In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with lawyer turned charity founder Carly Fradgley, the CEO of Baby Give Back, an organisation that has now supported more than 60,000 children across Queensland with essential baby goods and practical support for families facing crisis.

Carly shares how a garage full of outgrown baby clothes grew into one of Queensland's leading charities, supporting families impacted by domestic violence, homelessness, financial hardship, refugee resettlement and unexpected life challenges. She also opens up about becoming a mother, navigating postnatal depression and anxiety, receiving an ADHD and autism diagnosis later in life, and how understanding her neurodivergence helped make sense of a lifetime of feeling different.

It's a conversation about purpose, community, leadership, motherhood and the extraordinary ripple effect of ordinary people choosing to care.

Guest Bio: Carly Fradgley is the founder and CEO of Baby Give Back, a Queensland charity supporting families experiencing domestic violence, homelessness, financial hardship, refugee resettlement and other crises with essential baby goods and practical support.

A former commercial lawyer, mother of two, and late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD woman, Carly is passionate about strengthening communities, supporting families through crisis, and helping ensure every child has the opportunity for an equal start in life.

You can find Carly on Instagram at @carly_babygiveback, follow Baby Give Back on Instagram at @babygiveback and on Facebook at Baby Give Back, learn more about their work at www.babygiveback.org, or support their mission through their Giving Day campaign and community fundraising initiatives.

What happens when everything falls apart at once?

This week on Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with mindset coach, speaker and celebrant Gai O'Dwyer to explore the year that tested everything she teaches.

After losing her job, her home, living away from her daughter during a housing crisis, surviving a near-fatal car accident and saying goodbye to her mother, Gai shares the practical mindset tools that helped her keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Together they talk about resilience, motherhood, grief, high performance, perfectionism, emotional regulation, raising confident children, finding peace after trauma and why the smallest moments in life often become the most important.

Whether you're navigating loss, burnout, uncertainty or simply trying to hold everything together, this conversation offers grounded wisdom you can actually use.

About Gai

Gai O'Dwyer is a peak performance and mindset coach, NLP practitioner, speaker, celebrant and communication specialist.

She works with elite athletes, executives, legal professionals and leaders to improve mental performance, confidence and communication under pressure.

Drawing on decades of coaching experience—and a lifetime of personal adversity—Gai combines psychology, neuroscience and practical mindset tools to help people navigate life's biggest challenges with resilience, clarity and purpose.

You can find Gai on TikTok @gaiodwyer

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