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TW: sexual abuse

What happens when the people, places, and systems meant to keep you safe don’t? And how do you rebuild trust when it’s been broken early?

In this episode, Mish shares her story of growing up without a stable sense of home or belonging, navigating a complex and challenging childhood, and carrying more than most kids should. It’s a conversation about what those experiences shape in you, and the long road back to feeling safe, connected, and able to trust again.

In this episode she shares:

- How she grew up moving constantly and never felt like she belonged anywhere

- Living in a dysfunctional home and absorbing the emotions of the adults around her

- Being highly empathetic as a child and trying to fix other people’s problems

- Navigating life as a child of a deaf adult without understanding her own needs

- Moving out of home at just 14 and becoming independent very early

- How she experienced sexual abuse twice and the long-term impact it had on her life

- The horrible resolution when she took her case to court

- How she was living with severe anxiety and panic attacks for nearly 20 years

- Why she became completely closed off and unable to let people into her world

- How she hit breaking point with chronic illness and being bedridden for years

- How she rebuilt her life through meditation, movement, and nervous system work

Key Quotes

“All I ever felt and saw and witnessed and experienced was the effects of abuse or abuse directly.”

“What I now see as challenges that I had, I thought they were normal at the time.”

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Resilience is a big theme of this podcast, so this week we are doing things a bit differently and inviting on an expert in resilience.

Lyn Worsley is a Clinical Psychologist, former Nurse and Teacher, and Director of The Resilience Centre in Sydney. For over 26 years, she has led innovative therapy, research, training, as well as group programs and community seminars that have shaped solution-focused and client-centred therapies. Lyn is the creator of The Resilience Doughnut, an internationally recognised, evidence-based framework for building resilience in individuals, families, schools, and organisations. Her work spans specialised clinics for youth and adults, professional training, and organisational consulting—always with a focus on practical strategies that help people and communities to fully thrive. Lyn holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology, with research on the social determinants of mental health, and is known for her engaging, down-to-earth teaching style.

In this episode she shares:

- The definition of resilience

- Can resilience be learned

- What resilience is vs grit

- The tipping point of good stress vs bad stress

- Individual vs community resilience

- Where nervous system comes into play

- The resilience donut model

Key Quotes

“If we want to build resilience in our communities, we have to change.”

More about Lyn

Follow Lyn and the resilience centre online on Facebook, Linkedin and Instagram.

And you can follow the Resilience Donut on Facebook, Linkedin and Instagram.

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Billy was once the guy everyone knew as the happy-go-lucky, always-up-for-anything friend, but beneath that surface he was quietly navigating a growing sense of overwhelm that would eventually reshape his life. From the early days of university, where depression first took hold, through years of uncertainty, physical symptoms, and a diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder, Billy’s story is one of resilience in the face of something largely invisible and deeply misunderstood. This episode is about what it was like to live with a condition that blurs the line between mental and physical health, and how he continues to move forward, even when his body won’t always let him.

In this episode he shares:

• When his struggles first started
• His experience dealing with the drought
• What FND is
• His experience being in and out of hospital
• Being on suicide watch
• What he wishes he knew earlier

Key Quotes

“When I told people they couldn’t believe it, because they just didn’t see me as that person.”

“Everyone was coming up wanting to help, but I couldn’t tell them what to do or what was wrong.”

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If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:

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