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In this episode of The Resource Podcast, host Becky Felstead sits down with elite rugby union coach Tim Sampson for a raw, grounded conversation about leadership, loss, and what it really means to coach humans — not just athletes.

Tim’s career has taken him from the Western Force and Melbourne Rebels to now leading the Fijian Drua, but his philosophy has always stayed the same: values first, people first.

Together, they unpack:

• Losing his mum at 18 and a close friend on the rugby field
• How grief shaped his leadership and coaching style
• Making tough decisions — cutting players, delivering hard news, and leading through uncertainty
• Why “family” isn’t just a word on the wall
• Coaching high-performance teams under pressure — without losing humanity
• What working in Fiji has taught him about gratitude, culture, and joy

This episode is for anyone navigating leadership, pressure, grief, or responsibility — whether in sport, work, or life.

If you’ve ever wondered how to stay grounded when the stakes are high, this conversation will stay with you.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & all major platforms.

00:00 – Welcome to The Resource Podcast
02:10 – Life as a Rugby Coach & Leader
05:30 – The Call That Changed Everything (Western Force)
08:20 – Coaching Philosophy & Staying Grounded
11:05 – Losing His Mum at 18
14:40 – Losing a Teammate on the Field
18:35 – Family First: Values That Shape Leadership
23:50 – Tim’s TRUE Framework (Trust, Respect, Understanding, Enjoyment)
27:10 – Handling Pressure & Coaching Anxiety
31:20 – Building Teams That Never Give Up
35:45 – Success Beyond Wins & Losses
39:10 – Delivering the Hardest Conversations as a Coach
42:30 – Moving to the Melbourne Rebels
45:30 – Being a Dad While Coaching at the Top
49:00 – Coaching in Fiji: Culture, Gratitude & Perspective
55:40 – What Fiji Has Taught Him About Life & Leadership

👋 About Becky Felstead | The Resource Podcast host
Becky launched The Resource Podcast during the FIFO Inquiry to spark real talk about culture, mental health, and the hard stuff no one wants to touch. Think truth bombs, tough convos, and healing with humour.
Now she’s back, flipping the script again.

After 40 episodes and 15,000 mining crew later, the podcast is diving deeper into money stress, mindset shifts, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Expect raw chats, zero fluff, and life-saving honesty. If you’ve ever felt stuck, broke, or burnt out, this one’s for you.

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What happens when you run around Australia for mental health… while carrying a lie that nearly breaks you?

In this raw and deeply moving episode of The Resource Podcast, host Becky Felstead sits down with Brooke McIntosh — the woman who ran around Australia to raise awareness for mental health and suicide prevention.

Brooke opens up about the darkest chapters of her life: living with suicidal ideation, addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and the near-fatal car accident that became her wake-up call. She shares how one conversation changed the course of her life — and sparked a movement built on courage, truth, and connection.

At the heart of this conversation is a moment Brooke calls “the biggest lie” — a truth she carried for months while running day after day, speaking about mental health, yet silently holding her own grief. When that truth finally came out, everything changed.

This episode is honest, confronting, hopeful, and necessary.

In this episode, we explore:

• The moment Brooke decided to run for something bigger than herself
• What it really takes to speak up when staying silent feels safer
• Why “Are you okay?” isn’t enough — and what actually helps
• The emotional weight of carrying unspoken grief
• How small conversations can create life-changing ripple effects
• Choosing courage over comfort, and truth over silence

If you’ve ever felt like you had to pretend you were okay…
If you’ve ever carried something heavy in silence…
If you’ve ever wondered whether one conversation could really make a difference…

This episode is for you.

Connect & Learn More:

🔗 Follow Becky Felstead
https://www.instagram.com/beckyfelstead/

🔗 Follow Brooke McIntosh
https://www.instagram.com/brookemcintosh__/

🔗 Brooke’s Website
https://brookemcintosh.com.au/

👋 About Becky Felstead | The Resource Podcast host
Becky launched The Resource Podcast during the FIFO Inquiry to spark real talk about culture, mental health, and the hard stuff no one wants to touch. Think truth bombs, tough convos, and healing with humour.
Now she’s back, flipping the script again.

After 40 episodes and 15,000 mining crew later, the podcast is diving deeper into money stress, mindset shifts, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Expect raw chats, zero fluff, and life-saving honesty. If you’ve ever felt stuck, broke, or burnt out, this one’s for you.

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🌐 Learn more at: https://www.beckyfelstead.com/podcast
📩 Reach out to Becky for podcast & speaking enquiries here: becky@beckyfelstead.com

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In this solo episode, Becky Felstead dives deep into self-responsibility, navigating blame culture, and the real reasons communication breaks down in workplaces — especially high-pressure environments like mining.

