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Resilience Unravelled
by Russell Thackeray
These podcasts help you get the most from life and work by helping you reduce burnout and improve your resilience and performance.
Episodes
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Dr. Joel Davis Brown on Queer Consciousness, Marginalisation, and Leadership Wisdom
In this Resilience Unravelled episode, host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Dr. Joel Davis Brown about consciousness as worldview and self-positioning within society, and how marginalised communities often lack the “luxury” of drifting through life unaware of systemic inequities. Brown defines...
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Measuring Workplace Joy: Georgina Woodley on Energy, Culture, and the Joy-O-Meter
Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Georgina Woodley in Perth, Australia about her background in big-four consulting, strategy, and 20+ years in market research, and her interest in applying personal-development “energy” concepts to organisations. They discuss how people sense workplace culture,...
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Nerissa Balland on Creativity, Resilience, and Canvas of Courage
Host Dr Russell Thackeray welcomes Fort Lauderdale–based visual artist, therapeutic arts practitioner, author, and two-time cancer survivor Nerissa Balland, who discusses her work at the intersection of creativity, resilience, and personal growth. After being diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in...
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Aram Cargill on ADHD, Autism, and the Seven Pillars of Mental Fitness
Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Melbourne-based clinician and BBM (Brain Benefit Movement) founder Aram Cargill, a father of nine and former musician who developed a protocol to improve self-regulation and executive function, informed by raising a daughter with level 3 autism and two sons with…
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Dr. Kim Foster on Redesigning Identity: Recognise, Redesign, Ritualise
Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Dr. Kim Foster, an MD and former family doctor now living on Vancouver Island and spending summers in London, about identity and change. Foster explains identity as the “I am” stories people tell themselves, often inherited from parents, teachers, or society,...
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Antonio Michael Downing on Identity, Migration, and Resilience Through Art
In this episode of Resilience Unravelled with Dr Russell Thackeray, Antonio Michael Downing discusses growing up in Trinidad and Tobago with his grandmother, who taught him to read from the King James Bible and to sing Anglican hymns, before her death led to his move at age 11 to rural Northern...
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Chris Hill on Rewiring Addiction Through the Separation Model
In this Resilience Unravelled episode, host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Chris Hill, a London-based “lived experience practitioner” who helps people with mental health and addiction by teaching an educational “separation model” that distinguishes the conscious self from mind/body mechanisms....
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Dale Atkinson on Self-Advocacy, Integrative Oncology, and Going from Terminal Cancer to No Visible Disease
Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Dale Atkinson from near Reading, a former finance compliance consultant who now works as a patient advocate, audits companies for “patient trust leaks,” sells adjunct wellness modalities, and writes. Dale recounts that in 2024 his partner was diagnosed with...
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Bridging the Implementation Gap: Neurodiversity at Work and Australia’s NDIS Under Threat
Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Jodie Herbert in Canberra, Australia, founder of Ability Pathways Australia and a carer of three children on the autism spectrum. They discuss neurodiversity as natural variation in thinking, differences in autism categorisation (ASD 1–4), and how modern...
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The Executive Condition: Biological Foundations of Sustainable Leadership with Dr. Denis Cronson
Dr Russell Thackeray welcomes Dr. Denis Cronson, a South African-born medical doctor now based in Switzerland, to discuss leadership through a biological lens. Cronson describes moving from trauma surgery into 20 years of organisational health and executive consulting, observing how…
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Belonging as a Measurable Driver of Resilience and Performance with Andrea Carter
Host Dr Russell Thackeray welcomes Andrea Carter, a Canada-based organisational scientist known for validating a way to measure belonging and leading studies across 3,500 people in 13 companies, later extended across eight industries and 150,000 employees. This is a genuinely fascinating episode...
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Lenore Lambert on Human Flourishing, People Against Rushing, and Building Resilience Through Personal Growth
Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Sydney-based psychologist, former HR/leadership development director, and secular Buddhist teacher Lenore Lambert about her work Flourish Personal Growth and her “People Against Rushing” (PAR) intentions: a 20% time buffer, blank diary spaces, and “be where…
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Duncan Starr-Boltt on Fitness, Identity, Eastern Mind Mastery, and Purpose-Driven Goal Setting
Host Russell Thackeray welcomes Duncan Starr-Boltt, a Cambridge-based Brit who lives in Crete most of the year, and explores his journey from mechanical engineering into personal training, coaching, and running a CrossFit gym. Duncan describes intense fitness challenges (including a wall-ball…
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Celeste Warren on The Truth About Equity: Myths, Access, and Turning Awareness Into Action
In this Resilience Unravelled episode, Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Celeste Warren, a US-based former chief diversity and inclusion officer who retired after nearly four decades in global corporations and now consults, speaks, and promotes her book The Truth About Equity. Warren explains why...
