The Resilience Movement

Donna Moulds
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Resilience is the ability to bounce back after adversity and create a life you love. It’s not about avoiding struggles but learning how to rise stronger each time life knocks you down. After facing my own personal challenges, I’ve worked hard to uncover the keys to bouncing back. Through this journey, I’ve strengthened my own well-being, self-love, joy, and connection. In this podcast, I’ll share the “how-to” of resilience offering tools, techniques, and real-life examples of people who have overcome: TraumaDivorceJob lossFamily breakdownsPersonal strugglesResilience Is a Muscle 💪 Just like any muscle, resilience needs consistent work to stay strong. It’s not about a one-time effort it’s about showing up for yourself every day. I’ll explore: Practical steps to build your inner strength.Stories of resilience from others who’ve turned their pain into power.How you can tap into your internal power to overcome any adversity.Your Takeaway Resilience isn’t something you’re born with it’s something you build. When you work on your resilience muscle, you can face life’s challenges with greater confidence, knowing that you have the tools to bounce back and thrive. Tune in to hear stories, strategies, and inspiration for building your resilience muscle and creating a life you love. 💬 Let’s explore it together!

  1. 6d ago

    Starting Over in Midlife? You’re Not Starting Over You Are Starting from Experience

    What if starting over in midlife isn’t really starting over at all? Career change. Redundancy. Relationship changes. Children growing up. A shift in health, identity or circumstances. Sometimes life changes so significantly that we find ourselves asking questions we thought we had already answered: Who am I now? What do I want? And where do I go from here? In this episode of The Resilience Movement Podcast, Donna Moulds explores what it really means to rebuild in midlife and why your next chapter doesn't begin at zero. You bring decades of experience with you. The decisions you've made. The mistakes you've learned from. The challenges you've survived. The judgement you've developed. The leadership, courage and capability you've built along the way. Donna shares personal reflections from her own experience of navigating major professional and personal change, including what happens when the identity you've carried for years is disrupted and you have to separate who you are from what you do. This episode explores: Why losing confidence doesn't mean you've lost capabilityThe difference between starting over and starting from experienceWhat happens when our identity becomes too closely connected to a career or roleWhy resilience isn't simply about enduring moreHow experience becomes an asset during reinventionThe role of agency when circumstances are outside our controlWhy your next chapter doesn't need to be built the same way as your last oneThe questions worth asking when you're standing between what was and what comes nextIf you're navigating a transition, questioning what comes next, or rebuilding your identity after a significant change, this conversation is an invitation to stop looking at yourself as someone beginning again. You are not starting over. You are starting from experience. Join the 7 Day Resilience Reset Waitlist If you're ready to move beyond simply thinking about change and start rebuilding your clarity, identity and agency, The 7 Day Resilience Reset is coming soon. Over seven days, I'll guide you through a practical reset designed to help you step out of survival mode, reconnect with yourself and become more intentional about what you build next. Join the waitlist to be among the first to know when the 7 Day Resilience Reset opens. 👉 JOIN THE WAITLIST: https://theresiliencemovement.com.au/resources/ Connect with The Resilience Movement Explore more articles, resources and conversations at The Resilience Movement.  Support the show 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 regulationIdentity, responsibility, and role transitionLeadership behaviour and cultural impactSustained performance without burnoutWhat it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changesThis 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 🎧 Apple Podc...

  2. Sep 18

    Your Past Does Not Get the Final Say - with Danyal Diallo

    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/ Connect with Donna Moulds and The Resilience Movement: 🌐 Website: https://theresiliencemovement.com.au/ 🎧 Follow The Resilience Movement Podcast -https://theresiliencemovement.com.au/the-resilience-movement-podcast/ 📩 Join A Moment of Resilience newsletter through the website - https://theresiliencemovement.com.au/resources/  Support the show 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 regulationIdentity, responsibility, and role transitionLeadership behaviour and cultural impactSustained performance without burnoutWhat it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changesThis 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 🎧 Apple Podc...

