Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke

This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke - We spotlight Anna Kerry from Nottingham, England.    She suffered a stroke at age 35.  Since that time, Anna has devoted her life to serving other stroke survivors.  She is Founder The Stroke Wellbeing Space, an online resource and gathering platform for stroke survivors.  Throughout her story, Anna describes specific practices that helped her trust and love her own body again.  Her story is entitled, "Finding Safety Within My Body."

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Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

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#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 spotlight Anna Kerry from Nottingham, England.    She suffered a stroke at age 35.  Since that time, Anna has devoted her life to serving other stroke survivors.  She is Founder The Stroke Wellbeing Space, an online resource and gathering platform for stroke survivors.  Throughout her story, Anna describes specific practices that helped her trust and love her own body again.

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · 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 spotlight Guest Kalvin Randle from Chicago, IL.    He suffered two strokes at the age of 55.  Kalvin built houses for 34 years.  He sees parallels between reconstructing a house and reconstructing life after a stroke.  In this episode, he offers tools that help him reconstruct his life.  Kalvin's story is entitled, "What God Did in 31 Days: My Story of Healing and Hope."

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · 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 spotlight Guest Kalvin Randle from Chicago, IL.    He suffered two strokes at the age of 55.  Kalvin built houses for 34 years.  He sees parallels between reconstructing a house and reconstructing life after a stroke.  In this episode, he offers tools that help him reconstruct his life.  Kalvin's story is entitled, "What God Did in 31 Days: My Story of Healing and Hope."

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · 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 spend our second week with Sue Phipps.  Last week she shared a writing from ten years after her stroke and this week, she shares a recent piece entitled, Positive Resilience.

Sue Phipps is innately joyful.  She lives in Kirkland, Washington with her loving husband, Neal.  Sue has developed a deep sense of trust through small coincidental moments and those of struggle, like her time with breast cancer, mitral valve-prolapse, and our focus of this story, her major stroke.  She credits her friends, family, and God for helping her approach recovery with positive resilience.

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · 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 spend our second week with Sue Phipps.  Last week she shared a writing from ten years after her stroke and this week, she shares a recent piece entitled, Positive Resilience.

Sue Phipps is innately joyful.  She lives in Kirkland, Washington with her loving husband, Neal.  Sue has developed a deep sense of trust through small coincidental moments and those of struggle, like her time with breast cancer, mitral valve-prolapse, and our focus of this story, her major stroke.  She credits her friends, family, and God for helping her approach recovery with positive resilience.

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · 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 spotlight Guest Sue Phipps, a seventy year old resident of Kirkland, Washington.  She suffered a stroke in 1990 and will share a piece she wrote eight years after.  It describes a specific seizure, bout of depression, and how her husband and long-time friend helped Sue pull through. 

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · 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 spotlight Guest Sue Phipps, a seventy year old resident of Kirkland, Washington.  She suffered a stroke in 1990 and will share a piece she wrote eight years after.  It describes a specific seizure, bout of depression, and how her husband and long-time friend helped Sue pull through. 

Content Warning  - There is mention of suicidal thoughts for 35 seconds in this episode.  If you wish to skip that section, jump from 8:29 - 9:04.  

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · 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 spotlight Guest Tia Palafox, a school counselor, tennis player, music lover, and community volunteer, who suffered a stroke in 2009 at age forty.   Tia shares ways she strives to accept her post-stroke self.  She was often called “superwoman” before the stroke and continues to push herself now.  Her story is entitled “Moving Toward Acceptance.” 

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · 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 spotlight Guest Tia Palafox, a school counselor, tennis player, music lover, and community volunteer, who suffered a stroke in 2009 at age forty.   Tia shares ways she strives to accept her post-stroke self.  She was often called “superwoman” before the stroke and continues to push herself now.  Her story is entitled “Moving Toward Acceptance.” 

Support a Stroke Survivor:

Your gift sponsors a stroke survivor through our seven-week reflective story crafting journey.
👉 Donate at beyondstillness.org

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

Follow us: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · beyondstillness.org

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