The Resilience Unravelled Podcast

We have been building resilience in organisations for a number of years but we know that so many more people could benefit from what we do.  That's why we decided to collect stories from ‘real’ people about their lives,  challenges and learning and turn them into podcasts. It has enabled us to share resilience thoughts and ideas from many specialists, provide a bigger picture of how building resilience can make a real difference and hopefully be helpful for people who may be facing similar challenges.

You can access our podcasts on iTunes and other platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Sticher and Gaana. Alternatively just listen on our site here!

Our latest podcast

Dr. Christy Gibson, is a respected physician, international speaker, and trauma clinician who combines cutting-edge brain biology theories, such as the polyvagal theory and epigenetics, with holistic approaches to offer personalized solutions. She is the author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit which empowers readers to understand how their bodies respond to stress and equips them with the tools to reshape their reflexes for post-traumatic growth. In this podcast:

  • Deep brain reorienting therapy for trauma processing.

  • The importance of social innovation, design change, and policy work in trauma healing and resilience building.

  • Creating curriculum and onboarding processes for standardising psychological safety in the work environment

Coming soon

Richard Perkins Hsung was born in China in 1966 and was one of the first teens to leave China legally after Mao’s Cultural Revolution. He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago and became a professor at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has spent ten years editing and completing Spring Flower by his mother, a three-volume memoir chronicling her life as an adopted child of American medical missionaries, survivor of China's brutal communist regime, ophthalmologist, immigrant, and mother.

Deevo Tindall is an entrepreneur, holistic branding strategist, and content creator who redefines brand narratives with innovation and authenticity. After a thriving corporate career spanning over 15 years, Deevo embarked on a journey to rewrite the rules of branding through his own entrepreneurial venture. Deevo’s holistic approach to branding is backed by an emphasis on self-awareness, authenticity, critical thinking and continuous learning as well as a desire to constantly question the established norms and processes in the corporate world and the roles of creativity and conformity in organisations and society.

Denise Schonwald, a registered nurse with over three decades of experience, seamlessly transitioned from critical care nursing to a distinguished career in mental health counselling. Witnessing families cope with the emotional toll of illness during her time in the healthcare field fuelled her passion for holistic healing and she advocates for a harmonious integration of mind and body.

Aaron Marcum has founded and scaled several multi-million dollar businesses. In 2015, he had reached financial success but was burned out and struggling to find sustainable happiness. From that point on, he decided to make drastic changes that have propelled his success, including finishing a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and studying under Dr. Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology.

2024 Podcasts

Jarie Bolander has written a raw, heartfelt tribute to his wife Jane and her handling of her illness to help men and the people who love them through the experience of loss and grief. A frank chronicle of how an intimate relationship can change and grow—even when the people involved feel there is nothing left to give - Ride or Die offers a detailed exploration of the male experience of grief, in the hopes that others suffering through it will not feel so alone. In this podcast:

  • Using resilience to get through challenging circumstances.

  • Learning to be comfortable with the unknown

  • Leaning into the discomfort and making decisions to move forward.

Dr Marie-Helene Pelletier is a bilingual practicing psychologist with over 20 years of experience in clinical psychology and advisory workplace psychology. Throughout her career in business management and psychology Marie-Helene has spearheaded a national dialogue on the crucial issues of leadership resilience and workplace health and can draw on her extensive background in corporate, insurance, governance and public sectors, national and international perspectives and expertise on mental health and resilience as a key pillar of overall health. In this podcast:

  • The need for customised approaches for resilience

  • Balancing individual resilience with organisational policies

  • Strategic approaches for optimising work performance and mental health.

Dr Eric Recker has worn a lot of hats. As a husband, father, dentist, elite success coach, pilot, speaker, author, mountain climber, and recovering triathlete, he has pushed his life to the limit and discovered that what he was searching for wasn’t at the top of the mountain. Today, in addition to running a thriving dental practice, Eric is committed to helping people learn to #WINtheNOW and discover the life they were meant to live. In this podcast:

  • Learning to live in the present moment to combat a false sense of urgency.

  • The importance of conscious reflection and finding wins in daily moments.

  • Setting aside time for planning and long-term goals, emphasising the value of time blocking.

Dr. Carla Fowler is an MD PhD and elite executive coach. Carla’s unique approach combines the latest research from performance science with timeless best practices to help top performers level up and achieve their goals. Over the past 10 years, she has distilled the key principles of performance into understandable concepts and a method that helps leaders incorporate these ideas into their day-to-day performance, helping them go faster and improve their results. In this podcast:

  • Building transferable capabilities.

  • Practicing purposeful thinking

  • The "brutal focus" approach to problem-solving by eliminating distractions and excess initiatives.

Stephen Rowley, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and has also worked as a college professor at three universities, teaching educational administration and organisational theory. He is also adopted and feels that the fundamental core experience of separation from a mother or primary caregiver leaves a deep psychic wound and, no matter how well they fare later in life, the powerful effects of this developmental trauma can last a lifetime. In this podcast:

  • The core experiences adoptees share

  • How separation can lead to developmental trauma

  • The importance of embracing the unknown and the idea that life is not just a single story but a collection of different themes

Ben Kirk is a highly sought-after productivity and high-performance expert, known for his direct approach to helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals. His mantra, "Do Better. Be Better. Win the Day," encapsulates his philosophy of self-discipline, consistency, and accountability. Ben's methods are designed to help you implement incremental changes that will exponentially grow your business. In this podcast:

  • The significance of resilience and learning from mistakes in the context of accountability.

  • The importance of continuous improvement and goal achievement and how it promotes learning and progress, even in the face of setbacks.

