My Body My Story

#99 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Stephanie

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Stephanie, what age she would like to go back to, and what advice she would give herself at that age! We also talk about the main causes of body image issues, how they come up, and how she overcomes them. And we discuss what aging means to her and to her body.

 

10 Facts About Stephanie

(at the time of the project):

1. 45 years old.
2. Stephanie was born in Malaysia.
3. She came to Australia when she was 21. During the Olympics year, the year 2000.
4. Stephanie is a single parent. She has one daughter, she's 11.
5. Stephanie is an architect and runs her own design practice called 30axis.
6. Stephanie graduated top of her class, and she got offered a scholarship to finish her degree but didn't want to go to Perth. So, Stephanie gave it to the next person and came to Sydney by herself.
7. In 2008 Stephanie travelled by herself to Europe through about 20 countries for about nine months, connecting with people in each country and staying with complete strangers.
8. Stephanie’s favorite country is France. This year she took her daughter there.
9. Stephanie craves adventures and likes learning about other people, how they live, other cultures, different foods, and different family traditions.
10. Stephanie also reads a lot. On average, she reads about 20 books a year!

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#98 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Meran

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Meran, what age she would like to go back to and what advice she would give herself at that age! We also talk about the main causes of body image issues, how they come up and how she overcomes them. And we discuss what aging means to her and to her body.

 

10 Facts About Meran

(at the time of the project)

1. 60 years old.
2. Meran was born and grew up in Sydney Australia. She lived in Sydney most of her life apart from having spent about 10 years up on the Sunshine Coast near Noosa.
3. Meran has done some work in publishing and in television. And somehow, even though she had no training for it, she was working in graphic design at her last job.
4. Meran also studied anthropology, which she absolutely loves.
5. Meran has one son who's now 33 years old.
6. Meran had a leg lengthening surgery at the age of 10. Then after that, they discovered that their original diagnosis was completely wrong. Now Meran’s feet are three sizes different, which is very expensive because she has to buy two pairs of shoes.
7. Meran except life challenges and believes that it is a great way to keep yourself feeling alive and growing.
8. When her son was small, she decided to go and get her motorbike licence
9. For her 50^th birthday Meran got her first tattoo
10. Meran also did a parachute jump. It was a terrifying and wonderful experience at the same time.

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#97 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Susan

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Susan, what age she would like to go back to, and what advice she would give herself at that age! We also talk about the main causes of body image issues, how they come up, and how she overcomes them. And we discuss what aging means to her and to her body.

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#96 Waste and Recycling – How is it done / Courtney / My Body My Story 45 Over 45

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Courtney, who was born and raised in Texas, US, and her passion for the environmental industry. We get into details of the waste and recycling business and discuss how it works. We also talk about aging and the main causes of body image issues, how they come up, and how she overcomes them.

 

10 Facts About Courtney

(at the time of the project)

1. 42 years old.
2. Courtney was born in the US and raised in Houston, Texas.
3. She left Texas when she was 18 years old and went to university on the East Coast in Virginia for four years and got her degree in anthropology.
4. Then she moved to Washington DC and got her dream job with the Discovery Channel.
5. Courtney played field hockey in the NCAA Division 1 and loved the sport.
6. In her 20s, Courtney had a plan to travel the World and had this awesome itinerary booked. She was supposed to go to India, Bali, Thailand, and Vietnam, but every single place on her itinerary ended up having a natural disaster that year.
7. She moved to Australia when she was 24 and started her career in the environmental industry. Courtney loved it, specifically the waste and recycling segment. She was there for nine years. When Courtney was overseas, she would always take pictures of bins.
8. Courtney also worked as a sustainability consultant for Harris farm markets. Also, she set up recycling programs for all the major stadiums in Victoria and New South Wales, for Qantas Airlines, hospitals, and KFC.
9. Courtney is married and has two kids. Two boys. One is 12 and the other is 10.
10. Courtney and her family live out in a rural area outside of Sydney with a little horse farm and feels more Texan there than she should.

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#95 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Michelle

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Michelle, and how she changed her 35-year corporate career and became a holistic grief and loss counselor. We also talk about the main causes of body image issues, how they come up, and how she overcomes them. She also talks about how your inner world is just as important as your body. And we discuss what aging means to her and to her body.

 

10 Facts About Michelle

(at the time of the project)

1. 55 years old.
2. Michelle has two kids and a one-year-old granddaughter. Michelle’s daughter is 28 and a half, and her son will be 26 in November.
3. Michelle has a Maltese heritage. Her dad's from Malta and she went there for the first time last year.
4. Michelle spent 35 years in the corporate world until the beginning of last year when she completed her studies for counseling.
5. Michelle is now a holistic grief and loss counselor, and she has her own business called Inner You Life. So she works with grief that comes with any loss or any major life transition.
6. Michelle is very passionate about mental health and helping people get through their hardships.
7. Michelle is also a crisis support volunteer for Lifeline.
8. Michele loves the beach. For the last 5 years, she’s been living on the Northern Beaches and the beach is her place of happiness and peace. Before that, she lived in the Blue Mountains all her life.
9. Michelle loves connecting with people. She is a big believer in holistic health. And a huge believer in your inner world is just as important as your body.
10. To bring herself back in physical and spiritual shape Michelle uses 3 questions rule. Is there something I can do with this? How do I feel about it? And what do I need to do to feel better?

