Go In Courage Podcast

Go In Courage Podcast

by Rix Banga

Self-Improvement Mental Health

Season 4

Calm Anxiety & Boost Energy through Nutrition 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.

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.

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.

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!

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 Jackson In 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 Courage to Start Again: Navigating Through Divorce with Becky Nevitt

🎙 Go In Courage Podcast #33: The Courage to Start Again: Navigating Through Divorce with Becky Nevitt. In this episode, host Rix Banga sits down with Becky Nevitt for a very open and heartfelt conversation that will resonate deeply with anyone navigating life after divorce. With vulnerability and grace, Becky opens up about what it truly means to let go of the life you planned and find the courage to begin again. Together, we unpack the silent grief of losing your identity in a relationship, the fear of starting over, and the strength it takes to trust yourself again. This is more than a conversation about divorce. It’s about rediscovery, faith, and the power of choosing yourself when everything around you has changed. 🌟 What You'll Learn: ✅ Why divorce feels like grieving more than just a relationship ✅ The identity loss no one talks about after separation ✅ Judgement from your community and protecting your heart ✅ How to begin rebuilding when you don’t know where to start ✅ The power of honesty, surrender, and self-compassion ✅ Why beginning again is not failure - it’s freedom ✅ A powerful reminder: You’re not starting from scratch. You’re starting from strength. If this conversation speaks to you, share it with someone who needs the reminder that it’s okay to begin again - with gentleness and courage.

Stop Being a Victim - Take Back Control with Toni Mcrea

🎙 Go In Courage Podcast Episode 32: From Pain to Power - How to Reclaim Your Story with Toni Mcrea. In this episode, host Rix Banga sits down with entrepreneur and self-development advocate Toni Mcrea, who shares her raw, unfiltered journey from internally thinking small to radically claiming her voice. Toni opens up about the cost of carrying childhood pain into adulthood, the subtle ways we give our power away, and the moment she stopped identifying as a victim — and started choosing courage instead. If you've ever struggled with feeling stuck, unseen, or silenced, this conversation is your reminder: you get to rewrite your story. 🌟 What You'll Learn: ✅ Why we unconsciously stay in victimhood — and how to move through it ✅ How to reconnect with your true self after childhood trauma ✅ The importance of releasing suppressed emotion ✅ How your nervous system impacts healing and relationships ✅ What it means to “choose yourself” over external validation ✅ Why reclaiming your story is the beginning of personal freedom ✅ How to shift from survival mode into empowered living ✅ The role of community, courage, and self-compassion in the healing process ✅ What inner child healing really looks like — and how to begin ✅ A powerful reminder: you are not broken. You are becoming.

Sex, Church & Shame: Insights from Christian Sex Coach, Teresa Young

🎙 Go In Courage Podcast #31: Faith, Shame & Sacred Pleasure: Advice from a Christian Sex Coach In this episode, host Rix Banga interviews Teresa Young, an Arizona-based sex coach helping men and women heal from cultural and religious shame, reconnect with their bodies, and explore sacred pleasure. Teresa shares her powerful journey through church upbringing, purity culture, and the emotional toll of divorce—and how she now supports others in finding faith-based freedom in their sexuality. 🌟 What You'll Learn: ✅ Why shame disconnects us from pleasure and how to begin healing ✅ How to rebuild your relationship with your body after religious trauma ✅ What purity culture got wrong about sex, intimacy, and desire ✅ How Christian women can embrace pleasure without compromising faith ✅ What “sacred sex” really means - and why it’s not sinful ✅ Why mindset is more important than mechanics when it comes to intimacy ✅ How men and women carry shame differently in faith communities ✅ How divorce can affect your sexual identity - and how to reclaim it ✅ The surprising truth about how God views sex (hint: it's not through shame) ✅ Why being a sex coach and a Christian isn’t a contradiction - it’s a calling

Season 3

Post Narcissistic Abuse: What’s on the Other Side of Fear? with Mary Saunders

🎙️ Go In Courage Podcast #30: Meet a Stronger You: What’s on the Other Side of Fear? with Mary Saunders and Rix Banga. In this episode, Rix dives into a transformative conversation with empowerment coach Mary Saunders about the role of fear in personal growth. Far from being just a negative emotion, fear is framed as a signal - an invitation to step into something new, unfamiliar, and potentially life-changing. You’ll hear reflections on how to hold space for yourself in those uncertain moments and why courage often begins where comfort ends. Whether you're navigating narcissistic abuse, dealing with internal resistance, or facing emotional challenges, this episode offers insights on how to meet a new version of yourself by walking through fear - not avoiding it.

Healing Starts With You: Self-Trust & Transformation with Ella Worsley

🎙️ Go In Courage Podcast #29: Healing Starts With You: Self-Trust & Transformation with Rix Banga and Ella Worsley. In this episode, Rix sits down with Ella Worsley, a holistic healer and transformational coach, for a heartfelt and inspiring conversation. Ella opens up about her early life, her dreams, and the path that led her to entrepreneurship and healing work. She shares her knowledge of powerful modalities like Reiki, NLP, and intuitive coaching, offering insights into how they support deep personal transformation. Together, they explore the importance of self-trust, the courage it takes to face fear, and the inner work required to move through trauma. Ella speaks candidly about navigating relationships, healing attachment wounds, and the value of seeking professional guidance on the journey to wholeness. They also touch on her daily practices, preferences, and the books that continue to inspire her.

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