  • The importance of creating habits and routines, understanding triggers, and increasing clarity.

Dr. Bob Uslander, MD is co-founder and medical director of Empowered Endings and has practiced medicine for 35 years. As an Emergency Physician for 25 years, Bob witnessed the gaps in the healthcare system first-hand and, as a result, dedicated himself to palliative and hospice care to support patients and families through major health and life challenge - especially near the end of life.  In this podcast:

  • Why discomfort about end-of-life care, often leads to a reluctance to discuss it.

  • The challenges faced when there are disagreements between patients and their families.

  • The need for open conversations about death to reduce the stigma associated with it.

Dr. Jacqueline Heller is a physician with board certification in psychiatry and neurology and is a psychoanalyst. Her professional experience as a practicing clinician has allowed her extensive insight into the vast range of human experiences and in her book Yesterday Never Sleeps, she draws upon decades of clinical experience to weave together a powerful narrative that contains neuroscience, memoir of her life as a child of holocaust survivors, and patient histories involving a range of psychological ills and trauma. In this podcast:

  • The benefits of writing for memory consolidation and creating a cogent narrative.

  • How writing helps in self-reflection, identifying emotions, and developing connections to past experiences.

  • How reflective writing helps in understanding automatic mental constructs and patterns.

Antonio Garrido has a philosophy centered around the idea that wisdom comes from evaluated experience, not simply time served. Through intentional self-reflection, regular self-analysis, and increased self-awareness, he believes leaders can identify blindspots and unlock their full potential and future-proof themselves, their people, and their business. With over twenty-five years in senior leadership positions, Antonio has a wealth of experience that he blends with proven techniques to help elite leaders identify blind spots and reach their full potential. In this podcast:

  • The importance of journaling and how to start it.

  • How journaling helps with self-awareness, resilience, emotional intelligence, etc.

  • Journaling to help in setting goals and affirmations, beliefs, and commitments.

John R. Miles is a leading authority on intentional behaviour change, personal growth, and mattering. He is a keynote speaker, author, top-rated show host, and the founder and CEO of Passion Struck®. Recognised as one of the top thinkers in personal mastery and a Premier 100 Leader, his influence extends far and wide, he has over two decades of corporate and military leadership experience, and is a trusted advisor sought after by some of the world’s most prominent companies and visionary entrepreneurs. In this podcast:

  • Being intentional and setting life goals.

  • Adaptability in a changing world.

  • Intentionality in making deliberate choices and taking deliberate actions.

Jeffrey Hayzlett is a global business celebrity, speaker, best-selling author, and Chairman and CEO of C-Suite Network, home of the world’s most trusted network of C-Suite leaders. As a leading business expert, Hayzlett is a turnaround architect of the highest order, a maverick marketer and c-suite executive who delivers scalable campaigns, embraces traditional modes of customer engagement, and possesses a remarkable cachet of mentorship, corporate governance, and brand building. In this podcast:

  • The importance of capturing customer behaviour and input.

  • Finding opportunities in a crisis

  • Learning from past change

Don Cummins is a transformational coach and speaker. In 2011, while homeless, addicted, alone, and carrying the weight of having served over twenty years in prison for bank robberies, Don reached a level of suffering that he previously had not known. During this time, Don had a spiritual awakening that was the beginning of a miraculous life transformation. In the 13 years that followed, Don became a husband and father, a corporate software/IT director, a homeowner, a farmer and rancher, traveller and explorer, mountain biker and a giver of time and attention to others in need. In this podcast:

  • Why hitting rock bottom can be the turning point in making positive change.

  • Why you need support, insight, and self-awareness to make progress.

  • The challenges of re-entering society and finding a job after prison

Bill Carson is a visionary leader in mental health, wellbeing, and resilience, known for his work as an author, speaker, facilitator, and coach. He is dedicated to helping individuals and communities overcome mental health challenges and is highly sought-after in the field of mental health, resilience, and mindfulness. He has also volunteered over 650 hours as a Lifeline Volunteer Telephone Crisis Supporter and in this podcast he discusses the fulfilment he receives from helping others. In this podcast:

  • Cognitive repair and the importance of positive thinking.

  • How safe conversations can still be robust and professional.

  • The importance of creating a safe and healthy culture for conversations

Rachael Jayne Groover is the Founder and CEO of The Awakened School, a program that helps world-changers create their vision through cutting-edge educational experiences. In her teens Rachael Jayne was interested in psychology, spirituality, and human potential but at university changed direction and become a singer. She overcame stage-fright and fear of rejection to become an award-winning vocalist and songwriter before moving to the US to become a highly successful speaker, teacher, and author. In this podcast:

  • The process of enlightenment.

  • Being open to the moment

  • The benefits of receptivity

Dr Russell Thackeray answers some resilience-based questions that have been put to him recently by listeners. This is the first podcast Dr Thackeray has done in this format and today he covers a range of subjects including toxic resilience and how it relates to leadership, how toxic resilience can lead to burnout, different styles of leadership and the relationship between adaptability and resilience. In this podcast:

  • What toxic resilience is and its connection to toxic leadership.

  • The importance of adapting leadership style to fit individual needs and situations

  • The difference between resilience and adaptability and why adaptability is a subset of resilience.

Brian Smith, PhD, is founder and senior managing partner of IA Business Advisors, a management consulting firm that has worked with more than 19,000 CEOs, entrepreneurs, managers, and employees worldwide. Together with his daughter, Mary Griffin, they author the “I” in Team series, which shares how to become our best selves with everyone we influence. In this podcast:

  • Approaching leadership development in small and medium-sized organisations

  • Understanding and harnessing our influence in a positive way

  • Why accountability is important for setting expectations and promoting positive learning.