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Welcome to part 2 of my chat with Sarah Davis, the absolute powerhouse who went from working in banking to completely throwing herself out of her comfort zone.
In this episode we return to Australia to discuss what happened when she decided to cycle across Australia and how her decision to get out of her comfort zone made her decide to do 52 uncomfortable things in 52 weeks.
In this episode she shares:
- The challenge of choosing her next adventure
- Why she picked cycling across Australia
- The purpose attached to her challenge of cycling across Australia
- What went wrong during the cycle
- Why road trains were the biggest risk and what they are
- The challenge of losing Leif, the 21yo cyclist she met along the way
- How losing Leif changed the trajectory of their trip
- What she took away from this experience
- Her next adventure
- Her challenge to do 52 uncomfortable things in 52 weeks
- What were her takeaways of this experience
- What were the things she said no to
Key Quotes
“I noticed that being out of my comfort zone wasn’t as familiar.”
“My comfort zone had gone from the back garden to the size of a national park.”
“Failure isn’t fatal.”
More about Sarah
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Imagine being an introvert who works in banking and deciding to be the first women to lead an expedition down the Nile where you face attacks from crocodiles, hippo’s and more.
That’s what happened to Sarah Davis who, in her forties and in search of more out of life, she decided to step away from her corporate life & attempt to paddle the length of the Nile.
She survived hippo attacks, being arrested & detained in Burundi & running lethal rapids. Now, her expeditions in Oman, Australia and more have given Sarah insights into what it takes to overcome fear, thrive through uncertainty & succeed in challenging environments. Her best-selling book, Paddle the Nile: One Woman's Search For a Life Less Ordinary was published in July 2022.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“I felt like I had a really beautiful piece of clothing that just didn't suit me.”
“The intel we got was that they were going to detain me if I went there.”
“This huge hippo’s bitten into the back of the raft. I'd never felt real primal fear before.”
More about Sarah
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This episode is a bit different to our normal ones.
A lot of you have been repeatedly asking me to cover Imposter Syndrome and how to fight it, so I’m delighted to welcome back Clifford Morgan to get his expertise on the subject.
Cliff is a leadership expert and endorsed organisational psychologist with over seventeen years of service with the Royal Australian Air Force. His years of service leading and coaching people, both in uniform and out, bring a wealth of experience that provides a unique perspective to assist his clients. During this time he has trained hundreds of leaders to use coaching skills to develop people and lead more effectively. As a coach Clifford has worked with CEOs, military commanders, government executives and business and community leaders across a wide variety of industries.
In this episode he shares:
Key Quotes
“A lot of high performers have imposter syndrome.”
“The more social groups that we're a part of, the less likely we are to be depressed or have mental health issues.”
“Are you doing it from a place of fear or for the benefit of someone else?”
More about Clifford
Find out more with Clifford via his website.
For Cliff's course on Impsoter syndrome go here.
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Trigger warning: Domestic violence, PTSD, child deaths
’Domestic Violence does not discriminate, and sadly the systems and law enforcement don’t always protect us.
One person who knows that all too tell is Courtney Burchard.
Courtney is a former Forensic Scientist and Queensland Police Officer with 15 years of service. After being medically retired in 2024 following a complex PTSD diagnosis, she has embraced her lived experience as both a survivor of Domestic Violence and institutional betrayal. Courtney now uses her voice to raise awareness around trauma, resilience, and mental health, sharing her journey through the power of poetry.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“I had to tell my male boss intimate details.”
“He still has access to a firearm.”
“After the relationship had ended there was an incident where this person has broken into my home.”
More about Courtney
Follow Courtney on Instagram
You can find Small Steps 4 Hannah, the charity started by Hannah's parents on Instagram here.
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Coming back from a deadly illness and stroke is big enough challenge in itself, but the equal challenge that many don’t think about is having to survive with the disabilities from that incident, in a world that does not make any space for disability.
That is what Lisa Cox has had to do and not only has she manage that, she has made it her mission to remove the barriers and systemic injustice faced by people with a disability,
Lisa Cox OAM is an author, university researcher, TEDx speaker and internationally awarded thought leader. Her work is focused on changing social attitudes about disability using world's most powerful industries - like media.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“There's this idea that once you acquire a disability your life will be tragic.”