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Deborah Santana on Loving the Fire, Choosing Freedom, and Levelling the Playing Field
Dr Russell Thackeray welcomes writer and nonprofit leader Deborah Santana from Los Angeles to discuss her work and memoir, Loving the Fire: Choosing Me, Finding Freedom. Deborah explains her nonprofit Do Little, which supports women and girls in health, education, and happiness, and describes her...
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Oneika Mays on Mindfulness, Loving-Kindness, and Writing ‘Sit With Me’
Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Jersey City-based meditation teacher, yoga teacher, and licensed massage therapist Oneika Mays, discussing her love of reading and music, the value of stories, and how technology, social media, and AI affect attention and thinking. Mays describes being...
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Veronica Mason on Identity, Mindset, and Post-Traumatic Growth After a Life-Changing Accident
In this episode of Resilience Unravelled, Dr Russell Thackeray speaks with Veronica Mason, a Sydney-based coach, speaker, and neurotech founder who lives near Bondi Beach and describes the area’s intentional, health-conscious community. Mason shares her half-Australian, half-Mauritian upbringing...
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The Iron Thread: Why the 2026 World Cup Will Break the Weak
Dr Russell Thackeray discusses the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the USA, Mexico, and Canada and argues it will be a continent-sized resilience test rather than a tactics story, highlighting four pressure points: rapid shifts between microclimates (from Seattle/Vancouver to high-altitude Mexico City to...
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Dr Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj on Leadership Transformation, Authenticity, Values, and Evidence-Based DE&I
Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, an executive advisor, adjunct business school faculty member, and author focused on leadership transformation and human potential. They discuss how introductions differ across Western and other cultures, and how women leaders may adopt...
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Ryan Vet on the Generational Pendulum, AI Acceleration, and Putting Friction Back into Childhood
Dr Russell Thackeray interviews futurist and former venture capitalist Ryan Vet, who recounts his family name’s changes after immigrating to the US and his career path from a childhood lemonade stand to a multinational marketing company and 20 years in venture capital, exiting in 2021 to…
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From Criminal Solicitor to Performance Psychology Author: Adrian Kelly on Success, Morality, and Transcendence
Russell interviews Adrian Kelly in Northern Ireland about his varied career and ideas on success. Kelly began as a criminal solicitor, then left the profession after the 2009–2010 financial crash and fee cuts, pivoting into a renewable energy wind-turbine business that grew to 30 staff, raised...
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Balance, Not Perfection: Trust, Gut Health, and Practical Recovery from Crohn’s & Colitis with Dane Johnson
Host Dr. Russell welcomes returning guest Dane Johnson to discuss resilience through gut health, Crohn’s and colitis as autoimmune inflammatory bowel diseases, and why cases are rapidly increasing, which Johnson attributes to combined factors like toxins, pathogens, stress, EMF, poor sleep, and...
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JB Glossinger on Morning Coach, Consistency Systems, and Resilience Through Saying No
This week on Resilience Unraveled, JB Glossinger explains how childhood bullying and being held back in third grade led him to adopt the name “JB” (James Brian) and build a life around Emotional Intelligence and consistent systems rather than short-lived motivation. He describes creating the...
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Resilience Unravelled with Todd Malloy: Bridging Engineering and Therapy for Intentional Living
Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Todd Malloy in Huntersville, North Carolina, about his journey from a marginalised upbringing to nearly 30 years as a mechanical engineer and then to becoming a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapist and sexuality educator, and former...
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Pratiqk Jaani on Conditioning, the Observer Self, and Shifting from Scarcity to Wholeness through Dhrasti
In this Resilience Unravelled episode, host interviews London-based accountant, business advisor, and qualified hypnotherapist Pratiqk Jaani about his shift from feeling unfulfilled despite achieving milestones to a sense of wholeness. He explains that ideas of a “good” or “bad” life are...
