What happens when other people’s expectations, stereotypes and limitations begin shaping the way you see yourself?

In this episode of The Resilience Movement Podcast, Donna Moulds speaks with Danyal Diallo — comedian, TEDx speaker and author of Rising from the Rooftop about identity, cultural expectations, failure, ambition and the courage to decide who you want to become.

Danyal grew up in Sudan and Egypt before moving to Australia at eight years old. In this honest and thought-provoking conversation, he shares how stereotypes and the opinions of others influenced his early understanding of himself, and what it took to separate other people’s fears and expectations from his own direction.

Donna and Danyal explore:

• How stereotypes can become stories we unconsciously carry
• The difference between useful advice and someone else’s limitations
• Why failure does not have to be final
• The role of journaling, reflection and becoming unapologetically yourself
• Imposter syndrome even when the evidence of your achievement is in your hands
• The importance of mentors and surrounding yourself with people who can see beyond your current circumstances
• What Danyal has learned from speaking with young people in schools, juvenile detention and correctional environments
• How we move from “this happened to me” to “I still get to decide what happens next”

At just 24, Danyal is the youngest guest to join The Resilience Movement Podcast bringing an important generational and cultural perspective to the conversation about resilience.

This episode is a reminder that our past may explain parts of our story, and other people’s expectations may influence us, but neither gets the final say on who we become.

Connect with Danyal Diallo:

📖 Rising from the Rooftop: https://danyaldiallo.com.au/#book
🎤 Watch Danyal’s TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPjHWGXu_Ew
🔗 Connect with Danyal: https://danyaldiallo.com.au/

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The Resilience Movement explores resilience not as motivation or mindset, but as capacity the psychological, emotional, and identity foundations that allow people to perform, adapt, and sustain effectiveness through pressure, change, and adversity.

Hosted by Donna Moulds, the podcast features in-depth conversations with leaders, psychologists, educators, and professionals whose work sits at the intersection of resilience, leadership, identity, and human performance.

Drawing on Donna’s background in leadership, workforce development, and lived experience of navigating major life transitions, the show examines:

• Psychological readiness and emotional regulation
• Identity, responsibility, and role transition
• Leadership behaviour and cultural impact
• Sustained performance without burnout
• What it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changes

This is a considered, evidence-informed podcast for people who want to think clearly, lead responsibly, and navigate challenge without losing themselves in the process.

The conversations also explore how people can develop the psychological skills required to adapt, recalibrate, and grow through change, rather than being defined or diminished by it.

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Our identity can become deeply connected to our career, job title, relationships, responsibilities and the people who depend on us.

But what happens when those roles change, or when the life you've built no longer completely fits the person you've become?

In this episode, I explore:

• Separating who you are from what you do
• Recognising the evidence of what you're truly capable of
• The four stages of learning and why discomfort isn't the same as inability
• Why becoming a beginner again can be challenging when you're already experienced
• Three questions to help you explore who you're becoming and what you want next

You are not starting over. You are starting from experience.

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The Resilience Movement explores resilience not as motivation or mindset, but as capacity the psychological, emotional, and identity foundations that allow people to perform, adapt, and sustain effectiveness through pressure, change, and adversity.

Hosted by Donna Moulds, the podcast features in-depth conversations with leaders, psychologists, educators, and professionals whose work sits at the intersection of resilience, leadership, identity, and human performance.

Drawing on Donna’s background in leadership, workforce development, and lived experience of navigating major life transitions, the show examines:

• Psychological readiness and emotional regulation
• Identity, responsibility, and role transition
• Leadership behaviour and cultural impact
• Sustained performance without burnout
• What it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changes

This is a considered, evidence-informed podcast for people who want to think clearly, lead responsibly, and navigate challenge without losing themselves in the process.

The conversations also explore how people can develop the psychological skills required to adapt, recalibrate, and grow through change, rather than being defined or diminished by it.

New episodes released regularly.Follow & Connect

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There are some conversations that stay with you long after the microphone is turned off.

This episode of The Resilience Movement Podcast is one of those conversations.

I am incredibly grateful to welcome Coach Alesia Briggs - Executive Coach, Managing Director, advocate, and now published author of Finding the Off Switch. Together, we explore what it means to navigate life's hardest chapters with courage, grace, and an unwavering commitment to keep turning the page.

Alesia openly shares her journey through serious health challenges, including a spinal cord implant, two heart attacks, and advocating for her son's health, while reflecting on how these experiences reshaped her identity, leadership, and purpose.

This isn't just a conversation about resilience. It's about finding your voice when it matters most, rebuilding your identity after life changes course, and discovering that even in the most difficult seasons, there is always another page waiting to be written.

A heartfelt thank you to Alesia for her honesty, vulnerability, and generosity in sharing her story. I know her words will encourage, challenge, and inspire listeners around the world.

Connect with Coach Briggs

🌐 Website: www.coachbriggs.com

📖 Finding the Off Switch – available through her website.

