Her Kind of Brave

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with Alicia Stevens, founder of Styld, who shares the deeply personal story behind one of the most defining seasons of her life.

Alicia opens up about supporting her husband through a heart transplant and the unexpected rejection phase that followed — a time marked by uncertainty, fear, and the reality of holding her family together while raising four young children. She shares what it looked like to show up every day, manage the emotional weight behind the scenes, and protect her children from the heaviness of...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with Maddie Burton, founder of Your Bliss, who shares the story of calling off her wedding just days before it was meant to happen.

At 21, Maddie had moved her entire life to the US to be with her fiancé, only to discover he had been unfaithful throughout their relationship. She opens up about the decision to walk away, the shame of starting over, and the unexpected moments that helped her find her way back home.

The conversation also explores Maddie’s journey wit...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with Hayley Williamson, a photographer and solo mum who chose to have her daughter through donor conception.

Hayley shares the turning point that led her to stop waiting for the “right” partner and start exploring motherhood on her own. She walks through the reality of the donor conception process, including choosing a donor, navigating IUI, and the emotional highs and lows that come with fertility treatment.

This conversation also explores the mental and emotional side of pregnancy and postpartum — including miscarriage, anxiety, intrus...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with Paige McLeoud, the creative entrepreneur behind Prism & Flur, who shares the story of leaving a long-term relationship and stepping into a completely different chapter of life.

Paige opens up about the moment she realised the life she had been building no longer felt aligned — and the courage it took to get on a plane anyway. What followed was a year of travel through Bali, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, and Europe, where she navigated the reality of running a business remotely while confronting loneliness, identity sh...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with Jaymee Hughes, mum to Noah, who was born with a rare genetic condition called Zellweger syndrome. Jaymee shares the story of Noah’s life from the beginning — the excitement of falling pregnant, the subtle signs that something wasn’t quite right, and the long weeks of testing that eventually led to a life-limiting diagnosis when Noah was just four months old.

She speaks candidly about caring for a child with complex medical needs, navigating the emotional reality of being told your baby may not li...

This episode centres on Kellie Johnson’s experience of recurrent miscarriage and the emotional complexity of navigating friendship when journeys unfold differently.

Kellie speaks candidly about the mental load of ongoing loss, the exhaustion of constant triggers, and the quiet grief that follows you even when you’re parenting, working, and “functioning.”

She reflects on what it’s like to support a pregnant friend while carrying her own heartbreak, the guilt and shame women often feel for emotions they didn’t choose, and the strength it takes to stay connected rather than withdraw.

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Olivia Miles is an epilepsy and chronic illness advocate who lives with severe drug-resistant epilepsy and has survived a rare form of autoimmune encephalitis (now in remission after years of infusion treatment). In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Olivia shares what it’s really like to live with weekly seizures, the grief of losing everyday freedoms like driving and independence, and the invisible aftermath people don’t see — including the post-seizure mental health crash and the constant recalibration of expectations.

She also opens up about her experience with clinical trials, including a highly invasive trial involv...

Kelly Summerville shares what it’s really like living with stage 4 endometriosis that impacts her daily life, her confidence, and her ability to show up as a mum. She opens up about the years of bleeding, being repeatedly told results were “inconclusive,” and the shocking moment she was essentially advised to come back in 12 months — despite cancer concerns. Kelly explains her cervical cancer diagnosis, the surgeries that followed (including a hysterectomy while keeping her ovaries), and how she later discovered her endometriosis was severe. This episode is a raw look at medical gaslighting, chronic pain, navigating the public system, and why...

Her Kind of Brave co-host Kellie Johnson interviews Co-Host Chloe Davidson, co-owner of Mr Consistent, as Chloe opens up about pregnancy after loss — and why it can feel impossible to relax, even at 18 weeks.

Chloe shares the reality of IVF milestones, recurrent miscarriage trauma, and the constant fear that “something could still go wrong.” She speaks candidly about experiencing two subchorionic hematomas and bleeding in early pregnancy, then being hospitalised with severe pain at 13 weeks and discovering she needed gallbladder removal surgery during pregnancy.

