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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2025 · 55 MIN

Gina Chick on what dark nights of the soul can teach us about life and living

from Big Ideas · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Gina Chick made her name as the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, but her story begins a long time before that. It involves unimaginable hardship, death grief, illness and injury. How has she learnt to sit with all that life has thrown at her, and remain joyful and true to herself, in the face of adversity?This event was recorded at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne, with thanks to Readings Books.SpeakersGina ChickAuthor, We Are the Stars (Winner of the Australian Book Industry's Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year)Hugh Van Cuylenburg (host)Founder, The Resilience ProjectHost, The Imperfects podcast

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