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Profound insights from trauma survivors. Hear their stories and learn from their experiences as they go from near calamity to living with meaning and purpose. Each episode you will gain valuable knowledge and tips for how to overcome long odds to achieve a life full of awesomeness. Heart attack survivor Adrian Jones takes a deep yet uplifting approach to understanding the meaning of survival and how it can transform people for the better. Ultimately, Adrian seeks to understand what makes us human in a way that lifts people up and leaves them changed.

Profound Awesomeness Adrian Jones

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Profound insights from trauma survivors. Hear their stories and learn from their experiences as they go from near calamity to living with meaning and purpose. Each episode you will gain valuable knowledge and tips for how to overcome long odds to achieve a life full of awesomeness. Heart attack survivor Adrian Jones takes a deep yet uplifting approach to understanding the meaning of survival and how it can transform people for the better. Ultimately, Adrian seeks to understand what makes us human in a way that lifts people up and leaves them changed.

    A Seizure Triggers Changes in Sydney Fletcher's Life

    A Seizure Triggers Changes in Sydney Fletcher's Life

    Meet Sydney Fletcher.  She's a Type 1 diabetic who suffered a diabetic seizure in her mid-20s.   This triggered a period of anxiety, stress and insomnia.  Through restorative yoga she found peace in her life that was able to forge a new path for herself.  You can find Sydney on Instagram or at her website.

    • 35 min.
    Casey Beats Cancer (Three Times!) and a Stroke

    Casey Beats Cancer (Three Times!) and a Stroke

    "It's time to get your affairs in order," was not what 31 year old Casey Head wanted or expected to hear from her doctor. She had just been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, known as a children's cancer. Four months into treatment Casey suffered a stroke and went into a short coma. Temporarily paralyzed on her left side, Casey would have to dedicate hours of rehab work while she went through chemo. Incredibly, she would beat cancer but it would return not on...

    • 1 u. 3 min.
    John Carey Was Presumed Dead And Gave The Nurse The Fright Of Her Life

    John Carey Was Presumed Dead And Gave The Nurse The Fright Of Her Life

    A nurse entered the hospital room to get John Carey's body ready for the morgue. In the hospital for days with kidney disease, he was presumed dead but in fact John was very much alive. As the nurse approached him, he moved his eyes causing her to jump across the room. Later that afternoon he walked out of the hospital and drove himself home. This is only one of many incredible events that define John's life to date. Hear more, from his troubled childhood, to his...

    • 1 u. 4 min.
    Held Hostage for Five Years, Jose Pereira Finds New Meaning in Hostage Advocacy

    Held Hostage for Five Years, Jose Pereira Finds New Meaning in Hostage Advocacy

    Jose Pereira (Jose Angel Pereira Ruimwyck) knows what it's like to be wrongfully detained in a foreign country. In November 2017 Jose, the then CEO of Houston-based CITGO oil company, was summoned to Caracas with members of his leadership team for what appeared to be a normal budgetary meeting. Upon arrival they quickly found out they were to be arrested by the government for charges of treason, espionage, embezzlement and corruption. Held hostage for five years, Jose ...

    • 58 min.
    Stefan Survives a Major Car Crash in the Middle of Nowhere

    Stefan Survives a Major Car Crash in the Middle of Nowhere

    Driving with his cousin on a remote winding mountain road in August 2022, Stefan Venne lost control of his 1984 Volkswagon Rabbit and crashed into a tree. Far from help and outside of cell phone reception, Stefan was trapped and out of it while his cousin left him to seek help. The nearest town had a population of 81 people. With great fortune, his cousin found someone - a nurse - who could help. Eventually he and his cousin were airlifted to a nearby hospital. H...

    • 51 min.
    Repeatedly Dead Fred

    Repeatedly Dead Fred

    Can you imagine what it would be like to be clinically dead and return to life once? How about twenty times? Meet Fred Rutman. He has clinically died twenty times as a result of a condition called sudden onset full heart block. It started back in 2009, when he was home grading papers. Now he is a veteran of dying and coming back. Hear his story of repeated survival and how it has affected his life. You can follow Fred here Instagram or here Lin...

    • 43 min.

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