“All of my organs shut down and every cell in my boy died.”
“I realised I had a tonne of internalised ableism.”
More about Lis
Find out more via her website.
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Trigger warning: suicide, domestic violence, depression
Intergenerational trauma can be an incredibly hard cycle to break, especially if it forces you to live through verbal abuse, manipulation and torment for your entire childhood. For Yummii Nguyen, this was her reality, yet her story is not just one of survival, but of learning to love herself and breaking generational cycles so her children could inherit freedom instead of pain. What makes her story extraordinary is not what she survived, but what she built. She is the founder of Meet Fear, with Love and a guide to leaders, entrepreneurs, and parents who appear to have it all, but quietly know, “I’m not free.” . Through her Mastermind, Higher Self Mastery program, and private mentorship, Yummii helps people who have already done the work finally soften their nervous system, meet fear with love, and live from wholeness and their Heart.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“Freedom isn’t what you achieve. Freedom is who you are when there’s nothing left to prove.”
“I realised the cost of not loving myself was going to be carried by my children. That’s when everything changed.”
More about Yummii
Find out more about Yummii via her website, Instagram, Facebook and check out her free training for parents.
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I’m so excited to be welcoming back Allan Parker to share his personal story of overcoming an extraordinary challenge to being able to learn, and to also share some amazing pearls of wisdom on neuro plasticity and learning.
Alan Parker OAM is a distinguished micro‑behavioural scientist, negotiator and educator whose major achievements include developing Australia’s first tertiary degree in negotiation, serving as an adjunct professor on the University of Western Sydney’s Master’s program in Dispute Resolution, and being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2020 for his contribution to business and dispute resolution. He is a bestselling author (Switch On Your Brain), author of The Negotiator’s Toolkit and Would Could Might (2024). On top of this he has presented and facilitated in 60+ countries, and has led influential, large‑scale negotiations and sector reforms while also building a long‑standing practice delivering practical brain‑health and negotiation training across corporate, regional and rural communities.
In this episode he shares:
Key Quotes
"I was born with an eye condition that meant I didn't read until I was 30, and yet I'm a terminal enthusiastic learner."
"I remember the very moment, Ali, that I watched my father beating my mother. And I made a conscious decision in that second that I would never violate, hit another human being. Ever."
"I had to sit down and explain him that I couldn't read."
More about Allan
You can find out more about Allan here.
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Trigger warning: Domestic violence
Many of us have heard how hard it can be to live in a domestic violence relationship, but not all of us realise just how hard it can be to leave.
And by ‘leave” we mean how to financially and emotionally stay alive with no support or home while a violent partner tracks you down.
This is part 2 of our chat with the incredible Diana Connell, who escaped a long term domestic violence relationship with her two children.
Diana has dedicated her life to pushing for systemic reform in housing, domestic violence, and women’s economic security. Through her work with Global Sisters, she is involved in the Little Green Houses project, making home ownership a reality for women who have experienced domestic violence. Through McAuley Community Services for Women, she has been deeply involved in the co-design of the ground breaking Safe at Home trial in Geelong.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“ We were homeless for a good 6 months...We’d say, well this place isn’t used, so we’d live there. I guess we were squatters.”
“He tracked us down there…he made sure we knew he was there, he took our spare key. It’s all that thing about scaring the living shit out of us.”
More About Diana
Follow Diana on her art instagram
Find out more about how Global Sisters can women here.
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Trigger warning: Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is a scourge on our society and the brave survivors who have lived through it are some of the strongest in the world, and that can definitely be said for Diana Connell.
Diana is a survivor advocate, speaker, and ceramic artist, passionate about creating change for women and children. After surviving more than two decades of family violence and homelessness, Diana has dedicated her life to pushing for systemic reform in housing, domestic violence, and women’s economic security. Through her work with Global Sisters, she is involved in the Little Green Houses project, making home ownership a reality for women who have experienced domestic violence. Through McAuley Community Services for Women, she has been deeply involved in the co-design of the ground breaking Safe at Home trial in Geelong.
