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Hi, I’m Kim Payne. Welcome to the Courageous Me podcast—your go-to for incredible stories and practical tips to add more courage to your life.Imagine what’s possible if courage wasn’t reserved for heroic moments but became part of your everyday life.Whether you're dreaming…
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173. What if the thing that makes you different is your greatest strength? With Helen Pollard (opens the original)
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What if the parts of yourself you’ve spent years trying to hide are the very things that make you who you are? In this episode, I chat with Helen Pollard, creative director of the ARTea Group, about what happens when we stop hiding those parts of ourselves and start seeing them as superpowers. Growing up with dyslexia, navigating a turbulent home life, and financial hardship, Helen learned early what it felt like to be considered “different” and to mask the things she found difficult. We explore
172. What if you don’t need to know how things will work out? With Venessa Astbury (opens the original)
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What if the choice that feels safest is actually the one keeping you stuck? In this episode, I speak with Venessa Astbury, Success Mindset Coach and former corporate sales professional, about what happens when you know something in your life needs to change… but you have no idea what’s waiting on the other side. From moving from South Africa to Australia with a four-month-old baby, to leaving her marriage and, most recently, walking away from the security of her corporate career to build her own
171. Have you become too grown up to dream? With Kim Payne (opens the original)
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When did we become so good at doing reality…that we forgot how to dream? Somewhere between being an imaginative kid and the realities of adult life, many of us stopped dreaming. And even when a dream does appear, we're often incredibly quick to tell ourselves why it’s unrealistic, impractical, or just plain ridiculous. In this episode, I explore what happens when we give ourselves permission to dream again, without needing to know how it will happen, whether it makes sense, or even if we’ll ever
170. What if moving forward means not going back? With Melissa Gough (opens the original)
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In this episode, I talk to Melissa Gough, a storyteller, educator, and stroke survivor whose life changed unexpectedly at 48 when she suffered a brain haemorrhage. Melissa takes us inside what happens when you believe you may be taking your last breath and find yourself reflecting on the life you've already lived. We explore what happens when the crisis is over, but life doesn't simply return to the way it was before. How do you move forward when everything—even your sense of identity—has shifte
169. What happens when the path you’re expected to follow doesn’t feel right? With Chiza Westcarr (opens the original)
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What happens when the life that’s expected of you isn’t the life you want for yourself? In this episode, we hear from clinical nutritionist, dermal clinician, menopause coach, and researcher Chiza Westcarr, whose life has been shaped by a series of courageous decisions to choose the path less travelled. Growing up in a high-achieving family, the expectations were clear: law or medicine. Her siblings followed those paths. Chiza didn’t. Instead, she forged her own path, taking her across countries
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