Transformed Man Show

Man, woman, stressed brain. What’s the difference? How does stress affect men and women? Is there a difference? These are some of the big questions I explore with Dr Delia McCabe.

Delia has devoted her work and study to how feeding the brain can bring about optimal health and performance. Recently Delia has focussed on the effect of stress on the female brain. And, she has discovered there are some significant differences in how the female brain is affected by stress. In this episode we explore this new research and look for ways both men and women can become more stress resilient.

Delia has a very effective way of deciphering the science and delivering practical ways we can improve our health and wellness to get to, and maintain optimal performance.

This is such a great episode, I’ve included an extended section at the end, where Delia and I continued our conversation and Delia dropped some big wisdom bombs. It’s so good I had to share it with you.

If you’re looking to optimise your brain function then I recommend you connect with Delia’s work here:https://www.lighterbrighteryou.life/ or on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lighterbrighteryou/

Check out Delia’s blog here: https://www.lighterbrighteryou.life/latestnews/2020/11/01/the-top-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-gut-and-brain-health

Link to Delia’s research: Women's experience of stress and related use of diet and/or dietary supplements. Delia McCabe PhD,Craig Lockwood PhD, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12780

Link to Delia’s books, Feed Your Brain & Feed Your Brain Cookbook: https://exislepublishing.com/?s=feed+your+brain&post_type=product

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You may have heard of post-traumatic growth. Where someone who has experienced trauma has grown from the experience.

Well, in this episode of The Transformed Man show our guest, author of the book “legless to legless” Khoa Nam Tran share’s his amazing story of growth from a tragic night of being legless to waking up in hospital legless.

But, as Khoa shares, it was the amazing personal, emotional, and psychological growth he experienced following this event that set him on a path to make a difference. You’ll love his outlook on standing tall through adversity. And his energy and enthusiasm for accepting quickly, forgiving easily, and focussing on fitness will connect you with what it means to stand tall.

Check out Khoa’s book “Legless to legless” here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Legless-Khoa-Nam-Tran-Story-ebook/dp/B08PV8Z2WX

Connect with Khoa here: https://www.khoanamtran.com/

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Beyond transformation this is a story of transcendence. CEO and Founder of Phynix Initiative, Tammie Horton shares what it takes to rise above your limitations and live fully and free, even if you have experienced trauma in your life.

In 2013 Tammie hit rock bottom, she was completely broken and had become someone she didn’t recognise and didn’t want to be anymore. She figuratively set herself on fire and started her rebirth, rising up from the ashes of her former life and rebuilding herself into the person she is today.

A special part of this episode is how Tammie shares the power of hope. Even if that hope is just a single ember in the midst of darkness.

Tammie Horton is the original PHYNIX. She is a speaker, coach, and mental health advocate. She has a lived experience of bullying, self-harming, domestic abuse, mental illness, caring for a partner with multiple health conditions - all while holding down a full-time job and raising three children.

To find out more about Tammie and Phynix Initiative, connect with her here: 

https://tammiehorton.com

https://phynixinitiative.com.au

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From dumb man stuff, through to intense emotional experience and onto the journey of emotional freedom, in this episode we discuss it all with Dr Brett Dellar.

With a life-long passion for health and well-being, a love for sports and a long career as a chiropractor, you would never have guessed that Brett had to overcome serious mental health issues, depression and ptsd to carve out a life of emotional freedom.

He now shares his story to inspire others and is founder of the “The moMENtum Revolution” – running workshops and MENtoring Men. 

He has been on a massive journey, personal growth & transformation and now uses this wisdom and his life experiences to help others deal with their ‘man mask’ and step into a life free of emotional distress.

You’ll love his down to earth, larrikin style and his raw and authentic approach to dealing with our emotional life.

To find out more about Brett and his work, connect with him here: https://www.drbrettdellar.com/

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What does it take to find a cure?

We take for granted that we can go to our doctor or pharmacist and ask for a medicine that can help us with our ailments. But, behind every medicine that we need to maintain our health and well being is a team of research scientists that work tirelessly to find and then test the medicine to get it to the stage where we can actually obtain it and use it safely to combat illness and viruses.

In this episode we go behind the scenes of finding a cure with clinical researcher Twinkle Bahaduri. Twinkle is passionate about the work that goes into finding a cure and shares great insights into why clinical research is so important for all of us.

In this current environment when there is so much focus on finding a solution to the health issues that are impacting the world this episode with Twinkle has a mind blowing view into a world few of us know about.

She shares some very inspirational stories of the impact clinical trial research has had on people's lives.

This episode is an example of science, passion and purpose coming together to make a difference in the world.

Find out more about Twinkle and her work here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/twinkle-bahaduri-32843018b/

https://www.facebook.com/twinkle.bahaduri

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What happens when you ask the best question?

In this episode the amazing Donna Campisi shares her story of overcoming a seemingly impossible challenge through asking powerful questions.

What is inspiring about Donna’s story is how she uses great questions to frame her mindset to take on challenges and achieve great results.

