Everyday Warriors Podcast
Trudie's mission is to ignite a beacon of resilience, and inspiration through heartfelt raw, real and authentic conversations with Everyday Warriors like herself.
In this podcast, she delve's into the vulnerable and unfiltered stories of herself and her special guests, embracing the complexities of life's challenges and adversities. There are no preset questions, just real time conversations.
By sharing personal journeys, insights, and triumphs, Trudie aims to empower her listeners with the courage and wisdom needed to navigate their own paths. There are no transcripts as you have to hear the emotion in the voices to truly comprehend their stories.
Through openness and honesty, she foster's a community where authenticity reigns supreme and where every story has the power to spark transformation and ignite hope.
Join her on this journey of discovery, growth, and unwavering hope as she illuminate's the human experience one conversation at a time.
Episodes
47 episodes
Episode 45 - Tina Lembo: War with my Body
One sentence changed everything. Tina walked into a wellness talk determined to starve herself back into control and walked out with a new mission: stop the slow self-harm and start choosing life. What follows is a brave, unfiltered account of ...
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Episode 44 - Matt Gilhooly: A Grief Journey
Some moments split a life into before and after. When Matt was eight, a phone call about his mum’s fatal motorcycle accident shattered the version of childhood where safety felt assumed. What followed was a quiet agreement many of us make witho...
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Episode 43 - Rhiannon Hetherington: If She Spoke
What if the hardest years of your life became the foundation for your boldest work? We sit down with Rhiannon, a single mum, artist and survivor who turned bipolar type 2 and C-PTSD into a creative engine, building a 1700 m² exhibition that cel...
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Episode 42 - Daylene Robinson: Rising from the Ashes
Some stories start with a roadmap. Ours begins on the side of a highway, smoke from a sliced radiator curling into the night while Dayelene and her son lie on a picnic rug, laughing at the chaos and choosing to keep moving. From Air...
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Episode 41 - Shaunace West: Stronger Than The Storm
This is my longest episode yet but it deserves ALL the time to tell this incredible Everyday Warriors story!What if “being strong” is the very thing keeping you from healing? Shaunace's story starts with speed, a senior OT by her mid‑20s...
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Episode 40 - Brigette Panetta: The Battle Within
What happens when your entire world collapses around you? For Bridgette, April 2020 brought an unimaginable storm – serious legal proceedings against her family's investment business, followed just two days later by the birth of her daughter Em...
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Episode 39 - Jacqui Crafter: Not TO, but FOR
What if everything that happens in your life isn't happening to you, but for you? This perspective-shifting conversation with Jackie explores how reframing our challenges can transform our entire experience of life.Jackie's journey begi...
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Episode 38 - Cruising into 50
Facing the open ocean despite a lifelong fear of water and motion sickness wasn't exactly how I'd planned to celebrate turning 50. Yet there I was, boarding a cruise ship for the first time, determined to make this milestone birthday unforgetta...
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Episode 37 - Tony Stewart: Carrying the Tiger
When a doctor's call on a lazy Sunday afternoon revealed that his wife Lynn had stage four lung cancer, Tony Stewart's world imploded. What followed was a six-year rollercoaster of clinical trials, spine surgeries, moments of hope and crushing ...
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Episode 36 - Jo Hayter: Healing Through Words
What if the most powerful healing tool was already at your fingertips? In this profound conversation with holistic counsellor Jo, we explore how the simple act of journaling became her lifeline while raising a son with cerebral palsy who requir...
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Episode 35 - Paul Berry: Your Past Doesn't Define Your Future
From the moment Paul begins sharing his story, you can feel the weight of his journey and the lightness that comes from true transformation. Born in North London to a hardworking taxi driver father and stay-at-home mother, Paul recalls a relati...
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Episode 34 - Kirsten Robinson: Cancer's Unexpected Gift
What happens when you're told your diagnosis is terminal, but something inside refuses to accept that timeline? In this deeply moving conversation, Kirsten shares her extraordinary journey with stage four metastatic melanoma, diagnosed just day...
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Episode 33 - Kijuan Amey: Losing Sight but not Vision
What happens when your entire life changes in a single moment? For Kiwan Amey, that moment came on May 5th, 2017, when a driver pulled out in front of his motorcycle on a North Carolina highway. One month later, he woke from a medically induced...
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Episode 32 - Em Gee: Thriving with ADHD
Meet Em, an incredible woman whose world began to shift in the most powerful way after receiving an ADHD diagnosis. What once felt like constant chaos and confusion finally started to make sense. The way she thought, felt, worked and related to...
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Episode 31 - Dealing with Trauma
Trauma doesn’t always scream. Sometimes, it whispers in sleepless nights, sudden mood swings or a nervous system that never really switches off.In this episode, I open up about my own experience with trauma, of how it crept into m...
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Episode 30 - Christina Manik: Life beyond Domestic Abuse
Meet Christina, a proud mum of two who made the brave move from Indonesia to Australia, chasing a new life filled with hope and opportunity. In the beginning, her marriage felt strong and full of dreams for the future. But after the birth of th...
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Episode 29 - Part VIII WAPOL
Welcome to Part VIII of my time with WA Police, the final chapter in a series that’s been deeply personal and incredibly emotional for me to share. A journey that spanned almost eight years and changed my life in ways I’m still learning to unde...
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Episode 28 Irina Castellano: Parenting with a Difference
Today’s episode is one that will stay with you long after it ends. Meet Irina, an extraordinary woman whose journey through motherhood is nothing short of remarkable. Her story is layered with strength, loss, resilience and an unwav...
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BONUS - 1st Birthday Episode
Bonus Episode Alert – We’re Turning 1!What a year it has been! From what started as an idea to becoming a global podcast, we’ve shared stories that matter, connected with incredible guests and reached listeners in over 30 count...
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Episode 27 - Part VII WAPOL
Welcome to Part VII of my eight part series about my time with WA Police.I thought changing stations would bring relief, but boy was I was wrong. Moving to Narrogin wasn’t an escape, it was a deeper dive into the harsh reality of a broke...
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Episode 26 - Hayley Birtles Eades: Surviving Legal Stress
Meet Hayley, a successful businesswoman with a heart for her community who stepped up during devastating floods, determined to make a difference. But in an unexpected turn, her act of generosity led to legal charges, forcing her to navigate a s...
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Episode 25 - Part VI WAPOL
Welcome to Part VI of my 8 episode series about my time with WA Police.In this episode, I take you back to my time in Leonora, a chapter that shaped me in ways I never expected. As my first regional posting, I arrived with the best inten...
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Episode 24 - Richa Joshi: Finding Home Again
Meet Richa, a woman of courage and resilience who left her home in India to travel before calling Australia home. Hear her story about the reality of immigration often brings more than just cultural differences, it comes with the challenge of r...
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Episode 23 - Part V WAPOL
Welcome to Part V of my 8 episode series about my time with WA Police. Today, I’m diving into a pivotal chapter of my life, my time at a police station where I had the unique opportunity to learn more about drugs, the not so good s...
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Episode 22 - Dana Bosheh: A Rebirth Story
Meet Dana, a remarkable woman who faced a near-death experience after the birth of her third child due to postnatal preeclampsia, a condition many don’t know enough about but desperately should.Today’s episode is one of resilience, hope,...
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