  3. Aug 26

    Sexy Menopause — With Lisa Fitzpatrick

    What happens when menopause, heartbreak and a crisis of identity collide and the life you thought you were living suddenly disappears?  In this episode of The Resilience Movement Podcast, Donna Moulds sits down with physiotherapist, pelvic and sexual health educator and author Lisa Fitzpatrick for a candid conversation about menopause, desire, relationships, ageing and rebuilding your sense of self.  Lisa shares the deeply personal experience of her fiancé ending their nine-year relationship by text while she was already navigating the physical and emotional changes of menopause.  It left her questioning far more than the relationship.  Who was she now? Was she still desirable? What did ageing mean? And how do you rebuild when the version of your future you believed in suddenly no longer exists?  Lisa takes us into the messy middle of that experience from feeling invisible and undesirable to travelling alone through Laos for five weeks and beginning to rediscover her own worth, independence and appetite for life.  Drawing on more than three decades of professional experience in pelvic and sexual health, Lisa also challenges some of the narratives women have been taught about menopause, ageing and sexuality.  Together, Donna and Lisa explore why menopause can be more than a collection of symptoms to manage. It can also become a threshold into greater authenticity, confidence, pleasure and personal power.  In this conversation, you'll hear about:   Rebuilding identity after heartbreak and major life transition  Menopause, ageing and the fear of becoming invisible  Why there is no one-size-fits-all approach to navigating menopause  Sexual health, intimacy and changing desire in midlife  The conversations couples need to have as their bodies and relationships change  Radical self-care and learning to listen to your body  Why desire doesn't have an expiry date  How an ending can become the beginning of an entirely different chapter  Lisa is the author of Sexy Menopause: The New Science and Soul of Midlife Desire, launching 27 October 2026. Her message is powerful: Menopause doesn't have to mark the beginning of your decline. It can become an invitation to meet the most authentic version of yourself yet. Whether you're navigating menopause yourself, supporting someone who is, rebuilding after a relationship ends, or simply standing at the edge of a new chapter in your life, this conversation is about what becomes possible when you stop treating change as the end of your story. Lisa Fitzpatrick Lisa Fitzpatrick is a physiotherapist with more than three decades of clinical experience, a pelvic and sexual health educator, keynote speaker and author of Sexy Menopause: The New Science and Soul of Midlife Desire. Pre-Order Sexy Menopause  Lisa's new book, Sexy Menopause: The New Science and Soul of Midlife Desire, launches 27 October 2026.  If this conversation resonated with you, continue the conversation with Lisa and explore a different perspective on menopause, desire, confidence and midlife.  Pre-order your copy of Sexy Menopause today:  Pre-order Sexy Menopause  The Resilience Movement Podcast Real Stories. Real Growth. Real Impact. Purpose. Freedom. Impact.  Support the show 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 regulationIdentity, responsibility, and role transitionLeadership behaviour and cultural impactSustained performance without burnoutWhat it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changesThis 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 🎧 Apple Podc...

  4. Aug 18

    Who are you when the roles you've used to define yourself begin to change?

    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. 🎁 Free Identity Workbook & Toolkit: Reclaim Your Identity 🌐 Explore The Resilience Movement: The Resilience Movement Support the show 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 regulationIdentity, responsibility, and role transitionLeadership behaviour and cultural impactSustained performance without burnoutWhat it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changesThis 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 🎧 Apple Podc...

  5. Jul 23

    Turning the Page: A Conversation with Coach Briggs

    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. Connect with The Resilience Movement 🌐 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. Thank you for being part of our growing community. ❤️ Support the show 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 regulationIdentity, responsibility, and role transitionLeadership behaviour and cultural impactSustained performance without burnoutWhat it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changesThis 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 🎧 Apple Podc...

  6. Jun 18

    Chronic Pain Warrior: Finding Hope Through Chronic Pain and Adversity

    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 painRebuilding identity after unexpected life changesMental health, hope, and finding reasons to keep goingThe role of family, resilience, and personal responsibilityPractical strategies for navigating adversity one day at a timeWhy acceptance is not giving up—it's the beginning of moving forwardIf 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. Support the show 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 regulationIdentity, responsibility, and role transitionLeadership behaviour and cultural impactSustained performance without burnoutWhat it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changesThis 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 🎧 Apple Podc...

  7. May 18

    How to Rebuild Yourself After Adversity | Regulating Your Nervous System & Measuring Recovery

    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 systemrecognising survival patternsrebuilding emotional safetymeasuring your recovery honestlyrestoring routines and structureunderstanding exhaustion and hypervigilancereconnecting to purpose and future visionlearning when to rest and when to move forwardDonna 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. 🎙 The Resilience Movement Podcast Hosted by Donna Moulds Support the show 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 regulationIdentity, responsibility, and role transitionLeadership behaviour and cultural impactSustained performance without burnoutWhat it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changesThis 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 🎧 Apple Podc...

  8. Apr 25

    The Body Knows Before We Do with Elsa Valentine

    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. Support the show 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 regulationIdentity, responsibility, and role transitionLeadership behaviour and cultural impactSustained performance without burnoutWhat it actually takes to adapt and rebuild when life changesThis 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 🎧 Apple Podc...

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Resilience is the ability to bounce back after adversity and create a life you love. It’s not about avoiding struggles but learning how to rise stronger each time life knocks you down. After facing my own personal challenges, I’ve worked hard to uncover the keys to bouncing back. Through this journey, I’ve strengthened my own well-being, self-love, joy, and connection. In this podcast, I’ll share the “how-to” of resilience offering tools, techniques, and real-life examples of people who have overcome: TraumaDivorceJob lossFamily breakdownsPersonal strugglesResilience Is a Muscle 💪 Just like any muscle, resilience needs consistent work to stay strong. It’s not about a one-time effort it’s about showing up for yourself every day. I’ll explore: Practical steps to build your inner strength.Stories of resilience from others who’ve turned their pain into power.How you can tap into your internal power to overcome any adversity.Your Takeaway Resilience isn’t something you’re born with it’s something you build. When you work on your resilience muscle, you can face life’s challenges with greater confidence, knowing that you have the tools to bounce back and thrive. Tune in to hear stories, strategies, and inspiration for building your resilience muscle and creating a life you love. 💬 Let’s explore it together!

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  • Creator
    Donna Moulds
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    96
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Resilience Movement
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    The Resilience Movement