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Shouting loud
A victim of childhood trauma and cultural abuse from a very young age, Saba went on to build her own life and to find her voice outside of her South Asian community. But that’s not been without its own physical and...
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Seeing change happen
Life has changed considerably for Marie Manley since 2012, when her husband of 25 years shared with her his desire to transition to becoming a woman. In this episode Marie shares what those years were like for her,...
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Bipolar - Undiagnosed for 9 years
After 3 rounds of the manic highs and debilitating, and suicidal lows, Mike Segall eventually got referred for psychiatric assessment leading to a diagnosis of Bipolar disorder 1. In this episode he talks about those...
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The sum of our parts
In sharing her experience of feeling ‘miss-fit’ leadership coach Anita Phagura talks about intersectionality and how we are so much more than all the different parts of us. Whatever our gender, race or personality...
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The impact of positive role models
Feeling themselves to be ‘other’ in several ways, but with nobody who seemed like them to look up to, life was more challenging for Bex Harper than it needed to be. In this episode, Bex talks about intersections of...
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To Hell & Back... And then some!
In this episode Professional Men's Mindset Coach & Speaker Marc Singer shares some of his insights about life choices and how his experience of gang culture and serving time in prison led him to feeling a somewhat...
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Nothing needs to stop you
Raised by two parents with Achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, Victoria Eley shares insights into and the impact the condition has not only on her parents but also on Victoria and the wider family. Getting on and off...
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Perfect as you are
You might be surprised to hear that being highly intelligent often comes with its own challenges. Having a natural aptitude for one or more aspects of life often means other parts of life can be hard to navigate,...
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Living on a tight rope
At the age of 18 and poised ready to embark on an engineering apprenticeship, Tom Henwood woke to find himself in a hospital bed with no memory of how he had got there. He’d actually woken up from an induced coma he’s...
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A life happy ever after
Born into a family she never felt a good fit for, and with some disabilities that made life more challenging then for most, Vie Portland is now on a mission to spread her ‘Vieness’ as widely as possible and she does...
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Looking at the world sideways
A prolific doodler and note-taker during her school days, as well as being a high achiever, Anna Rowe certainly didn’t cause anyone to even consider that she might have ADHD. Once she found out in her late 40’s that...
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Shouting isn't teaching
Already full to the brim with unprocessed childhood cultural trauma, when Nisanka was confronted with her 4 year old telling her that ‘shouting isn’t teaching’ she knew it was time to face what was happening and to...
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