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.
Living Well with Chronic Pain: Everyday Strategies.
Living Well with Chronic Pain: Everyday Strategies
Receiving a diagnosis of chronic pain can be overwhelming and life-changing. This condition affects various aspects of daily living, necessitating a strategic approach to management. For those newly diagnosed, understanding how to cope and manage chronic pain is crucial for maintaining a high quality of life. This article provides practical advice and strategies to help you navigate this new reality effectively.
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As a Mentor and keynote speaker, I help individuals overcome stress and burnout, uncovering blind spots to achieve their personal and professional goals.
I provide the tools and guidance to cultivate resilience, flexibility, and inner strength. It is my passion to help individuals to re-imagine possibility in their minds, bodies and lives.
My mission is to empower you to bend, adapt, and thrive in the face of life's challenges, just like bamboo.
Whether you're navigating career transitions, change at work, or striving for greater balance and well-being, I am here to support you at every step.
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The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Kerri Van Arsdale, Autoimmune Health Coach Ep 47
Through 7 years of health research exploring how inflammation affects our body’s systems, Kerri has transformed her life and the lives of others from illness into wellness.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Matt Rowe founder, of Identity of Health, Ep 46
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: Dr Terry Wahls, Clinical Professor of Medicine Ep 45.
Dr. Wahls went from being wheelchair-bound to riding an 18-mile bike marathon. She defied the odds and created "The Wahls Protocol," a revolutionary dietary program that helps MS patients reclaim their lives.
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: Allyson Brown, founder of Everheal, Ep 41.
After suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS) since 2005, Allyson was forced to resign from her corporate job due to debilitating fatigue and brain fog. However, Allyson’s life changed forever when she discovered the healing properties of food, which helped her overcome these symptoms and restore her quality of life.
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: Shane Boyd, resilience coach, and entrepreneur, Ep 38.
Shane Boyd has been a resilience coach and entrepreneur for 25 years, having built, bought, and sold numerous businesses in this time. He believes that resilience is the ability to have physical, mental, and spiritual resilience - which is our ability to switch from fear into faith, within ourselves, in the universe, and with others.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Tanya Lopez, Event strategist for entrepreneurs, Ep 37.
How do you create a vision for your future, instead of your past? As an event strategist and experience designer, Tanya Lopez weaves magic, connection, and beauty into the way we gather.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Marcel Lal, CEO APAC for InXpress Ep 36.
When we can pause and reflect, we can choose a new path that can seem scary at first, but these steps are critical in allowing us to become our fullest potential. Talking to Marcel, gave me clarity in understanding that as we get a bit wiser, we realise that sometimes when things don't go our way, it can actually be directing us towards a path that is right for us, and in a new direction that although unfamiliar, is in alignment with what we are ready for next.
The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Ihsan Tuncel, Functional CHEK Trainer, Holistic movement and lifestyle coach Ep 35.
In this interview, I chat with Ihsan about what causes stress, and together we discuss topics that are often not thought of or dismissed.
In this blog and podcast learn what could be causing you stress, and what you can do about it.
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 Resilience Show: Features Nicole Campbell Amanda’s twin, make-up artist, and tattooist Ep 33.
In this episode, Amanda and her twin sister Nicole talk about their experiences living with an autoimmune disease, from symptoms, diagnoses, treatment, and remission. This episode is an eye-opening insight into overcoming adversity, with an empowering message for everyone: Never give up on yourself.
In this podcast, Nicole opens up about her struggle with her anxiety and OCD disorder - a side effect of feeling out of control with an autoimmune disease.
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 Blake Collyer, professional golfer, and podcaster Ep 31.
When Blake didn’t make the men’s state team, he was shocked. He was sure he was in, and this was something he had to overcome in his mind. He had to learn to get out of his head and find stability within himself to face his first rejection. At age 17, this setback was unexpected but it taught him so much.
Since this event, has continued to develop himself as a person and hasn’t looked back. He believes it is a critical part of being a successful athlete.
The power of joy and the importance of hope
In my life, and in the midst of the hardest moments I have endured, it has been the power of joy that has pulled me out of some very difficult and dark places. Into the light, where fears can be transformed, and our fullest potential can be reached. It has been a catalyst that has led to healing, that I never could imagine could be possible.
When we are feeling low, and defeated, like we want to give up and we lose a sense of meaning and motivation in our lives, we lose hope. This is a difficult space to navigate, we lose our centre and inner anchor that allows us to remember who we are, what we are made of, and what we are capable of when life gets hard.
Hope is important, and it is when I found hope after going through one of the hardest times of my life, that everything changed for me. I want to share this story with you, but first, let’s define joy.
Your setbacks are a detour in the right direction
Setbacks are designed to move you; you are supposed to feel uncomfortable.
We get so used to living in our comfort zone. The brain likes the familiar, it is always looking for the safest way to keep you safe. Today I want to ask you, is it familiar for you to feel inspired, alive, and motivated? Is it familiar for you to get out of your comfort zone? Or has it become familiar to feel stuck in fear, lacking willpower and belief in yourself? Does your environment mirror what you are wanting for yourself or are you constantly feeling like nothing is going right for you?
When you are wanting to overcome stress and navigate change, mindset is key.