In this episode she shares:
- Her background, where she grew up, and what it was like in her family
- What it was like meeting her ex-partner, the initial phases
- When she got pregnant with her first child and everything changed
- Post-childbirth and time in a mental hospital
- Birth of her second child
- Staying on the farm
- How the isolation increased after he moved her to an Australian farm
- What her life looked like in Australia
- How things escalated once in Australia
- How she tried to keep it from her children and protect them
- How the abuse escalated against her son
- How her husband and how it led to more abuse for her son
- The medical complication that made leaving even harder
Key Quotes
“Everything that I did or said became something for him to put me down about.”
“If I had said something I'd hate to think what would have happened.”
More About Dianna
Follow Diana on her art instagram
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There is a general belief that ‘life on the land is tough’, but many of us don’t realise just how tough it can be, and the toll it can have on the lives of the individuals and families who work the land. That is an experience that Tina Kendall-Davis knows very well. Tina is the founder of Anytime Counselling, a mental health service dedicated to delivering accessible, stigma-free support across Australia, with a deep focus on rural and regional communities. Her mission is personal. Growing up on a farm her father was everything to her, but like many men of his generation, he carried the weight of financial pressure, isolation, and unspoken stress. He never sought help, and when Tina lost him to a stress-induced heart attack, her world fell apart. She is determined to shift the mental health conversation from reactive space to a proactive one, because we all deserve to live our best lives every day.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“If he had had counselling, we'd still have hi.”
“We don’t prioritise ourselves the way we prioritise other stuff and it costs you your life.”
“Stress is human rust.”
More about Tina
Find Tina on Linkedin or check out the Anytime Counselling website.
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Relationship breakdowns can have a huge impact on our lives, and while that might seem obvious, business relationships can have a much greater impact than expected.
So what happens when a business relationship, especially a partnership, turns sour?
Lora Starling is a creative logo designer known for crafting bold, memorable brand identities that capture a company’s essence at a glance. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for visual storytelling, she transforms ideas into designs that resonate and endure.
Her experiences have guided her personal and professional direction and one business partnership in particular taught her a lot when it ended unexpectedly.
In this episode she shares
- Her career background
- How her business partnership was sabotaged after becoming pregnant
- What was it that pushed the change?
- The t intersection when she turned 40 and what changed
- How plants can teach us about the body/mind/spirit and connect us to the planet
- What were her biggest lessons and learns that were pulled out of this experience
- The inner work that's helped her get through her journey
- Her insights on branding and logos
Key Quotes
“But it's giving the subconscious permission to change>’
“It’s not just make the world a better place, it’s make me a better place”
“I’d wake up and I’d either be crying or I’d want to bloody kill him.”
More About Lora
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I am fresh back from a life changing holiday and have some personal perspectives I want to share with you all.
In this solo episode, I’m diving into a space we don’t often talk about, that quiet, messy middle between who we were and who we’re becoming. You know, the moments after something ends but before the next chapter arrives, where life feels foggy, unanchored, and a little uncertain. I’ll share my own experiences of sitting in that in-between, explore why we tend to resist it, and offer gentle ways to navigate it without rushing through. If you’ve ever felt like you’re in limbo, this one’s for you.
In this episode I share:
- What the space in between chapters can be for you
- My experience in the ‘in between’ space
- How I shifted from this in between space
- CH - change rarely comes with a roadmap
- What what shifted the way I see change
- What ‘life quakes’ are and how they can affect you
- 3 strategies for life transitions you can use
- How to navigate transitions and not just endure them
- 5 simple practices that can help to create shape and meaning
Key Quotes
“It wasn’t until I stopped pushing and started listening that things began to shift.”
“What if this space isn’t a problem to solve?”
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Depression is something that can linger in the background, unrecognised for a very long time, so it’s no wonder that many people live undiagnosed for years before finally seeking help. That was very much the case for Ann Marie Grace, who, after years of building businesses ranging from a fast food franchise to marketing consultancies, and a boxed wine venture, found herself at a turning point when she realised she had depression. That of course was only the beginning of the journey as she chose to step away from the pressure of doing what she “should” and returned to what her heart had always known: to create, to guide, and to live wholeheartedly. Today, Ann Marie is an artist, transformation coach, and podcast host of Breaking Free, Coming Back to Me.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“Underneath it all, the current was, if I were to stop existing tomorrow, that would be ok, and that was just how I generally felt.”