This episode also captures the tender turning points — telling Layla she’s going to...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, we sit down with Taran Higgins, who shares the behind-the-scenes truth of starting over. Taran opens up about getting married young, the grief that cracked everything open, and the moment she finally chose to walk away.

She takes us through discovering her sexuality later in life, meeting her now-partner during COVID, and how their love grew from friendship into something steady, safe, and life-changing. Taran also breaks down what it’s really like navigating a same-sex fertility journey and IVF — choosing a donor, deciding who carries, and what the proc...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Kellie Johnson sits down with Jenna Anne Davies, founder of Big Uppetite and former WBFF Pro Champion, for a raw and inspiring conversation about resilience and reinvention.

Jenna shares the scariest parts of big business (the unknown, deals, pivots, and AI) and what it was like transitioning from a co-founder partnership to running solo. She shares the mindset shifts that keeps her evolving, her relationship with food, body image, and discipline after competing at an elite level including why education, support, and therapy can change everything.

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In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, we sit down with Dr Alexandra Curran — doctor, mother of two, and founder of Bespoke Longevity — to talk about the grief that reshaped her life and the purpose that grew out of it.

Alex opens up about falling unexpectedly pregnant while still breastfeeding her baby, discovering she was carrying identical MCDA twin girls, and then losing both babies at 16 weeks after a sudden rupture and loss of blood supply. She shares the shock of returning to hospital work immediately afterwards — placed on a 13-hour acute gynae shift on a miscar...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chantel Brayley shares what it looks like to build a thriving career while quietly carrying grief, infertility, and a life that hasn’t unfolded as planned.

Raised in a single-parent immigrant family by her Japanese grandmother — a survivor of World War II — Chantel learned resilience early. She speaks openly about moving to Australia alone, years of not being taken seriously professionally, and eventually building a successful career in ecommerce and marketing while running her own consulting business.

Alongside professional success, Chantel shares her experience with u...

In this deeply moving episode of Her Kind of Brave, Rochelle Everard shares the story of her daughter Milli — from a long road through infertility and endometriosis, to a full-term pregnancy, a traumatic birth, and the devastating days that followed in the NICU.

Rochelle speaks openly about meeting Milli for the first time surrounded by machines, learning her baby had suffered multiple fractures, and ultimately holding her as she took her final breath. She reflects on the shock of leaving hospital without her child, the months of survival that followed, and the anger, fear, and isolation that ca...

In this deeply moving episode of Her Kind of Brave, Sarah Flugge shares the losses that have shaped her life — losing her brother to suicide, losing her dear friend to cancer, and navigating pregnancy loss while overseas, far from support, clarity, or familiarity.

Sarah speaks with rare honesty about the confusion and isolation of miscarriage in another country, the absence of guidance in that moment, and the quiet grief that followed her home. She reflects on how grief compounds — how one loss often sits on top of another — and how family trauma can linger long after the moment...

In this powerful episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe Davidson and Kellie Johnson sit down with Danica Ainsworth, founder of Asmi Active, to talk candidly about mental health, eating disorders, and navigating your 30s when life doesn’t look the way you imagined.

Danica shares her lived experience with depression, bulimia, self-harm, and the stigma around antidepressants — including the moment she realised medication saved her life. She reflects on how control, shame, and silence kept her stuck, and how asking for help slowly changed everything.

The conversation also explores ambition, imposter syndrome, starting a busi...

This is Part 2 of Her Kind of Brave’s conversation with Loren Recchi, founder of Remind Her.

While Part 1 focused on miscarriage, grief, and the moment life fractures, Part 2 explores what happens next — pregnancy after loss, surrender, and the slow rebuilding of trust in your body, intuition, and future.

Loren shares how she navigated pregnancy after miscarriage while carrying fear, how rituals, signs, and symbolic meaning helped her stay grounded, and why surrender became an active practice rather than giving up. The conversation moves into sisterhood, accepting help, seasons of friendship, and balancing motherhood with a pu...

