Luke And Susie Podcast

The Australian doctor saving the lives and dignity of thousands of women in Africa, one surgery at a time.From Ethiopia to Sierra Leone, Tanzania to Togo, Dr Andrew Browning has been helping women affected by obstetric fistulas - a debilitating condition resulting from obstructed childbirth - for nearly two decades. Andrew began his African career in the 1990s working with the late Dr Catherine Hamlin and since then has started the Barbara May Foundation, which has built hospitals, trained staff and established programs to heal fistulas and also prevent them from occurring around Africa in the world's most disadvantaged women.A Doctor in Africa is the uplifting story of Andrew's life, from the challenges faced along the way to the stories of the women whose lives he has forever changed.All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the Barbara May Foundation.See more at: https://barbaramayfoundation.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In order to really make progress it’s important to think about TODAY and TOMORROW, not just the past.  For you and everyone around you, it’s time to think about your life now and your future.  You can't start a new chapter if you keep rereading the last one. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anna’s always had too many feelings. Or not enough feelings – she’s never been quite sure. Debilitating panic. Extraordinary melancholy. Paranoia. Ambivalence. Fear. Despair.From anxious child to terrified parent, mental illness has been a constant. A harsh critic in the big moments – teenage pregnancy, divorce, a dream career, falling in love – and a companion in the small ones – getting to the supermarket, feeding all her cats, remembering which child is which.But between therapists’ rooms and emergency departments, there’s been a feeling even harder to explain … optimismA blend of memoir and research, the book is a compassionate insight into complex mental illness and the magic that can be found in spite of it all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The remarkable true story of a father who moved heaven and earth to help his wife and son escape Chinese persecution and bring them to safety in Australia. Freeing My Family flips between the perspective of Australian lawyer extraordinaire Michael Bradley and Sadam as he fought to bring his family back together. Adding important contextual information about the Uyghur population of Xinjiang and the alternating perspective of this incredible effort to move heaven and earth to unite Sadam to his family. It’s a refugee story with the happy ending we all need that has never before been told in full.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When children grow up and become adults we often assume, as parents, that our job is done. In fact it's just the beginning of a whole new stage in our lifelong connection. Relationships with adult children are an aspect of parenting that is rarely discussed, yet they require thoughtfulness and empathy, and can bring many new challenges.All Grown Up draws on the personal experiences of parents, as well as advice from leading experts in the filed, to offer support and guidance on working through these common dilemmas to develop and maintain a close bond with your adult child. Discover how to create family harmony and a strong, enduring connection. Find more at: http://www.celiadodd.co.uk/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The impossible job of a doctor in some of the world's wildest places. After Lachlan McIver’s father suffers a sudden, fatal heart attack it sends him into a spiral of grief and outrage. This tragedy inspires him to become a doctor and he eventually finds his calling – providing care for communities in some of the most remote and neglected parts of the world. In this no-holds-barred memoir, Lachlan recounts his experiences treating patients and tackling health problems across dozens of countries, from rural communities around Australia and the islands of the South Pacific, through natural disasters and civil war zones, to the headquarters of the World Health Organization and Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in Switzerland. Lachlan is forced to confront not only the frustrations of trying to provide medical care in extremely under-resourced environments, but broader crises such as health inequities, climate change and drug-resistant infections. He also faces his own personal battles, including

Katie Meadows is an Australian author, with a passion to see others develop into their full potential. Whether as a HR professional, or in the context of church community, friends and family, Katie enjoys investing in people. She has presented faith focused shows for her local Christian radio station and produces topical God-spots of encouragement.Meat Pots, Manna, and a Merciful God is a Christian non-fiction book on the power of redemption. Find your promise entwined in the story of Abraham’s descendants. Discover divine principles in the stories of old that echo from history to the discerning ear. Learn how to withstand enemy tactics and fight the giants in your life. Too many spiritual pilgrimages have ended in the wilderness, but the wilderness is not your destiny!Find out more at: https://katiemeadows.life/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the outside, Sandra Thom-Jones was living a successful life: she had a great career, a beautiful home, a caring husband, two loving sons and supportive friends. But from the inside looking out, she was struggling to make sense of her place in the world, constantly feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, and convinced that her challenges with daily life just meant that she had to try harder.In Growing In to Autism, Thom-Jones tells the story of gradually realizing that she was autistic, and that she experienced the world in ways which were markedly different from neurotypical people. This was a profound awakening - throughout her life she had been masking her true self and this effort had come at great physical, mental and emotional cost. Part personal, funny, endearing and enlightening memoir, and part rigorous explication of the nature of autism, Growing in to Autism is a book for all people, memorably conveying the need for better understanding and ways of making space for a group of individuals in our soci

From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundreds of thousands online to live life to the fullest and remind us that if we can, we must.There on that helicopter, somewhere over Switzerland on a Sunday in June, came the first tiny whisper. A voice that came from a place so deep inside of myself that I hadn't even known it existed. One that I would carry me for years to come. I'm going to be ok. There's still joy here.When Emma Carey was twenty, she fell from 15,000 feet and survived. In The Girl Who Fell From the Sky Emma tells us the inspirational story of how, through what could be considered one of her greatest tragedies, she found her truest self.This heartfelt book is more than a memoir, it's a call to action that reminds us not to take our lives and abilities for granted-to live every day like it could be our last.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What is grief? Is it depression? Do you now have PTSD? Does it have 5 stages with the final outcome Acceptance? No, no and NO! It is NOT depression or a disorder. It does not have prescriptive stages, with the end point Acceptance. It’s sadness. A human condition we are equipped to deal with and grow from. Debra Pascoe: The author of A Cup of Black Coffee, When There's Nothing Left Savour Something speaks with Luke about defining your grief.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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