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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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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 find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:

http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

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The environments we grow up in have an enormous impact on us, and while some destructive childhood environments are easily noticeable, the subtle control of a strict religious group can be just as damaging.

That was the case for Rachel Pietsch whose controlling upbringing reached a climax when she and her husband chose to leave the church group they were a part of.

Now, Rachel is a voice specialist with over 30 years’ experience helping people unlock the full power of their speaking voice for greater impact and confidence. With a background in education, performance, and advanced vocal training, she transforms how clients use and perceive their voice through practical, inspiring, and comprehensive coaching.

In this episode she shares:

- Her childhood and how religion was there at the start of her story

- How she rebelled against her strict religious upbringing as a teenager

- How she had to learn about her period from a friends m

- The high level of control she experienced from her church

- Why and how she and her husband finally left the church

- How her religious community reacted to her leaving

- The consequences with her family and community for her leaving the religion

- Why going through therapy afterwards was so hard for her

- What she learnt about herself in therapy

- Her diagnosis of hearing loss and the impact it had on her

Key Quotes

“From a very young age I learnt that how I felt and how I thought was not important so why bother.”

“I was told by my mother, your selfish, you've always been selfish.”

More Information about

Follow her on LinkedIn, or her website for her vocal coaching or her speaking training business.

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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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