This week we speak to former IFBB pro athlete, Nina Silic, as she Opens Up about the pressure to look "lean" as the face of fitness in her city at the time & how that impacted her health.         Nina also Opens Up about being unhappy with her life in Perth, how she found happiness in the US & the challenge she currently faces of being a new mum!     Open Up:   lachlan@openupgroup.com   Website: https://openuppodcast.com    Free FB community: http://bit.ly/MakingMentalHealthMainstream    Public FB page: http://bit.ly/OpenUpPodcastFB   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/open_up_podcast/   iTunes: http://bit.ly/openuppodcast-iTunes

#57 - Kat Houareau - Disowned by her family for attempting to break the cycle of sexual abuse

I'm back at it after 5+ years.I've been through the fire. Forged by it 🔥From finding out I wasn't actually my girl's dad 💔 to heart problems, strokes, losing my memory, speech and vision, and nearly losing my life multiple times...I thought success meant achieving more, earning more and providing more.Nearly losing everything changed that.Now, I believe the most important person I'll ever learn to lead is myself.To understand and fully accept myself. Look after my health. Be present with the people I love. And make the most of the time I have with them... because it's time I'll never get back.Lead Yourself First is about the conversations that help us do that.I'll sit down with people who've been through their own fire, understand what shaped them, what changed them, and who they've become because of it.No pretending. No having it all figured out. Just honest conversations about what it means to Lead Yourself First.