The Limb Shift
Real stories, real insights: Navigating life after amputation or living with limb difference..
The Limb Shift
Real stories, real insights: Navigating life after amputation or living with limb difference..
About The Limb Shift
Real stories, real insights: Navigating life after amputation or living with limb difference..
Launching in October 2026 during Australia’s Amputee Awareness Week, The Limb Shift shares authentic stories and wisdom about limb loss and limb difference. As well as being a journalist of several decades, I’m also an amputee, so hopefully I ask the right questions
Why Join The Limb Shift as a Guest
Amputee Awareness Audience Reach
You speak directly to listeners seeking amputee, limb loss, limb difference, and adaptive sports stories during and beyond Amputee Awareness Week.
Journalist-Led Deep Dives
You're guided by a decades-long journalist who's also an amputee, so your experiences are explored with nuance, empathy, and editorial polish.
Safe Space For Lived Experience
You share openly in a psychologically safe, peer-informed setting where limb loss, identity, and adaptive sports conversations are handled with care.
Shareable Story Assets
You receive a neatly packaged episode link and talking points you can share with your amputee, adaptive sports, or advocacy communities.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
Life Before and After Limb Loss
Walk listeners through the moment everything changed and the unexpected ways you rebuilt life, identity, and independence.
Adaptive Sports and Movement
Show how adaptive sports or movement helped you reclaim confidence, community, and joy in your body.
Advocacy and Amputee Awareness
Turn your lived experience into practical guidance for better policy, care, and public understanding.
Mindset, Mental Health, and Resilience
Explore the emotional side of limb difference and the tools that helped you cope, adapt, and thrive.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Your episode helps listeners feel less alone in limb loss or limb difference while giving them practical ideas for advocacy, adaptation, and everyday courage.
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Why Trust Me
The Ideal Guest
You're a strong fit if you live with limb loss or limb difference, work in amputee care, lead adaptive sports or advocacy, or support this community through research, policy, or storytelling.
Recent Episodes
Spare Parts with Priscilla Sutton
The Limb Shift • Oct 12, 2026
The Resilient Mind: Ian Gawler’s Path to Healing
The Limb Shift • Oct 6, 2026
Emmanuel Kelly - finding the thirty minute purpose
The Limb Shift • Oct 2, 2026
Mandy McCracken - on surviving sepsis-related amputation and loving life
The Limb Shift • Oct 2, 2026
Adam Smith - back to boxing and photography
The Limb Shift • Oct 2, 2026
Tanya Hosch - on the decision that changed her life
The Limb Shift • Oct 2, 2026
Ali France : Important life lessons as an amputee
The Limb Shift • Oct 1, 2026
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The Limb Shift • Jul 17, 2026
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We're booking guests to discuss amputee podcast, limb loss stories, limb difference advocacy. Remote recordings, Available Everyday. If you bring practical stories and clear takeaways, let's talk.
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