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His kids were scared of him. His wife was sleeping in another room. And no matter what he tried, he couldn't stop.
Former RAAF airfield defence guard Dan Baldry served six years in the Air Force and deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. He was trained to switch on controlled anger in an instant, but nobody taught him how to switch it off. What followed was nearly a decade of FIFO escape, alcohol, drugs, and a pornography addiction he now calls "the biggest soul killer."
In this deeply honest episode, Dan and his wife Ruia sit down together to tell the whole story, from both sides. Ruia shares what it was like to live on high alert, why trauma can feel like safety, and the day she found the note. Dan opens up about PTSD, losing control, the counsellor whose advice shocked them both, and the night he poured a six-pack in the bin and everything began to change.
Today, they help veterans, first responders and their spouses rebuild their lives through The Battle Initiative, because, as Dan says, you were never called to fight alone.
How do you create the life you want and leave a legacy you're proud of?
CHAPTERS
00:00 "My kids feared me"
01:00 Meet Dan & Ruia – The Battle Initiative
03:40 Why Dan joined the Air Force
07:15 Afghanistan & Typhoon Haiyan
07:50 Trained for controlled anger
10:15 Emotionless: mental health stigma in the ADF
12:40 Coming home to kids who were afraid
13:40 Walking on eggshells – the spouse's side
17:10 Red flags and doubts on the wedding day
18:30 Why trauma can feel like safety
23:30 What Afghanistan did to him
27:20 Manus Island and the downward spiral
32:30 "I had no self-control"
36:00 The addiction nobody talks about
43:40 The counsellor's shocking advice
46:15 Open Arms and the diagnosis
48:30 The note
50:40 Hospital, a newborn and no time to heal
53:00 "We can't walk this journey together anymore"
54:30 The six-pack in the bin
56:40 The dream that changed everything
1:01:00 Building The Battle Initiative
1:06:00 Supporting spouses and female veterans
1:07:50 Renewed vows and freedom
1:11:50 Where to get help
1:13:10 Creating the life you want & leaving a legacy
1:15:50 "You were never called to fight alone"
⚠️ Content note: This episode discusses suicide, domestic violence, addiction and mental health. Please listen with care.
GET SUPPORT
The Battle Initiative: https://thebattleinitiative.com
Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling: 1800 011 046 (24/7)
Lifeline Australia: 13 11 14 (24/7)
In immediate danger, call 000.
He Had The Porsche, The Business, And The Dream Home. Then He Lost It All.
What actually happens when a successful business owner loses everything overnight. In this raw, unfiltered episode of Tomorrow's Not Today, insolvency expert Hank reveals the real story behind his bankruptcy at 35, the night he had to leave his family home, and why he hid the truth from his wife for months. This is one of the most honest conversations we've ever had on the show.
Hank is the founder of De Jong Reid, one of Australia's largest pre-insolvency advisory firms, helping over 300 business owners every year navigate financial distress, liquidation, and bankruptcy. After building a six figure business by the age of 35, a single global crisis wiped it out almost overnight, taking his house, his cars, and nearly his marriage with it. What followed was shame, silence, and a complete rebuild from a card table in the back of a smoke oven shop.
In this episode you will learn
Why smart, hardworking business owners still lose everything
The one business structure mistake that destroys companies when things go wrong
How to protect your home and assets before a crisis hits, not after
Why you cannot think clearly during financial stress, and what to do instead
How to have the hard money conversation with your partner
What it actually takes to rebuild your finances, your confidence, and your family
Australia is currently seeing the highest number of business insolvencies in its history. Whether you are a business owner, an entrepreneur, or someone quietly worried about money right now, this conversation will give you real hope and a practical roadmap forward.
