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Suddenly Different

Stories and strategies for life when it doesn’t go to plan.What happens when the life you thought you’d live disappears in a moment?

Podcast · By Leigh-Anne Sharland · Australian English · Official site

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Sep 15, 2026
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 15, 2026

    From Baptist Pastor to FBI Agent: What Criminals Taught Me About People | Eric Robinson (opens the original)

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    A Baptist pastor leaves the pulpit because the stress is making him physically ill. So he looks for a less stressful job. He joins the FBI. Yes, really. But that extraordinary career change is only the beginning of this conversation with Eric Robinson. Over 24 years with the FBI, Eric worked with gang members, drug dealers, victims of human trafficking, sex offenders and people whose lives had taken them into places very different from his own. He also spent years on SWAT, walking into situation

  2. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    We Always Got Our Old Life Back… Until This Time | Dr Jeffrey Bone (opens the original)

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    There was something Jeffrey said during this conversation that stopped me. When we've been sick before, we've always expected to get better. A cold. An infection. An operation. Something happens, we recover, and eventually we get our old life back. Until one day... we don't. I knew exactly what he meant. Dr Jeffrey Bone knows what it is to have a body suddenly change the rules. After becoming incredibly unwell, Jeffrey eventually discovered that exposure to black mould in his workplace had trigg

  3. Episode · Aug 22, 2026

    She Thought COVID Was Over. Four Months Later, She Woke Up Unable to Walk | Ruthann Harner (opens the original)

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    Four months after what appeared to be a mild case of COVID, Ruthann Harner went to bed believing the virus was behind her. The next morning, she opened her eyes and the room was spinning. When she tried to stand, her legs collapsed beneath her. Her body was in extraordinary pain, holding her phone felt almost impossible, and the woman who had spent 22 years caring for others as a nurse suddenly became the patient searching desperately for answers. But some of the medical professionals she truste

  4. Episode · Aug 19, 2026

    I’m Still Me: Alzheimer’s, Identity and Finding the Life That Is Here | Jane Turner (opens the original)

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    “I am the same person I was before the diagnosis.” Jane Turner has spent years helping people preserve their ideas, experiences and stories on the page. As an author, publisher and book-writing coach, words and memory have always been central to her work. Then Jane began noticing changes in herself. There were falls, difficulty reading her own notes and moments when familiar things no longer felt quite as familiar. Like so many of us might, Jane explained them away as tiredness, stress, ageing o

  5. Episode · Aug 13, 2026

    What If You Could Ask Your DNA a Question? ADHD, Genetics and Personalised Health | Len May (opens the original)

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    What if your doctor could ask questions of your DNA—not simply to identify what might go wrong, but to understand what may work better for you? Len May believes the future of healthcare is personal. His company, EndoDNA, has developed technology that allows health professionals to explore a patient’s genetic information alongside biomarkers, lifestyle and other health data. The aim is to help doctors look beyond isolated symptoms and develop care that reflects the individual in front of them. Bu

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