Authors Page
Meet the voices behind The Impactful Voice Project™ - survivors, creators, and entrepreneurs sharing authentic stories that inspire global change.
Authors of The Impactful Voice Project™
Where lived experience becomes a catalyst for healing, connection, and change.
Every story in this movement is written by someone who chose courage — not because sharing was easy, but because silence was heavier. Our authors come from many walks of life: survivors, creators, community leaders, changemakers, and everyday people who want their voice to mean something.
Each one has offered a piece of their lived experience so that someone else might feel less alone, gain strength, or see a path forward they didn’t know existed.
This page honours them.
It honours the people who said, “This is my truth — and maybe it can help someone else.”
Here, you’ll find powerful stories of resilience, insight, transformation, and hope. Some are tender. Some are raw. Some are triumphant. All are real.
As the movement continues to grow, so too will this library of voices — a living collection of human experience shared with compassion, intention, and purpose.
Thank you to every storyteller who has added their voice to the ripple.
Your words matter more than you know.
Want to contribute your lived experience?
If you feel the gentle nudge to share your story — in your own words, in your own time — we welcome you.
Your voice could be the one someone needs today.
Ashlea Walton
Ashlea Walton is a mother of eight who transformed her lived experience of addiction, domestic violence, and child protection involvement into a pathway of recovery and community leadership. Now over two years clean, she uses her voice to inspire, educate, and support...
Ange Dion
Ange Dion is a mentor and speaker with lived experience in health transformation, resilience, and mindset change. Born in Greece and raised in Australia, she supports people to reclaim confidence, wellbeing, and self-belief through sustainable, experience-led change....
Amanda Anderson
Amanda Anderson is a keynote speaker, writer, and trauma resilience advocate who transforms lived experience into powerful insight. Through raw honesty and evidence-informed understanding, she teaches audiences how to stay human when life tests every limit. I made it...
Verna Haywood
Verna Haywood is a Resilience & Empowerment Coach, Author, Speaker, and Founder of The Unstoppable Life. She supports Women aged 30+ who have survived abuse, illness, and life-altering challenges to reclaim their strength, rebuild confidence, and rediscover...
Dane McCormack
I am Tasmanian born and bred and I started my career gaining a trade certificate in Precision Manufacture. I have also developed business strategies in the boardrooms of multinational companies. I am now rebuilding my life after contracting an acquired brain injury....
Alan Stevens
Alan Stevens is an International Profiling and Communications Specialist and creator of the Rapid Trait Profiling system. He helps leaders, educators, and professionals read people accurately and communicate with precision, so they stop guessing and start getting...
Jonelle Colabufalo
Jonelle Colabufalo is the founder of the Jared Dunscombe Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that transforms personal loss into positive community action. She embodies the essence of a peaceful warrior, known for her calm and inspiring approach to achieving...
Leticia R Francis
Leticia Francis is a trauma recovery mentor, keynote speaker, and author of Survival Mode Exit Plan. Known as The Survival Mode Disruptor, she helps high-achieving women break free from survival mode and reclaim lives rooted in truth, ease, and power. With lived...
Lauren Clemett
Lauren Clemett heads up The Audacious Agency, a premier profile building and award writing specialist company. A global thought leader in personal branding, with over three decades of experience in brand management and a reputation as a sought-after keynote speaker,...