Chapters
00:00 The Bankruptcy Confession Nobody Talks About
02:23 Who Is Hank And What Is De Jong Reid
03:36 Australia's Record Breaking Insolvency Crisis
07:00 The Six Figure Business And The Porsche Life
08:00 How One Global Crisis Destroyed His Business Overnight
09:37 The Advice That Changed Everything
11:11 Bankrupt At 35 - Losing The House And The Business
14:00 The Moment That Broke Him - His Son's Bike
16:35 Why Your Brain Cannot Think Straight In A Crisis
19:00 The Financial Mistake That Made It Worse
22:26 The Conversation He Was Too Ashamed To Have
25:00 How Rock Bottom Became A Healing Period
35:47 The Business Structure Every Owner Must Have
47:00 From A Card Table To A National Company
1:03:35 The Legacy He Wants To Leave Behind
Need advice on your business or financial situation
Hank and the De Jong Reid team offer free initial consultations for business owners and individuals facing financial difficulty
Website: www.djra.com.au
About Tomorrow's Not Today
A podcast about business, mindset, money, and building a life and legacy you are proud of, no matter what you have been through or what has been done to you. New episodes every week.
If this episode helped you, subscribe and leave a review, it genuinely helps more people find the show and the help they need
bankruptcy, insolvency, business failure, entrepreneur, financial advice, business structure, asset protection, small business owner, Australia, financial hardship, marriage and money, business recovery
She was three years old the first time someone she trusted hurt her.
Adriana Jones grew up in Guatemala and later moved to Australia, where she now works in cybersecurity, using open source intelligence to find people trying to harm children before they get the chance. Her path here wasn't planned. It came after surviving her own abuse, losing her sister without warning, and watching the justice system fail her when she tried to get answers.
In this conversation, Adriana takes us through what it's actually like inside the mind of a predator, the warning signs most parents miss, and why Australia's Working With Children Check only catches a small fraction of offenders. She also talks about what it took to build the Innocent Souls Project, and why she decided prevention mattered more to her than waiting on a system that had already let her down once.
This episode covers heavy material, including child sexual abuse and its lasting effects. If you or someone you know has been affected, support is available through 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) or Bravehearts (1800 272 831).
CHAPTERS
(00:00) Take me into the mind of a perpetrator
(02:00) Welcome Adriana Jones
(03:00) From Guatemala to Australia
(05:00) Taught to finish with excellence
(07:00) Losing her sister
(09:00) Deciding to act
(11:00) Returning to Guatemala for justice
(13:00) The case is dismissed
(15:00) The UK childcare cyberattack
(17:00) Building a movement of experts
(19:00) The Innocent Souls Foundation is born
(21:00) Her own abuse, age three to twelve
(24:00) Do predators have a type
(27:00) Teaching children to protect themselves
(30:00) Warning signs every parent should know
(33:00) Creating space for a child to speak up
(36:00) Inside the mind of a perpetrator
(39:00) Why so many Australians have experienced abuse
(42:00) Why children are targeted
(45:00) The case that changed everything
(48:00) It's not about me anymore
(51:00) Finding gratitude through suffering
(55:00) How the Innocent Souls Project works
(58:00) The Working With Children Check gap
(1:01:00) What's next for the foundation
(1:04:00) Here I am, use me
(1:07:00) Advice for anyone who feels called to act
(1:10:00) Creating a life and a legacy
She Grew Up In Poverty, Was Abused By Her Father, Abandoned At 15 — And Turned It Into A Life Changing Others | Pamela Millican
Pamela Millican survived one of the toughest childhoods you'll ever hear about — extreme poverty, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and being abandoned as a teenager — and turned it into a career helping others heal their identity, rebuild self-worth and reset their mindset. In this raw, unfiltered episode of Tomorrow Is Not Today, host Kingsley sits down with mindset coach, NLP master and trauma recovery specialist Pamela Milliken to unpack how childhood beliefs quietly run your entire adult life, and how to finally break free of them.
Pamela opens up about growing up on one of England's roughest council estates, surviving a violent father and an absent mother, being sexually abused by a family member, and coming home from a family holiday at 15 to find her house empty and her family gone. She explains how she turned that trauma into two law and psychology degrees, became a European surfing champion within 12 months of picking up a board for the first time, and now helps clients, including survivors of serious abuse, create breakthrough results in hours, not years.
