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When Jodi Wilson had her fourth child, she and her partner, Daniel, had their lives sorted. He had a well-paid Sydney job, and they were a heartbeat away from putting down a home deposit.

He was a lawyer, a husband, and a dad, but Mitch Larsson says he always felt restless living a 9-to-5 lifestyle. Then, someone suggested a career that Mitch felt would use his interpersonal skills, creativity, physicality, and intellect.

At 22, Kalkadoon man Derrick Cusack didn’t think he’d live to see 30. He was in a toxic party scene and self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. Then, he moved back to the country and was given an opportunity that changed the narrative of his life.

Naomi Mourra was raised to believe that being queer was evil. Then she realised she was a lesbian.