The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Podcast Amanda Campbell

TopLeads is a B2B lead generation company with a proven track record of delivering quality leads through innovative and customised marketing campaigns.
They are a team of diverse and talented individuals spread across the world who work tirelessly to achieve your business goals in all aspects of marketing.
The company was founded by CEO, Charles Cormier, after he searched endlessly for a quality way to obtain leads and book meetings with clients to bring business into his advertising agency.
When Charles reached out to me to feature on his podcast, I admired his passion and entrepreneur spirit. Naturally, I invited Charles to join me on the Bend Like Bamboo podcast to share his story. 
Charles started a nootropic company that got featured on Dragon's Den (the Quebec/Canada Shark Tank), he has travelled the world with my wife and dogs, managed and fired 1k+ employees, he has completed, ironmans and has started over 60 startups and has personally interviewed 10,000 CEO’s.
I wanted to interview Charles about what he has learned on his journey, and what resilience means to him. In a market where business owners we are looking at new ways to reinvest ourselves and how to scale their companies, Charles has much t share. He has started and failed multiple times. But this is what led him to create a system that helped him to maximise product market fit, testing his ideas at scale. 
Charles believes in quantity aim to have minimum 10,000 contacts, sending out 50,000 emails per month which can give you an idea of what works, and what does not work from the open rates and statistic analysis.Charles' Tips:
Offer something great and have something that people want.Have a killer offer that people will talk about.If you get a big response then you know that you are onto something, eliminate the rest and double down on what works.Question your beliefs and cleanse your mind daily.Learn to manage your emotions and this will help you to also manage your team’s emotions. Charles has migrated to AI to eliminate this successfully.Create your own learning system he highly recommends Wikipedia as a good source of information. Also study the greats in our modern time, but also from past centuries.Add value to your market, and adapt.Get in touch with Charles Cormier
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sdr-as-a-service/Website: www.topleads.agency
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Matt Rowe is the Author of Belief to Heal, a Certified Health Coach, meditation and Reiki practitioner, TEDx speaker, and father of two.    After earning the designation of an All-American Triathlete in 2007 he paralyzed his right leg and then in 2010, healed himself from the paralyzed leg to finish the infamous Ironman triathlon.   Matt has also reversed the daily affliction of 25-30 TIAs (also known as “mini-strokes”) and recovered from debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) to live his best life. 
He is the founder of Identity of Health wellness coaching, founder of the Symptom Free MS Summit and Symposium and hosts the Identity of Health podcast. A lover of Self and life, Matt lives in Colorado and travels internationally to speak on Belief, healing, and possibility.
A few years ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Rowe, we took a deep dive into his take on resilience, the power of flexibility and how he has overcome MS, daily strokes and a back injury that paralysed his leg.
Check out this podcast all about Matt’s story and recovery here:
Matt and I both believe that the best way to optimise healing in the body is to take an integrated approach that addresses the multiple layers of our mind, body and energy.
In this podcast Matt and I explore the pillars of health of the mind, body, food and connection. Our ability to open our hearts is integral in allowing the nervous system to let go of stress and our addiction to the fight/flight/freeze response.
When we can choose love and joy despite the adversities we will inevitably face, not only are we able to be more solution-focused, but we can also optimise growth and repair pathways that allow us to heal.
Addressing our energy and stress levels really does matter, I loved this conversation with Matt on this month’s podcast.
In my new book Bend Like Bamboo I explore these pillars, my journey from an MS diagnosis that led to my paralysis and how I had to learn to change my mind about what could be possible with the power of flexibility. 
“Amanda shares her story of resilience and possibility, inspiring those diagnosed with MS to rise using their own power of mindset and belief to be the person they have always desired. If you want something more in your life, this book is a must-read giving you the power and tools to remain flexible on your journey of recovery!”- Matt Rowe - Author, MS Coach, Symptom-Free MS Summit Founder and Host, Reiki and Meditation practitioner and Ironman
Check out Matt’s Autoimmune Challenge ….
