Before You Bloom

About Before You Bloom

The Before You Bloom podcast will help you feel less alone as your host Hayley Kinneavy and her guests chat about a range of topics that explore how we can bloom, grow, and shine after a challenging event, time, or season. They share their unique stories that have shaped who they are today, and how they have overcome struggles to become stronger and more resilient. Through inspirational conversations, they hope to help you discover your own silver lining, celebrate your growth, and embrace your experiences and differences. Let’s turn our pain into purpose together! 💫 IG: @beforeyoubloom

Publisher

Hayley Kinneavy

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 May 2023

Latest episode

24 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

146 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Oct 2026

   141 ~ From Childhood Trauma to Living in a Cult: Dr. Martina Zangger’s Story

   ⚠️ Please note: This episode discusses childhood sexual abuse, trauma, sex work and cult involvement. Please listen with care. Dr. Martina Zangger is the author of Not My Shame, a psychotherapist and university lecturer whose life story is one of extraordinary survival, healing and transformation. After experiencing childhood sexual abuse within her family and growing up in an authoritarian environment, Martina’s search for belonging and meaning eventually led her to become involved in a cult in India. To fund her journey there, she worked as a sex worker in Sydney, experiences she now reflects on through both her lived experience and her professional understanding of trauma. But Martina’s story isn’t simply about what happened to her. It’s about what came next. After leaving the cult, Martina began the long process of healing, eventually earning three university degrees and becoming a psychotherapist and lecturer who now works to help others who have experienced trauma. In this deeply honest episode of Before You Bloom, we talk about childhood trauma, shame, survival responses, emotional safety and the ways trauma can shape the identities we build around ourselves. Martina shares what she wishes people understood about survivors, why shame can become so deeply embedded after trauma, what people often misunderstand about cult involvement and how therapy helped her begin to rebuild her life. We also explore what healing actually feels like, how the nervous system is involved in trauma recovery, learning to trust again, forgiveness, integrating different parts of ourselves and what it means to move from simply surviving to genuinely living. This is a conversation about the parts of trauma that are often difficult to talk about but also about the possibility of healing, reclaiming your story and discovering that your past does not have to determine your future. A powerful reminder that shame belongs to the person who caused the harm, not the person who survived it. Find Dr. Martina Zangger : Website (https://martinazangger.com.au/author) If you or someone you love is experiencing abuse here are some support links : 🇦🇺 Australia 1800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7) Lifeline Australia – Crisis Support and Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7) Kids Helpline – Counselling for young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7) Blue Knot Foundation – Support for adult survivors of childhood trauma: 1300 657 380 Beyond Blue – Mental health support: 1300 22 4636 (24/7) 🌍 International/Global RAINN (U.S.) – Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network: 1-800-656-4673 (24/7) or rainn.org Crisis Text Line – Free 24/7 text support in the U.S. & internationally: Text HOME to 741741 Suicide Stop (Worldwide Hotlines Directory): suicidestop.com/online United Kingdom Samaritans UK – Call 116 123 (free, 24/7) NAPAC – Support for adult survivors of childhood abuse: 0808 801 0331 Canada Talk Suicide Canada – Call or text 988 (24/7) Canadian Centre for Child Protection: protectchildren.ca New Zealand Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354 or free text 4357 (HELP) Safe to Talk – Sexual harm helpline: 0800 044 334 💙 BOOK IN FOR 1:1 TRAUMA THERAPY WITH HAYLEY : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.beforeyoubloom.com/therapy)⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💙 💗 Thank you so much for being here on this adventure with me! 💗- Hayley Kinneavy xo ✨ Find us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@beforeyoubloom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/beforeyoubloom/?hl=en)✨ ✉️ Email me : hayley@beforeyoubloom.com 🎧⭐ Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/before-you-bloom/id1756021293) 🎧⭐ Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://open.spotify.com/show/7IkDCmK17det8xBgTFWB54?si=Js2HYQVsTg6nfP5W4_-BFQ) 💗 Visit our : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.beforeyoubloom.com/)

2. 

