Courage Unravelled

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Sometimes you choose courage and at other times it’s forced upon you. Courage Unravelled is a podcast series about everyday people, professionals, influencers, business people, celebrities and community superstars.You will be served with dollops of courage, resilience and strength here, so come along and be educated and inspired. You just may find new ways to flex your own courage muscle. My name is Sana Turnock and I am your host.

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S5. Ep.30 Tori Kopke – Stopping a Plane for Love

Aug 21 2021 31 mins

Have you ever made a quick decision that turns out to be monumentally life changing? Rural business coach Tori Kopke has. She’s made at least three. Find out how backpacker Texan Tori finds herself stuck in Margaret River with no money after having spent it doing numerous wine tours. Where to next? Travelling gives you the courage to do some crazy things. She chooses the wheatbel

S5.Ep29 Steph Schmidt - It’s OK not to be OK

Aug 14 2021 38 mins

Today we enter the world of psychologist Steph Schmidt and her experience with post-natal depression. Not just once but twice. Post-natal depression doesn’t discriminate, even when you’ve been trained with tools and strategies at your fingertips. Steph talks about her time and what has helped her move through the challenges that PND brings. We also talk about what it’s like t

S5. Ep28 Peta Goodwin – The Activist who Created an Unplanned Movement

Aug 07 2021 20 mins

What is it that makes someone want to become an activist? Peta Goodwin is an activist and co-founder of the unplanned movement called Nannas for Native Forests. Being an activist takes time, co-ordination skills and a lot of work – especially if you are the co-founder. There has been a groundswell of support for Nannas for Native Forests as people realise or come to realise how d

S5. Ep27 – Melia Brent-White – The Winemaker who Became a Body Talker

Jul 31 2021 39 mins

Meet Melia Brent-White. A past wine maker who gained minor celebrity status in the 2000s. Find out why she decided to radically change direction and leave the wine industry and the family legacy. The decision meant setting out on her own courageous path. A path that would take Melia towards Body Talk - an energetic-type therapy which enables Melia to communicate with the body to he

S5 Ep 26. Jane Smith - Indigenous Adoption in a Remote Landscape

Jul 24 2021 35 mins

Ever wondered what it would be like to foster a child in the middle of nowhere? Jane Smith (not her real name) lives on a station somewhere in Australia on 1 million acres of land. Jane was studying to be a doctor and during her training she did a few units on indigenous affairs and thought she had it all covered when she and her husband decided to adopt two indigenous children. Li

S5 Ep25. Libby Finlayson - Rural Divorce: The Gift of a Stronger You

Jul 17 2021 33 mins

Libby Finlayson grew up rurally and on stations during her childhood and eventually got married to a farmer. She loved her life. She was on acreage, worked the land and with animals, got to ride horses all the time and began a family with her husband on the land. One day, it all changed. She was given unexpected news. Her husband no longer wanted to be married – to her. Libby’s

S4 Ep 24 A Running Miracle

Apr 10 2021 28 mins

Donna Campisi is a driven and passionate woman. What has made her that way? It would be fair to say, that having a stroke at the age of 7, being diagnosed with diabetes at 14 AND being told you were unlikely to talk or walk again, would have something to do with it. Donna could have accepted her circumstances and be living a very different life today. Instead, with determination an

S4. Ep 23 From Betrayed to Forgiveness

Apr 03 2021 32 mins

A lot of authors write books based on direct experience. Author and coach Sherianna Boyle was not expecting to take a deep dive into why her perfect marriage fell apart so quickly while undertaking research on her (then) up and coming book Mantras Made Easy.Betrayal is tough in any relationship and while in the thick of her own despair Sherianna uses her marriage breakdown as resea

S4 E22 Our Three Brains

Mar 27 2021 29 mins

Meet Christoffel Sneijder, a Dutch man who immigrated to Australia some years ago and now calls Australia home. He’s on the author series as he wrote a book with a sexy title - How Men and Women Fit - finally understand your partner with the three brains theory.I did say sexy didn’t I? We weave the subject matter of his book title with real life examples. You find out about Chr

S4 Ep 21 Rebellious Rural Writer

Mar 20 2021 32 mins

Fleur McDonald is one of Australia’s leading authors in rural literature and storytelling. Fleur is a prolific writer and to date has published 16 novels, while still living on a working farm. We talk about courageous characters in her novels and find out whether there is a hint of Fleur in any of the rural heroines we read about. We don’t just talk books though. We dive into F