Power, Strength & Vulnerability

Welcome to 2022 This year we will be looking to be more focused with one podcast guest a month with a major focus on the things we discuss in the podcast (there may be some surprise bonus podcasts along the way to stay tuned for) This months guest is Scott Martin from New Zealand. Scott is a resilient male who has had his fair share of challenges. Listen in to see how Scott managed to work through testicular cancer, crohns disease and how he pulled himself back from some extreme suicidal thoughts. If you want to support this podcast, please jump on the website and check out the journals or sponsorship is available for upcoming podcasts with some huge guests lined up. https://powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au/product/journal/ To follow PSV on Instagram- Power & strength (@power_strength_vulnerability) • Instagram photos and videos Scott is a great mental health advocate and we highly recommend you give him a follow on Instagram Scott Martin (@skotty_martin) • Instagram photos and videos Links for what we spoke about are below and if any of this podcast triggers you, please call lifeline on 13 11 14 (Australia) or Lifeline - 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE) or free text 4357 (HELP) for New Zealand Crohns Disease- https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/what-is-crohns-disease/overview Hugo Toovey (@hugotoovey) • Instagram photos and videos 25 STAY ALIVE (@25stayalive) • Instagram photos and videos

Two years ago I walked in to a mental health clinic after reaching breaking point. I was scared when I walked in the doors and when my wife drove off it really hit home. In this podcast I discussed the fact my life was at breaking point and how investing in myself changed my life. Over the next month I went to a mental health clinic and went to an external specialist. Both of these places cost money. That money was an investment and an investment which paid much more than money in return. In return I saved my relationship and married the love of my life. In return it gave me the strength to manage through finding out I was infertile, going through the IVF process and having our first child together. In return it gave me skills to manage my emotions much more frequently so I didn't harm friendships. In return it gave me lots more composure playing sport. In return it allowed me to work through many challenges that arose in the past two years. In return I found an understanding that true happiness is internal and yo stop chasing it from external sources (I find so many of us do this and external sources can change daily and a lot of the time we can't control that, but we can control ourselves) With that, I wish for you that as we head in to Christmas and 2022 that if you need help that you reach out and take the hard path to find the internal happiness you deserve. The investment financially and hard work is more than worth it 🙏 Follow PSV here Instagram- Power & strength (@power_strength_vulnerability) • Instagram photos and videos Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/powerstrengthvulnerability To support the podcast please purchase a journal from here https://powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au/product/journal/

In this Podcast Shane chats to Zerina about the creation RadiateZ. Zerina is a woman who has found a purpose and passion for helping others through her own life experiences. In this podcast we chat about how RadiateZ can help wellness seekers and wellness providers. It's a one stop shop for health. Zerina touches on her experience in life and how that helped drive this amazing service to become a reality. The service is already helping many people RadiateZ Objective: RadiateZ is an all-inclusive place encouraging you to reach out, connect, explore, and elevate your wellness. An informative, helpful, and useful space that is beneficial to all. To help you 'unstuck' yourself, find your 80/20 balance, and zest for life. Through sharing a combination of ancient and modern health and wellness techniques. We understand that there is no one size fits all to your wellness journey, so we encourage you to choose what feels good and works for you! We believe that reducing and eliminating toxic and chemical exposure (wherever and however possible), is detrimental to our quality of life. With a realistic approach, and our passion for natural wellness, we aim to inspire and empower you to take action, and control of your own life! What Sets RadiateZ Apart: We work closely with small businesses and clients to deliver targeted results for diverse health and wellness challenges & de - stigmatise them. It's quality over quantity for us, hence why the Businesses we work with and endorse are carefully hand-picked, tried and tested to ensure you only get the best of the best! Basically, our goal is to connect you with the best quality practitioners, places, and natural products. To ensure great experience. Compromise is good, and everything in moderation, but one thing we don't want you to compromise on is your health. https://www.radiatez.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/RadiateZ RadiateZ - Live Happy (@radiatez_) • Instagram photos and videos If you'd like to support this podcast please check out the website (Health and Well-Being Journal coming in December) https://powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au/ Power & strength (@power_strength_vulnerability) • Instagram photos and videos If any of this is triggering for you, please contact lifeline on 13 11 14 or call 000 for emergencies