Matt's Tips:
Eating nutrient dense wholefoods is key to nourishing your body on a cellular level to repair.Exercise helps with recovery, find a restorative type that works for you.Address the stress in your life, your energy matters.Get in touch with Matt Rowe
Facebook: www.facebook.com/identityofhealthInstagram: @identityofhealthWebsite: www.mattrowecoaching.com
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Amanda presents her wellness workshops and keynotes virtually, live on zoom.To book Amanda to speak at your event or workplace please contact:www.amandacampbell.com.auhello@amandacampbell.com.au1300 188 882
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Podcast: Bend Like Bamboo on Itunes
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Dr. Terry Wahls practices internal medicine and treats psychiatric patients at the VA in Iowa City Iowa.  In the year 2000, she was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis.
MS is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that damages the myelin of neurons (imagine the white plastic that covers your phone charger cable), causing breaks in communication between the brain cells, neurotransmitter imbalances and cell death, with resulting physical and cognitive disabilities, including blindness, dizziness and pain.  In its earlier relapsing-remitting stage, MS is treated with chemo and immune system suppressants.  Dr. Wahls pursued the best and most aggressive treatment available.
Nevertheless, in 2003 her MS had developed into the secondary progressive variety.  At that stage, the treatment strategy was to slow the inexorable loss of function.  Dr Wahls was using canes to walk, soon she was in a wheelchair almost all the time. Wahls is a doctor and she researched her condition, but there were no treatments to reverse the loss of function, not even any clinical trials available for her to join.
So she went back to school, staying up at night after the rest of the family was in bed.  She studied the basic science of her condition and similar ones, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Huntington's. Then she designed her own treatment based on the basic science about why brain cells die.  She experimented on herself, developed a diet regime, tested potential food sensitivities. She started working with a physical therapist to use neuro-muscular electrical stimulation, continued the diet modifications.  And then she got out of her wheelchair.
Over the course of that year, Wahls went from moving around on a scooter to walking with canes to riding a bicycle eighteen miles without assistance. Today, Dr. Wahls has recovered, she walks, bike rides often with her family, and actively shares with the world how she is doing what people with secondary progressive MS don't do -  and that is recovering.
In her first book “Minding your Mitochondria” she explains how those little maintenance workers don't have all the proper nutrients, like amino acids, the correct minerals, and fatty acids, then they can't build according to the DNA blueprints.  Those nutrients are the building blocks that mitochondria in our cells need to keep our bodies healthy.  If those replacement molecules and structures get made incorrectly or not at all, our bodies begin to deteriorate.
That led to her creating “The Wahls Protocol” a nutrition program that I followed with great success when I was also in a wheelchair and paralysed. When I began to learn how to flood my brain and gut with the right nutrients, the game literally changed for my recovery. My symptoms began to subside, alone life changing. I began to feel better mentally and emotionally, physically I walked faster, and I began to jog. In 2010 did my first MS Fun Run with MS Limited Australia and it has been a yearly tradition since.
Naturally, I had to meet this amazing woman.How Dr Wahls and I met
I met Dr Terry Wahls in 2013 in Iowa, I was travelling n the USA and reached out to her. She agreed to met with me after I shared with her how much of an impact her protocol made in my recovery from a paralysis from MS.
I was so excited, and nervous. She was so lovely, she sat with me in her office, talked with me and listened to my story and the impact she had made in my life. She showed me the research she was doing, and we remained in contact. I am so excited to share this heart-felt podcast with you, where together Dr Wahls and I re-unite and chat about the further progress she has made helping people with autoimmune disease. 
The impact stress and nutrition have on autoimmune disease 
When I was 24 I was diagnosed with MS, and 5 years later I was paralysed at age 29. Thankfully after months in hospital, and taking a balanced approach of Kinesiology and Neuro-physiotherapy I was mobile again. I

Paula Day is a highly-skilled business expert and trusted advisor with a wealth of experience.
With 20 years in the field, 18 spent working on large scale infrastructure projects in business advisory roles for senior leaders, CEOs, and Government Officials, she has a wealth of knowledge to draw from. 
Holding a bachelor’s degree in Business Accounting and a CPA certification, she quickly rose to the top of the corporate ladder and mastered the skills needed for successful large scale operations. 
Additionally, she is a Master NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, Social Media Expert, and Personal Stylist, bringing a unique and holistic approach to her coaching and consulting business.
Paula's passion lies in supporting driven beauty business owners to master their businesses and grow in a way that aligns with their values. With her experience and expertise, she offers the kind of advice and support usually only available to larger organizations.
Paula’s definition of resilience is our ability to control our emotions, when we become triggered or stressed when the bigger events come in life that can take our life on a turn.
