Challenges That Change Us

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments.I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I’m away we are releasing some of our most listened to episodes.For this episode I am so excited to introduce you to a guest who is extremely special to me. I want to introduce you to my beautiful Aunty Di.This is a story that when you see it on paper you think, there is no way that so much could happen to one family at one time. In the space of forty days, my Uncle Barry, Aunty Di and cousin Laura were all diagnosed with cancer and this was all during the peak of the covid pandemic in the UK.Their resilience and zest for life is extraordinary and for anyone going through or is going through the cancer world you know how challenging it can be and I am still blown away by how these guys tackled this head on. In this episode Di shares:The journey her family took to relocate to the UK as her sister died from cancerLiving through the covid pandemic with an immune compromised husbandWhat it felt like to suffer from long covidDiscovering her husband had cancer, then shingles How she felt discovering she had breast cancer shortly after her husband started cancer treatmentThe devastating moment they discovered her daughter also had breast cancerWhat happened when her husband did get struck by covidKey Quotes“We went 6 weeks from being a perfectly normal family to 3/4 of it having a cancer diagnosis to deal with.”“We thought cancer was bad, we knew nothing about covid.”You can get involved with the podcast onlineOn facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeusIf you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.auFor her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.auOr you can follow them on Instagram:@Altitudefitnessarmidale@trialtitudeperformance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments.I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I’m away we are releasing some of our most listened to episodes.This episode’s guest is Martin Broad, an accountant Broad who fell victim to Guillain-Barresyndrome, a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks your nerves. It can eventually spread, eventually paralysing the whole body, which happened to Martin to the point he could only communicate with his eyes.In this episode Martin shares:What the first moments felt like as Guillain-Barre syndrome started to take effectJust how bad things got for him while in hospitalWhat it felt like being trapped in his own bodyThe impact this challenge had on his family and lifeHis long road to recovery and how he kept the mindset he needed to recoverKey Quotes“So all I had was the function in my eyes, so the rest of my body completely shut down.”“You've still got to be entertaining hope of some sort.”“You’ve got to make those steps knowing full well that you could fall left or right.”“You’ve gotta know when the good times are on.”More About Martin BroadIf you need help with accounting you can find Martin’s business here: https://www.broadaccounting.com.au/about-us/You can get involved with the podcast onlineOn facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeusIf you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.auFor her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.auOr you can follow them on Instagram:@Altitudefitnessarmidale@trialtitudeperformance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments.I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I’m away we are releasing some of our most listened to episodes.When someone has a life altering medical challenge it can often be incredibly hard to come ot grips with.It can be even harder when the this medically challenging event contrasts your life with the physical, active one you had before hand.Bethany Wormald is a fun runner with a long list of achievements across the 5 to 42km spectrum. She also has POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and long covid, which saw her barely able to walk for a year and from which she is not yet recovered. In 2019 she set the Guiness World Record for the fastest marathon dressed as a cartoon character, running as Betty Rubble from the Flintstones. This was her fourth Guiness World Record, the others being the fastest half marathon dressed as a nurse; dressed as a superhero; and by a married couple (with her husband Matt). Prior to long covid, Bethany was on the organising committee for a cancer fundraising run associated with Tour de Cure. She has just returned to volunteering with Surf Life Saving Australia, where she tries to provide first aid without ever getting in the water. In this episode Bethany shares: ·     How she became a world record holder for running after finding her love for park run.·     How she is now suffering from long Covid and Pots·     The way taking small steps and recognising accomplishments helped her grow.·     How her tribe and village have played a role in her recovery·     How finding a purpose in life helps progress and recovery·     And how it’s OK to grieve but being sick is not who you are. She is not sick, she is recovering.  Key Quotes “The hardest part with Long Covid is most days you feel terrible at some point.And that continues.” “Finding something that is your thing. It’s such a gift in life to have found one particular activity that is your thing.” “At my lowest, my limit was seven metres. So I could walk from my bedroom to the next room.”More about POTSYou can find oput more about POTS via the POTS Foudnation website: https://potsfoundation.org.auYou can get involved with the podcast onlineOn facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeusIf you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected] 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 For her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au@trialtitudeperformance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments.I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I’m away we are releasing some of our most listened to episodes.Trigger warning: this episode discusses excessive alcohol use.In society we are well aware of the term ‘alcoholic’, but have you heard of Grey Area Drinking?This episode’s guest is Grey Area Drinking Coach, Motivational Speaker, Workshop Facilitator and host of a community of over 20,000 women, Sarah RusbatchAfter years of dysfunctional drinking, falling hard for ‘Mummy Wine Culture’ and using alcohol as a crutch to manage stress, overwhelm and anxiety, Sarah finally made the decision to remove alcohol from her life in April 2019.In this episode Sarah shares:-      Her long history with alcohol and how it shaped her life growing up-      The moment she realised her relationship with alcohol was not benefiting her-      The stop and start process she went through trying to stop drinking for short periods of time-      The difference between alcoholism and grey area drinking-      How the subtle messaging of alcohol and mum culture is dangerous-      Her advice on the work you have to do to improve remove alcohol from your lifeKey Quotes“It turns out that your boozy friends don’t like it when you don’t drink anymore.”“I would just drink and smoke until I didn’t feel anymore.”“In the end I realised it's easier to say none than it is to say 1.”Find out more about SarahIf you want to know about her grey drinking coaching you can find out more here: https://sarahrusbatch.com/You can also follow her on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahrusbatchcoachAnd on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahrusbatch/You can get involved with the podcast onlineOn facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.auFor her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.auOr you can follow them on Instagram:@Altitudefitnessarmidale@trialtitudeperformance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first time in 4 years we are pausing the podcast for a couple of weeks. I love doing it, but sometimes life has other plans. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, and while I am ok, I need to free up space for family and medical appointments.I’m not fully disappearing and will be recording in advance. While I’m away we are releasing some of our most listened to episodes.Trigger warning; domestic violenceIt’s so often the case that one trauma can result in an entirely different one down the track.That is the case for Marleen Mour, a 38yr old single mum who ran away from Egypt and an unwanted engagement at age 19 to build her life in Australia.She battled obesity, binge eating and self-loathing for decades before she finally discovered the power of self love for Permanent weight loss and lost 49kg/ 108lbs which she’s kept off for 13 years now, even after becoming a mum.Today she’s helped over 1,000 women of all ages to Permanently lose weight by healing their relationship with food, their bodies and themselves.In this episode she shares:-      Why her mum took her children and escaped to Australia for 4 years-      How her difficult home life created emotional eating for her-      The huge opportunity that helped her finance her escape-      How her family repeatedly attempted to prevent her escape-      How she managed to make it to Australia with $100 cash-      Why her eating problems continued and grew after she moved to Australia-      The climactic moment that she realised how badly she was treating herself-      The journey she went on to process her emotions rather than eat them,-      How her journey has evolved to a point where she helps others with their emotional eating-      The tools and strategies she point in place to manage her emotional eatingKey Quotes “I thought I'd left the abuse behind but here I was abusing myself”“The night of my flight my mum deadbolted the doors and took the keys until my flight took off without me.”“We think we're unhappy because we're overweight but really we’re overweight because we're unhappy.”More about MarleenWebsite: http://www.marleenmourcoaching.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marleen.nourYou can get involved with the podcast online On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeusIf you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected] 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 For her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au@trialtitudeperformance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.