In this episode of Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke, we hear from Barry North, an academic and seasoned professional with a PhD in Chemistry from Brandeis University and a Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University. Barry’s career in Corporate Health and Safety led him to two decades in Denver before transitioning to Seattle, where he embraced a new calling as a personal and professional coach.  He is passionate about sailing, photography, health, and wellness.

On November 13, 2020, Barry experienced a life-altering stroke that challenged him in unimaginable ways. In his story, Barry opens up about his battle with depression and the transformative strategies that help him not only recover but thrive. He shares how he rediscovered his passions and cultivated resilience in the face of adversity.

Join us for an inspiring episode on overcoming obstacles, embracing change, and finding opportunities for growth even in the darkest times.

Barry's Suggested Resources:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• American Stroke Association Support Group Finder
• Footloose Sailing Association 
• How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers by Toni Bernhard
• Seattle Kaiser Stroke Rehabilitation
• Seattle Providence-Swedish Stroke Services
• Support Seattle YASS
• Vivian Folsom - Therapist

Community Conversation Prompts:

1.) What strategies help you lift yourself out of dark moments?

2.) How do you stay focused on what's essential and confidently say "no" to things that are not?

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

In this episode of Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke, we hear from Barry North, an academic and seasoned professional with a PhD in Chemistry from Brandeis University and a Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University. Barry’s career in Corporate Health and Safety led him to two decades in Denver before transitioning to Seattle, where he embraced a new calling as a personal and professional coach.  He is passionate about sailing, photography, health, and wellness.

On November 13, 2020, Barry experienced a life-altering stroke that challenged him in unimaginable ways. In his story, Barry opens up about his battle with depression and the transformative strategies that help him not only recover but thrive. He shares how he rediscovered his passions and cultivated resilience in the face of adversity.

Join us for an inspiring episode on overcoming obstacles, embracing change, and finding opportunities for growth even in the darkest times.

Barry's Suggested Resources:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• American Stroke Association Support Group Finder
• Footloose Sailing Association 
• How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers by Toni Bernhard
• Seattle Kaiser Stroke Rehabilitation
• Seattle Providence-Swedish Stroke Services
• Support Seattle YASS
• Vivian Folsom - Therapist

Community Conversation Prompts:

1.) What strategies help you lift yourself out of dark moments? 

2.) How do you stay focused on what's essential and confidently say "no" to things that are not?

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke, we feature Beatriz Fritschler, a renowned social impact strategist and wellness entrepreneur. Originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and currently residing in Washington Heights, New York, Beatriz shares her incredible story of surviving a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2018. In this episode, she discusses how this life-altering event led to significant personal growth and a deeper connection with her body. Don’t miss this inspiring episode on healing, personal transformation, and finding purpose after a stroke.

Beatriz' Suggested Resources:

• Beatriz Fritschler's Embody Joy: A Woman’s Journey of Reconnection with Her Body
• Beatriz Fritschler’s Executive Losers Website
• Beatriz Fritschler’s Instagram @beatriz_healthjourney
• Brain Bar 
• Daphne Leahy-Matteo - Somatic Therapist
• Greg Graham’s Instagram @AVMSuperhero
• Somatic Experiencing International

Community Conversation Prompts:

1.) What recent moments have sparked joy and gratitude in your life, and how did you acknowledge and appreciate them?

2.) Identify a habit you want to cultivate for a healthier relationship with your body.  How can you take one step towards that habit this week?

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke, we feature Beatriz Fritschler, a renowned social impact strategist and wellness entrepreneur. Originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and currently residing in Washington Heights, New York, Beatriz shares her incredible story of surviving a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2018. In this episode, she discusses how this life-altering event led to significant personal growth and a deeper connection with her body. Don’t miss this inspiring episode on healing, personal transformation, and finding purpose after a stroke.

Beatriz' Suggested Resources:

• Beatriz Fritschler's Embody Joy: A Woman’s Journey of Reconnection with Her Body
• Beatriz Fritschler’s Executive Losers Website
• Beatriz Fritschler’s Instagram @beatriz_healthjourney
• Brain Bar 
• Daphne Leahy-Matteo - Somatic Therapist
• Greg Graham’s Instagram @AVMSuperhero
• Somatic Experiencing International

Community Conversation Prompts:

1.) What recent moments have sparked joy and gratitude in your life, and how did you acknowledge and appreciate them?

2.) Identify a habit you want to cultivate for a healthier relationship with your body.  How can you take one step towards that habit this week?

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke we welcome mother, wife, and caregiver Nikki Juvan who lives in Middlebury, Vermont.  In October of 2018, her husband suffered his first stroke.  In her story, Nikki describes how her approach to caregiving has changed over the years.  While working through grief, she found it helpful to serve as a resource for others.  Nikki and her daughter went on to found Stroke Awareness Vermont.  Her story is entitled, “I Have Been Changed…For Good.”

