The Bend Like Bamboo Blog.
Welcome to The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show
We discover that our greatest challenges often become our greatest strengths.
Each month, I sit down with remarkable leaders who've transformed adversity into triumph, sharing their inspiring journeys of resilience and renewal. Together, we explore the mindset shifts, practical strategies, and breakthrough moments that turned their setbacks into comebacks.
What you'll discover:
Real stories of people who've learned to bend without breaking, actionable tools to transform stress into strength, and evidence that when we change our story, we change what's possible for our health, relationships, and future.
Like bamboo, we're designed to be flexible.
When we embrace this truth, we don't just survive life's storms - we use them to grow stronger, wiser, and more resilient than ever before.
Join me as we explore how flexibility builds unshakeable resilience.
Why The Elements Kit Is Helping CEOs Make Better Decisions Under Pressure
One of the missing ingredients in resilience is creativity. But we can’t create authentically if we’re stuck in the exhausting shadows of who we think we should be. That’s where archetypes come in. From this place, creativity flows naturally. Archetypes help us reconnect with our authentic self, release the exhausting shadows, and create a life that truly reflects our soul. 🌿
What It Really Means to Bounce Back Wholeheartedly
Resilience isn’t about snapping back. It’s about coming back whole.
When life knocks us down—through illness, stress, or heartbreak—we often aim to “bounce back.”
If a part of us remains fractured or depleted, we haven’t fully returned.
This is the heart of Bend Like Bamboo: to rise again in wholeness, not just survival.
How to Swing the Pendulum from Fear to Faith
Have you ever felt caught in the swing between fear and faith?One voice whispers “You’re not ready” or “You’re not good enough.”
That’s fear. It shrinks us. It stalls growth.Each time you choose belief over doubt, you build strength. At Bend Like Bamboo, we help you practice this shift.
Optimising our energy to rebuild our bodies from autoimmune diseases
Healing from autoimmune disease is like restoring a home after a storm.
As Dr. Terry Wahls explains, true healing is a two-phase journey— and it’s one that has stayed with me.
How we bounce back mirrors how we heal from stress, trauma, or burnout, too. First we let go. Then we reconstruct.
At Bend Like Bamboo, we help you find the resilience to bend through life’s storms—and the strength to rebuild stronger.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Asha Robinson founder of State of Grace Collective featuring the Harmonig Egg Experience Ep 52
Despite having what many would consider a perfect life, Asha found herself grappling with an inexplicable emptiness. Through discovering Reiki, Magnified Healing, and various energy-healing modalities, Asha not only found her way back to balance but discovered her true calling.
Asha Robinson’s life changed forever when she embraced energy healing, creating the State of Grace Collective and becoming Australia’s trailblazer for the Harmonic Egg.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: David Goldsmith, Thought Leader, Speaker, Coach Ep 50
In this powerful episode, executive coach David Goldsmith reveals why coaching has become essential for CEOs and top leaders in 2024. With decades of experience coaching global executives, David shares profound insights into leadership development, business growth, and personal transformation.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Paula Day, Business Coach for Beauty Owners Ep 44.
In this raw and powerful episode, Paula Day shares her journey of resilience after losing her business, her marriage, and the life she once knew. From moving back in with her parents to redefining her purpose, Paula reflects on the lessons she learned while navigating heartbreak and rebuilding her life from scratch.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Niti Nadarajah, gender and racial equity advocate, coach and mentor Ep 43.
Niti Nadarajah is a coach, freelance general counsel and DEI consultant and keynote speaker based in Melbourne with a passion for authentic and inclusive leadership.
She advocates for a range of issues including gender and racial equity, and through her business, Coaching by Niti, helps to empower women who are feeling stuck in their careers to get unstuck by connecting them to their inner compass.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Matt Rowe founder, of Identity of Health, Ep 42.
Matt Rowe, author of Belief to Heal, healed his own paralyzed leg to finish an Ironman triathlon. Now a Certified Health Coach, TEDx speaker, and founder of Identity of Health. Now, he is the founder of Identity of Health wellness coaching, founder of the Symptom Free MS Summit and Symposium and hosts the Identity of Health podcast.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Casey Stevens, Spiritual Psychologist, integrative Psychology, Ep 40.