In this deeply moving episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe Davidson and Kellie Johnson sit down with Loren Recchi, author, miscarriage advocate, and founder of Remind Her, to speak honestly about pregnancy loss, grief, and the invisible weight women carry.

Loren shares her experience of multiple miscarriages — including chemical pregnancies and longer-term losses — and the profound loss of control that comes with them. She reflects on the moment a positive pregnancy test rearranges the future, and how devastating it feels when that future disappears.

The conversation explores navigating miscarriage while parenting, trusting the body, medi...

In Part 2 of this conversation on Her Kind of Brave, Olivia Frazer moves beyond the public narrative and into the quieter aftermath- grief, healing, boundaries, and redefining what a good life looks like after trauma.

Olivia reflects on being the primary carer for her terminally ill father, the way humour and love carried her family through unimaginable loss, and how grief reshaped her memory and identity. She speaks openly about dating with a public profile, navigating clout-chasers, rebuilding self-trust, and learning to recognise red flags.

The conversation also explores Olivia’s evolving relationship with motherhood, he...

In this raw conversation, Married at First Sight alum Olivia Frazer opens up about the long-term impact of reality TV editing, public vilification, and online abuse. Olivia speaks candidly about being gaslit by her own edit, losing her teaching career, experiencing stalking and death threats, and living with ongoing trauma years after the show aired.

She and Chloe and Kellie unpack how reality TV narratives are constructed, why women are punished more harshly than men, the ethics of online pile-ons, and what it takes to reclaim your identity when the internet decides who you are. This is...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, journalist, TV presenter and media trainer Shelly Horton shares the story behind her book I’m Your Peri Godmother and what really happens when perimenopause hits like a freight train. Shelly opens up about decades of undiagnosed PCOS, “Armageddon” periods, multiple surgeries, a collapsed lung during a routine procedure, and the perimenopausal depression that left her suicidal.

She and Chloe and Kellie dive into medical gaslighting, fat-shaming from health professionals, how to advocate for yourself, why HRT (hormone replacement therapy) can be life-changing, and the campaign that took her all th...

In this episode of Her Kind of Brave:

Chloe shares the raw, unfiltered story behind her fertility journey: multiple miscarriages, secondary infertility, IVF, immune protocols, endometriosis, and navigating it all while standing beside her husband through a cancer diagnosis and running a growing business.

She speaks honestly about the quiet limbo of infertility, the pendulum swing between hope and fear, the pressure to “stay positive”, and how it feels to keep rebuilding yourself after repeated heartbreak. Chloe and Kellie explore why sharing early pregnancy and miscarriage stories matters, how community and vulnerability can transform grief, and...

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Co-host Kellie Johnson opens up about her journey through stage four endometriosis, six miscarriages, a partial molar pregnancy, and the terror of almost losing her newborn daughter to sepsis. She shares how those experiences shaped the creation of the Kosi heat pack and led her all the way to a deal on Shark Tank, even while parenting a toddler and managing chronic pain.

Kellie and Chloe talk about medical gaslighting, advocating for yourself and your baby, the guilt of “not coping,” the pressure to hustle in business cult...

In today’s episode of Her kind of brave:

We sit down with DANNI DUNCAN, a mum of four, fitness coach and one of the most resilient women you will ever meet. Danni found herself navigating bowel cancer only months after giving birth, and after months of being dismissed by the medical system.

She shares the moment her world split open, how she survived treatment while mothering a baby, and why trusting your intuition might be the most important skill a woman can have. This conversation is raw, grounding and unforgettable.

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Her Kind of Brave is a heartfelt podcast hosted by Kellie Johnson and Chloe Davidson, dedicated to sharing the real, raw and powerful stories of women. In each episode, they shine a light on the brave moments found in building businesses, navigating illness, facing pregnancy loss and overcoming life’s many challenges.

With honesty and warmth, Kellie and Chloe relate as real women walking similar paths, creating a safe space for listeners to feel seen, inspired and supported. Through diverse experiences and authentic storytelling, Her Kind of Brave becomes a beacon of hope - celebrating courage, resilience an...