It is our ability to take one step forward every day, to believe n ourselves and to manage our stress levels.
Paula started her career as an accountant, in her career she was exposed to amazing leadership programs and coaches.
Then Paula had a baby boy who had become disabled, and was preparing to be wheel chair bound. Paula had to make a choice, was she going to focus on earning more money to support the care and services that her son required? Or was she going to stay at home to look after her son? Luckily her dad stepped in and retired at age 53 to help out. This allowed Paula to climb the corporate ladder. He vision began to come true, she had an amazing office, view and team. But she was missing her kids and wasn’t seeing them as much as she wanted.
Paula decided she had to make a change, she began to listen to podcasts and was inspired to start a t-shirt business. It took off on Amazon and she began to make more money doing less, amazing! She began to hire a team and she grew the business.
But Paula’s relationship broke down and overnight, all her accounts had changed and she had put the t-shirt business in her husband’s name and she lost everything. She moved back in with her parents, and went through the painful process of separating her life from her now ex-husband. After 7 months of legal battle, she decided to stop the fight, and she chose to move forward with love instead. Paula realised she had leadership and  coaching skills, and she decided to train as a NLP practitioner which really helped her in her healing.
Paula learned that when we have a goal, we need to believe in ourselves to make it happen. We attract what we think about, and we need to take responsibility for our part in that. Paula’s lowest point was when she was surrounded by boxes in her parents house, adjusting to seeing her kids only 50% of the time. Going through this is what birthed her coaching program, it just poured out of her. Could it be possible that the adversities that we go through, are teaching us who we need to be, to have what we really want in our lives?
But if we caught up with stress and rigidity, we can lose these moments and gifts and the lessons then are there to teach us. When we can overcome this with a flexible mindset, we can elevate ourselves to be greater than our obstacles, our negativity and our fears.
Paula learned that you can take everything away, and we are still here and we are still ok. We can rebuild from loss and that realisation is what took the fear away for Paula.
Paula’s tips:
Take time on your own after a breakup to reflect.Take responsibility for your part and ask yourself how can I show up differently moving forward in my life?Be open to love, put your phone down, be more present when you walk down the street.Get in touch with Paula Day
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Niti Nadarajah is a coach, freelance general counsel and DEI consultant and keynote speaker based in Melbourne with a passion for authentic and inclusive leadership. 
She advocates for a range of issues including gender and racial equity, and through her business, Coaching by Niti, helps to empower women who are feeling stuck in their careers to get unstuck by connecting them to their inner compass. 
She was recognised as a LinkedIn Top Voice (Gender Equity) in 2022 and advises various companies and charities as an expert & Mentor.
Niti is also a certified Master NLP practitioner, Coach and Gender Equality Expert with Grace Papers, DEI practitioner on the NASA Astrophysics IDEA practitioner database, legal adviser to, and consultant with, The Creative Co-operative, an angel investor at Nobody Studios, a founding member and DEI Ambassador at Human Leaders, a Mentor at Future Women (recently awarded Mentor of the Year), a Peer Support Companion at The Pink Elephants Support Network and Community Partner for White Ribbon (Australia) and mum to two.
Niti’s definition of resilience when she was young was all about persisting, making it through everything, and not letting things affect her. Niti developed an ‘allergy’ to vulnerability. She believed that it was a weakness to show how she was feeling, and her emotional side. 
Growing up with an Indian background and community, talking about mental health was not a thing, like it is in Australia. Niti has feared judgement, and has held back expressing herself as a result. 
When Niti was 2w1 years old, her grandfather who lived with her and the family, passed away. I was told that I had to be strong for my dad and family, so I cried when no was was watching, and held it together externally. I armoured myself externally, and suppressed the inner turmoil in the inside and an inner conflict brewed within me.
I experienced two pregnancy losses, and I became more aware of how this was affecting my stress levels and my health. Now I try to face the things I have to overcome in my life, but I also make ‘truce’ with them to create more harmony in my mind and my body. One day, a colleague of mine asked if I was ok, mentioning that I did not appear to be myself. I know in that moment, I could choose to suppress how I really felt, or I could open and be honest. Choosing to be honest and expressing what I was going through, was so powerful for me, it helped me to release the inner pressure and I became more open and vulnerable within myself, and with others. 
