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When trauma hits us, it can reverberate throughout our lives, echoing and causing more damage as time continues.

That’s the experience Andrew Draney had after surviving a tragic and fatal car accident as a child. The after effects of his accident caused resulted in further challenges later in life until it all finally came to a head and he was forced to make a change.

Now Andrew lives in Armidale with his wife Alex and youngest child, Ted where they have lived since moving from Sydney in 2017. Andrew has three grown children living and studying in Sydney whom he loves to visit. Andrew enjoys gardening and cycling and recently completed a half ironman with his daughter Georgina.

In this episode he shares:

- His early life as an adopted child

- How he handled his mums Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis as a child

- The accident that killed his grandparents and left is sister disabled

- The aftermath in the hospital and why he was not treated for any psychological problems

- How he progressively bottled down his pain to not be a problem in order to help his family

- How he treated his girlfriend and now wife because of his trauma

- How his trauma influenced him when his daughter was born

- Why his work addiction grew and impacted his life and family

- The moment he ended up in rehab

- Why finding his biological parents made things worse

- Why he still wasn’t ready even after his second rehab

- The moment that things really started to turn around and how he did it

- His biggest lessons from his major treatment at the meadows in Arizona

- How he is trying to rebuild with his family

Key Quotes

“My grandfather had had a stroke and lost consciousness and crossed over the median strip of the road and hit this oncoming car.”

“I checked myself into rehab because I needed to escape from everything.”

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By now we know that society’s fixation with ‘body image’ can have a negative impact on our mental health, but just how crippling can it be?

Pete Winmill has over 20 years in the fitness industry, working as a personal trainer in London, Bali, and Australia, and spent 13 years managing 20+ staff across WA and SA for one of Australia’s largest fitness RTOs. He’s owned five gyms, still running one in Buderim, and is now studying psychology with plans to register as a psychologist.

After battling debilitating body image issues from severe acne, Pete found healing through ayahuasca. He now volunteers with WNOW, leads the Rainbow Bay Men’s Group, and founded Men Off the Meds to help men reduce reliance on medication through lifestyle change.

In this episode he shares:

- His early years and what led him to where he is now

- How severe acne as a teenager changed how he saw the world and himself

- The habits and thoughts he developed to cope through this period and how it impacted relationships

- His challenges with intimacy and why he used alcohol as an escape

- His life post uni and what led him to working in Bali for 4 years

- The critical last 3 years and his experience with ayahuasca

- How Ayahuasca made him sick and how he worked through it

- What he did next after this and how he managed his life and work balance

- What he does now for work

Key Quotes

“They could always find someone better.”

“What I thought to myself was, that makes you look like a monster.”

More about Pete

Follow Pete on Instagram, Facebook and his Website. And the charity he supports When No One’s Watching

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Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

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I have spoken frequently on this podcast about the power of therapy and why it can help with resilience and trauma, but I understand that a lot of people who have never done it are often blocked from trying because they just don’t know what to expect.

That is why this is a very different and special episode of Challenges That Change Us.

We have brought back our in house psychologist Vanessa De Sauty to demonstrate what an actual therapy session looks like.

In this episode I’ll be in the patients seat and working through things with Vanessa so you can get a real idea of what to expect.

In this episode we share:

- What the counselling process actually is

- The repercussions of withdrawing from relationships to ‘protect yourself’

- The challenge of reconnecting and asking for help

- That I am able to show up in the thick of adversity but not when it passes

- Filtering this through a CBT lens and finding strategies to work on

- The core beliefs that happen on childhood that could lead to patterns in behaviour

- Cognitive flexibility and strengthening underused mental muscles

Key Quotes

“ I feel like I'm pulling from an empty bucket and I don't actually have anything to offer or give to other people.”

Vanessa

To find out more about Vanessa, check out her website HERE.

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If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:

http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

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