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Episode 100 - When your business partner has a stroke

Show Notes

Life-altering events can reveal the strength and resilience of the human spirit, highlight the value of a supportive network, and reveal the power of compassion and understanding.

Both of this episode’s guests have had first-hand experience in this area. Returning to the podcast is Gillian Coutts, who suffered a stroke in 2022 and has been on a long road to recovery. By her side, along with Gillian’s husband Steve and her family, has been Gillian’s business partner, Jenny Steadman, who has dealt with her own serious health concerns.


This 100th episode is a testament to the power of the We Not Me spirit, and demonstrates what the combination of grit and grace can achieve.

Takeaways from Dan and Pia

Three reasons to listen

  • Hear a powerful story of resilience and recovery
  • Learn about the importance of teamwork and support networks during difficult times
  • Understand the impact of life-altering events on personal and professional relationships

Episode highlights

  • [00:10:37] Gill's life-changing moment
  • [00:18:08] What Gill experienced while in a coma
  • [00:20:20] Gill's journey of recovery
  • [00:27:03] The role of mindfulness in Gill's recovery
  • [00:30:07] Strengthening relationships
  • [00:39:06] A hopeful future
  • [00:43:47] Takeaways from Pia and Dan

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Meet the guests

Gillian's a co-author of the book One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness (Palgrave MacMillan 2015).  She is an Australian Director of Potential Project, a global leadership training, organisational development and research firm. They help leaders and organisations enhance performance, innovation and resilience through mindfulness and other practices grounded in neuroscience and research. They partner with forward thinking companies like Cisco, LEGO, Accenture, Microsoft and 500+ other global clients helping create people centric cultures and truly human leadership. Gillian also holds a non-executive company directorships with over 25 years experience as a leader and change agent in the sales and operations functions of large corporations. Gillian has worked across a range of industries including retail, government, transport, oil and gas, and human services. Through both line leadership and program management roles, she has driven operational efficiencies, product development and innovation.

Following a mid-career wake-up call of cancer diagnosis and treatment, Gillian became conscious of how truly precious life is. She is committed to solving problems that make a real difference in the lives others, and build healthy vibrant organisations.

Jenny offers services based on mindfulness and firmly grounded in neuroscience and research to help people flourish as humans and leaders. This includes strengthening vital mental strategies that underpin our personal and professional lives. With this strong foundation of balance, her clients are more easily able to do hard things in a human way, be less governed by their ego, attend to challenges with calm resilience, focus on what's important, and cut through the noise of our distracted world.