More about Ann Marie
You can check out her website, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Anxiety and depression can hit many of us, but for some, the symptoms can be masked by the high level stress of their work which results in them taking years to finally seek help. That was very much the case for Nick Gorman who suffered an period that severely damaged his mental health, but took him 3 decades to recover from.
Nick is a former Managing Director and Equities Trader at global investment banks like Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Now, through his own battles with anxiety and depression, Nick founded Equilibrium at Work to provide personal coaching, organisational support, and keynote speaking aimed at fostering healthier, more fulfilling work environments while advocating for practices such as sabbaticals to prevent burnout
In this episode he shares:
Key Quotes
“When you don’t have any options you keep going back to what you know, even though you know it's not great for you.”
“There’d been a physiological change in me through spending 13 months not looking after myself.”
More about Nick
Check out Equilibrium At Work, or follow Nick via Linkedin.
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Every time we talk about domestic violence and sexual abuse on this podcast the story is different, and this episode is no different.
Alyson Richelle is a former Senior Sergeant with the NSW Police turned lived-experience advocate, speaker, and founder of What They Don’t Tell You, a movement amplifying the voices of survivors and exposing the hidden impacts of coercive control, invisible disabilities, and systemic failure.
Alyson has lived both sides of the system, professionally as a frontline officer, and personally as a survivor of domestic abuse, chronic illness, and the relentless aftermath of post-separation trauma. She’s also a mother of three neurodivergent children and a tireless advocate for those navigating broken systems like Family Court, NDIS, Centrelink, housing, and worker’s compensation. Her work calls attention to the often-unseen abuse that continues after the violence stops through silence, disbelief, and bureaucracy.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“Especially being a young female you became a real big target.”
“Sexual abuse in a marriage is so dismissed, it's like the other person has a right.”
More about Alyson
Follow her on Instagram, Linkedin and her community.
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When trauma hits us, it can reverberate throughout our lives, echoing and causing more damage as time continues.
That’s the experience Andrew Draney had after surviving a tragic and fatal car accident as a child. The after effects of his accident caused resulted in further challenges later in life until it all finally came to a head and he was forced to make a change.
Now Andrew lives in Armidale with his wife Alex and youngest child, Ted where they have lived since moving from Sydney in 2017. Andrew has three grown children living and studying in Sydney whom he loves to visit. Andrew enjoys gardening and cycling and recently completed a half ironman with his daughter Georgina.
In this episode he shares:
- His early life as an adopted child
- How he handled his mums Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis as a child
- The accident that killed his grandparents and left is sister disabled
- The aftermath in the hospital and why he was not treated for any psychological problems
- How he progressively bottled down his pain to not be a problem in order to help his family
- How he treated his girlfriend and now wife because of his trauma
- How his trauma influenced him when his daughter was born
- Why his work addiction grew and impacted his life and family
- The moment he ended up in rehab
- Why finding his biological parents made things worse
- Why he still wasn’t ready even after his second rehab
- The moment that things really started to turn around and how he did it
- His biggest lessons from his major treatment at the meadows in Arizona
- How he is trying to rebuild with his family
Key Quotes
“My grandfather had had a stroke and lost consciousness and crossed over the median strip of the road and hit this oncoming car.”
“I checked myself into rehab because I needed to escape from everything.”
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By now we know that society’s fixation with ‘body image’ can have a negative impact on our mental health, but just how crippling can it be?
Pete Winmill has over 20 years in the fitness industry, working as a personal trainer in London, Bali, and Australia, and spent 13 years managing 20+ staff across WA and SA for one of Australia’s largest fitness RTOs. He’s owned five gyms, still running one in Buderim, and is now studying psychology with plans to register as a psychologist.
After battling debilitating body image issues from severe acne, Pete found healing through ayahuasca. He now volunteers with WNOW, leads the Rainbow Bay Men’s Group, and founded Men Off the Meds to help men reduce reliance on medication through lifestyle change.
