Inspirational Tales Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes In her early 20s, Jane was diagnosed with melanoma. Since then, Jane has undergone many tests, treatments and surgeries to help her fight the cancer. After struggling with many IV insertions, she eventually received a port, a device implanted in her chest which allowed direct access to her veins for...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes When Ashlee was a teenager she was diagnosed with anorexia. Whilst she was in hospital for treatment, her Mum began a Facebook page to update Ashlee’s family and friends on her progress. This Facebook page was the beginning of what is now The Secret Burden, a business starting conversations and...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes Alex is the founder of the Melbourne not for profit Urban Bushland Initiative. Urban Bushland Initiative revegetates urban spaces with indigenous flora, to create habitat for local wildlife and encourages community involvement in the process. In this interview Alex discusses the reasons why he began Urban Bushland Initiative, the challenges...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes In 2017, when she was only 22 years old, Holly was involved in a major car accident. She sustained many injuries, including a brain injury and has required multiple surgeries since. Although her recovery is still continuing today, Holly has come a long way since the day of the accident...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses disordered eating and touches on suicide. If you need help or support please contact one of the below organisations: The Butterfly Foundation: 1800 33 4673 butterfly.org.au Lifeline: 13 11 14 lifeline.org.au EPISODE NOTES Dee has lived with chronic illness for most of her life. For...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes My guest on this episode is Damien from Little Warrior Shields. Damien makes items of distraction (including foam shields and helmets) for sick children in hospital. What started off as Damien making a foam shield for his son, has turned into him giving away hundreds for free to sick children....
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes Mark is a Sergeant with Victoria Police, where he has worked for over 25 years. In 2003, Mark attended a call out, which changed his life. This incident, began a decade long decline in Mark’s mental health, before he was hospitalised and diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and depression in 2013....
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes Growing up, Grant was always seen as the happy kid. As an adult, and following periods of depression and then being hospitalised in a mental health ward for a manic episode, Grant was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Grant’s lived experience and learnt coping strategies, led him to become the founder...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes Being born in the country and moving to the city as a child, Felicity understands the differences and challenges that come with living these 2 different lifestyles. To help our Aussie farmers, she founded The Bush Bundle, providing farmers with a bundle of luxury/non-essential items, which they otherwise would not...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses gambling and briefly touches on suicidal thoughts. If you need support please contact one of the below organisations: Gambler’s Help Phone: 1800 858 858 Website: gamblershelp.com.au Lifeline Phone: 13 11 14 Website: lifeline.org.au EPISODE NOTES For 12 years, Kate struggled with a gambling addiction to the pokies,...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes As a child, Stephanie was diagnosed with Idiopathic Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, a disease which caused high blood pressure in her lungs and the same disease that her brother passed away from when he was only 5 years old. In 2018, following a deterioration in her health, she became the recipient...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts Show Notes Sarah De Jonge is the founder of the global kindness project 1000 Hearts. As a symbol of compassion and care, the 1000 Hearts community offers handmade pocket hearts, to those in need. In this interview Sarah discusses:- Why she started 1000 Hearts- How 1000 Hearts grew from just her making hearts,...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES Katrina was diagnosed with alopecia when she was 9 years old. Since then, she has experienced varying degrees of the condition, including having her hair grow back and fall out multiple times. In this interview, Katrina discusses how Alopecia has affected many aspects of her life, including the emotional struggles...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES In 2019, Matt’s girlfriend Claudia, passed away from Cystic Fibrosis. Following Claudia’s passing, Matt took up cycling. Now, 3 years on, he is preparing to cycle the full length of New Zealand, to honour Claudia’s memory and raise money and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. In this interview Matt shares an...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses drug use. If you need support please contact one of the below organisations: Lifeline – Ph: 13 11 14 Website: lifeline.org.au Narcotics Anonymous – Ph: 1300 652 820 Website: na.org.au EPISODE NOTES My guest on this episode is Jayden Sheridan. Jayden grew up in Seymour,...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES Since the age of 12, Grant Lottering had a passion for cycling and would eventually start racing as a professional at 21. On July 21, 2013, as Grant prepared for the World Championship in Trento, Italy, he crashed. Grant’s accident was so severe that as he lay on the mountain...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES In 2021, Sarah made her Olympic debut in Tokyo when she represented Australia in the 400m hurdles. But Sarah nearly didn’t make it to the Olympic Games at all because only 5 months earlier she had a freak accident in the gym, which required life saving surgery and many weeks...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES Danielle co-founded Motherless Daughters Australia, after her Mum died from a rare form of cancer, when Danielle was only 23 years old. Motherless Daughters is a not for profit organisation that informs, supports and connects women and girls whose Mums have died. In this interview Danielle speaks openly about her...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES My guest on this episode is Bradley Dryburgh. Bradley was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic disease that the first specialist his parents took him to as a baby, said would ruin his life. Luckily, his parents chose to find a different specialist, one with a more positive and hopeful...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES On 1st January 2020, then 19 year old Tyler suffered a traumatic brain injury, after falling head first off a 10m high cliff. Tyler needed life saving brain surgery, in which one third of this skull was removed and he was in a coma for 19 days afterwards. Tyler’s family...
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Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts SHOW NOTES My guest on this episode is Brett Connellan. From the age of 11, Brett was a keen surfer, whose whole life and identity revolved around surfing. Then, on an afternoon in 2016, he was out surfing when he was attacked by a shark. Although you might consider Brett unlucky for...
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