In this chat we dive deeper in to Diana's pregnancy and premature birth of her twin girls. This chat is one that you'll want to listen too as we speak about the challenges associated with the birth of identical twins, the fact that Diana never really got attached to the girls in fear that she would lose one or both of them. Feel free to share this podcast, review and subscribe so this story can help others reach out from their silent suffering. Diana is a mobile personal trainer and running coach- Diana Nicholls (@dnpt_running) • Instagram photos and videos Diana also wrote of her mental health journey and pregnancy to premmie twins Diana Nicholls (@30weeks1day) • Instagram photos and videos More on endometriosis EndometriosisAustralia (@endometriosisaustralia) • Instagram photos and videos If you'd like to support this podcast please check out the website (Health and Well-Being Journal coming in December) https://powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au/ Power & strength (@power_strength_vulnerability) • Instagram photos and videos If any of this is triggering for you, please contact lifeline on 13 11 14 or call 000 for emergencies

Diana Nicholls is an inspiring woman.... Diana epitomises what these podcast is about with her strength, her power and her vulnerability. All of those things have allowed her to work through some of her toughest battles. Working through those tough battles Diana has opened herself up to help others in so many ways. In Part #1 we talk about the pain that is suffered when a woman has endometriosis and what endometriosis is. We also delve in to Diana's anxiety, chatting about medication and how she finds her happy place. While Part #2 is more focused on the birth of her twins at 30weeks and 3 days after a complicated pregnancy we tough on that as well. Feel free to share this podcast, review and subscribe so this story can help others reach out from their silent suffering. Diana is a mobile personal trainer and running coach- Diana Nicholls (@dnpt_running) • Instagram photos and videos Diana also wrote of her mental health journey and pregnancy to premmie twins Diana Nicholls (@30weeks1day) • Instagram photos and videos More on endometriosis EndometriosisAustralia (@endometriosisaustralia) • Instagram photos and videos If you'd like to support this podcast please check out the website (Health and Well-Being Journal coming in December) https://powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au/ Power & strength (@power_strength_vulnerability) • Instagram photos and videos If any of this is triggering for you, please contact lifeline on 13 11 14 or call 000 for emergencies

Dylan is passionate about helping people having gone through his own rock bottom and finding his way out to a healthier and happier life. After a relationship ended Dylan found himself living the life he truly didn't want to live. A life which was slowly slipping away with excessive drinking, no exercise and no worth Dylan found himself depressed. Dylan reached out and got help and we talk about how his life has changed forever. We chat about: •the breakdown •the rebuild •how to help teenagers •watching the Sydney Swans daily with his dad being coach of the team •his dip in to depression during lockdown •his parents influence. Dylans mum, Tami is is one of Australia's leading wellness consultants and Dylan's dad, Paul is a retired AFL Hall of Fame player and Premiership Coach) •the Prince to King Mentorship program for young men aged 14+ •the MoMENtum Lifestyle Project for 30-40 year old men •plus much more Through change Dylan found a passion for helping young men who he mentors through his 'Prince To King Mentorship Program' . His greatest passion is helping young men fulfill their potential. Empowering independent young men to find their power, passion and purpose by transforming them from Princes to King's. Dylan is dedicated to helping young boys grow into young men whilst also debunking myths surrounding masculinity. This is a great program and more details can be found here: https://dylanrooscoaching.com/pages/prince-to-king-mentorship-program Dylan also runs specialised programs, working with men in the ever changing landscape surrounding what it is to be masculine; "it is important to not forget what true, healthy masculine behaviour looks like". This is what the 'MoMENtum Lifestyle Project' is all about for those who want to know more: https://themomentumlifestyle.com.au/pages/10-week-mens-mentorship Using his own journey and past experiences Dylan will guise you on your own journey, coming from a place of compassion and respect, and not from a place of superiority or judgement. A certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and Master NLP Practitioner Dylan Roos has lived his entire life surrounded by elite athletes within the Australian sporting world. Using his knowledge he has accumulated, along with his passion for helping other, Dylan, is a dedicated Masculinity Coach. Dylan's Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dylan.roos/ If you would like to support this podcast here are some ways how: •subscribe •share on your socials (tag away) •share with your friends •jump on the website www.powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au

Nick's story... "Where to begin?! I guess the best place to start would be to explain a bit about where I've come from. I am what's considered to be a "lived experience" practitioner, meaning instead of taking the conventional scholastic route to becoming a psychotherapist, I went to the "school of life" and my initial teachers were my mistakes. I was medically discharged from the Armoured Corp in the Australian Army in 2002 with a permanent knee injury along with anxiety and depression. I had been training hard because East Timor was just kicking off and as a recon soldier based in Darwin, we were going to be first cabs off the rank to go and calm things down a bit. That's when my knee blew out, and it all started spiralling downhill from there. The operation I had was not successful, meaning the rehabilitation I did had no real effect. I was on crutches and in a knee brace for 3 months, then on restricted duties until I discharged. " In this podcast we only touched briefly on his time in the army and the trauma around his childhood. This podcast was all about how as Nick can help people who have mental health issues or mental illness. In the chat there is a huge amount of information which you can take away and put in to practice. We chatted about the most effective way to help the kids of today. If you want to support this podcast, please subscribe, share, review or like. Merch available- Shop | Power, Strength & Vulnerability (powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au) MyndFit- MyndFit