In this episode he shares:
- His early years and what led him to where he is now
- How severe acne as a teenager changed how he saw the world and himself
- The habits and thoughts he developed to cope through this period and how it impacted relationships
- His challenges with intimacy and why he used alcohol as an escape
- His life post uni and what led him to working in Bali for 4 years
- The critical last 3 years and his experience with ayahuasca
- How Ayahuasca made him sick and how he worked through it
- What he did next after this and how he managed his life and work balance
- What he does now for work
Key Quotes
“They could always find someone better.”
“What I thought to myself was, that makes you look like a monster.”
More about Pete
Follow Pete on Instagram, Facebook and his Website. And the charity he supports When No One’s Watching
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I have spoken frequently on this podcast about the power of therapy and why it can help with resilience and trauma, but I understand that a lot of people who have never done it are often blocked from trying because they just don’t know what to expect.
That is why this is a very different and special episode of Challenges That Change Us.
We have brought back our in house psychologist Vanessa De Sauty to demonstrate what an actual therapy session looks like.
In this episode I’ll be in the patients seat and working through things with Vanessa so you can get a real idea of what to expect.
In this episode we share:
- What the counselling process actually is
- The repercussions of withdrawing from relationships to ‘protect yourself’
- The challenge of reconnecting and asking for help
- That I am able to show up in the thick of adversity but not when it passes
- Filtering this through a CBT lens and finding strategies to work on
- The core beliefs that happen on childhood that could lead to patterns in behaviour
- Cognitive flexibility and strengthening underused mental muscles
Key Quotes
“ I feel like I'm pulling from an empty bucket and I don't actually have anything to offer or give to other people.”
Vanessa
To find out more about Vanessa, check out her website HERE.
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The environments we grow up in have an enormous impact on us, and while some destructive childhood environments are easily noticeable, the subtle control of a strict religious group can be just as damaging.
That was the case for Rachel Pietsch whose controlling upbringing reached a climax when she and her husband chose to leave the church group they were a part of.
Now, Rachel is a voice specialist with over 30 years’ experience helping people unlock the full power of their speaking voice for greater impact and confidence. With a background in education, performance, and advanced vocal training, she transforms how clients use and perceive their voice through practical, inspiring, and comprehensive coaching.
In this episode she shares:
- Her childhood and how religion was there at the start of her story
- How she rebelled against her strict religious upbringing as a teenager
- How she had to learn about her period from a friends m
- The high level of control she experienced from her church
- Why and how she and her husband finally left the church
- How her religious community reacted to her leaving
- The consequences with her family and community for her leaving the religion
- Why going through therapy afterwards was so hard for her
- What she learnt about herself in therapy
- Her diagnosis of hearing loss and the impact it had on her
Key Quotes
“From a very young age I learnt that how I felt and how I thought was not important so why bother.”
“I was told by my mother, your selfish, you've always been selfish.”
More Information about
Follow her on LinkedIn, or her website for her vocal coaching or her speaking training business.
You can get involved with the podcast online
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If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com
Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com
If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au
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Trigger warning: alcohol and drug addiction
We've spoken around addiction before, but each story shows how differently a path to addiction can start, and just how tragically it can effect the person’s life.
That was the case for Jourdi Bleu whose addictions saw her first enter rehab at 18 years old. But it wasn’t until much later that she finally broke free and reinvented her life. Now, Jourdi is an empowerment coach, yoga and breath work teacher, retreat host, international speaker, and Amazon bestselling author who radiates playful, contagious energy and inspires others to rise from their own shadows. With formal training in criminology, youth work, yoga, coaching, meditation, and breath work, plus wisdom gained through wild life experiences she now lives from a place she calls “Upstairs,” creating a life beyond her wildest dreams.
In this episode she shares:
Key Quotes
“Drinking was intrinsically connected into my identity. It was woven into who I was... I thought.”
More Information about Jourdi
Follow her on her website, or find her book here.
You can get involved with the podcast online
On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus
If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com
If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au
Interested in DISC personality profiling or a Burnout workshop for your team, get in touch with Ali today.
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