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Stories that Stir

Stories That Stir

Stories that Stir delivers raw and personal stories relating to specific themes, as told by incredible humans from all walks of life. The stories are recorded live in front of an audience at the monthly Sydney based ‘Stories that Stir’ event, which was created to break down barriers, stir conversation and inspire positive change.

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00:13:28

Knock Knock - Shiv Bhardwaj

Stories that Stir ·

2026/04/09

Host application form: ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠Speaker application form: ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/After moving to Australia, Shiv took his first job in door-to-door sales. He knocked on more than 8,000 doors and was rejected at nearly all of them. He has heard every kind of ‘no’ imaginable – polite, awkward, aggressive, even the kind where people

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00:12:38

FREEFALL – Andrew Feneley

Stories that Stir ·

2026/03/26

Host application form: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/It’s 8.15am on an ordinary Saturday morning in August 2017.Andrew had just arrived at his retail business, put his lunch in the fridge and said hello to one of his staff.His mobile rang, it was

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00:10:34

LOVE STORY – Megan North

Stories that Stir ·

2026/03/12

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/Megan married her first husband at 18 and by age 36 they realised they were better off as friends than life partners.Within two years Megan's parents passed away and as part of her grieving

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00:21:16

Mum of 14 – Toby Leider

Stories that Stir ·

2026/02/26

Host application form: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: ⁠https://www.storiesthatstir.com/events⁠Website: ⁠https://www.storiesthatstir.com/At age 20, Toby met her husband, who qualified her five dealbreakers which included a very large family. Her dream was shattered she was told by the doctor that due to medical

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00:13:19

TRUST ME? – Michael Fleck

Stories that Stir ·

2026/02/12

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/A steamy August morning, Beijing 2008, a simple phone call-and in a heartbeat, two years planning and hundreds of thousands of dollars vanished as an Olympic broadcast venture collapsed taking with it

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00:10:45

SPLIT HAPPENS – Naomi Cao

Stories that Stir ·

2026/01/29

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/After 17 years married, Naomi’s husband announced, "I think we should separate." What followed was emotional turmoil and then the legal letters flooded in. Everyone advised her to "get

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00:13:01

STRANGE TRUST – Suzanne Rosa

Stories that Stir ·

2026/01/15

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/Teenage homelessness taught Suzanne that trust isn’t about who you know - it’s about who you’re willing to trust. Strangers surprised her with kindness, proving that sometimes, the world’s most reliable

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00:12:50

LEGACY – Sugira Rubasha

Stories that Stir ·

2025/12/18

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/From chasing a childhood dream of football to building an award-winning storytelling business, Sugira’s journey is a powerful reflection on identity, risk, and trust. Raised by parents who never clipped his wings,

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00:11:50

Adventurous Life – Tommy Hawthorne

Stories that Stir ·

2025/12/04

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/When adventure driven Tom finally woke up after weeks in the ICU after driving his sister’s hatch back car into a land cruiser at high speed, his first words were, “I’m really discombobulated.” His medical prognosis was

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00:14:34

Surprise - Kate Pigram

Stories that Stir ·

2025/11/20

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/Preparing for Christmas, as she would any other year, Kate was busy ‘herding cats’ as they say. Just imagine trying to get clarity on when your 6 kids would be arriving home, how long they would be staying and who was

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00:15:15

BORN FOR MORE - Dr. Nina Shine

Stories that Stir ·

2025/10/30

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/Nina was the gold-medal good girl , the perfect woman on paper: psychologist, mother, wife, PhD. But beneath the surface, something was starving. In her story she cracks open the conditioning that kept her small and the shame

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00:12:03

Soul in a digital world - Adam Axford

Stories that Stir ·

2025/10/16

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/In attempt to make sense of a rapidly transforming world, Adam dives into some remedies that may be our only salvation.

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00:11:07

POSSIBILITIES – Veena Sashikumar

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2025/10/02

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/Veena was told eleven years ago her 14-month old daughter would never walk, talk, or live beyond a vegetative state. Today, that same girl is a joyful chatterbox and performer. Fueled by love and resilience, Veena defied the odds and

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00:08:34

I LOVE YOU – Paul Gordon

Stories that Stir ·

2025/09/18

Host application form:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/For many people, truly expressing emotion is a mountain too hard to climb – and not overcoming this challenge can lead to a life of deep and painful regret as Paul nearly found out. Paul’s story starts with one phone call that empowered

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00:12:00

EMPOWERED RISING – Christine Wan

Stories that Stir ·

2025/09/04

Host application form:⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/Christine arrived in Australia as a two-year-old refugee from Vietnam and grew into a quietly powerful force for change. A bestselling author and founder of multiple ventures, she now empowers women—especially those from overlooked

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00:13:30

TOO… Madeleine Jaine Lobsey

Stories that Stir ·

2025/08/21

Host application form:⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/Madeleine Jaine Lobsey tells a story of being called too loud, too intense, too everything, until she stopped being herself. After decades of success AND self-suppression, an autism and ADHD diagnosis at 48 helped her return to who she was at

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00:16:10

John Breda - The Shepherd

Stories that Stir ·

2025/08/07

Host application form: ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠Speaker application form: ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/John Breda dedicated 25 years to the New South Wales Police Force. One Australia Day, he was attacked with a knife while apprehending a child sex offender. John lay on the ground severely injured and struggling for survival. The immediate intervention

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00:16:14

Andy Leonard - Making Families

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2025/07/24

Host application form: ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠Speaker application form: ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/For ten years, Andy Leonard held onto hope. A sudden cardiac arrest changed everything, leading him to a path he never expected. Surrogacy brought moments of promise—thenheartbreak. A clinic closed by a coup, a few devastating losses, and trials

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00:16:25

Lisa Blair - Through the Storm

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2025/07/10

Host application form:⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠⁠Speaker application form:⁠ ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/After finishing her first circumnavigation around the world on a sail boat, Lisa went on to set 8 world records in solo ocean sailing. She shares her experiences facing down 15 meter waves, sailing through cyclonic size storms and a catastrophic

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00:16:36

Petra Williams - Poisonous Holy Water

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2025/06/26

Host application form: ⁠https://forms.gle/eGNUbdpR72EnrtkX6⁠Speaker application form: ⁠https://forms.gle/9fpJTcsf1Fz9cFC29⁠Social media handles: @storiesthatstirEvent links: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/eventsWebsite: https://www.storiesthatstir.com/On a 3-month solo adventure through India, Petra found herself at a Hindu Temple among worshippers who stared silently at two small gold-plated doors. Clutching their prayer notes, the anticipation grew as the drumming exploded into a deafening roar

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