Donna inspired many people with her stroke to marathon challenge, only able to run 30 tentative steps in 2012, (after a childhood stroke and diabetes) and completed her marathon goal in 2013, while encouraging many along the way.

Donna is the author of ‘Turn Dreams into Reality,’ ‘Inspiration Bible’ and ‘The Unlikely Marathoner’ – proving there really is no such thing as can’t…

Donna is a passionate woman, encouraging people around the world to turn their dreams into reality, by hosting her own podcast called Ready! Set! Goal! 

She loves sharing the mindset secrets she employs to achieve what others think is impossible. She shares some wonderful secrets in this episode including the best question to ask when facing a seemingly impossible challenge.

You can find out more about Donna and connect with her here:

https://www.facebook.com/DonnaCampisiSpeakerAuthorAdventurer/

http://donnacampisi.com/

https://donnacampisi.com/ready-set-goal/

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From fit and vibrant to total disintegration in the blink of an eye is certainly an extreme unravelling.

At aged 46, fit and vibrant Marie Kimber woke one morning to find she couldn't walk.  Deteriorating rapidly, she was subsequently diagnosed with the highly debilitating illness known as Guillain Barre Syndrome and spent the next seven weeks totally paralysed in Intensive Care, kept alive by drugs and machines.

After a further two months in rehabilitation, she wheeled her wheelchair out of hospital to contend with life as a shadow of her former self.  Ensuing Menopause added more doubts and complications to her already scarred self-esteem.  When at the point of lying on the floor in tears, aching with unhappiness, she realised she had to make a change. 

So she had to unravel her life in a different way. Unravel and rebuild.

She went on a journey of transformation from dull, disinterested and disintegrated to vibrant and sassy.  She used her illness as a blessing; a wake-up call that eludes the less fortunate.  She closed the door to death and opened the door to life.

She now lives her best life and shares her journey of discovery with other middle aged women. Marie compliments this with travel writing, inspirational speaking, mentorships and hosting small group ladies only tours overseas, she uses her life experiences to lead other women to confidence and curiosity.

Her transformational journey is an inspiration for all about how to come back from the edge of death and live a vibrant, fulfilling life.

You can find out more about Marie and connect with her here www.mariekimber.com

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Actions speak louder than words. Often the lessons we learn come from the examples that our parents show us. We can take these lessons and build upon them and then at a point in time we become the person we are.

In this episode we share the experience of Malka Silver and her very full life. Inspired by the work ethic her parents displayed, surviving the Holocaust and making the most of life, Malka has been an inspiration to many through her own life journey.

When Malka was 22 with a young family, her mother succumbed to Ovarian Cancer, her mother was only forty-nine. At thirty Malka was diagnosed with third stage Breast Cancer. Her children then were ten, eight and eight months. Malka plunged into a deep dark depression, and the gruelling twelve months of Chemotherapy treatment contributed to her depression. Her grit, determination and support of her family got her through. She went on to inspire and help others to take on the challenges of life.

Malka greatest achievements is being a wife, mother of three, Buba of seven, a passionate volunteer guide at JHC, a custodian of her father’s memory, selling her artwork internationally, an author of her father’s memoir “L’Chaim” which translates to “To Life” and soon the author of her Stepmother's book.

She is now also a contributing author to a new book, “Change is not a scary word” where she documents what it takes to make it through change when life is most challenging.

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Life goes by in the blink of an eye. If you blink too much you may miss the opportunities that life presents. 

In this episode, life adventurer Paula Johnson shares insights into how to overcome the fear of change and take on life as a daring adventure.

Her attitude has taken her on a wonderful journey and she now shares her insight and wisdom with others. Wisdom on the power of letting go, opening up to new experiences and overcoming the fear of change.

Paula is a Champion of Change, having reinvented herself many times over the years, she knows only too well that change is an inside job. She uses her experience to support and encourage others to follow their dreams.

 
From blogging to being a published author in two collaborative books, CHANGE is Not a Scary Word and From the Ridiculous to the Sublime, and with her own memoir underway (due out October 2021), Paula certainly has plenty of experiences and inspiration to share and will be offering writing and women’s group retreats in 2021, both in New Zealand and internationally.

You can find out more at www.paulajohnsonnz.com 

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Who loves sharks?

For many, sharks are scary, but for Shannon Hurley sharks are like a kindred spirit. In this episode Shannon shares her life changing experience when she came, literally, face to face with a shark. In one brief but powerful moment she was transformed. 

As an avid scuba diver and underwater photographer, Shannon has now travelled the world to explore our oceans and swim with sharks. She has helped rescue entangled birds and beached dolphins in her role as a marine ranger, and lobbied governments to protect our Great Barrier Reef and Australia's unique southern seas.

She is passionate about sharks because she knows there is a different story that needs to be told – one that involves their conservation, and how small individual actions can make a difference, starting with what seafood we decide to put on our plates.

In this episode she explains how we to can "Give a Fish" about sharks and why its important to be more informed about the seafood we eat.

If you want to know more about Shannon connect with her here:

Instagram: shanny_ocean https://www.instagram.com/shanny_ocean/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.hurley.948
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-hurley-b58b4788/

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