This conversation is a masterclass in identity work, self-worth, people-pleasing, trauma healing, NLP, hypnotherapy and mindset coaching, delivered with total honesty and zero fluff. If you've ever felt stuck being who other people need you to be, this episode will change how you listen to your own story.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Why your identity, not your circumstances, controls your results
How childhood beliefs are formed before age 13 and run your life on autopilot
Why "there's no failure, only feedback" changes everything
How to know if you're an overachiever driven by trauma, not passion
Why comfort and familiarity keep people trapped in bad relationships
The 3 rules Pamela uses to shut down gossip instantly
How to rebuild trust and safety after abandonment or betrayal
Why retirement is a myth and growth should never stop
How to create a life you want and leave a legacy you're proud of
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Growing Up In Poverty And Violence
02:00 Welcome To Tomorrow Is Not Today
03:00 How Childhood Beliefs Create Your Identity
06:00 There's No Failure, Only Feedback
08:00 Good Parent Vs Bad Parent Myth
13:00 Inside England's Roughest Council Estate
17:00 Mother Leaves, Father Gets A New Partner
21:00 Betrayed While On Holiday In Europe
22:00 Coming Home To An Empty House
32:00 Surviving Sexual Abuse As A Child
39:00 Healing Trauma In 2 Hours, Not 2 Years
41:00 Winning A European Title In 12 Months
49:00 Why We Choose Familiar Pain Over Change
59:00 Finding A Safe Relationship After Trauma
1:11:00 How To Create A Life You're Proud Of
ABOUT PAMELA MILLIKEN:
Pamela Millican is a mindset coach, Master NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist and identity change specialist based on the Gold Coast, Australia. Trained through Tony Robbins and Cloé Madanes' Core 100 program, Pamela works with everyday clients, high-performing athletes and trauma survivors to help them dismantle limiting beliefs, heal childhood trauma and reset their identity, often in hours rather than years of traditional talk therapy.
Connect with Pamela Millican:
Website: https://www.pamelamillican.com
Instagram: @resetwithpamela
YouTube: Reset with Pamela
Facebook: Pamela Milliken / Reset with Pamela
ABOUT TOMORROW IS NOT TODAY:
Tomorrow Is Not Today is a personal development and real-talk interview podcast hosted by Kingsley, featuring raw, honest conversations with guests who've turned trauma, adversity and hard-won life lessons into purpose. Every episode dives into mindset, identity, mental health, resilience and self-improvement, because who you are today doesn't have to be who you are tomorrow.
Listen and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every week.
Keywords: mindset coach, childhood trauma, trauma recovery, identity coach, self worth, overcoming trauma, NLP practitioner, hypnotherapy, domestic violence survivor, healing childhood trauma, personal development podcast, self improvement podcast, mental health podcast, motivational interview
She woke up completely paralyzed from the neck down — and doctors couldn't explain why.
In this episode, trauma counselor and bestselling author Dawn Williams shares the story most survivors never tell in public. Dawn opens up about surviving years of domestic violence, the moment she realized she'd become both a victim and an abuser in her own home, and the autoimmune disease that left her body paralyzed after years of unprocessed trauma.
Dawn is the bestselling, award-winning author of The Rebuilt Woman and founder of the Rebuilt Movement, which has helped thousands of survivors heal from domestic violence and abuse. In this conversation, she breaks down her four-dimensional healing framework, why it took her seven attempts to finally leave, how she rebuilt her identity while raising four daughters as a single mother, and how forgiveness — not forgetting — set her family free.
She also gives an exclusive first look at her upcoming book, The Rebuilt Man, addressing the domestic violence and suicide crisis facing men.
If you've ever felt stuck in a cycle of trauma, abuse, or self-doubt, this episode will show you it's possible to heal, and exactly where to start.
This episode discusses domestic violence, abuse, and trauma. If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out to a domestic violence helpline or licensed mental health professional in your area.
CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Cold Open: "I Woke Up Paralyzed"
00:02:00 Welcome: Meet Dawn Williams
00:04:00 Can Everyone Heal From Trauma?