Becky shares personal stories and lessons from mental health program delivery, leadership challenges, misunderstandings, and learning the hard way what is yours to carry… and what never was.

This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt blamed, overwhelmed, silenced, misunderstood, or unfairly responsible for things outside their control.

✨ Episode Summary

• Why we pretend we’re fine even when we’re not
• The emotional reality of being underground, on tools, or in high-stress roles
• How blame culture stops teams from getting the support they need
• Real stories of being thrown under the bus and how Becky handled it
• Why some people act like jerks — and why it’s (usually) not personal
• Learning the difference between your responsibility and other people’s behaviour
• How to navigate tension, miscommunication, and emotional triggers at work
• When to take action, when to let go, and when to walk away
• The Four Agreements and how they changed Becky’s leadership
• Understanding accountability vs responsibility
• Why doing your best looks different every day

👋 About Becky Felstead | The Resource Podcast host
Becky launched The Resource Podcast during the FIFO Inquiry to spark real talk about culture, mental health, and the hard stuff no one wants to touch. Think truth bombs, tough convos, and healing with humour.
Now she’s back, flipping the script again.

After 40 episodes and 15,000 mining crew later, the podcast is diving deeper into money stress, mindset shifts, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Expect raw chats, zero fluff, and life-saving honesty. If you’ve ever felt stuck, broke, or burnt out, this one’s for you.

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🌐 Learn more at: https://www.beckyfelstead.com/podcast
📩 Reach out to Becky for podcast & speaking enquiries here: becky@beckyfelstead.com

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In this powerful and deeply human episode of The Resource Podcast, host Becky Felstead sits down with Vicky Pellowe, founder of The FIFO Family Project, to unpack the hidden emotional reality of FIFO (fly-in, fly-out) family life.

Vicky shares her personal journey through FIFO work, parenting, post-natal depression, migration, and surviving stage-four cancer, and how these experiences led her to create a national support network for FIFO families. Together, Becky and Vicky explore the unspoken struggles of partners at home, the pressure on relationships, isolation, mental health challenges, and the devastating gaps in support when tragedy strikes.

This episode also dives into:

• The emotional toll of FIFO on children and partners
• Why connection matters more than communication
• Post-natal depression in FIFO families
• Relationship resentment, burnout, and survival
• Why “money alone” is never enough
• The importance of community, support systems, and prevention
  
  

This is an essential listen for anyone living the FIFO lifestyle — or supporting someone who is.

🔗 LINKS

Website – The FIFO Family Project:

👉 https://www.thefifofamilyproject.com.au/

👉 https://www.instagram.com/thefifofamilyproject/

👉 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558047875288

👉 https://www.linkedin.com/company/thefifofamilyproject/posts/?feedView=all

🎄 FIFO FAMILY CHRISTMAS GUIDE: 🎄

https://www.thefifofamilyproject.com.au/christmas-2025-tffp-fifo-family-christmas-survival-guide-freedownload/

👋 About Becky Felstead | The Resource Podcast host
Becky launched The Resource Podcast during the FIFO Inquiry to spark real talk about culture, mental health, and the hard stuff no one wants to touch. Think truth bombs, tough convos, and healing with humour.
Now she’s back, flipping the script again.

After 40 episodes and 15,000 mining crew later, the podcast is diving deeper into money stress, mindset shifts, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Expect raw chats, zero fluff, and life-saving honesty. If you’ve ever felt stuck, broke, or burnt out, this one’s for you.

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🌐 Learn more at: https://www.beckyfelstead.com/podcast
📩 Reach out to Becky for podcast & speaking enquiries here: becky@beckyfelstead.com

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Becky used to believe helping everyone else meant she was a good person.
Turns out, her “selfless” martyrdom was the exact thing drowning her in $50,000 of debt.

In this raw solo episode of the Resource Podcast, Becky gets real about:

• Growing up being told “it’s rude to talk about money”
• Why high-earning miners still live paycheck-to-paycheck
• The one piece of advice that helped her pay off 50 grand in just ONE year
• How she went from ignoring spreadsheets to checking her money weekly
• The mindset shift from “money is evil” to “money is empowering”
• Why we’re never taught basic budgeting in school (and what she’s doing about it)
• The exact moment she dropped her pride, got a job, and put her own oxygen mask on first

If you’ve ever felt trapped by money, ashamed of your bank balance, or like you’re paddling like crazy just to stay afloat—this episode is your wake-up call.

Because here’s the truth:
You don’t need more money coming in.
You need more power over the money you already have.

🔥 Drop a comment or DM Becky: What’s ONE money story you were told growing up that you’re ready to let go of?

New episodes every week.