Jacks story isn't what people would usually talk about but these are the conversations we need to aim to have with our mates week to week to help each other. Jacks first experience with mental illness was when he got a goodbye message from a friend at 18 years of age who was about take his own life. Jack and mates just ran trying to find their friend. Jack found his good friend and held him and told him he loved him. Along with other friends- they saved their friend from taking his own life. Jack hasn't suffered a mental illness but is a human who has experienced the range of emotions which include anxiety and depression. Jack opens up on things he never has before. Thoughts of driving his car off the road and reckless gambling. Jack has been touched by a friend who died by suicide and this is a huge driving factor for him to speak up, raise awareness and funds for mental health charities. In 2021 Jack ran 100km with friend Paul Pratt to raise over $10,000 for MindfullAus If you'd like to help and donate, please follow the link - Jack Symes • Mindfull Aus (raisely.com) https://www.mindfullaus.org/ Anyone follow up questions can be sent to [email protected] Please follow our Instagram https://instagram.com/power_strength_vulnerability?utm_medium=copy_link If you want to help support the growth of this podcast, please like, share, review as we continue to share stories to help other people. Clothing is also available to support mental health awareness and it just may allow someone to open up a conversation to save a life 🙏 https://powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au/shop-3/ If this has triggered you in anyway please call lifeline on 13 11 14 or call 000

At between 1:00am and 2:00am Madi got the call from her Nanna to say that her mum has passed away at age 47 after an extensive battle with Huntington's disease. Madi was a 19 year old who had spent much of her teenage years watching her mums physical and mental health deteriorate. While most teenagers were just being teenagers Madi was forced to grow up really quickly taking on the role of carer for some of those teenage years. Huntington's is a cruel degenerative disease which has no cure and only management plans. As a child of someone who has Huntington's you're a 50/50 chance to get it. In this podcast we chat about: •the Huntington's disease •The symptoms •The mental toll •Being forced to grow up •Grief and loss •Whether Madi had the geneThis was a real and raw conversation about the death of a loved one. In Maddi's words "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with you, my story. I have always hoped that my past experiences can help someone else's future. I would love to speak and normalise so many common occurrences with grief and mental health. Something that I so badly needed to hear when I was experiencing it myself." Absolutely inspirational to share this and I know this will help nay in the future. If you want to learn more about Huntington's follow this link https://huntingtonsvic.org.au/ Anyone follow up questions can be sent to [email protected] Please follow our Instagram https://instagram.com/power_strength_vulnerability?utm_medium=copy_link If you want to help support the growth of this podcast, please like, share, review as we continue to share stories to help other people. Clothing is also available to support mental health awareness and it just may allow someone to open up a conversation to save a life 🙏 https://powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au/shop-3/ If this has triggered you in anyway please call lifeline on 13 11 14 or call 000

This story is extremely close to my heart... On April 17th this year, my son Ryder was born 10 weeks premature and we face 51 days in NICU and Special Care nursery. Only a month later a friend from school had her beautiful girl Ava at 26weeks and 6 days. As a parent you want to be able to help your child and the only thing I want to tell you before you listen is that Emily and partner Michael once Ava was born couldn't touch Ava for days, there was no initial hold and they barely got to even see their baby girl. Emily was familiar with the hospital they were at and heard the incoming helicopter which was there to pick up there daughter. Imagining something like this is difficult but it's real and it happens and Emily wants to help people be educated and aware that Neonatal Intensive Care Unit exists. At the time of recording Ava was in hospital for the 82nd day and has been fighting for life for most of it. While this is can be hard to listen to, it's real and Emily, Michael, myself and my wife want you to listen so you can help yourself or help someone else who may go through it. This is a book of a friend who had her twin girls 10 weeks early https://30weeks1day.myshopify.com/ Only 3% of births are before 32 weeks and they are very premature babies and need immediate care and it's a bloody long road. if you want to support this podcast please follow - https://www.instagram.com/power_strength_vulnerability/ or jump on the website and help keep the production of these inspiring stories going by sponsorship or buying some merch. https://powerstrengthvulnerability.com.au/podcast/ For immediate help, please call lifeline on 13 11 14 or for any emergency 000 Other help lines Mental Health Support Lines beyondblue 1300 224 636 Suicide Call Back Service* 1300 659 467 Men's Line Australia* 1300 789 978 PANDA (perinatal anxiety and depression), Monday to Friday 9am to 7.30pm AEST)* 1300 726 306