I may look perfectly normal, confident and happy but I was at a point in my life where I felt so completely worthless that I questioned whether or not I should continue to live… The problem was, I wasn’t living, I was merely existing. I had isolated myself from friends and family to the point [...]
Jean Jacques Machado was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and suffered birth defects resulting from amniotic band syndrome, which left him with only the thumb and the little finger on his left hand. Despite this congenital problem, which directly affects the skill of gripping, he began his Jiu-Jitsu training over thirty years ago and [...]
My name is Nadi and I'm an ordinary girl. I'm korean by nationality but was born in the USSR in 1980's. I am a Single mother of an 11 year old boy whose name is Khan. Never before I turned 32 years old; I did any sports. However, few days after my 32nd birthday I [...]
Founder – HALT > Hope Assistance Local Tradies I believe I have a message that can inspire, motivate and encourage people to challenge themselves to explore their leadership style and create change My message and story are based on real life events and my talks relate to the content on a personal level, A bit [...]
Smiling at the camera and striking a pose for my now husband Dennis, he grinned back at me. It was September 2017 and I couldn’t believe I was living out my dream of being a model. “You look beautiful”, Dennis said as he knelt down to find the perfect angle, before lifting me back into [...]
Raw, Real and truly Life-Changing is the best way to describe Michael Crossland. He is one extraordinary young man who has defied the odds of not only life threatening cancer as a baby but was the only survivor of a horrific drug trial that killed all except Michael. He continues the battle to this very [...]
Growing Up Andy Grant has been through a lot in a relatively short period of time. More than most will ever experience or will ever imagine. At 12 years old, Andy lost his mum to leukaemia, leaving him to help his dad bring up his two younger sisters. At 17, Andy decided after a year [...]
NOTHING IN LIFE IS IMPOSSIBLE AS HUMANITARIAN, MODEL, ACTIVIST AND FOUNDER OF NPO ONE CHANCE AT LIFE GLOBAL NICOLENE MOSTERT PROVES Founder of the non-profit organisation (NPO), One Chance At Life (OCAL) Global, Nicolene Mostert (34), is pretty much the poster child of what a person should look like in order to make the world [...]
In December of 2015 I realized I had definitely gone off the deep end. There I was sitting on an air mattress on the floor of my Santa Monica apartment, looking around my newly emptied living room which used to be full of stuff that I had just given away for free. I had spent [...]
Preston Pollard is a Skateboarder, TV - Host & International Motivational speaker from Anchorage, Alaska who now resides in Los Angeles. Being raised in Alaska was incredible, but having a dream to be a professional skateboarder seemed crazy to some. I was often teased because many thought I should be playing basketball or football! I [...]
