Finding where you belong

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Connecting Seniors

A Life of Empathy, Action and Fundraising for Community with Margaret-Anne Hayes

A woman shaped by childhood fear chose a lifetime of caring for strangers, then channelled her son's death into saving other mothers' sons.

From There To Here

From Burundi to Australia: Christian Nduwimana's Journey of Hope

After surviving civil war, political persecution, and three years in a Ugandan refugee camp, Christian Nduwimana arrived in Australia with nothing but his life — and rebuilt himself into a nursing student with his sights set on medicine.

Kintsugi Heroes

The Intersection of Pain and Power: How OCD Led Jetha Devapura to Purpose

An engineer who hid OCD for 25 years discovers that self-worth, not mental health labels, is what keeps people from drowning.

Kintsugi Heroes

Fighting Loneliness and Separation with The Chatty Cafe with Glenys Reid | Kintsugi Heroes

Glenys Reid noticed lonely people in cafes and built a national network that treats connection as vital infrastructure.

Connecting Seniors

Finishing Well: From Corporate Success to Giving Back

At 70, Ian Westmoreland left corporate success behind to build spaces where ordinary Australians' stories are heard with dignity.

Animals & Us

The Donkey Whisperer: How a Media Executive Found Joy in an Unexpected Place

Ron King left a $506 million media portfolio at 51 to discover that joy and enjoyment are not the same thing.

Kintsugi Heroes

From Hiding to Helping: Matthew Tulle's Path Through Addiction to Peer Work

Matthew Tulle traded hiding his identity for drugs, then discovered his lived experience of addiction and recovery was his greatest professional asset.

Kintsugi Heroes

Karen Humphries' Unique Journey Through Chronic Illness

Facing Stage 4 cancer and a rare connective tissue disorder that nearly killed her twice, Karen Humphries chose faith over fear and transformed her lifelong suffering into a powerful platform for patient advocacy and community.

Kintsugi Heroes

Rethinking Suicide Prevention with Hayley Purdon

A PhD researcher who once hid a suicide attempt as a headache is now dismantling the systems that made her too afraid to tell the truth.

Connecting Seniors

Using sport, meditation & community to move from trauma to joy with Greg Boerma

After surviving a plane crash, losing a daughter to stillbirth, and years of chronic pain, Greg Boerma discovered that joy is not something you choose — it's something you become.

Animals & Us

Farming with respect for animals and land with Dr Nan Bray • Animals & Us E12

A marine physicist who chose sheep farming learned that reducing stocking rates solves animal welfare and land regeneration at once.

Kintsugi Heroes

Finding Strength After Setbacks with Mark Berridge

After a devastating cycling accident crushed two vertebrae and nearly stole his ability to walk, former Rio Tinto executive Mark Berridge discovered that becoming a fraction stronger — one small, deliberate step at a time — was the only path back to himself, and ultimately to a richer, more human life than the one he had before.

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