimately fuelled his mission to create Armed for Life—a organisation built to give individuals the support, tools, and resilience they need so they never have to feel the same hopelessness he did. This episode reminds us of the transformative power of empathy, connection, and using our past struggles to drive meaningful change for not only ourselves but for others.
Adam Przytula is a national and international speaker, an entrepreneur from Perth, WA as the founder and Director of Armed For Life and a the author of the book The Road to Resilience (published by Wiley Publishing) released in Feb 2022 and has already sold over 4000 copies around the world. He has a secondary teaching degree, has been speaking for over 25 years and created the organisation 12 years ago as a result of his own experience.
Being bullied every day of high school and struggling at home lead to experiencing depression and anxiety and having a suicide plan in year 10 – which fuels his passion for helping others. Since inception in 2012 Armed For Life has now worked with over 500 schools all around WA (including Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Albany, Narrogin, Busselton and Geraldton), Nationally in Adelaide and rural NSW and Internationally in Cape Town South Africa, and has spoken to over 1 million people.
In 2014 Armed For Life won the Telstra Australian Business Award in the Micro Business Category as well as a string of other awards in the 4 years since including recently winning Momentum’s Most Inspiring Man of the Year at the Men in Black Ball for Mens Mental Health in 2021. Adam now runs Armed For Life full time with a team of speakers and radically diverse members including basketball players, hip hop artists, parkour instructors and barbers for the 12 different programs that they run in and out of schools as well as presenting on 30 different topics.
Armed For Life now runs presentations and programs in the workplace and has worked with Rio Tinto, MercyCare and about to complete a 6 month Resilience and Wellbeing Program for West
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Tracy Fryer is a branding powerhouse, speaker, and founder of Design Studio Perth and Trace Designs Bespoke. She’s dedicated to helping business owners and creatives build brands that truly reflect their values, passions, and long-term vision. As the host of The Real Biz Life Chronicles, Tracy brings raw, insightful conversations that push entrepreneurs to embrace bold growth, develop strategic branding, and lead with unapologetic confidence. Her approach is refreshingly real—blending deep expertise with a passion for authenticity, creative excellence, and business success.
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