Born without arms, not without attitude!

Nicky Abdinor is an expert on doing MORE, with less.

 Nicky is a registered Clinical Psychologist, international speaker, and founder of the non-profit organisation, Nicky’s Drive. Nicky has a passion for challenging our perceptions of ABILITY. She is a firm believer that it’s not our situation, but how we THINK about our situation, that determines our emotional well-being. 

 Nicky is a sought-after inspirational keynote speaker who gained international recognition following her TEDx talk, "Driving Dreams." She was awarded the 2022 “Speaker Hall of Fame” award, a great honour through the Professional Speakers Association of South Africa. Nicky has presented talks as far as Europe, the USA, Middle East and Australia - and now will be chatting to us from her office in Cape Town

Some key points from our interview:

·        How unbroken means finding meaning in our perceived brokenness

·        How there was no medical explanation for being born without arms and shortened legs

·        How her parents always focused on what she could do and not what she couldn’t which led to her never seeing her limitations

·        How it was never a question of can Nicky do this? but how 

·        How she focused on academics and trained as a psychologist

·        How she believes her humour helps her with her positive attitude 

·        How meeting a client who had lost and arm and a leg in an accident made her realise she should share her story to motivate others 

·        How a woman in the UK gifted her an adapted car and she said driving gave her wings

·        How she started a non profit organisation to help other people with disabilities get their car adapted to meet their needs 

·        How she believes it’s so important to not ignore what is wrong, but focus more on what is right

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nickyabdinorspeaker

Twitter: @Nicky_Abdinor

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyabdinor/

Instagram: @nicky_abdinor

Website: www.nickyabdinor.com 

TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJV9LG9-Vp0

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Tammy is Canadian and moved to Scotland in 1989.  

 She is trained in adult massage and when she had her first child it just felt logical to massage her.  

 She then discovered research about the benefits of massage for preterm babies and became passionate about massage for all, especially babies/children. 

 She began teaching parents, mid-wives, health visitors, early years practioners and the Scottish School of Child & Baby Massage was born 28 years ago.  

 She ran her business while having and raising a family of 7 children. 

She has many stories about the profound impact that massage has on lives of other babies/parents with bonding, health & well-being and wants to start writing a book now that most of the young people have moved out!! 

Some key points from our interview:

·       How unbroken means being able to pick herself up whatever happens

·       How life in Vancouver was chaotic as she was born to a schizophrenic mother 

·       How she fell in love with massage at 12 when received one from a Dutch woman and started to have massage parties teaching her friends as a teenager

·       How when she moved to Scotland, she met Jim and qualified in massage

·       How her family became one of seven children including one son who has severe autism and epilepsy

·       How she loves teaching mums to massage their babies and has so many stories of mental health improving for the mums and physical health too for babies

·       How she believes that massage can be used to help others connect to themselves and their baby which improves the bonding between them both

·       How self-care is not a luxury but an important way to take care of our health

Her website for training: http://www.babymassage.org.uk/

Online course for Parents: https://bambinoandi.co.uk/

Facebook:  Scottish School of Child & Baby Massage
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Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/


You can listen to the full extended series of incredible stories on https://www.buzzsprout.com/1386718

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Jaz Ampaw-Farr is a ‘resilience ninja’, international speaker, coach and author.

 Hailed in the US as ‘The British Oprah’, Jaz has travelled the world advising governments, educators and helping tens of thousands of people with her bespoke leadership development programmes, training courses and motivational speeches.

 As a successful entrepreneur, mum of three, and former teacher - she knows a thing or two about galvanising people into taking action!

 With a passion for resilience, positive disruption, and a human-first approach to everything, Jaz’s energy is infectious and you can’t help but become mesmerised and fall under her captivating spell

 Some key points from our interview:

·       How she believes that unbroken is about being unbreakable and being able to reform with a new story to be resilient

·       How she feels that resilience is all about knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do

·       How her start in life was tough and being beaten, neglected and sexually abused left her feeling broken, worthless and defeated for many years 

·       How she ended up in care at eight years and homeless as a teenager but meeting five everyday heroes when she was at school changed her life 

·       How having a family is her success as she broke the cycle

·       How she’s passionate about helping people to become at least 10% braver

·       How her brother dying of a heroin overdose motivated her to speak out to show others what is possible in choosing a different life

·       How when she recently received an award at a conference, she was moved as she reflected on the enormity of her journey from foster care to speaker of the year 

 www.jazampawfarr.com

 Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/


You can listen to the full extended series of incredible stories on https://www.buzzsprout.com/1386718

Short of time but want to tune in?

Watch Short Vlog Versions on our You Tube Channel HERE