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Heart On My Sleeve

Heart On My Sleeve Movement

Heart On My Sleeve is where raw honesty meets real healing. This podcast shares unfiltered stories of lived experience – from the quiet battles to the loud breakthroughs. Each episode is a reminder that vulnerability isn’t weakness – it’s the first step toward connection. Whether you’re supporting someone or struggling yourself, this is a space for feeling seen, heard, and human.

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All Episodes

00:22:30

When the Truth Hits Harder Than the Pressure: A...

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2025/11/28

In this deeply honest conversation, we hear from senior executive James Copsey working at the highest levels of corporate affairs - a space known for its relentless pace, complexity, and high expectations.But beneath the external success was a personal struggle he could no longer keep quiet. He shares the moment he realised drinking had become a problem, the decision to stop, and how telling the truth about his mental health became a turning point - not just in his personal life, but in how he shows

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00:50:30

Shame, Seasons of Grief & Finding Magic After Loss...

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2025/11/14

In this Heart On My Sleeve episode, host Michaela Overman sits down with Paul Bennell, Manager of Fundraising & Relationships at children’s grief charity Feel the Magic. Paul shares what it was like losing his mum to suicide at age 10, being bullied for his loss, and growing up hiding both his grief and his queer identity.Together they explore “winter” as a season of grief, shame as a bodyguard and handbrake, and the coping strategies that look “high-functioning” on the outside but quietly erode

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00:56:53

Invisible but Heavy: Gaslighting, grit, and...

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2025/10/31

When pain is invisible, so is the understanding. In this raw and heartfelt conversation, Michaela Overman sits down with her best friend Emily. Emily’s pain didn’t show up on scans — until it did. One of just 20 people globally with both cyclical Cushing’s and acromegaly, she shares the years of “it’s all in your head,” the friendships stretched thin, the surgery that changed everything, and what healing really looks like after. This is a conversation about invisible illness, repair, and choosing

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00:41:59

Leading Without Losing Yourself: Vulnerability,...

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2025/10/24

Leadership is often measured by targets and strategy - but the real story is human. In this Heart On My Sleeve episode, KPMG Australia’s National Managing Partner for People & Inclusion Dorothy Hisgrove opens up about the moments that reshaped her leadership: grief, self-reflection, and the courage to prioritise both results and wellbeing. We explore the gendered expectations on women leaders, how psychological safety unlocks high performance, and why joy and connection are not perks but

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01:17:10

Reborn: PTSD, Healing & Motherhood with Ash Thomsen

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2025/09/26

Mitch sits down with lifelong friend Ash Thomsen for a raw, generous account of her son Bodhi’s birth - and the identity shift that followed. Ash shares how a gruelling 36-hour labour, medical complications, and postpartum anxiety/depression culminated in PTSD, and how she found her way back through support, medication, CBT, and especially EMDR - the trauma therapy that helped turn a terrifying event into a tolerable memory. They talk control vs surrender, the “rebirth” of the mother, partnership

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00:47:52

Order & Chaos: Designing a Life After Pain - with...

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2025/09/22

Interior designer Anna Carin joins host Michaela Overman for a tender, honest conversation about living with both beauty and pain at the same time. Raised on a Swedish farm and now three decades in Australia, Anna shares how a single incident of childhood sexual abuse (content note) shaped her relationship with shame, intimacy, control, and creativity —and how her lifelong “pursuit of beauty” became both refuge and expression. She opens up about therapy, hypnosis, her short film What Will Be, and

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00:37:24

The Quiet Kind of Grief: Nerissa Trinadade on...

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2025/09/05

In this deeply personal episode of Heart on My Sleeve, Luke Cook sits down with neuro-transformational coach and keynote speaker Narissa Trinadade to explore the heartbreak that doesn't come with a funeral but still requires mourning - separation and divorce from those we thought we'd be with forever.Both hosts share their parallel journeys through relationship breakdown, discussing the power of surrendering not as defeat, but as an invitation into possibility. Narissa opens up about hitting rock

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00:48:16

Love, Loss & Resilience: Adam Crouch MP on Grief,...

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2025/08/29

This week on the Heart on My Sleeve podcast, Mitch Wallis sits down with NSW MP Adam Crouch for a raw and deeply moving conversation about love, loss, and resilience. After losing his wife Jill—an oncology nurse who cared for others while bravely fighting her own battle with cancer—Adam shares the realities of grief, the weight of supporting a partner through terminal illness, and the importance of community, vulnerability, and honest conversations. With courage and authenticity, Adam shows us what

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00:53:34

Resilience, Loss, and Life Lessons from Baseball,...

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2025/08/22

In this episode, Michaela Overman sits down with Gavin Fingelson - former professional baseball player, father of two, and CEO of Feel the Magic. Gavin shares his journey of navigating deep personal loss from a young age, the lessons baseball taught him about failure and resilience, and how vulnerability and communication became his anchors. From growing up in South Africa to representing Australia on the world stage, Gavin reflects on grief, fatherhood, and why giving back is the legacy that

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00:39:32

Beyond the Diagnosis: Sarah Susak on Cancer,...

