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Who are you?
This is the podcast where we explore the concept of identity, through the stories of those who have experienced what it’s like to question and discover who they truly are. The stories might be heart warming, or heart breaking, funny or disconcerting, but what they all teach us is the power of humans to adapt and evolve our sense of self.
Episodes
15 episodes
How did this podcast host get here?
When I started this podcast earlier this year, it was really as a bit of a passion project. I love storytelling and love learning other people’s stories, and I wanted an avenue to share some of the amazing stories I’ve come across through...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:00:23
Ask the psychologist - what is life like for someone with alternative identities?
Imagine if one morning you woke up believing you were a dragon … and then two days later, you were you. And then perhaps a couple of weeks later, you were back to being a dragon, or perhaps you are now a big strong tradie.This is the rea...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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59:35
How does our understanding of gender change who we think we are?
As a young boy growing up with his multi-cultural family in a small country town in Queensland, Rudi Landmann always felt a bit out of place. A self-described nerdy kid who loved reading, science and technology, but shied away from sport, Rudi ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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57:22
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Ask the psychologist - does career shape identity, or does identity shape career?
In the last two episodes of this podcast, we spoke to Jess and Lachlan, and explored how many of us struggle to form a sense of self in our adolescent and young adult years. We also looked into how their career choices both reflected and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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32:41
How do our career choices reflect and shape who we are?
This week’s episode is the second where we look at how our career choices help to reflect and also shape who we are as people.In today’s episode, I talk with Lachlan Palmer, a qualified mechanic and the founder of start-up online m...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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44:18
How does motherhood and career change who we are?
I was delighted to talk to my guest Jess Ndenda for this episode. Jess is the founder and owner of two businesses - Olive Louise Social, a digital marketing agency, and
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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51:18
How can we channel our grief into something good?
So many of the stories on this podcast show us how humans have the ability to take terrible experiences and turn them into something good for the world, and today’s podcast is a shining example of this in action.I had the pleasure of tal...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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53:06
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Ask the psychologist - how does culture play a part in our evolving identity?
Every few weeks on this podcast I chat to a psychologist to help us unpack some of the key themes from the stories we’ve heard in the previous weeks.This week, I was lucky to chat to the wonderful Leilanie Pakoa, a psychologist ba...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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40:11
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How does culture and grief shape who we are?
Caroline Perry is a proud Maori woman, who grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand, in home with her sister, and multiple foster siblings her parents cared for over the years.But at the age of 14, her family moved to Australia and she found...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:08:07
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How does discovering family history change who you are?
As a teenager living in the suburbs of Brisbane, Casey McMurtrie enjoyed a fairly normal, happy upbringing living with her parents, her two younger brothers, and her grandmother being a constant presence. She had plenty of friends, did well at ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:46
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How does a divorce give you clarity?
Imagine you’re a young woman in your late twenties, planning your wedding with your fiancé, and enjoying life with your friends and family. You’ve grown up in a traditional Italian family, with strong values around marriage and family, and you’...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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47:52
How do you discover and embrace who you are in a fundamentalist religion?
Imagine you’re a four year old little boy, living in suburbia with your mum and two brothers. With your dad out of the picture, your mum eventually remarries. But happiness is very short-lived - your new stepfather is physically and verbally ab...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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46:48
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Ask the psychologist - how do we process grief?
For the last two weeks we’ve been hearing stories from some incredible humans. And while we will continue to tell these stories, I want to make sure we look deeper into how experiences like these impact us as humans, and our sense of self...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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38:40
How does family secret and tragedy change who we are?
If you were 18 years old and just found out, purely by accident, that you had an older sibling that you’d never met, how would you react?Well today’s guest, Tammy Siddons, lived that experience, which kicked off many years of exploring h...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:15:11
How does grief change who we are?
Imagine you’ve sent your child off on the adventure of a lifetime - living and working in London, travelling Europe, meeting new friends and exploring new places.Then you receive news that changes everything. The unimaginable has happene...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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58:11