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🌐 Website: https://theresiliencemovement.com.au

🎧 If this conversation resonated with you, please follow The Resilience Movement Podcast, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Every follow, review, and share helps us reach more people who are rebuilding their identity, strengthening their resilience, and creating a life of purpose.

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The Resilience Movement explores resilience not as motivation or mindset, but as capacity the psychological, emotional, and identity foundations that allow people to perform, adapt, and sustain effectiveness through pressure, change, and adversity.

Hosted by Donna Moulds, the podcast features in-depth conversations with leaders, psychologists, educators, and professionals whose work sits at the intersection of resilience, leadership, identity, and human performance.

Drawing on Donna’s background in leadership, workforce development, and lived experience of navigating major life transitions, the show examines:

• Psychological readiness and emotional regulation
• Identity, responsibility, and role transition
• Leadership behaviour and cultural impact
• Sustained performance without burnout
• What it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changes

This is a considered, evidence-informed podcast for people who want to think clearly, lead responsibly, and navigate challenge without losing themselves in the process.

The conversations also explore how people can develop the psychological skills required to adapt, recalibrate, and grow through change, rather than being defined or diminished by it.

New episodes released regularly.Follow & Connect

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In this powerful episode of The Resilience Movement, Donna Moulds sits down with Davis Bain, known as Chronic Pain Warrior, to discuss his deeply personal journey through post-concussion syndrome, chronic pain, mental health challenges, and the resilience required to rebuild a meaningful life.

After a life-changing concussion, Davis faced uncertainty, identity loss, and some of his darkest moments. Rather than allowing adversity to define him, he chose to confront it head-on and create a new path forward. In this honest and inspiring conversation, he shares the mindset shifts, daily practices, and hard-earned lessons that have helped him move from surviving to living with purpose.

Together, Donna and Davis explore:

• The realities of living with chronic pain
• Rebuilding identity after unexpected life changes
• Mental health, hope, and finding reasons to keep going
• The role of family, resilience, and personal responsibility
• Practical strategies for navigating adversity one day at a time
• Why acceptance is not giving up—it's the beginning of moving forward

If you're facing challenges of your own or supporting someone who is, this conversation offers encouragement, perspective, and a reminder that resilience can be developed even in life's most difficult seasons.

📖 Davis's book, Chronic Pain Warrior: Practical Help and Everyday Hope for Chronic Pain, Illness and Injury, is available on Amazon: Amazon Australia

Listener discretion: This episode includes discussion of chronic pain, concussion recovery, mental health challenges, and suicidal thoughts. Please listen with care and seek support if needed.

Disclaimer: The experiences shared by Davis Bain reflect his personal lived experience and should not be considered medical, psychological, or professional advice. If you have concerns about your physical or mental health, please consult an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

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The Resilience Movement explores resilience not as motivation or mindset, but as capacity the psychological, emotional, and identity foundations that allow people to perform, adapt, and sustain effectiveness through pressure, change, and adversity.

Hosted by Donna Moulds, the podcast features in-depth conversations with leaders, psychologists, educators, and professionals whose work sits at the intersection of resilience, leadership, identity, and human performance.

Drawing on Donna’s background in leadership, workforce development, and lived experience of navigating major life transitions, the show examines:

• Psychological readiness and emotional regulation
• Identity, responsibility, and role transition
• Leadership behaviour and cultural impact
• Sustained performance without burnout
• What it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changes

This is a considered, evidence-informed podcast for people who want to think clearly, lead responsibly, and navigate challenge without losing themselves in the process.

The conversations also explore how people can develop the psychological skills required to adapt, recalibrate, and grow through change, rather than being defined or diminished by it.

New episodes released regularly.Follow & Connect

🌐 Website: https://theresiliencemovement.com.au

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There comes a point after adversity where survival is no longer the goal.

The real question becomes:
How do you rebuild yourself in a healthy, sustainable, and honest way?

In this episode of The Resilience Movement, Donna Moulds explores what recovery actually looks like after prolonged stress, trauma, burnout, heartbreak, workplace toxicity, identity loss, or emotional overwhelm.

This is not a conversation about “just staying positive.”

It is a grounded discussion about:

• regulating your nervous system
• recognising survival patterns
• rebuilding emotional safety
• measuring your recovery honestly
• restoring routines and structure
• understanding exhaustion and hypervigilance
• reconnecting to purpose and future vision
• learning when to rest and when to move forward

Donna also reflects on the pressure of living publicly while emotionally overwhelmed, referencing how people in the spotlight, including reality TV personalities and public figures, may need space to step away, regulate, and prioritise their wellbeing before continuing to perform for others.

This episode is for anyone who feels emotionally exhausted, disconnected from themselves, or uncertain about what their next chapter looks like.

Because resilience is not about becoming who you used to be.

It is about becoming stable, clear, and strong enough to create what comes next.

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The Resilience Movement explores resilience not as motivation or mindset, but as capacity the psychological, emotional, and identity foundations that allow people to perform, adapt, and sustain effectiveness through pressure, change, and adversity.

