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Kintsugi Heroes

Kintsugi Heroes

Kintsugi Heroes is a powerful Australian podcast sharing real-life stories of resilience, mental health, and human transformation. Each episode features raw, honest conversations with everyday people who have overcome adversity including addiction, trauma, grief, illness, financial hardship, and life-altering challenges.Inspired by the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi — repairing what’s broken with gold — this podcast explores how life’s toughest moments can shape strength, purpose, and connection. Kintsugi Heroes exists to remind us that our struggles do not define us — they refine us. Through deeply human storytelling, we create a safe space for lived experiences to be shared with dignity, compassion, and authenticity. Our mission is to reduce isolation, increase connection, and promote mental wellbeing through the power of story — not as clinical advice, but as real conversations that people can relate to and learn from. 🎧 Topics covered include:Mental health, addiction recov

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  1. Brett Murray: Bullied as an Adult, Then He Built a Charity to Break the Cycle 1:17:36
  2. The Pavers We Lay Down: Nick Crott on Mentoring, Community & Belonging for Teenagers 1:09:50
  3. From the Woodshed to the Pool: Sam Reid on Grief, Loss of a Brother and Building a Life 1:17:23
  4. My Mum Chased Me From Hell Back to Earth: Samuel Reve 1:03:09
  5. Ruth Carter on Queer Role Models In Regional Australia 45:31
  6. Matthew French: Domestic and Family Violence, Afghanistan and the Kettlebell That Rebuilt Him 1:08:15
  7. Twelve Surgeries, Eleven Weeks: Bill Stahl on Choosing a Good Attitude 1:14:00
  8. David Ayliffe: 23 Years in a Cult, an ADHD Late Diagnosis at 70, and the Day the Film Over His Eyes Fell Away 1:11:33
  9. Ezra Burke on Dissociative Identity Disorder, Self Advocacy and Self Determination After Childhood Abuse 1:16:41
  10. Dave Oliver: 32 Jobs, One Secret, and Men's Mental Health Motivation 1:11:29
  11. Steven Kennedy on Birth Trauma for Baby and the Dad Nobody Prepared 1:32:25
  12. Si Moore: The IVF Support Gap No One Talks About For Dads 1:02:52
  13. Michael Collins on Grief, Men's Mental Health and Family Violence Prevention 1:11:29
  14. Rich Papais on Trauma Recovery, PTSD and Finding Color Again After a Navy Rescue Gone Wrong 1:06:34
  15. Kim Borrowdale: The Question That Rewrote Her Story After Suicide Loss 53:02
  16. The Chairs That Save Lives: Stuart O'Neill on Men's Mental Health Motivation 1:07:42
  17. Susan Palmer on Faith, Coming Out and the Open Door | Pride In Stories Episode 05 42:31
  18. Mia Bannister on Grief, Loss of a Child and the Peace Ollie Was Looking For 1:14:44
  19. Both My Sons Held Me Up | Lawrence Atkinson on men's mental health motivation | Kintsugi Heroes 53:19
  20. Saina Avesta: A Trans Refugee's Survival Story from Iran to Australia 1:06:57
  21. From Hanoi Shoeshine Boy to Rescuing 2,000 Trafficking Survivors: Vi Do 58:57
  22. After his son died, Duncan Schieb found what men's mental health motivation actually looks like 1:19:58
  23. Drunk, stoned, and behind the wheel: Paul Turley on the night that killed a stranger and what he chose to do next 59:47
  24. Coming Out Cost Christine Selman a Job. She Has No Regrets. | Pride In Stories 40:32
  25. The Castle With 1000 Rooms | Sarah Rowan | Kintsugi Heroes 54:07
  26. Luis Montero: From child carer to peer worker, rebuilding after addiction, loss, and the fight to keep his son 53:08
  27. I Didn't Want To Die With The Wrong Name | Pride In Stories 41:28
  28. Trauma healing podcast: the mantra that changed everything | Mindi Kessler 56:18
  29. She Knew the System. Then It Failed Her Son. Sarah Rosse on Self Advocacy, Mental Health, and Writing Her Way Back 49:55
  30. ADHD in women is one of the most missed diagnoses in adult mental health, and for three professional women, understanding why took decades. | Our Stories Matter | Kintsugi Heroes 1:07:05
  31. Twenty years numb: Karl Germann on complex trauma, queerness, and finding himself at 46 | Pride In Stories 1:03:22
  32. Written off at 15, Phil Hugill spent decades inside Australia's hardest systems, and found goodness there 1:08:02
  33. Holly Deane-Johns: 17 Years Inside, One Moment of Clarity, and a Life Rebuilt with Purpose 52:38
  34. Jason Blyth: The Gold in the Cracks, How Pain Refines and Purpose Is Built 1:11:03
  35. Mahir Manot: Six Years of Bullying, One Teacher Who Listened, and the Voice He Found on the Other Side 45:33
  36. Colin Parsons: The Gold in the Cracks, How He Built a Life on His Own Terms 1:23:07
  37. The Closet Is a Performance: How Gene Moore Dismantled Homophobia in the World's Toughest Institutions 1:15:48
  38. Matt Tulle: From Hiding to Healing — Lived Experience and Peer Work 1:04:15
  39. The Beacon on Your Head: Breaking the Silence That Gives Abusers Power | Donna Kent 1:00:48
  40. Kindness at the End: Harpreet Kalsi-Smith on Dying Well and Community 54:14
  41. From the Beach to Belonging: Jay Borthwick on Dyslexia, Identity & Building Inclusive Communities 1:06:46
  42. From Grief to Courage: Kevin Holloway on Loss, Identity & Becoming the Person You Are 1:02:29
  43. The Power of Being Seen: Identity, Resilience, and Dismantling the Closet 1:15:48
  44. Rethinking suicide prevention with Hayley Purdon 1:02:22
  45. From Terminal Diagnosis to the Cockpit: Cameron Lyndon James Journey of Repair and Resilience 1:01:13
  46. From the corporate world to finding purpose in the global wellbeing community with Troy Flower 1:12:18
  47. From pharmaceuticals to wellbeing coaching with Catherine Robertson 56:51
  48. Why it's never too late to change direction with Joanna Nell 54:33
  49. How connection and hope shape mental wellbeing at every age with Ros Knight 53:33
  50. Reimagining ageing, death and dignity with Jill Nash 52:07