Stabilise Blood Sugar, Calm Anxiety & Boost Energy with Alison Diss
🎙 Go In Courage Episode 38: Stabilise Blood Sugar, Calm Anxiety & Boost Energy.In this episode, host Rix Banga sits down with Alison Diss, a functional nutritionist who helps people transform their health and energy through small, practical changes to the way they eat, sleep, and manage stress. Alison shares how balancing blood sugar can be the foundation for steady energy, reduced cravings, and improved mental health. She breaks down the importance of protein, fibre, and healthy fats, while also exploring the powerful link between food, mood, sleep, and stress. This conversation is full of doable strategies - from nutrition and movement to supplements like magnesium and omega-3s - that can help you calm anxiety, improve focus, and build lasting resilience without restrictive rules.
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Fear to Strength: Motherhood, Mental Health & Resilience with Catrina Brown
🎙 Go In Courage #37: Fear to Strength: Motherhood, Mental Health & Asking for Help with Catrina Brown.In this episode, host Rix Banga sits down with Catrina Brown, a senior mental health nurse, wife, and proud mother who has dedicated over 20 years to supporting others in health and social care. Catrina shares her powerful personal journey - becoming a mum at just 18, battling intrusive thoughts and anxiety, and finding the courage to ask for help. She opens up about breaking cycles, the life lessons learned through hardship, and how she turned her own challenges into a lifelong passion for mental health advocacy. Her story is one of resilience, purpose, and hope — showing how early struggles can fuel a career built on empathy, strength, and service.
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From Drugs, Gangs and Prison to Recovery & Helping Others with Gabe Cohen
🎙 Go In Courage Podcast # 36: From Drugs, Gangs and Prison to Recovery & Helping Others with Gabe Cohen. In this episode, host Rix Banga interviews Gabe Cohen, a peer recovery expert, founder of Discovery Cafe - a “sanctuary of new beginnings” supporting recovery through community and lived experience. Gabe is also an author, speaker, and program developer, including work for the largest prison in Colorado, and runs sober living homes for justice-involved men.Gabe has an extraordinary life story marked by resilience, transformation, and dedication to helping others. His journey from a challenging childhood, through periods of homelessness and incarceration, to becoming a leading figure in peer-based recovery support is a testament to the power of second chances and the human capacity for lasting change.
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It Takes Courage to Love Again - Secrets From a Dating Expert
🎙 Go In Courage Podcast Episode 35: It Takes Courage to Love Again - Secrets From A Dating Expert. In this episode, host Rix Banga interviews Erica Laws, Dating Expert, Relationship Coach and International Matchmaker.If you are starting out dating or getting back in the game - this episode is for you!
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How Hypnotherapy Transformed My Health and My Purpose with Rebecca Jackson
🎙 Go In Courage Podcast #34: How Hypnotherapy Transformed My Health and My Purpose with Rebecca JacksonIn this episode, host Rix Banga is joined by actress and clinical hypnotherapist Rebecca Jackson for a beautifully deep, honest, and energising conversation about the power of healing from within.Rebecca shares her journey of navigating years of debilitating endometriosis and how traditional medicine failed to provide answers. Through acupuncture and hypnotherapy, she uncovered a profound mind-body connection that not only transformed her health but also reshaped her life’s purpose.This isn’t just a story about physical healing — it’s about emotional release, spiritual awakening, and learning to trust your body and intuition again. From acting to energy healing, ghost stories to neuroscience, spirituality to stopping smoking, Rebecca takes us on a powerful journey into self-awareness and courage.
The Go In Courage podcast isn’t about celebrities or people on pedestals - it’s about real, everyday people just like you. Each episode features heartfelt, down-to-earth conversations, exploring the personal stories of individuals who have faced fear head-on and found courage in their own lives. If you’re inspired by the strength of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, or if you’re looking for encouragement to tackle your own fears, this podcast is your new go-to. Join Rix Banga as he explores the courage within us all - one story at a time.
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