I Lost My Home, My Job... Then Nearly Lost My Life | Gai O'Dwyer on Resilience, Motherhood & Mindset

About this episode

What happens when everything falls apart at once?

This week on Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with mindset coach, speaker and celebrant Gai O'Dwyer to explore the year that tested everything she teaches.

After losing her job, her home, living away from her daughter during a housing crisis, surviving a near-fatal car accident and saying goodbye to her mother, Gai shares the practical mindset tools that helped her keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Together they talk about resilience, motherhood, grief, high performance, perfectionism, emotional regulation, raising confident children, finding peace after trauma and why the smallest moments in life often become the most important.

Whether you're navigating loss, burnout, uncertainty or simply trying to hold everything together, this conversation offers grounded wisdom you can actually use.

About Gai

Gai O'Dwyer is a peak performance and mindset coach, NLP practitioner, speaker, celebrant and communication specialist.

She works with elite athletes, executives, legal professionals and leaders to improve mental performance, confidence and communication under pressure.

Drawing on decades of coaching experience—and a lifetime of personal adversity—Gai combines psychology, neuroscience and practical mindset tools to help people navigate life's biggest challenges with resilience, clarity and purpose.

You can find Gai on TikTok @gaiodwyer

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