As an award-winning war correspondent, Anjan has reported on many of the world’s most dangerous conflicts.  Anjan had become a father shortly before his work as a war correspondent led him to a dangerous conflict zone. We talk about how his work impacted his marriage and ultimately led to the breakup. Anjan gives a gripping account of how close he came to dying in the war zone and his struggles to balance the role of husband/father with a career that might endanger his life.

Throughout the episode, we discuss his recent memoir Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime, which he hopes encourages war correspondents to talk more openly about their personal struggles.

Trigger Warning: Contains mentions of war and references to killings.

You can buy Anjan’s most recent book on Amazon (US) and Barnes & Noble.

Other books by Anjan:

Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo

Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship

Anjan's Twitter account: @anjansun

Alana's life was forever changed following an accident that left her paralysed when she was just 17. Fast-forward to her 20s and Alana was a three-sport phenomenon having won gold for wheelchair basketball with Team USA and alpine skiing at the Paralympics. She talks to us about what her journey to Paralympic success has been like as she struggled with her mental health, grief and further injuries. 

 Alana tells us how she managed to find acceptance and peace with her new body and credits sports as giving her the power to turn her life around.

You can follow Alana on Instagram (@alanathejane) and Twitter (@alananichols21). To book Alana for speaking engagements, visit her website: www.alanajanenichols.com

In the coming episodes you’ll hear about injuries that ended careers at the NFL, being blacklisted for speaking up about toxic cultures in TV reporting and Hollywood, when grief hits you during a race and traumas suffered through shocking incidents and firefighters and children of Vietnam war veterans. 

You will hear about how a world record holder shifted his mindset after his prosthetic leg fell off in a game, how a PCOS diagnosis can lead to a revolutionary women’s health app, the journey from Fibromuscular dysplasia to creating an award-winning business and an oncology nurse facing a breast cancer diagnosis.

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