Father Land S2E1: Brendan Cullen on Facing His Demons, Fatherhood and the Swim of His Life
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Brendan Cullen shares his journey of overcoming childhood trauma and his experience as an open-water swimmer.
Brendan Cullen lived 600 kilometres from the nearest beach when he decided to become an open-water swimmer. Training before dawn in lakes and dams, he went on to swim the English Channel in 2022 - spending 17 hours in the water and covering 64 kilometres. But Brendan will tell you that wasn’t the hardest thing he’s ever done. A lifelong sheep and cattle farmer from Broken Hill, Brendan spent decades carrying childhood trauma he didn’t speak about. In 2015, struggling with depression, he walke...
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