00:07:00 Dawn's 7-Year Journey Through Domestic Violence Begins
00:09:00 Writing The Rebuilt Woman: The Book That Cracked Her Open
00:12:00 The Call That Changed Everything: Times Square, New York
00:15:00 Growing Up In Wales: When Violence Was Normal
00:17:00 "The Hammer": Losing Her Identity In An Abusive Marriage
00:21:00 The Morning She Woke Up Completely Paralyzed
00:27:00 Getting Well: Faith, Diet, and Doing the Inner Work
00:34:00 Why It Took Seven Attempts to Leave
00:36:00 When Everything Cracked Open: Betrayal and Breaking Point
00:45:00 Helping Her Four Daughters Heal Together
00:56:00 The Hardest Part: Telling Her Kids Their Dad Wasn't Coming Back
01:03:00 The Rebuilt Man: Why Men Need Healing Too
Description:
What do you do when the unthinkable happens? When Jason King lost his 18-year-old daughter Jordan to suicide in March 2023, he made a choice not to grieve in silence, but to turn that pain into purpose.
In this raw and deeply moving episode of Tomorrow Is Not Today, Jason shares the full story: discovering he was a father when Jordan was already 20 months old, navigating the family court system, juggling COVID lockdowns, his wife's breast cancer diagnosis, and Jordan's mental health struggles, all at once. And then, the loss that changed everything.
Now, from Broken Hill in outback New South Wales, Jason is creating the Jordan Liberty Project, a documentary film and community impact initiative aimed at opening up conversations around youth mental health, particularly in regional and remote Australia.
With the Royal Flying Doctor Service as his first impact partner, and a growing coalition of local organisations behind him, Jason is proving that one person's story really can save lives.
This episode is honest, practical, and deeply human. Jason talks about self-medication, sobriety, the physical foundations of mental health, and what it truly means to be kind to yourself. He also shares the moment, just three hours after his first public post when a young person messaged him to say the project may have saved their life.
Whether you've experienced grief, are supporting someone who is struggling, or simply want to understand mental health in regional communities better, this conversation will stay with you.
Support is available.
If this episode brings up anything difficult, please reach out to
Lifeline on 13 11 14
Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Chapters:
00:00 – Welcome & Introducing Jason King from Broken Hill
01:00 – The Jordan Liberty Project: A Documentary Born from Loss
03:00 – Acknowledging Jason's Courage to Share
05:00 – The Royal Flying Doctor Service Partnership
06:30 – Approaching Grief from a Place of Love, Not Tragedy
07:00 – Finding Out He Was a Father & Meeting Jordan for the First Time
09:00 – Family Court, Distance Parenting & the Years in Between
10:00 – Jordan Moves to Broken Hill: COVID, Breast Cancer & Crisis
12:00 – Surviving the Toughest Season: Jason's Mental Health Battles
14:00 – Self-Medication, Alcohol & the Turning Point
17:00 – The Week Jordan Died: Multiple Losses at Once
18:00 – Jordan's Journals & Knowing What to Do But Not Doing It
22:00 – The Power of Self-Kindness: Jason's Biggest Lesson
25:00 – Grief Never Leaves, But It Can Change Shape
49:00 – Laying Jordan's Ashes to Rest: The Alice Springs Journey
51:00 – Partnering with Schools, Sporting Clubs & Gravity Films
53:00 – Australia's Youth Suicide Statistics & Why They Matter
56:00 – Mental Health in the Outback: Farmers, Isolation & Remote Communities
58:00 – How to Get Involved with the Jordan Liberty Project
01:00:00 – The First Post That May Have Already Saved a Life
01:03:00 – The Community Labyrinth: A Peaceful Place for Mental Health
01:05:00 – Building a Coalition: Headspace, Lifeline, Mission Australia & More
01:06:00 – How to Create the Life You Want & Leave a Legacy You're Proud Of
Connect with Jason & the Jordan Liberty Project:
🌐 jordanliberty.org
📱 Instagram, Facebook & TikTok: @JordanLibertyProject
💛 Tax-deductible donations: Documentary Australia
In this episode, Rebecca shares her deeply personal story of surviving sexual assault at 15 years old, growing up under the weight of an angry stepfather's unresolved trauma, and the three decades she spent numbing her pain with alcohol and substances.
We talk about what it means to carry trust issues from trauma into adulthood, why so many people replace one coping mechanism with another instead of facing the root cause, and why suffering in silence remains one of the biggest — and most preventable — killers today.
