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Finding hope through post-traumatic growth and rescuing a home reno nightmare

November 12, 2026 · 55 min

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When you've just experienced the worst thing that's ever happened, the last thing you want to hear is how much you'll grow from it. Learning to live again after trauma can be incredibly difficult, but finding hope through recovery is possible. Dinesh Palipana, an advocate for doctors with disability, and Nicole Sadler, from the Centre for Post Traumatic Studies, share how to find a new perspective in the aftermath.

This week, Aunties Kate Halfpenny and Lindsay Webb weigh in on a home renovation nightmare. Listener Orla has been living in a construction zone for the last 12 months, and her patience is wearing thin with the builder mate who's been running the project. Now the final bill has arrived, Orla's reached her limit. Can they save the friendship, or is it time to cut her losses?

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