Her Mother's Last Words "I Don't Love You"
Download MP3On the Tomorrow Is Not Today Podcast, Kingsley interviews Donna Martin, a Northern Ireland “Derry girl,” mom of three, burnout specialist, mentor, and speaker behind The Good Life Approach.
Donna recounts growing up amid violence during The Troubles and being bullied after her mother left on Christmas Eve when she was four and a half, shaping years of feeling like an outsider, seeking identity through religion, then drink, drugs, and poor choices.
Encouraged by two women, she pursued nursing, then faced severe antisocial harassment and death threats after buying a flat unknowingly near a drug den, leading to breakdown, bankruptcy, and a pivotal moment of spiritual guidance. After depression, a move to Australia, marriage, and further family traumas including a car accident, she refocused her work on burnout and teaches “pause, check, reset” to intentionally define and live one’s version of the good life for individuals and organizations.
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Donna recounts growing up amid violence during The Troubles and being bullied after her mother left on Christmas Eve when she was four and a half, shaping years of feeling like an outsider, seeking identity through religion, then drink, drugs, and poor choices.
Encouraged by two women, she pursued nursing, then faced severe antisocial harassment and death threats after buying a flat unknowingly near a drug den, leading to breakdown, bankruptcy, and a pivotal moment of spiritual guidance. After depression, a move to Australia, marriage, and further family traumas including a car accident, she refocused her work on burnout and teaches “pause, check, reset” to intentionally define and live one’s version of the good life for individuals and organizations.
Chapters:
00:00 Christmas Eve Abandonment
00:47 Choosing the Good Life
01:26 Meet Donna Martin
03:11 Growing Up in Derry
07:17 Mother Leaves Home
12:08 Outsider and Bullying
20:31 Teen Years Searching
25:59 Rock Bottom Inside
27:49 The Secret and Nursing
30:14 Mentors Who Believed
37:14 New Nurse New Nightmare
39:20 Rave Outside Home
41:24 Harassment Escalates
43:23 Community Watch Backlash
44:22 Threats And Escape
45:41 Bankruptcy And Breakdown
47:40 Bondi Park Sign
49:42 Judge Sets Her Free
53:18 From Trauma To Perth
58:07 Coaching Catalyst
59:10 Car Crash Reframes Work
01:01:57 Burnout Signs Explained
01:02:36 Pause Check Reset Method
01:09:29 Programs And Who She Helps
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