👋 About Becky Felstead | The Resource Podcast host
Becky launched The Resource Podcast during the FIFO Inquiry to spark real talk about culture, mental health, and the hard stuff no one wants to touch. Think truth bombs, tough convos, and healing with humour.
Now she’s back, flipping the script again.

After 40 episodes and 15,000 mining crew later, the podcast is diving deeper into money stress, mindset shifts, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Expect raw chats, zero fluff, and life-saving honesty. If you’ve ever felt stuck, broke, or burnt out, this one’s for you.

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🌐 Learn more at: https://www.beckyfelstead.com/podcast
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Trigger warning: s***** assault discussed.

At 20, Rose became a stepmum. At 21, she was pregnant. At 6 weeks postpartum, she showed the world her nappy-wearing, milk-leaking, “gross” body — and changed lives.

In this electric episode, the Italian-Australian mum of 4 (and viral truth-teller) unpacks:

• Growing up “big mouth” in a traditional family
• Sharing her assault story → 600 women breaking silence in her DMs
• Postpartum lows, perimenopause libido crashes, and fighting in front of the kids
• Why “trauma made me funnier, not stronger”
• Teaching consent, periods, and self-worth to daughters 4, 6, 14 & 17

If you’ve ever felt alone in the mess of motherhood, womanhood, or healing — this is your permission slip to laugh, cry, and keep going.

Hit follow. Share with the sister who needs it.

👋 About Becky Felstead | The Resource Podcast host
Becky launched The Resource Podcast during the FIFO Inquiry to spark real talk about culture, mental health, and the hard stuff no one wants to touch. Think truth bombs, tough convos, and healing with humour.
Now she’s back, flipping the script again.

After 40 episodes and 15,000 mining crew later, the podcast is diving deeper into money stress, mindset shifts, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Expect raw chats, zero fluff, and life-saving honesty. If you’ve ever felt stuck, broke, or burnt out, this one’s for you.

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🌐 Learn more at: https://www.beckyfelstead.com/podcast
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In this deeply raw solo episode, Becky Felstead courageously opens up about the three pregnancies that changed her life forever—two she chose to terminate because she didn’t feel “good enough” to be a mother, and one devastating ectopic pregnancy that forced her to face years of grief, shame, and societal pressure.

At 39, Becky reflects on how rushing to meet timelines, fearing judgment, and tying her worth to being in a relationship led her to choices she now sees through the lens of healing. She shares the turning points that finally helped her release guilt, stop caring what others think, and trust that the right love—and motherhood—will come when she’s truly ready.

This isn’t just a story about loss. It’s a powerful conversation about self-worth, radical responsibility, and why there’s truly no rush to hit society’s milestones.

If you’ve ever felt behind, not enough, or terrified of being judged—this episode is your permission slip to slow down, choose yourself, and trust your timing.

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👋 About Becky Felstead | The Resource Podcast host
Becky launched The Resource Podcast during the FIFO Inquiry to spark real talk about culture, mental health, and the hard stuff no one wants to touch. Think truth bombs, tough convos, and healing with humour.
Now she’s back, flipping the script again.

After 40 episodes and 15,000 mining crew later, the podcast is diving deeper into money stress, mindset shifts, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Expect raw chats, zero fluff, and life-saving honesty. If you’ve ever felt stuck, broke, or burnt out, this one’s for you.

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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses childhood abuse and suicide ideation. Please listen with care.

If you or someone you know is struggling, reach out to Lifeline (13 11 14 in Australia) or local crisis support.

In this deeply moving conversation, Becky sits down with JP, a FIFO worker and father, who opens up about surviving childhood abuse, losing his father, and facing his darkest moments as an adult.

At just 14, JP walked out of his family home after years of emotional and physical abuse. Years later, battling depression and suicidal thoughts, he found hope in unexpected places — through the love of his wife, his kids, and a group of men who weren’t afraid to say, “Love you, bro.”

Together, Becky and JP unpack:

• How childhood trauma shaped his adult life and relationships
• The silent battles men face with mental health
• What it really takes to break generational patterns
• How community and vulnerability can literally save lives

This episode is a reminder that opening up doesn’t make you weak — it makes you human.

👋 About Becky Felstead | The Resource Podcast host
Becky launched The Resource Podcast during the FIFO Inquiry to spark real talk about culture, mental health, and the hard stuff no one wants to touch. Think truth bombs, tough convos, and healing with humour.
Now she’s back, flipping the script again.

After 40 episodes and 15,000 mining crew later, the podcast is diving deeper into money stress, mindset shifts, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Expect raw chats, zero fluff, and life-saving honesty. If you’ve ever felt stuck, broke, or burnt out, this one’s for you.

Subscribe

🌐 Learn more at: https://www.beckyfelstead.com/podcast
📩 Reach out to Becky for podcast & speaking enquiries here: becky@beckyfelstead.com

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