Beyond intuition and healing abilities, Casey Stevens feel the client’s unique energy patterns and adapt with tools and techniques to support optimal organisation for the precise needs of each soul.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Tobie Puttock, celebrity chef, and founder of Made by Tobie, Ep 39.
Tobie Puttock shares a passion for mine to make sustainable, ethical, and nutrient-dense foods more accessible to eat. His resume is extraordinary and he has accomplished so much as a chef and entrepreneur.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Jeff Teale, Founder of Hex Talent and Hex Comm Ep 34.
Jeff specialises in connecting and engaging talented career-minded professionals across Australia. His vision is to nourish his talent while offering better opportunities for corporates, which is how his second company Hex comm was birthed. Learn more about Jeff’s amazing story of recovery here.
The Bend Like Bamboo Podcast: How a flexible mindset can help you to overcome stress, uncertainty, and change Ep 32.
Today, I want to explore the topic of resilience and how to manage change. In the world and within ourselves, we are all experiencing a lot of change right now. How can we find that deep anchor and resilience within ourselves to feel happy and healthy as we navigate change?
It's not an easy task, but we all must go through this, so we might as well have fun along the way. In this podcast we will explore resilience, stress, and how to manage change with the power of flexibility. I will share my story of how I learned the art of bending like bamboo, and you will learn my resilience formula that will help you to destress, manage change and see your situation with fresh eyes.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Featuring Terri Vinson, founder of Synergie Skin.
Terri Vinson is an Australian skin scientist, cosmetic chemist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker and author. She is dedicated to helping people feel empowered, informed and confident when it comes to their skincare choices through multilevel education and by creating her cosmeceutical skincare range, Synergie Skin.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Featuring Laura Bennetto founder of Sea Studio.
Pilates instructor and sea studio founder Laura Bennetto has a background in psychology and social work with extensive experience working in the field of mental and sexual health, addiction and disability. It is through this lens that she has created a studio where the mind and body come together.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Featuring Mark Truelson, Speaker and disruption specialist.
Mark Truelson is not your everyday speaker. He leads from the heart and brings love and emotion to the normally sterile world of Corporate Australia.
He provides the tools to employees that can ignite the passion and overcome dormancy in the workplace - the very dormancy that fuels doubt, dismay, and even personal crisis.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Featuring Donna Campisi, Author, Speaker and stroke survivor.
Donna Campisi is a passionate woman, inspiring people around the world to turn their dreams into reality by hosting a podcast called Ready! Set! Goal! She is a Keynote Speaker, Author, Coach, Mentor and Adventurer.
Donna inspired many people with her stroke to marathon challenge; from only being able to run 30 tentative steps in 2012 (after a childhood stroke and diabetes) to completing her marathon goal in 2013, while encouraging many along the way that there’s no such thing as can’t… AND raising funds for the RCH Foundation.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Featuring Phil Hadfield founder of A Chronic Comeback Podcast.
For the last 10 years, Phil has been navigating the complex journey of chronic health and all of the mental challenges that come with it.
Despite not having recovered, he believes he is closer than he's ever been and although Phil still faces extreme physical symptoms on a daily basis, he is mentally, much stronger, and resilient as a result of what he has had to go through.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Featuring Linda Whitehead, GM of Jay Jay's, Founder of Three Little Moons Yoga and Yoga for Bro's.
For the past 25+ years, Linda has been very focused on moving her way up the corporate ladder in retail buying and General Management roles. Her current role is the Group General Manager of the Jay Jays brand. She juggles the role of retail executive with being Mum to 3 kids under 15 and running a yoga business in both Australia and Bali.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Featuring Pia Kirkwood, Parliamentary Advisor and Disability Advocate.
From a young age, Pia has had a keen interest in the Victorian Parliamentary process, in particular how the legislation came to be developed, the workings of government to parliament, and Question Time. Pia has since achieved the role of parliamentary adviser.