Our guest today, Allan Michael Clayton, is our first guest from the UK!  Allan discovered in 1999 that life doesn’t always work out as we plan it.  As a promising young footballer at the age of 17 he was involved in a serious road traffic accident that changed his life forever.  He broke his neck…

We are delighted for you to meet today’s guest, Jen Bou LaHoud!  As you will soon discover Jen has the resilient, positive, “can do-will do-just watch me” attitude to be in consistent action toward her recovery goals after her spinal cord injury.  Her spirit is infectious! She took us back to holiday break – Dec…

In this episode we continue our conversation with Dr. Mitchell Tepper.  We met him in Episode #28 we titled Be Your Own Self Advocate.  If you haven’t listened to the episode you may want to listen there first!  In that episode Mitch takes us back to 1982 when as a lifeguard he dove too deep…

Dr. Mitchell Tepper brings a lifetime of first-hand experience with chronic conditions and disability to his work. In today’s episode, we learn his lessons from his recovery from spinal cord injury. In our next episode, we will learn about his work in the area of sexuality and injury. Stay tuned for that enlightening conversation!

Kay Lathrop goes back and revisits a couple different episodes and discuss the importance of grit and self-control after an injury. Don’t lose your determination. Kay provides some helpful tips and tools to keeping your head in the game and preserving in spite of your injury.

After an injury it’s hard to remember to love yourself and celebrate the small things. Today’s guest, Anita Neff, has learned it’s important. After a horseback riding accident Anita broke her neck and suffered with thoughts of just pulling the plug.  Ten years later, after her C4 5 6 incomplete spinal cord injury, she is…

Hello! Welcome back to another episode of Defy Injury. I am delighted that you are listening in today and I’m very excited to share with you another story today. One young lady told me her father’s story and I was very sure that you would learn from and be inspired by James “Jamie” Osborne’s story.…

Have you ever struggled with your purpose? What are you supposed to do after your injury? Why was your body taken from you? Why you? Our guest on the show today is here to tell you his story about defying injury and finding a new purpose in life. Jason Roy was a Houston police officer…

Welcome to my conversation with Thom Gilbert, who owns a real estate investment company in San Diego. He lives there with his wife and two sons, but his story doesn’t stop there. Thom has wisdom and lessons to share that can and will help others, whether your path is similar to his, or not. Join us now to hear Thom’s story!

In this episode, Kay Lathrop talks about the advice that Blake Heidenreich, founder and president of Spinal Cord Injury Foundation and co-founder and partner at Troy Capital Management LLC talked about in our last episode. If you haven’t listened to that episode, please go back and do that now! Blake cited Henry Ford’s quote:  Whether…