Life Stories

A harrowing account of a very misunderstood crime. On this episode Leslie Louise shares her story of domestic violence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It has been three years since Russia invaded Ukraine with over 40,000 casualties and also many, many displaced families. One of those families is one of our own. On this episode Darren and Natasha share their story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, we speak somebody who wants to tell their story about motherhood. There is a happy ending, but it was a major struggle to get there. So, let's hear this brave story and meet Ginny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suicide is an incredibly emotive and painful subject to talk about. For those of us that are left behind, the loved ones, grieving is hard enough, and having to explain to a child about losing a loved one to suicide can be especially difficult. In this episode, we hear Francine's story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It happens to all parents, doesn't it? Our babies are born, we count all their fingers and toes. We look at them again and again, looking for that perfection in them, that they're in good health, but sometimes, just sometimes, things don't go quite as planned. In this episode talk to Zyna and her daughter, Alba. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is it really like to be a gay man in Gibraltar? Are we more accepting? Are we more open-minded? Or, are we just accepting and ticking those boxes that society has laid out for us. To tell us that and more, in this episode, we meet Paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaylie shares her experiences as a mother and entrepreneur while facing a constant and difficult illness. She discusses her emotional journey through various health issues and surgeries, highlighting the recovery process. After overcoming these obstacles, she embraces a renewed focus on her passion for football and sports, aiming to empower others and promote sustainability in her business endeavors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a brand new series of Life Stories. And this time we will be hearing more from our community, telling their own stories of struggles, hope, and resilience. You never know what life will throw at you from one day to the next, and these stories, if anything, are going to give us some inspiration. On this episode, we meet Nadia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we meet Noelia and her amazing story of having fostered 13 children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I wanted to dedicate some of the podcasts in this series to a very important issue that needs raising awareness on it, and that is fostering. So you will find over the next coming weeks that I will be interviewing foster parents and they will be telling their individual life stories. But on this episode, we're gonna flip that round a bit and we meet Sianne who was actually fostered and have a look at her life story and her journey through the process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is not exactly a life story as such, but it is a very important, informative episode on how you, the viewer, could help our community of homeless children by fostering, and in doing so, become an integral and very important part of their life story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is a bit of an adventure. Well, you could say it's actually a massive adventure. And one that many of us will sit at home thinking, "I wish I did that." Tessa was a very brave young girl, but she is proof of one thing; those who dare, win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They say that we only use 10% of our brain but that's actually a myth. We use 100% of our brain, the problem is, like any other part of the body, if we don't feed it, excise it or look after it, we can't unlock its true potential. On this episode of Life Stories, we meet a young mother whose life changed from one day to the next. It's her journey of how she helped heal herself with the power of the mind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you remember our teenage years, when we were those young adults? That was the life, no cares in the world, an active social life, lots of fun, meeting new friends, our first romantic connections, university, that taste of freedom there on the horizon, so much to look forward to. Two years ago, Justine met Bryanna. She was only 16 at the time. She was grappling on a daily basis with chronic pain and long hospital stays, and her life was changed forever. She never had those opportunities or that lifestyle. Two years forward, we catch up on her story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When we think of carers, we often see those men and women with experience who work for an agency within our community wearing those uniforms. But what about those unsung heroes? Those members of family who shoulder all the responsibility themselves? On this episode we meet one of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's something really special about being in a theater, the smell, the sights, the sounds, the lights, it's all very exciting. And you never quite know what's going to happen when those curtains are pulled back. Thank goodness for people like Julian Felice. Who is he? Well, he's a thespian, he's a lover of the Arts, he's a playwright, and he's a gibraltarian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There have been many stories of children who are inspired by their parent's life choices or career paths who then go on to follow in their footsteps. But it is rare to hear of a story of a parent inspired by a very young son with autism. On this episode, Justine chats to Patrick Kelly, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The support Gibraltar provides to our young adults for them to go to university and chase their dreams is so important because, inevitably, many of them do come back, and that is a great investment into Gibraltar. ON this episode, Justine meets Carlito, who followed his dreams, has come back, and has a very interesting story to tell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is one thing that we all have in common, and that is death. It's inevitable. But in those moments when family and friends are at their worst, grieving, who do we turn to? That would be a funeral director, possibly one of the saddest jobs in the world. In this episode Justine speaks to Adrian Hewitt.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We never know what life is going to throw at us, and the truth is, that from one day to another, things can change radically. In this episode Justine speaks to breast cancer survivor, Geri Cummings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.