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Kate and Sam discuss 'Life Quakes' with resilience expert Donna West, exploring how to cope with unexpected life challenges.

Send a question or message to Kate & Sam In our first episode of 2026, Kate sits down with Donna West, founder of Donna's Balcony Views and resilience expert to talk about ‘Life Quakes’: those unexpected and brutal events or situations in life that crack your world open and force you to rebuild from the rubble. Life Quakes include things like workplace trauma, death of a loved one, miscarriage, illness, divorce, survival of traumatic events like tsunamis or bushfires, just to name a few. ...

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Hosts: Kate De Jong, Sam Morris

Guest: Donna West

Topics covered

• resilience
• life challenges
• trauma
• rebuilding
• personal growth

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Organizations: Donna's Balcony Views

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