 

You can find Michelle here: @inneryoulife

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#94 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Danica

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Danica and her passion in the area of mental health services! She also talks about a massive crisis in veteran mental health, the main causes of body image issues, how they come up, and how she overcomes them. And we discuss what aging means to her and to her body.

 

10 Facts About Danica

(at the time of the project)

1. 43 years old.
2. Danica was born in Yarrawonga in Victoria and grew up in Austinville, just about 30 minutes Southwest of Byron Bay. She is now in Goonellabah, which is just at the top of Lismore.
3. Danica is the second eldest of seven kids.
4. Danica’s family was also a foster family. So on top of their own seven kids, her parents took in 48 kids over 12 years.
5. Danica and her ex-partner moved to London for a couple of years and traveled around Europe.
6. Danica is a single mother of two boys 15 and 13 years old.
7. Danica is a mental health worker and is about to start building a business proposal for a mental health crisis center, like a mental health emergency department that's separate from the hospital and separate from community mental health.
8. Before that, Danica was in the Army as a combat medic. Then she moved into suicide prevention crisis, a crisis intervention, and she worked in that field as a volunteer from the beginning, just while her kids were little.
9. Danica disagrees with the saying that money cannot buy happiness. She believes that having money and being comfortable with money makes a huge difference and gives one a comfortable life and freedom.
10. Danica strongly believes that any trauma needs to be spoken about to open that wound so it can be cleaned out and healed into a scar. So, it's no longer infecting your life.

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#93 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Renae

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Renae, her challenges while bringing up 3 special needs children, and the main causes of body image issues. Also, we discuss what aging means to her and to her body.

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#92 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Anastasia Tyler

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about a crime writer Anastasia Tyler and the story behind her first crime novel. We also talk about aging and the main causes of body image issues, how they come up and how she overcomes them.

 

10 Facts About Anastasia

(at the time of the project)

1. 53 years old.
2. Anastasia was born in Canada. She grew up in England and moved to Australia when she was 15.
3. But Anastasia is actually a seventh-generation Australian. She comes from convict stock. Her great great, great grandfather stole a pocket watch from somebody in London and got caught. He was sent to Australia for a term of seven years but never went back.
4. Anastasia was married twice and has one daughter, she's 25. She just took her for her 25th birthday on a safari to South Africa.
5. Anastasia has lived in lots of different places in Darwin, North Queensland, Brisbane, Tasmania, Sydney, the country, New South Wales, and Abu Dhabi
6. Anastasia has lived off the grid for a year at the Sydney skydiving Centre at the bottom of the cross strip with no power and no water.
7. Anastasia is a Hansard Editor at the Parliament House.
8. Anastasia has just recently had her debut crime novel published. And she’s just been on the road for about two weeks for her promotional tour. The name of the book is Survival Mode.
9. Apart from writing the novel, Anastasia has also written quite a few short stories and nonfiction.
10. In 2016, Anastasia was diagnosed with breast cancer. And that's one of the things that sort of propelled her to finish writing her book and do lots of other things that she really wanted to do.

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#91 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Jodie

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Jodie, what age she would like to go back to, and what advice she would give herself at that age! We also talk about the main causes of body image issues, how they come up, and how she overcomes them. And we discuss what aging means to her and to her body.

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#90 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 – Pamela | From 185 to 60 kilos

In this episode, you will learn how Pam went through 2 bariatric surgeries and 12.5-hour plastic surgery to get from 185 kilos to 60 kilos! We also talk about her childhood trauma that caused all that weight gain, and discuss the main causes of body image issues, how they come up, and how to overcome them. Finally, we discuss what aging means to Pam and to her body.

 

10 Facts About Pamela

(at the time of the project)

 

1. 53 years old.
2. Pamela was born in Rhodes, Greece.
3. She came to Australia in December 1974. Her parents migrated here in 1970. And she followed in 1974 in December.
4. Pamela is a mother of three children, two boys and a girl. She is also a grandmother of five with the eldest of 10 y.o. and the youngest being 40 days.
5. Pamela has been in the same job for 23 years.
6. Pamela’s hobbies are flipping furniture and travelling.
7. She absolutely loves Valencia in Spain and the regional part of Italy
8. Spanish tapas is Pam’s absolute favourite food.
9. Pamela is also a certified trauma coach. She has not stepped out into the coaching world as such. She is just building up the business.
10. Pamela struggled with large weight since she was young. She was 85 kilos up until 22 years old. After pregnancy she got to 185 kilos. And then in 1998, she decided to have what was then called the biliopancreatic diversion (bariatric surgery - editor). Pam has gone down to 100 kg. But in 2009 started putting back on weight. So she went and had the Lap band surgery. When she lost enough weight, she had plastic surgery to remove 12 kg of loose skin. She also did inner thighs, boobs, arms and Tummy Tuck. It was 12,5 hours of operation. Now Pamela fluctuates between 60 and 62 kilos and is very happy with that.
11. Pamela’s favorite personal quote is: “Confidence is the key that unlocks the door to your true self. And as a grounded woman, you stand tall, embracing the strength within and radiating the beauty that comes from knowing who you are”.

 

You can find Pamela here:

IG - createyournewidentity

FB - Pamela Kay

Tik Tok - Toulzz69

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