Nikki's Suggested Resources:

Fanny Allen Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Stroke Awareness Vermont
Stroke Camp
Stroke Stories Booklet
University of Vermont Medical Center

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke we welcome mother, wife, and caregiver Nikki Juvan who lives in Middlebury, Vermont.  In October of 2018, her husband suffered his first stroke.  In her story, Nikki describes how her approach to caregiving has changed over the years.  While working through grief, she found it helpful to serve as a resource for others.  Nikki and her daughter went on to found Stroke Awareness Vermont.  Her story is entitled, “I Have Been Changed…For Good.”

Nikki's Suggested Resources:

Fanny Allen Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Stroke Awareness Vermont
Stroke Camp
Stroke Stories Booklet
University of Vermont Medical Center

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke we welcome author, speaker, holistic health practitioner, minister, and Emmy Award winning musician Toni Hickman who lives in Houston, Texas.  In October of 2004, just before an album release, Toni suffered her first of two brain aneurysms that were followed by a stroke.  At that point she wasn’t able to find any publicly disabled people in the music industry.  While pondering the reason she was still alive, Toni found purpose.  Her story is entitled, “A Story of Resilience.”

Toni's Suggested Resources:

Toni Hickman


As a Man Thinkith by James Allen
Brian Tracy
Crippled Pretty by Toni Hickman
Emory Hospital Stroke Center in Atlanta, Georgia
Hopeless by Dionne Farris
Kandu Health
Rehabilitation Hospital of New Orleans
Shepherd Rehabilitation Center
Tulane Medical Rehabilitation Center

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke we welcome author, speaker, holistic health practitioner, minister, and Emmy Award winning musician Toni Hickman who lives in Houston, Texas.  In October of 2004, just before an album release, Toni suffered her first of two brain aneurysms that were followed by a stroke.  At that point she wasn’t able to find any publicly disabled people in the music industry.  While pondering the reason she was still alive, Toni found purpose.  Her story is entitled, “A Story of Resilience.”

Toni's Suggested Resources:

Toni Hickman

As a Man Thinkith by James Allen
Brian Tracy
Crippled Pretty by Toni Hickman
Emory Hospital Stroke Center in Atlanta, Georgia
Hopeless by Dionne Farris
Kandu Health
Rehabilitation Hospital of New Orleans
Shepherd Rehabilitation Center
Tulane Medical Rehabilitation Center

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke we welcome writer, speaker, and stroke and brain injury activist Tymiak Hawkins who lives in Edison, New Jersey.  In June of 2019, just four years after graduating from college and months before his wedding, Tymiak suffered a stroke.  In his first year of recovery he wrote a book entitled, Becoming the Light: Navigating Darkness After A Stroke. Now, five years out, he finds himself in another moment of transition.  Today, he offers wisdom on how he is navigating life’s next chapter.  Tymiak’s story is entitled, “Becoming Me: A Stroke Survivor's Journey from Caterpillar to Butterfly.”

Tymiak's Suggested Resources:

Becoming the Light: Navigating Darkness After a Stroke by Tymiak Hawkins

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fast Fwd: The Fully Recovered Mindset by Maddi Niebanck - Instagram @maddistrokeofluck 

Jack Smiley - Instagram @jacksmi1ey

Reborn Decades Apart: 3 Basketball Players Unite After Stroke

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center

Stroke of Genius Foundation

Travis - Instagram @basiccelebrity

2TheT

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke we welcome writer, speaker, and stroke and brain injury activist Tymiak Hawkins who lives in Edison, New Jersey.  In June of 2019, just four years after graduating from college and months before his wedding, Tymiak suffered a stroke.  In his first year of recovery he wrote a book entitled, Becoming the Light: Navigating Darkness After A Stroke. Now, five years out, he finds himself in another moment of transition.  Today, he offers wisdom on how he is navigating life’s next chapter.  Tymiak’s story is entitled, “Becoming Me: A Stroke Survivor's Journey from Caterpillar to Butterfly.”


Tymiak's Suggested Resources:

Becoming the Light: Navigating Darkness After a Stroke by Tymiak Hawkins

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fast Fwd: The Fully Recovered Mindset by Maddi Niebanck - Instagram @maddistrokeofluck 

Jack Smiley - Instagram @jacksmi1ey

Reborn Decades Apart: 3 Basketball Players Unite After Stroke

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center

Stroke of Genius Foundation

Travis - Instagram @basiccelebrity

2TheT

Click here to sponsor a stroke survivor on their seven week reflective story crafting journey.

Join us on Instagram and Facebook and Youtube.

Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower stroke survivors to articulate and publicly share their stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope.

To learn more about our programs and services, please visit www.beyondstillness.org.

#BeyondStillness #StrokeRecovery #StrokeSurvivor #StrokeStories #StrokeAwareness #Storytelling #StrokeSupport #Recovery #Resilience #Hope #Transformation #LifeAfterStroke #Inspiration #NarrativeIdentity #StorytellingHeals #RewritingMyStory #IdentityAfterStroke #PostTraumaticGrowth