E97: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with burn survivor, physiotherapist for Katie Piper Foundation, model and public speaker, Catrin Pugh

Bringing back an old friend always brings the fun on a podcast, and this episode doesn’t disappoint. It’s returning guest, burn survivor, physiotherapist for Katie Piper Foundation, model and public speaker, Catrin Pugh. After surviving a coach crash and fire in the French Alps in 2013, Catrin was left with 96% burns on her body, and along her journey, Catrin has found great work sharing about her life and getting to charity work, public speaking, and modeling in campaigns for Avon Beauty, or feature in Vogue Portugal. And now, she’s a physiotherapist for Katie Piper Foundation, a nonprofit that provides rehabilitation and supportive services to survivors of burns and traumatic scarring. 

Here’s our Four Hot Takeaways: 

1. At 3:25 Catrin drops her favorite word in another language (which also connects to her favorite vacation spot), why she loves a cozy meal, her favorite scent, and why she’s a talker over texter. 
2. At 13:33 Catrin and Dominique share lots of tips on how to travel and vacation successfully when you’re traveling as someone with a chronic illness/disability, some fun stories about her modeling campaigns like how a last minute modeling job ending up being put in Vogue Portugal, and the girls advice for remaining confident in the dating scene as a young person with chronic illness or disability so you can get the most out of new people and find the partnerships that allow both to shine. 
3. STORY TIME INTERMISSION at 30:32 let’s Catrin share a story about how a time when she was in a bit of a rut, traveled to Paris and ended up meeting people that were inspired by her sharing about her scarring and being a burn survivor so it reinvigorated her love of motivating others. 
4. And the final segment at 36:43 had Catrin sharing about her experience getting into physiotherapy, how others had preconceived notions of her capability and she worked through it to succeed in schooling, what about physiotherapy intrigues her the most, and advice from Dominique and Catrin on how to confidently strive towards professional goals in the face of adversity and outsiders questioning capability in order to still love your work and adapt to thrive.  

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