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Win Win Parenting: Building Resilient Kids and Family-Friendly Workplaces with Dr. Rosina McAlpine,
In this Resilience Unravelled episode, Russell Thackeray interviews Australia-based Dr. Rosina McAlpine, a PhD educator and former academic, about supporting working parents and raising resilient children. MacAlpine describes her shift from business-school research to parenting after facing...
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The Art of Aging Well: Resilience, Purpose, Connection, and Health Beyond Money
The episode of Resilience Unravelled with Dr Russell Thackeray discusses “aging well” as an inevitable journey that can be actively shaped, emphasising that while financial security can ease burdens, the most important pillars are accessible regardless of wealth. It argues aging well isn’t about...
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‘Waiting Well’: Turning Delays into Resilience
This episode of Resilience Unravelled discusses “waiting well,” drawn from long UK healthcare waits and delays in the judicial system, and argues that in a culture of speed, waiting feels like a rude interruption but is inevitable. Waiting well is framed as an intentional mindset—responding to...
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AI, Entrepreneurship, and Resilience: Ephraim Ebstein on Skills, Regulation, and the Future of Work
In this Resilience Unraveled episode, Dr Russell Thackeray interviews San Diego-based IT and AI services entrepreneur Ephraim Ebstein, who shares his background growing up in California with frequent trips to Germany and an early interest in entrepreneurship. They discuss why California produces...
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Is our UK democracy resilient enough for the modern world?
In a solo episode of Resilience Unravelled, Dr Russell Thackeray reflects on whether UK democracy is resilient amid events in America and stresses that democratic resilience means absorbing shocks, adapting, upholding rule of law, and maintaining trust. They outline UK strengths: deep-rooted...
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Jerzy Gregorek on Resilience, Olympic Weightlifting, and the Happy Body Program
In this Resilience Unravelled episode, Dr Russell Thackeray meets Jerzy Gregorek, born in Poland, recounts becoming a firefighter at 19, studying fire protection engineering, and joining Solidarity during the 1981 crackdown, including a crushed 10-day strike and three years underground after the...
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Will Steel on Courage, Limiting Beliefs, and being Free to Lead
Will Steel joins Resilience Unravelled and shares a business lesson from investing £50,000 in a shirt venture that failed after the designer overcharged and manipulated import paperwork, which Steele links to Keith Cunningham’s idea that leadership failures stem from lack of courage. He…
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Alexis Sikorsky on Entrepreneurship, Private Equity Exits, and Getting Unstuck at Scale
In this Resilience Unravelled episode, Alexis Sikorsky, a Swiss entrepreneur based in London, recounts building an internet café/ISP in Senegal, fleeing the country with only a suitcase, then returning to Geneva to grow a banking software and internet development business to about $10–11M revenue...
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Susan Inouye on Leadership, Sawubona, Somatic Practices, and What Millennials Are Teaching Leaders
On the podcast Resilience Unravelled, Russell speaks with Susan Inouye in Los Angeles about resilience themes in homes, products, and organisational culture, including companies that post values but don’t live them. They discuss generational differences at work, with Susan describing shifts from...
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Exercise With Oxygen Therapy: Brad Ley on Inflammation, Capillaries, and 1000 Roads
In this Resilience Unravelled episode, host Russell interviews Brad Ley in Texas about oxygen and exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT). Ley explains he turned to oxygen therapy about a decade ago after chronic illness and autoimmune conditions, including psoriasis and autoimmune arthritis, when...
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Unlocking Longevity with Chris Burres: From Carbon Nano materials to Breakthrough Health Supplements
In this episode of Resilience Unraveled, host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Chris Burres, a scientist and entrepreneur, about his unexpected journey into the longevity space. Chris shares his extensive background in working with a unique molecule, ESS 60, which has shown remarkable potential in...
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Kate McAfoose on Revolutionising Healthcare with Robotics at Chang Robotics
In this episode of Resilience Unraveled, Dr Russell Thackeray welcomes Kate McAfoose from Chang Robotics. Kate shares her journey from civil engineering in upstate New York to her current role at Chang Robotics in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. She delves into her early career in project management...
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Everyday Bravery: Embracing Fear and Journaling for Personal Growth with Renee Zukin
In this episode of Resilience Unraveled, Russell interviews Renee Zukin, an author and former educator, about her background, her focus on empowering entrepreneurial women, and the benefits of writing and journaling. Renee discusses her new book, 'Every Day I'm Brave,' which explores the...