Rebecca offers honest, hard-won advice for anyone currently walking through their own trauma: how to know your feelings are valid, why speaking up takes courage, and how she's turned her own healing into a mission to help others with trauma and mental health struggles.
This is a conversation about pain, survival, and the slow work of building a life — and a legacy — you're proud of.
In this episode:
What does it take to pack up your life, your wife, and three children, the youngest just nine weeks old and move to a war zone?
For Tim Buxton, it wasn't recklessness. It was calling.
Born in the jungles of Papua to missionary parents, Tim was wired from his first breath for a life most people would never dare. In 2014, on the exact day ISIS swept across the border and two million refugees fled into Iraq's Kurdistan region, Tim's family landed at Erbil airport — wide-eyed, oblivious, and exactly where they needed to be.
What followed were three and a half years of one of the most raw, costly, and profoundly human experiences you'll ever hear described. Building micro-villages for Yazidi genocide survivors. Sitting with fathers whose daughters had been sold into slavery. Midnight escapes through ISIS-held territory in a car with no air conditioning and a smuggler's stash of contraband. The weight of two million stories pressing down on one man who had no money, no government backing, and no roadmap only purpose.
But this episode isn't just about war zones. It's about what happens when you come home.
It's about compassion fatigue and PTSD. About depression and driving Uber at 2am. About the moment Tim realised that the refugees he'd served in Iraq had followed him to Toowoomba, Australia — and what he did when they knocked on his doorstep.
It's about his organisation You Belong (youbelong.org.au), which has spent a decade turning displaced strangers into neighbours, and volunteers into people who matter.
And ultimately, it's about the one question that underpins everything Tim has ever done:
Do you believe a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet?
This is one of the most moving, perspective-shattering conversations we've ever had on Tomorrow Is Not Today. Stay for the whole thing. You'll leave different.
Chapters
00:00 I Find Peace in Chaos
00:02 Introduction
00:03 Born in the Jungle
00:05 The Gold Coast Bubble
00:06 The Day Everything Changed
00:08 The Decision to Stay
00:10 How Iraq First Called to Him
00:14 Backlash from Family and Strangers
00:18 Born for This
00:20 Do It for the One
00:22 Building Micro-Villages
00:23 The Father Whose Daughters Were Taken
00:26 Compassion Fatigue
00:35 Post-Traumatic Growth
00:38 Bitter or Better
00:42 Teaching Kids to Suffer Well
00:47 Midnight Escape
00:53 The Yazidi People
00:58 The 12-Year-Old ISIS Fighter
01:02 Humanising the Other
01:07 The Uber Driver Experiment
01:15 A Stranger is Just a Friend You Haven't Met Yet
01:18 Coming Home
01:19 You Belong
01:24 Waymakers Not Refugees
01:30 Legacy
You Belong | youbelong.org.au | @youbelongorg
Tim Buxton | [email protected]
From Wrongful Conviction to Filmmaker: Mack Lindon's Unstoppable Rise
Mack Lindon was a registered nurse with a calling for the creative arts — until a false rape accusation at 26 shattered everything. In this raw and deeply moving conversation, Mack shares how a wrongful conviction, 19 months in maximum security prison, a retrial, and a corrupt justice system couldn't stop him from becoming a filmmaker, streaming platform founder, and storyteller fighting for truth in entertainment. From launching Rise and Rise of the Underdog (now heading to Amazon Prime) to creating Miami X — a family-friendly crime drama filmed right on the Gold Coast — and building his own streaming service MovieSense, Mack is pioneering a new way of doing things on his own terms. He opens up about his faith, his marriage, childhood trauma, his battle with drugs and alcohol, and what it really takes to pursue your calling when the whole system is working against you.
