Warrior Dreaming: Recent Episodes
Shantelle Thompson
For people have faced darkness & deep challenges in their lives. They have reached deep found the warrior within & stood up and made their darkness and lives mean something.
Jules is a true powerhouse with an energy that lights up the screen and your ears. She is the founder of 'She's the Boss' show on Youtube, and She's the Boss chats & leaders podcast. BEAM magazine Woman to Watch 2021 and SheEo Activator.
Jules is all about women empowering woman, so much so that in 2020 she founded She's the Boss and created a whole movement. She even sold her house to fund her movement. We yarn about backing yourself, surrendering to the journey and trusting that voice in your heart.
TRIGGER WARNING - Experiences of sexual abuse shared.
Welcome to Vanessa Voigt a proud Maori woman, mum, storyteller and podcaster of Cocotalk. In this episode we explore deeply Vanessa story, women's business, leaning into the journey of self discovery and coming home to the self.
We explore Vanessa's journey coming home to her womb, of being from different cultures, of sexual trauma and healing. This is a powerful journey of storytelling, coming into your power and sharing your wisdom with the world. Please let us know what you gain from this episode, send us some love.
You can follow Vanessa on Instagram or support her work through Pateron.
Teela Reid is a proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman, lawyer and Co-Founder of BlackFulla Bookclub, activist and a marathon runner. In this episode we yarn about Teela's journey, what she fights for and the advice she would give to others.
TRIGGER WARNING: We yarn about domestic violence and mental health.
Ashlee is a staunch and proud Dunghutti woman, mother, grandmother, author, Domestic Violence educator and CEO of Mudgin-Gal WOmen's Centre in Redfern, NSW.
Our yarn ebbs and flows through Ashlee's journey from abuse, domestic violence to making the decision to say no more. To draw a line in the sand, to stand up and fight for herself. We speak about self-determination and practicing sovereignty in our day-to-day lives. Love sharing the stories and journey's of people who have a Warrior Heart and who show up and follow their Dreaming.
Our first guest f0r 2021 is strong and staunch Pitta Pitta, Maiawali and Karuwali woman Cristilee Houghton. Who is a proud mum of x2 girls and currently National Indigenous Affairs Manager for Coles.
Cristilee is passionate about helping others, investing her efforts in work that makes a difference and contributes to creating impact for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
In this powerful episode we yarn deeply about mental health, intergenerational trauma, the power of following your own heart and not allowing circumstances to define you.
Welcome to episode 10. Our guest today is a power house Warrior who believes in getting up and creating your own ladder from rock bottom. In our yarn we discuss what it takes to get back up, and why its our own personal responsibility to do that.
Winitha Bonney is Australia's first and foremost Thought Leader in the advancement of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) and inclusive remote based working.
She has over 21 years of experience in executive roles, has founded several businesses and is a person with multiple 'lived experiences'. This has provided Winitha with an incredible amount of unique insights, experiences and expertise to help people of colour become leaders and successful entrepreneurs. And to support leaders and businesses to create inclusive, connected and engaged organisations and communities.
What sets Winitha apart is that as a woman of colour, she know first hand what it is like to be left out, to have opportunities withheld from you and to feel like you don't belong in certain communities and organisations. She has stepped into the unknown repeatedly, regardless of fear, in the pursuit of something better for herself, her community and business. This has resulted in growth on various levels.
Winitha understands the unique problems your facing and has developed a methodology that helps you overcome them.
Our guest today is Joe Williams a man who is a true Warrior who lives, leads and serves from the heart. He uses his life experience and story to empower people to overcome their struggles or in Joe's words 'The Enemy Within'. He is an accomplished athlete, an author, motivational speaker and a man with a mission.
In this episode we share the space with Joe's fierce little wild hearted girl Frankie, as we walk through the journey of healing trauma for the next generation. What it means to sit with older generations and unpack trauma, and so many other elements. I hope you enjoy. Like, share, comment subscribe...
Joe is a proud Wiradjuri/Wolgalu, First Nations Aboriginal man born in Cowra, raised in Wagga NSW, Australia. Joe played in the National Rugby League for South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers and Canterbury Bulldogs before switching Joe to professional Boxing in 2009. Joe is a 2x WBF World Jnr Welterweight champion and recently won the WBC Asia Continental Title. Although forging a successful professional sporting career, Joe battled the majority of his life with suicidal ideation and Bi Polar Disorder. After a suicide attempt in 2012, Joe felt his purpose was to help people who struggle with mental illness. Through customised workshops Joe talks of dealing with adversities, struggles, resilience, addiction, connection, emotional wellbeing & healing trauma in schools, communities, correctional services, sporting clubs and workplaces.