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2025/08/18

When lawyer and mum Sarah Susak was told she had a rare - and deadly - cancer just a year after the birth of her “miracle baby,” her world cracked. In this uncompromising conversation, she takes us through surgery, grief, and the path of spiritual rebirth that followed. Sarah shares how Vedic meditation, ancestral wisdom, and radical acceptance helped her heal more than her body - they healed her identity. This episode is a testament to the deep resilience we discover when life demands it of us -

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00:59:12

Living with 'Her': Zoe Marshall on OCD, Intrusive...

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2025/08/07

In one of our most raw and powerful episodes to date, I sit down with my dear friend Zoe Marshall - TV presenter, author, manifester, podcast host, and mental health advocate - for an unfiltered conversation about her journey through Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).Together, we peel back the layers of what it's really like to live with intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and the mental gymnastics of emetophobia (fear of vomit) - a condition Zoe mistook for decades as just anxiety or a phobia.We

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01:03:21

Dani Lombard: The Golden Girl Who Broke Then Rebuilt...

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2025/07/30

Dani Lombard - PR powerhouse, unapologetic truth-teller, and lifelong “friend collector” - joins psychologist and HOMS clinical director Michaela Overman for her first-ever podcast appearance. But this isn’t about publicity. It’s about pulling the curtain back.In this raw and revealing conversation, Dani shares the story she’s never told publicly - her decades-long journey with anxiety, panic attacks, and the shame she carried behind a high-functioning, always-laughing persona. From a life-changing

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00:46:29

From Masking to Meaning: Aisling Smith on Autism,...

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2025/07/22

What happens when the mask you've worn your whole life finally falls off?In this moving episode of The Heart On My Sleeve Podcast, host Lainie Cassidy sits down with Aisling Smith – internationally recognised neurodiversity consultant, Stevie Award winner, and Trainer of the Year – for a raw, vulnerable conversation about living, parenting, and thriving as a late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD woman.From growing up in rural Ireland under emotional suppression, to unknowingly masking for decades in

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00:52:01

From Rock Bottom to Rebirth: Tess Brouwer on Trauma,...

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2025/07/15

What happens when your body breaks... but it's your soul that needs healing?In this raw and powerful conversation, Tess Brouwer shares the story behind her life-altering spinal cord injury that forced her to stop running from pain, from grief, from herself. Tess, a mental fitness trainer and co-founder of Awake Academy, opens up about the unspoken traumas she buried for decades - from childhood instability to losing her teenage soulmate to suicide - and how her injury became a portal into

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00:39:41

Hope After Heartbreak: Ashleigh Conwell on Loss,...

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2025/07/09

At 17 weeks pregnant with triplets, Ashleigh Conwell’s life changed forever when her husband Matt passed away suddenly during the height of the pandemic. In this raw and profoundly moving conversation with host Luke Cook, Ashleigh opens up about the identity shift that followed, the brutal reality of solo parenting through grief, and the quiet resilience it takes to keep showing up.From collapsing on the pavement in shock to rising each day with intention, Ashleigh's story is not just one of

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00:32:44

Behind the Muscles: Jono Castano on Loneliness,...

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2025/06/26

If you’ve ever struggled to slow down, to feel proud, or to say “I’m enough,” this episode is a must-listen.We often see the hustle. The 3am alarms. The shredded physique. The front covers and product launches. But what we rarely see is the cost behind the curtain. In this raw and revealing episode, Heart On My Sleeve Clinical Director Michaela Overman sits down with celebrity trainer and gym owner Jono Castano to explore the emotional weight that success can carry.From growing up in a small

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00:09:10

Mitch Wallis - your fear of failure is impacting your...

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2024/03/08

In episode 56, Mitch Wallis is back with another short-solo and this time he's unpacking the fear of failure and how it might be negatively impacting our ability to connect with others.This episode covers: - What is failure and how does it impact us - Why it's holding you back from connecting - My personal experience with failure - How to re-define your meaning of failure - Embracing your humanness Stay connected: www.instagram.com/mitch.wallis

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00:13:33

Mitch Wallis: 8 Laws to Effective Boundaries

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2024/02/15

In episode 54, Mitch Wallis is back with a solo deep dive into the heavily opinionated world of boundaries.A psychology buzz word that has gained a lot of traction in the wellness world and news stories over the past few years - from Jonah Hall to The Holistic Psychologist - everybody has a strong take on what it means to keep themselves safe and sane. Have we gone too far in our boundary setting? Are we blurring them with rules and expectations? And are they the same in all relationships

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01:36:24

Psychiatrist Dr Tony Mastroianni: why we need to stop...

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2024/02/08

In episode 53, Mitch Wallis speaks to Dr Tony Mastroianni, a psychiatrist with over 30 years' experience in clinical practice. Tony specialises in the treatment of ADHD and schizophrenia, and is the founder of the Focalength Method™, a holistic approach to treatment that takes a 360 view of a person in order to help them get well, and stay well. This episode covers: Moving medicine away from diagnosis towards a holistic model of care Why we need to look outside of the mind when treating

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00:48:37

Maddy MacRae: on having 3 million followers and a...

Heart On My Sleeve ·

2024/02/02

In episode 52, Mitch Wallis speaks to Maddy MacRae, a comedy creator who exploded onto the scene during lockdown with her hilarious and relatable skits about sex, dating and everything in-between. We go deep and explore previously untouched topics such as her mental health journey, her sexuality and the reality of life online. This episode covers: rising quickly to online success but struggling internally her experience with therapy and navigating severe anxiety an obsessive concern that kept

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