Hosted by Donna Moulds, the podcast features in-depth conversations with leaders, psychologists, educators, and professionals whose work sits at the intersection of resilience, leadership, identity, and human performance.

Drawing on Donna’s background in leadership, workforce development, and lived experience of navigating major life transitions, the show examines:

• Psychological readiness and emotional regulation
• Identity, responsibility, and role transition
• Leadership behaviour and cultural impact
• Sustained performance without burnout
• What it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changes

This is a considered, evidence-informed podcast for people who want to think clearly, lead responsibly, and navigate challenge without losing themselves in the process.

The conversations also explore how people can develop the psychological skills required to adapt, recalibrate, and grow through change, rather than being defined or diminished by it.

New episodes released regularly.Follow & Connect

🌐 Website: https://theresiliencemovement.com.au

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What if your body has been trying to tell you the truth long before your mind was ready to hear it?

Today's guest is Elsa Valentine founder of a neuroscience-based self-reflection app that uses video to create a dialogue between your past, present, and future self. Her path to building this technology began not in a boardroom but in breakdown twice. Once as a teenager when her nervous system said enough, and again while building a startup, ticking every wellness box on the outside while quietly collapsing on the inside.

Elsa grew up with a mother who had bipolar disorder. She learned early to become invisible formless, accommodating, just not existing. What followed was a decades-long journey through somatic practice, breathwork, neuroscience-based mindfulness, and the hard work of learning to feel for a woman who once genuinely believed she had no feelings at all.

In this conversation we explore what it means to stop running from what you feel and start listening. We talk about the neuroscience of emotion, the paradox of grief and freedom, and why self-compassion is not weakness it is the foundation everything else is built on.

And Elsa shares a story that stopped me in my tracks the horse that arrived in her life on the very day her mother passed away.

This one will stay with you.

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The Resilience Movement explores resilience not as motivation or mindset, but as capacity the psychological, emotional, and identity foundations that allow people to perform, adapt, and sustain effectiveness through pressure, change, and adversity.

Hosted by Donna Moulds, the podcast features in-depth conversations with leaders, psychologists, educators, and professionals whose work sits at the intersection of resilience, leadership, identity, and human performance.

Drawing on Donna’s background in leadership, workforce development, and lived experience of navigating major life transitions, the show examines:

• Psychological readiness and emotional regulation
• Identity, responsibility, and role transition
• Leadership behaviour and cultural impact
• Sustained performance without burnout
• What it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changes

This is a considered, evidence-informed podcast for people who want to think clearly, lead responsibly, and navigate challenge without losing themselves in the process.

The conversations also explore how people can develop the psychological skills required to adapt, recalibrate, and grow through change, rather than being defined or diminished by it.

New episodes released regularly.Follow & Connect

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Content Warning: This episode contains open discussion of suicide, grief, trauma, and psychological injury. Please take care of yourself first.

What happens when you don't deal with pain and how it eventually forces you to.

Todd "Donny" Maguire is a former Queensland undercover police officer who spent two years embedded in the state's criminal underworld as Donny Wilson, living under constant pressure, surrounded by violent criminals, and on more than one occasion genuinely believing he was about to die.

What his colleagues didn't know was that behind the operation, Todd was carrying the unprocessed grief of losing his partner to suicide. Instead of stopping to deal with it, he went deeper into high-risk work. What followed was a period of self-destruction, declining mental health, and a death wish that wasn't about wanting to die by his own hand, but about wanting someone else to end the pain for him.

In this raw and important conversation, Todd shares how that path unravelled, the moment that forced him to see what he'd been avoiding, and why he believes psychological injury deserves the same urgency and openness as physical injury.

📖 Donny – An Undercover Cop with a Death Wish by Todd Maguire

Available now:

🔗 Todd's website: https://toddmaguire.com.au/

🔗 Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Donny-undercover-deathwish-Todd-Maguire/dp/1764384407

If this episode brings something up for you, please reach out. Lifeline: 13 11 14 | Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636

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The Resilience Movement explores resilience not as motivation or mindset, but as capacity the psychological, emotional, and identity foundations that allow people to perform, adapt, and sustain effectiveness through pressure, change, and adversity.

Hosted by Donna Moulds, the podcast features in-depth conversations with leaders, psychologists, educators, and professionals whose work sits at the intersection of resilience, leadership, identity, and human performance.

Drawing on Donna’s background in leadership, workforce development, and lived experience of navigating major life transitions, the show examines:

• Psychological readiness and emotional regulation
• Identity, responsibility, and role transition
• Leadership behaviour and cultural impact
• Sustained performance without burnout
• What it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changes

This is a considered, evidence-informed podcast for people who want to think clearly, lead responsibly, and navigate challenge without losing themselves in the process.

The conversations also explore how people can develop the psychological skills required to adapt, recalibrate, and grow through change, rather than being defined or diminished by it.

New episodes released regularly.Follow & Connect

🌐 Website: https://theresiliencemovement.com.au

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