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Adversity to Advantage

Petra Velzeboer

Petra Velzeboer was raised in a religious cult with no education that erased her identity and future. Through depression, anxiety, alcohol dependence and suicidal thoughts she reached her rock bottom by age 25. Today her goal is to help others who are near their rock bottom to learn the fast track for improving their lives! Join Petra as she interviews people from all walks of life about their journey to discovering that their superpowers are nurtured in their pain and their success is crafted

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25: The Paper Cuts that Build Unhappiness - with Dea...

Adversity to Advantage ·

2018/04/02

From corporate life to actress and coach, Dea Fileva, knows first hand the pressures of conditioning on the path we take. Dea describes how our parents and society push us into a life that they want us to go in, not one that nurtures our dreams and 30 years in, every paper-cut of giving up on our dreams builds up until we numb the reality so that we don't have to face the hard road of changing things. Her rock bottom came when she realised her life was defined by boredom. Completely successful on

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24: Don't Bottle it Up with Mark Cook

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2018/03/26

This is the first time Mark Cook is telling his story on a public platform and what a privilege to hear his journey. With no father in his life, an alcoholic mother, losing his gran at 8 years old and figuring out his sexuality, he had a mental breakdown while on the M6 motorway which led him to resign from his job and begin his path to recovery. We discover how leading an inauthentic and double life due to shame has a negative impact on mental health and will eventually leak out. Mark's message

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23: I choose Life with Robin Coghlan

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2018/03/19

With 3 rock bottoms, including leaving home at 16, corporate burnout and leaving the perfect relationship, Robin and I go deep into what it takes to be fully alive. We talk about our fight or flight survival instincts impacting intimacy in relationships, how physical symptoms of burnout and stress are often pointing to not living a passionate life and how it's not about being happy or sad, it's about being fully ALIVE! I love this so much because it connects with the choices I've made, how amazing

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00:44:02

22: Grief and Depression - a practical guide to...

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2018/03/12

So Sam Allen lost her dad in December 2015 and this podcast is packed with practical ways to process grief and manage depression symptoms through creativity and connection. She experienced a happy childhood with her parents messy divorce prompting her first taste of adversity and subsequent depression. Her depression episodes are described as frightening, numb, detached and very physical and losing her father, her hero, was soul destroying. Her love of words and poetry crafted her journey to

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21: How losing a child built a zest for life with...

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2018/03/05

So excited to interview Adele Duncan, an amazing woman who mentored me a few years back when life was particularly challenging. She's the CEO of a gambling addiction organisation and has the most amazing work ethic I've ever seen. After having a son, they discovered their newborn daughter Paige had a genetic disorder that would sadly mean she would pass away at 2 1/2 when her brother was just 5. Join me as I interview Adele on the resilience that was built through an unimaginable time of doctor's

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20: Recycle your Pain into Power with Mike Cooper

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2018/02/26

At only 21, Mike C is the youngest person we've ever had on the podcast, but his wisdom is that of a much older man. After some comfortable younger years living in Germany while his step-father was in the army, it was a shock to his 11 year old system to move to inner city London with 3 siblings, parents and grandparents in a 2 bed flat. HIs behaviour at school declined and at 14 he was permanently excluded from mainstream education and sent to a behavioural unit or PRU. At 15 he was kicked out of

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19: How to be the Role Model you never had with...

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2018/02/19

What a privilege to interview the passionate Nelson Rodrigues, the founder of Father's Nation, who was determined to break the cycle of uninvolved fathers and teach other men to be the role model they never had growing up. Nelson believes that masculinity needs to adapt to suit new times and men who don't evolve can end up suicidal if they don't let their voice be heard and learn a new way of being. Growing up in a traditional household with lots of siblings and a father away working, he moved to

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00:54:29

18: Turn your Fear into Fierce with Brita Fernandez...

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2018/02/12

I first heard Brita speak a few years ago and was blown away by her passion and courage in speaking her truth. She was the quintessential example of fully being yourself on the frontline of humanity captured fully in her TEDx talk I had the great privilege of being in the same room as Brita as we talked through the story that got her where she is today as Director of Women for Women International an amazing organisation that supports women in countries affected by conflict, make meaningful change

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17: How Courage Is Built through one small Action a Day

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2018/01/29

'I learned early on that if I didn't push hard in any direction then I would never be disappointed...so I floated through life and just fell into things' Join me for my conversation with Chris Day as we explore the down side to staying safe. As soon as he attached importance to a task or career, he developed crippling anxiety and describes falling into jobs and relationships as a way of avoiding making any conscious decisions about the direction in his life, after all, if you weren't attached you

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00:47:09

16: From Drug Addiction to Counselling Addicts with...