How can you talk about deep truth, trauma and finding your path, whilst have deep belly laughs? I found out with the deadly, staunch and tough love Aunty Karen Demmery. In this episode we talk about facing your darkness, how do you find a way out and going after purpose. Karen is a woman is the embodiment of the Warrior Within, Warrior Way movement. She lives, leads and serves from the heart. And will not let you wallow in your own bullshit stories, she will give you tough love, truth and a helping hand up and deep listening space to be seen, heard and valued.
Karen is one power woman who is on a journey to empower the people she works with. CEO/Founder at TLMC Institute - shining a light on you.
Specialties: Mental Health First Aid, Trauma and Healing, Counselling, Coaching, Consultant, NLP Master Practitioner, Coach, Trainer, Women Re-Empowerment Coach, Behavioural Change Specialist, health and wellbeing mentor.
Karens Words - I have a passion for assisting women to be, do and have all they can. I have dedicated my adult life to learning all the skills I could to help me heal, learn and grow to a level where I can now give back to others and help more women change their lives. I have a background in Mentoring, Counselling, Training, Program Development and I love running programs that help change peoples lives.
I teach what I wished was available to me back when I was struggling to figure out how my life got so bad, and more importantly, what was I going to do to change it. I knew I had to change myself first before anything else could change. So I set out on what turned out to be my life purpose, to find tools, skills and gain experience in mind body and spirit transformation. I have a Diploma in Counselling, Grad Cert Indigenous Trauma and Recovery Practice, Masters Indigenous Health and I am currently completing my PhD at the University of Canberra. I have developed the Flashlight Trauma Program which allows you to shine a light on your trauma and gain tools for healing, that are right for you.
And creating a movement through 'Staunch Sistahood (podcast dropping soon).
We are here to create a movement to bring women together to remember who they are and have always been. Solid, Strong and Sacred. This podcast will feature yarns around the journey and experience of being a woman, with #staunchsistas who have their own stories I share. And featuring deep dives of stories, thoughts and wisdom that I have collected throughout my journey so far. My name is Karen Demmery and I am so excited to have you along with me on this journey.
This will give you goosebumps, raise your hopes and take you on a journey. In this episode we meet Adam Drake who is a speaker, advocate for young people and the founder of Balanced Choices. We yarn about leadership, business, culture, the power of young people and learning from others to name a few. Please join us on this journey. Adam Drake is a speaker, powerful leader and advocate for young mob, and the founder of Balanced Choices. Adam is the epitome of the Warrior Dreaming way and philosophy - is the Warrior Within - lives, leads and serves from the heart, lives courageously and dares greatly. And he does this in the service of others and making the world a better place.
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Dr Bridie O’Donnell is one deadly woman and is a woman who leads by example and works hard to bring others along the journey with her. In this episode we discuss self leadership, how empathy can allows to empower others to change their behaviour and a little about Bridie journey.
Dr Bridie O’Donnell graduated as Valedictorian from the University of Queensland Medical School and won the J R S Lahz Prize for Most Outstanding Intern at the Mater Hospitals in Brisbane in 1999. Between 2000 and 2006 she was a rower and then an Ironman triathlete, and finished the Ironman Hawaii World Championships in 2006. In 2007, she began road cycling and shortly after won the National Time Trial title, and placed on the podium in 12 Australian and Oceania Championships between 2008 and 2016. From 2008 to 2012 she raced in the Australian National Team, and then Professional Italian teams in Europe and the United States, representing Australia at three World Championships. She went on to manage and race in a top women's national cycling team and is also a seven-time national rowing champion. As a physician at the Epworth Hospital, Bridie was also a leading voice in the medical community using her unique background in medicine and sport to empower and inspire female cancer patients to improve their health and wellbeing through motivational behaviour change and exercise. Bridie returned to full time work in 2013, starting at Epworth HealthCheck and teaching doctor-patient communication at Deakin University Medical School. In 2014, Bridie took on a role as a breast physician at the Epworth Breast Service. Here her work involved reviewing long term breast cancer patients and counselling them about exercise, weight control and preventing recurrence of breast cancer. Her particular clinical interests lie in using her skills in motivational interviewing and behaviour change to improve the health and wellbeing of her patients. This includes exercise prescription, nutritional advice, mindfulness techniques and routine follow up to encourage sustained and positive behaviour change. From 2013 to 2016, Bridie managed and raced for Rush Women’s Team, a National Road Series cycling team in Australia, coordinating commercial sponsors, team owners, riders and race organisers to successes and race wins over four seasons. In 2016, she became the first Australian woman to make an attempt on the UCI World Hour record in 15 years, and broke the National record, the Masters record and set a new world record of 46.882km at the Adelaide Superdrome. In November 2017, Bridie was appointed the inaugural Director of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation by the Victorian Government. In her role, Bridie has been integral in promoting and enforcing the messages of the Office of Women in Sport and Recreation.