Chapters
00:00 Welcome to Tomorrow's Not Today — introducing Gold Coast legend Mack Lindon
01:00 Miami X: Creating a family-friendly crime drama on the Gold Coast
02:00 Rise of the Underdog heading to MovieSense and Amazon Prime
03:30 The entertainment industry is "cowboy country" — keeping your soul intact
05:00 The story behind Rise: a registered nurse with a creative calling
06:30 Running away at 18, Africa, and a spiritual awakening
08:30 The false accusation — one night that changed everything
10:00 Guilty until proven innocent: the broken Australian justice system
11:30 Losing his nursing career before even going to trial
13:00 The trial, the corrupted jury, and a drunk judge
15:30 Sentenced to six years — then the judge dies
16:30 Nine months in maximum security, the appeal, and exoneration
18:00 The retrial, corrupt cops, and a no-case submission
19:30 Praying with his lawyer before the verdict
20:00 The moment he was finally freed — and what it meant
22:00 Jimmy Cove: the prison mentor who changed Mack's life
24:00 How Mack's faith helped a fellow inmate walk free
25:00 Meeting Em — telling her everything on the first night
26:30 Em's story: post-abortion grief and her own front line
28:00 Marriage, the retrial, and four years of separation
29:30 Drugs, alcohol, and the pain beneath the surface
31:00 Fear of your own potential — why people don't go deeper
33:00 The obstacle is the way: breaking through self-sabotage
34:00 Why Mack made Rise — life after prison is possible
35:30 Hollywood's role in breaking the family unit
37:00 Making Rise of the Underdog and the fight to get it screened
39:00 Gatekeepers, theatre chains, and the fixed game of distribution
40:00 Em's support and their separate but parallel front lines
42:00 The first step: unsubscribing and buying back your time
44:00 The culture war on young girls and fighting back through content
46:00 Taking action vs just talking about it
48:00 Making Miami X on $20K an episode — David vs Goliath
51:00 Every human is creative — pioneering a new way
53:00 The 2am warfare hour and finding courage in the dark
55:00 Faith in action: raising four kids and building a streaming platform
56:00 MovieSense: building a family-safe streaming alternative
58:00 Miami X season one, episode drops, and connecting the Gold Coast
59:30 Bluey put Brisbane on the map — Miami X can do the same
01:01:00 Starting small and trusting the road ahead
01:02:00 How to get involved — extras, locations, and business features
01:03:00 Legacy: trust your intuition and be present with people
At 10 years old, Karina lost her dad in a sudden accident with no support and no roadmap. Decades later, she would face something unimaginably worse — the loss of her daughter Sophie to a drowning accident, complicated by epilepsy and a seizure that came without warning on a Sunday afternoon while Karina was at the supermarket.
What followed is one of the most extraordinary stories of grief, purpose, and deliberate resilience you will ever hear. Within hours of Sophie being declared brain dead, Karina chose to donate Sophie's organs — a decision made in 30 seconds that went on to save at least 10 lives. She then channelled every ounce of that loss into building something that would outlast her pain: The Sophie Effect, a children's grief program; a mentoring network for bereaved parents; speaking engagements from the Sunshine Coast Lightning netball team to 800-person forums; and eventually, a solo trek to Everest Base Camp carrying Sophie's ashes — nearly dying on the mountain before scattering them at the summit.
This episode is raw, deeply honest, and filled with real strategies for surviving the unsurvivable. Karina doesn't just talk about grief — she shows you what it looks like to choose your way through it, one controlled decision at a time.
00:00 Accident Aftermath Tease
03:03 Podcast Welcome Intro
03:55 Karina Background Legacy
08:19 Epilepsy Early Seizures
12:07 Pool Day Turns Tragic
16:29 Hospital ICU Reality
22:28 Brain Death Decision
23:38 Organ Donation Choice
31:13 Celebrating Sophies Life
33:21 Living Life Peacefully
38:37 Pushing Limits Everest
40:31 Dangerous Roads Alone
46:54 Bridges Panic Breakthrough
50:52 Mindful Trek Beginnings
51:22 Sacred Waters Lesson
52:34 Unprocessed Grief Opens
53:47 Monastery Tears Shift
55:04 Altitude Sickness Fight
57:30 Base Camp Farewell Ritual
58:39 Donate Life Awareness
01:01:37 Hospital Scare Aftermath
01:04:34 Mentoring Through Grief
01:06:38 Practical Dark Day Tools
01:08:47 Letting Go Of Blame
01:12:55 Senses And Control
01:18:53 The Sophie Effect Mission
01:21:25 Programs Awards Legacy
01:26:05 Work Speaking New Projects
01:29:12 Choice Legacy Closing
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