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2018/01/22

'By the time I took my GCSEs I was so addicted to drugs that there was no chance I would get any grades' Ten years of drug use including stints in prison, homelessness and stuck in a cycle of the criminal justice system, Gary attended his first rehab in prison at 21. On probation at 27 he met a man who acted as a mentor and had been 6 years clean and sober. Wishing his whole life that he would have received mentoring instead of punitive punishment, Gary finally got the mentoring and guidance

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15: How Good Customer Service Changes Everything with...

Adversity to Advantage ·

2018/01/15

'The key to everything in life is your will and your imagination' What an adventure this episode is! A story that spans a childhood in LA with the crips, the bloods, getting robbed daily and struggling to fit in to survive. Moving to Israel alone at 17 and then backpacking through Guatemala, facing bandits head on, his biggest challenge was his business descending into $70,000 in debt with no obvious way out!

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14: Purpose, Codependency and what it means to be a Man

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2018/01/08

'Who am I without the stories from my mum and dad, the stories I tell myself about who I am' Phil Askew muses. Phil learned early on to take on the role of peacemaker in his house which carried on into his adult life as a rescuer in relationship with no space for any other emotions. His advice is, do the work to become your own parent so that when you're in relationship you can be side by side taking on the world as a team rather than playing a codependent rescuer and victim. An inspirational

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13: Your Moments of Fear Define You with Alex Rudnicka

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2018/01/01

'If you have a dream it is your responsibility to protect your dream and fight for it no matter what anyone else says' Have you ever thought of leaving that job, starting that business, investing in yourself but thought your circumstances made it impossible? If so, this is the podcast to get you started for 2018! You will be defined in your moments of fear. Your journey may not be confident strides into success, it may be the decisions you make while weeping alone on your bathroom floor. That's

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12: How to Be a Man with Simon Seligman

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2017/12/25

'It was a profound mistake to send me away to boarding school. I was 8 years old and I was homesick continuously until I was 15' Simon Seligman is a life coach with 25 years experience in the Arts & Communication industry. While this story couldn't be farther away from my own, the skills for getting through life's difficulties resonate with me profoundly! I don't know how it is that each interview seems to give me exactly what I need to get me through to the next level!

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11: How badly do you want it? - with Happiness...

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2017/12/18

Samantha Clarke is a happiness consultant, lecturer at The School of Life and runs an online Growth and Happiness school, to name just a few of her many achievements.She's also suffered from sickle cell anaemia since she was 5 years old. Her frequent stints in hospital led to an isolated childhood and her ambition and desire to do things on her own means she struggles asking for help when bouts of pain impact her ability to do the things she wants to do today. Our stories may be different but the

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00:48:01

10: Dynamic Leadership in Business & at Home with...

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2017/12/11

Mark Villareal is an Author, Speaker, Leadership & Strategic Planning Consultant with international best selling books 'Leadership Lessons from Mom' and 'Shortcuts get you lost'.What a privilege to listen to wisdom on business growth, leading with authenticity and heart and transferring lessons for life to both parenting and team building. We cover the benefit of confrontation, how building character is the most important thing we can teach our kids and asking yourself the question: Did you do

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00:53:01

9: From Domestic Violence to Domestic Bliss with...

Adversity to Advantage ·

2017/12/04

New Years is still a day Tania Brown hates due to the drinking starting early and an argument guaranteed to take place.

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8: From Bankruptcy to Success with Danielle Macleod

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2017/11/27

A childhood of eating disorders and not fitting in, Danielle then found love and ran a business which threatened her with bankruptcy after just 10 months. Having been head of HR at 26 she was now reduced to playing endless video games locked in the isolation of her shame. Join me as we uncover the tools she's cultivated to develop a mindset that saw her through depression, debt and into a life of fulfilment and purpose. Filled with practical insight on those very first steps to recovery (go

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00:48:22

7: How fully being yourself brings success &...

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2017/11/20

Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, he spent his whole life trying to fit into other people's rules of who he should be, being told he wasn't good enough, was stupid and would never amount to anything. Behind the extrovert, passionate exterior, lay a man drinking to numb the pain of depression and low self worth. Daniel finally decided to say fuck-it and just be who he was because the only other choice was ending his life as the torture of hiding away was just too much. Being himself has created a

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6: Amanda Devine on Burnout, Bereavement and Cancer

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2017/11/13

Life had been comfortable with little adversity showing up until Amanda Devine's father died. Using work as a weapon for coping she pushed herself through the pain until burnout forced her to stop. Not being able to articulate what help she needed and worried that friends would think she was mad, she couldn't admit how she felt as she was terrified that her whole 'superwoman' identity would disappear and she'd be left with nothing. Travelling to find herself, she returned to London only to find a

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