A visionary by nature, I love coming up with new and innovative ideas for people to collaborate together. I strongly believe in forming tribes which is the future of marketing where social media platforms are the driving force. Empowering women leaders is my passion. It is all about nurturing other women and helping them to achieve their full potential. My debut book, Finding Your Voice, is designed to instill hope in people by helping them to rediscover their identity. My favourite all-time quote has been "Perhaps you were born for such a time as this" and I attribute my journey thus far has led up to what I am doing now. I am a connector and passionate about building communities. My writing is inspired by my interaction with the people around me. Before I decided to pursue my passion for writing, I was in executive search for the last 10 years. Spent the first 4 years as a Senior Researcher, where I developed extensive candidate sourcing skills through market mapping, networking and referrals. My focus areas have been in Equities & Asset Management space within Asia Pacific. In the last few years, I recruited for mid to senior level hires for both financial institutions and large corporations. Successfully made placements within Asia in diverse roles including, finance, sales & marketing, legal roles etc. Prior to executive search, I started my career in marketing and event management.
My social media links are as follows:
Website: www.shivongunalan.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shivon-gunalan-4b6844126
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shivongunalan/
Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8AWtbgLR8BAGIqHPZVob3A?view_as=subscriber
Tony Doherty is the man who travelled from Bendigo to Melbourne in 1994 with nothing but a truckload of broken gym equipment, $250,000 worth of debt, and a dream. Countless hours, an unrivaled work ethic, a determination and a never quit attitude. Tony is now the owner of 6 Doherty’s Gyms around Australia, a highly sought after public speaker, interviewer and media personality. He is the promoter of the Arnold Classic Australia, a Husband and Father to 4 children. When he’s not busy on the road, you’re likely to catch him at Doherty’s Gym in Brunswick.
Bianca Hunt is a Gumbaynngirr Woman, she was born and raised on Barkindji and Latji Latji country. She moved to Dharawal country also known as the Illawarra, over a decade ago. Bianca was a teen parent, the first in her family to complete year 12 and attend university, she is also a single mum of seven kids aged between 9-21. Her passion is building partnerships and connections within the community, to address issues of Suicide, Domestic Violence, Philanthropy, Education, Inter-generational trauma, and Juvenile Justice. She previously worked in the Home and Community Care sector for seven years and currently works at Lifeline and TAFE NSW. Her Lifeline South Coast work has provided extensive experience in crisis and suicide prevention as a Crisis Support Supervisor, Corporate and Community QPR Suicide Awareness Trainer, Volunteer Accredited Telephone Crisis Supporter and Project Officer. Her passion to engage and consult with community, has led to the tailoring of suicide awareness training to support and raise awareness of the needs of our marginalized, high risk communities. Her TAFE NSW work in the Counselling, Youth and Mental health sector has provided the opportunity to teach the units Promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Safety, Working with diverse people and Working with people with mental health needs. Bianca was part of the Illawarra International Women’s Day panel 2020, University of Wollongong Philanthropy and Collective giving panel 2019 and Ambassador for the UOW Equity Phone Appeal 2018, JCI Australia National Convention 2017, UOW Future Leaders Keynote Speaker 2016. She has experience as a Keynote Speaker, UOW Advancement and TAFE NSW Ambassador, volunteered in various roles including the UOW Coffee for a Cause and JCI ‘Let’s Do It’ clean up Australia initiatives. She is also an advocate for the community and part of the Lifeline South Coast Reconciliation Action Plan working group. Since 2017 she has been an active member of the Illawarra Junior Chamber International and was elected as the Vice President of the Illawarra JCI Board 2020. A board member of the Illawarra Aboriginal Base Working Group 2020. She is in her penultimate year of University, completing a degree in psychology and criminology at UOW. Bianca looks forward to future opportunities that encompass Vision, Integrity and Purpose.
A strong Dunghutti woman born in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Sam Harris grew up in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. Her mother is an Indigenous Australian member of the Stolen Generations, originally of the Dunghutti tribe, and her father is of German and English descent. She attended Tweed River High School. Sam started her career as an Australian model at the tender age of 11 as a very shy young girl (in her own words). Her mum always had faith that she would grace the cover of Girlfriend. She has traveled to New York, graced the cover of Vogue and so much in between. She shares with us the challenges of her journey and the wisdom she has gained from relentlessly pursuing her dreams and never giving up. Now Sam, in between traveling and being busy working. Also makes time to speak in schools and community sharing her journey and wisdom.
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A man, husband & father who used martial arts to overcome darkness & challenges. Faced his shit & grew a bjj gym, two brands & found his purpose in life.