Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.

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At fifteen, Joshua Waldron was told he would never walk again. After five years of rehab he destroyed his wheelchair and decided that not walking, was not an option. Join us this week to hear his extraordinary story!! Joshua has spent the decades since testing one idea: difficulty chosen deliberately is the most efficient route to a life worth having. He calls it Hard Is Fun, and his book on the philosophy launches in January 2027. 
Thanks Joshua we loved having you on the show!
Site: https://hardisfun.com/
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David Shepherd was working in investment banking when a serious back injury forced him to step away and reassess the career and life he was building. That period ultimately led him to retrain and create a very different professional future.
Another inspiring story about how a serious life changing event can actually correct your life's course in unexpected ways!
Site: https://www.guestsonair.com/profile/david-shepherd
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidshepherduncomplicatedfinancialadvice/
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Dr. Maria-Elena Lukeides is a clinical psychologist whose interest in understanding suffering grew from her own experiences of a difficult home life, anxiety, depression, and feeling unseen as a young person. A formative encounter with a psychologist changed the direction of her life, leading her into nearly three decades of work in mental health. She now combines clinical psychology, mindfulness, and psychedelic-assisted therapy to explore trauma, healing, and meaning. In this episode, we have some amazing conversations around living through emotional pain, finding support, and discovering a path toward healing.
Site: https://www.guestsonair.com/profile/dr-maria-elena-lukeides
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Jeffrey Deskovic is a wrongful conviction expert, attorney, speaker, exoneree, and founder of The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, where he works to free innocent people and change the laws that allow wrongful convictions to happen in the first place.

His mission is rooted in lived experience. Arrested as a teenager and wrongfully convicted at 17, Jeffrey spent 16 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit. He was finally exonerated in 2006 through DNA testing, after the actual perpetrator was identified. Rather than allowing that injustice to define the rest of his life, Jeffrey used his compensation, education, and hard-earned insight to build a foundation dedicated to exoneration, policy reform, and public education.
This is an AMAZING episode!
Site: https://www.guestsonair.com/profile/jeff-deskovic
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Trauma has a way of convincing us that what happened to us will always define who we become. For years, Michael Rodriguez, believed many of the fears, insecurities, and survival instincts he carried were simply part of who he was. 
His childhood was shaped by addiction, domestic violence, and periods spent in women's shelters with his mother as they escaped an unsafe home. 
As an adult, life brought different challenges. The loss of his father to cancer, years of financial hardship while sleeping on the floor of an attic to keep his first business alive, burnout, anxiety, divorce during COVID, and the constant responsibility of leading a growing business while raising a family.
What Michael has learned is that adversity changes us, but it doesn't have to define us. Healing wasn't a single breakthrough moment. It came through thousands of small choices: learning to forgive without excusing, choosing purpose over resentment, replacing survival habits with healthier ones, and recognizing that resilience isn't something we are born with, but is something we intentionally develop over time.
Michael wrote a book, Become Unshaken: Joy, Regardless. And today he helps individuals, leaders, parents, and organizations understand that while none of us gets to choose every chapter of our story, we all have the opportunity to influence the chapters that come next.
What an amazing conversation! Thanks Michael!

Website: Home - Become Unshaken
Podcast: Become Unshaken Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
Book: Become Unshaken: Joy, Regardless: Rodriguez, Michael: 9781632969477: Amazon.com: Books
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