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Resilience and Success with Patrick Engassser: Overcoming Challenges and Finding Opportunity
In this episode of Resilience Unravelled, host Russell Thackeray welcomes guest Patrick Engasser, who shares his journey of overcoming blindness since birth to succeed in sales and motivational speaking. Patrick discusses his move from Buffalo, New York to Destin, Florida, and the attractions of...
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Navigating Resilience and Authenticity with Entrepreneur Chris Endersby
This was one of our favourite podcast recordings from the last few months! In this episode of Resilience Unravelled,' host Russell Thackeray interviews Chris Endersby, a versatile professional with a diverse career journey spanning local government, the private sector, and entrepreneurship. Chris...
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Understanding Dry Eyes and Screen Time with Dr. Pam Theriot on Resilience Unravelled
In this episode of Resilience Unraveled, Dr Russell Thackeray discusses eye health with Dr. Pam Theriot. Dr. Theriot shares her expertise on dry eyes, the impact of increased screen time, and effective remedies. She explains the different types of tears, their roles, and how blinking rates are...
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Resilience Unravelled - Justice for Artists: Tackling Intellectual Property Theft with Daniel Lachman
In this episode of Resilience Unraveled, Russell welcomes Daniel Lachman to discuss the pressing issue of intellectual property rights for artists. Lachman, who previously ran a successful clothing company, pivoted to founding 'Justice for Artists' after dealing with extensive counterfeiting of…
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Christmas Ramblings and Building Resilience During the Holidays
In this episode of Resilience Unravelled, Russell shares heartfelt Christmas and holiday greetings while reflecting on the diverse experiences people may have during the festive season. The discussion highlights the joy, reflection, and rejuvenation often associated with Christmas, as well as the...
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Resilience in the Face of Grief: An Interview with Sylvia Moore Myers from Resilience Unravelled
In this episode of Resilience Unravelled, Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Sylvia Moore Myers about her profound experiences with grief and trauma. Sylvia, who specialises in traumatology and holds advanced degrees in human services and crisis trauma response, shares her personal story of losing a...
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Resilience Unravelled - Redefining Masculinity and Building Community with Ralph Brewer
In this episode of 'Resilience Unravelled,' host Russell Thackeray welcomes Ralph Brewer from Help for Men. Ralph shares his journey of overcoming personal challenges, including divorce and single fatherhood, which led him to create Help for Men and The Brotherhood. They discuss the concept of...
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Resilience Unravelled with Trevor Blake: From Persistence to Profits
In this episode of 'Resilience Unravelled,' Russell chats with Trevor G Blake, a successful entrepreneur known for his ventures in the pharmaceutical industry. Trevor shares his life journey, born in Liverpool and later moving to the U.S., where he leveraged his diverse background to excel in...
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Resilience Unravelled: Matt Granados on Building Resilience, Leadership, and Life Balance
In this episode of Resilience Unravelled, Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Matt Granados from Life Pulse Inc. The discussion covers a range of topics including Matt's personal journey of resilience influenced by his daughter Natalie's rare medical condition. They delve into the importance of...
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Sanjiv Patel on Resilience Unravelled, Authenticity, and Transformational Leadership
In this episode of Resilience Unraveled, host Russell welcomes guest Sanjiv Patel, a transformation expert and first-generation immigrant from Kenya, to discuss his journey and insights. Sanjiv shares his experiences in banking, financial services, and his transformative MBA journey that led him…
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Building Resilience and Legacy: A Conversation with Zach Del Monaco
n this episode of Resilience Unravelled, host Russell Thackeray chats with Zach Del Monaco, a young entrepreneur from Miami, Florida with an inspiring background in commercial construction. Zach shares insights into his journey, from working in his family’s construction business, leveraging…
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Resilience Unravelled - Unlocking the Power of Dreams with Dr. Bonnie Buckner
In this episode of Resilience Unravelled, Russell interviews Dr. Bonnie Buckner, founder of the International Institute for Dreaming and Imagery, and author of 'The Secret Mind: Unlock The Power of Dreams to Transform Your Life.' Dr. Buckner discusses her extensive background in dreaming and...
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These podcasts help you get the most from life and work by helping you reduce burnout and improve your resilience and performance.
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