Episodes
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In this episode we meet Noelia and her amazing story of having fostered 13 children.
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I wanted to dedicate some of the podcasts in this series to a very important issue that needs raising awareness on it, and that is fostering. So you will find over the next coming weeks that I will be interviewing foster parents and they will be telling their individual life stories. But on this episode, we're gonna flip that round a bit and we meet Sianne who was actually fostered and have a look at her life story and her journey through the process.
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Today we meet Jamie and Stuart, a couple who were in the UK for a while, came back to Gibraltar, and wanted to give something back to the community. Their story revolves around fostering, raising awareness for fostering and fostering themselves.
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This episode is not exactly a life story as such, but it is a very important, informative episode on how you, the viewer, could help our community of homeless children by fostering, and in doing so, become an integral and very important part of their life story.
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This episode is a bit of an adventure. Well, you could say it's actually a massive adventure. And one that many of us will sit at home thinking, "I wish I did that." Tessa was a very brave young girl, but she is proof of one thing; those who dare, win.
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They say that we only use 10% of our brain but that's actually a myth. We use 100% of our brain, the problem is, like any other part of the body, if we don't feed it, excise it or look after it, we can't unlock its true potential. On this episode of Life Stories, we meet a young mother whose life changed from one day to the next. It's her journey of how she helped heal herself with the power of the mind.
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Do you remember our teenage years, when we were those young adults? That was the life, no cares in the world, an active social life, lots of fun, meeting new friends, our first romantic connections, university, that taste of freedom there on the horizon, so much to look forward to. Two years ago, Justine met Bryanna. She was only 16 at the time. She was grappling on a daily basis with chronic pain and long hospital stays, and her life was changed forever. She never had those opportunities or that lifestyle. Two years forward, we catch up on her story.
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When we think of carers, we often see those men and women with experience who work for an agency within our community wearing those uniforms. But what about those unsung heroes? Those members of family who shoulder all the responsibility themselves? On this episode we meet one of them.
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There's something really special about being in a theater, the smell, the sights, the sounds, the lights, it's all very exciting. And you never quite know what's going to happen when those curtains are pulled back. Thank goodness for people like Julian Felice. Who is he? Well, he's a thespian, he's a lover of the Arts, he's a playwright, and he's a gibraltarian.
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There have been many stories of children who are inspired by their parent's life choices or career paths who then go on to follow in their footsteps. But it is rare to hear of a story of a parent inspired by a very young son with autism. On this episode, Justine chats to Patrick Kelly,
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The support Gibraltar provides to our young adults for them to go to university and chase their dreams is so important because, inevitably, many of them do come back, and that is a great investment into Gibraltar. ON this episode, Justine meets Carlito, who followed his dreams, has come back, and has a very interesting story to tell.
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There is one thing that we all have in common, and that is death. It's inevitable. But in those moments when family and friends are at their worst, grieving, who do we turn to? That would be a funeral director, possibly one of the saddest jobs in the world. In this episode Justine speaks to Adrian Hewitt.
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We never know what life is going to throw at us, and the truth is, that from one day to another, things can change radically. In this episode Justine speaks to breast cancer survivor, Geri Cummings.
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So it happens to the best of us, doesn't it? In a small community like Gibraltar, we see familiar faces time and time again. That might give us the impression that we actually know somebody. But do we really? Mark Pizarro has been Gibraltar's veterinary surgeon for over 32 years now, and we've always known him in that capacity. But do we know Mark, the man? Let's meet him.
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Why is it that we feel uncomfortable talking about certain subjects? Are we aware of the consequences of not normalising these conversations? In this episode, we meet Joe Holliday, someone who talks Justine, warts and all, about his journey with prostate cancer.
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We're often told to chase our dreams, but sometimes that's not possible and few of us have the opportunity to do so. So when you get the chance,
you've gotta run with it. Doesn't always work out though. At some point or another, we come to a crossroads in our life and at that point, we
have to choose a path. In this episode Justine speaks to Colin, someone who did just that.
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What do you do if you suffer from an illness that you can't actually see? They tend to be chronic, you're in pain all the time, you have terrible lows, and still you can't see anything wrong.There's a lot of illnesses out there like that, and we do have the tendency as humans to judge by what we see and what we hear. On this episode we meet Pia, someone who's going through just that, and it's a stark reminder of that age old lesson, "never judge a book by its cover".
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So many of us struggle with our mental health on a daily basis. In this episode, Justine chats to Natasha Cottrell, who has been incredibly courageous in sharing her story. The idea being that it was important for her to put the message out there that she and you are not alone.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains an open conversation about suicide, please take care when listening.
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It's that eternal debate; nurture versus nature. So what is it that makes us who we are? Is it the surroundings and your upbringing or is it simply a DNA lottery? In this episode, Justine speaks to Tony Gaul, somebody who might show us it's both.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains an open conversation about suicide, please take care when listening.
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Losing a loved one can be one of the hardest things in life. At the Cancer Relief Centre, there is a really great group of Hospice Nurses and Carers who provide excellent end of life care providing advice, support and respite to cancer patients and families during what is a very difficult time. In this episode, Justine meets Hospice Nurse, Alejandro Ocaña Ruiz.
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