Now I see vulnerability as a strength, and it allows me to heal helping other women to express themselves in my volunteer role with Pink elephant Foundation, and various other roles I have in the community. This gives my work more meaning and purpose. 
Discovering your inner compass, is the way to vulnerability, and it is a journey of self discovery that has opened up my inner world, how I show up in my life and the experiences I attract.
These are important questions that I ask myself: 
What am I running from? My attempt to be able to feel like I belong, especially as an Indian woman living in Australia. 
What guides me? To feel loved, connection and purpose.
What do I am for? To discover who I am and expressing that.
What do I value? Giving back.
When you find yourself looking for the answers you seek externally, look within.
Niti’s tips:
Incrementally get to know yourself better, make time, slow down, destress & reflect.Find your people - coach / therapist that can help you to see what it is not in your awareness.Don’t rush it, the magic happens in the in-between moments.Get in touch with Niti Nadarajah
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/niti-nadarajah/Instagram: @Storiesbyniti
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If interstate or international :Call us on 1300 188 882 or email hello@amandacampbell.com.au to find out how to book in for online coaching if you are outside of Melbourne / International.
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Amand

Matt Rowe is the Author of Belief to Heal, a Certified Health Coach, meditation and Reiki practitioner, TEDx speaker, and father of two.  
After earning the designation of an All-American Triathlete in 2007 he paralyzed his right leg and then in 2010, healed himself from the paralyzed leg to finish the infamous Ironman triathlon. 
Matt has also reversed the daily affliction of 25-30 TIAs (also known as “mini-strokes”) and recovered from debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) to live his best life. 
He is the founder of Identity of Health wellness coaching, founder of the Symptom Free MS Summit and Symposium and hosts the Identity of Health podcast. A lover of Self and life, Matt lives in Colorado and travels internationally to speak on Belief, healing, and possibility.
I love meeting fellow colleagues who have overcome their disease and symptoms, Matt Rowe was such a pleasure to interview as we took a deep dive into his take on resilience, the power of flexibility and how he has overcome MS, daily strokes and a back injury that paralysed his leg.
It is now Matt’s passion to share other people’s stories at a free Summit he is hosting on the 19th June 2023. He has signed dup 26 speakers that will share their stories, knowledge and tips over 2 weeks. When you sign up you get to learn form two speakers as day to gain from their wisdom and inspiration - amazing!
Matt believes that resilience is about finding out own way & purpose. Knowing how to to listen to our own truth vs. other voices of authority that may not be open to what can be possible for your recovery. To be resilient is to be flexible, to bounce back. Just like a tree builds its resilience from being pushed in the wind, we also build our resilience from the adversities that life throws at us. Matt believes that our strength comes through times of adversity, not from things being handed to us or ease.
When Matt was young he was overweight at puberty stage of life, and he was bullied. He decided to do something about it and began to train his body. This led him to become a triathlete, he was in his early 20’s, he was fit with a big ego an he believed he was indestructible. After shovelling snow, out of the blue he injured his back and this paralysed his leg. They gave him a 50/50 chance of recovery from the surgery, he lost life as he knew it and the life he had built around him.
Matt learned how to be more compassionate with himself, as he dealt with losing everything he thought he was, within seconds. He was faced with a potential amputation, and it was in this moment, he knew he had a choice. He had to figure out how to turn this terrifying situation into a positive somehow. Matt had his second child, and he didn’t want to give up. He went into the operation believing that no matter what the outcome, that he was going to be ok. Matt woke up from the surgery and he could move his leg and he managed to walk again, however he was faced with a long road to full recovery. It was two and a half years of rehabilitation, as he waited for new nerves to grow at the speed of 1 mm a day. Again, he had to be kind to himself, as he learned to be disciplined and patient on. his road to recovery.
Matt needed a goal to work towards, and he signed up for Ironman which was 1 year away. He trained himself to rebuild his body, and found he would swing between the rigidity of ego and expectation,  to one of compassion, self care connecting more to his higher self. When he was stuck in ego, he was wanting everything to be like it used to be before, and he was not willing to let go of the past and his old identity. He was more concerned with what people though of him, his own expectations, and the external. As opposed to loving himself being softer, more patient, and more flexible in his approach as he began to change his mind about this story.  It was a constant push pull as he put a plan together to achieve his goal.
Matt began to experience 20-30 strokes a da