   10 Oct 2026

   140~ Travelling to Russia for Stem Cell Treatment : Candice Klau's journey with Multiple Sclerosis & HSCT

   At 36, Candice Klau was living with rapidly progressing Multiple Sclerosis and facing a future she never expected. With limited treatment options available to her and a prognosis that included potentially needing a wheelchair within five years, Candice was faced with an incredibly difficult choice: accept the future she had been given, or take a chance on a different one. She chose the latter. Candice travelled alone to Russia to undergo HSCT, a gruelling stem cell treatment involving chemotherapy and the destruction and rebuilding of her immune system. And it changed everything. While Candice isn’t technically MS-free, her treatment has stopped the progression of her disease and she is hopeful that her symptoms will continue to improve. For Candice, it has meant something much bigger than a medical outcome, it has meant reclaiming a future she was afraid she was losing. Because sometimes reclaiming your life starts with believing you’re allowed to imagine a different future. 💙 BOOK IN FOR 1:1 TRAUMA THERAPY WITH HAYLEY : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.beforeyoubloom.com/therapy)⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💙 💗 Thank you so much for being here on this adventure with me! 💗- Hayley Kinneavy xo ✨ Find us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@beforeyoubloom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/beforeyoubloom/?hl=en)✨ ✉️ Email me : hayley@beforeyoubloom.com 🎧⭐ Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/before-you-bloom/id1756021293) 🎧⭐ Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://open.spotify.com/show/7IkDCmK17det8xBgTFWB54?si=Js2HYQVsTg6nfP5W4_-BFQ) 💗 Visit our : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.beforeyoubloom.com/) The Before You Bloom Podcast is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I would like to recognise their continuing connection to land, water, and culture and pay my respects to their elders past, present, and emerging, and any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people listening today.

3. 

   3 Oct 2026

   139 ~ I Wrote My Own Eulogy at 26: Bradley Dryburgh on Cystic Fibrosis & Living Fully

   At age 26, Bradley Dryburgh sat down and wrote his own eulogy. Living with cystic fibrosis, a chronic and life-limiting illness, Bradley has spent his life confronting mortality head-on. But nothing prepared him for the emotional whirlwind of reading his own eulogy aloud to two close friends on his podcast, A Lot to Talk About. When a raw, tear-filled clip from the episode went viral, touching over half a million hearts, it sparked a larger conversation: What does it really mean to live? In this episode of Before You Bloom, Bradley takes us into his deeply personal journey of resilience, gratitude and self-reflection. From hospital beds to marathon finish lines, from childhood diagnoses to viral fame, he offers a moving reflection on how facing death helped him truly appreciate life. This episode is ultimately a reminder that you don’t need to wait for a life-changing moment to start appreciating your life. Because your life isn’t happening someday. Read Bradley's new book : I Wrote My Own Eulogy. (https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Wrote-My-Own-Eulogy/Bradley-Dryburgh/9781761637926) Connect with Bradley : Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bradleyjdryburgh/?hl=en) 💙 BOOK IN FOR 1:1 TRAUMA THERAPY WITH HAYLEY : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.beforeyoubloom.com/therapy)⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💙 💗 Thank you so much for being here on this adventure with me! 💗- Hayley Kinneavy xo ✨ Find us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@beforeyoubloom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/beforeyoubloom/?hl=en)✨ ✉️ Email me : hayley@beforeyoubloom.com 🎧⭐ Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/before-you-bloom/id1756021293) 🎧⭐ Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://open.spotify.com/show/7IkDCmK17det8xBgTFWB54?si=Js2HYQVsTg6nfP5W4_-BFQ) 💗 Visit our : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.beforeyoubloom.com/) The Before You Bloom Podcast is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I would like to recognise their continuing connection to land, water, and culture and pay my respects to their elders past, present, and emerging, and any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people listening today.

Who has been a guest on Before You Bloom

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Hollie Azzopardi
• Gabriel Weston
• Clarissa
• Crissy Campagna
• Holly Hams

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

42 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

95

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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