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Kristen’s life changed almost overnight. In early 2022, she suddenly developed extreme anxiety, tremors, and escalating neurological symptoms that no one could explain. Within months, she lost her voice, her confidence, and eventually her mobility — going from walking for half an hour to barely lasting five minutes. Her husband carried her up and down the stairs. She stopped going out. She hid from friends and family because she couldn’t face the questions. 

This episode follows Kristen’s raw, honest journey through misdiagnosis, fear, and the emotional shock of becoming a full-time wheelchair user at 26. It also traces the unexpected moment everything shifted — a chance encounter at Paddington Station with another wheelchair user — and how that single conversation opened the door to wheelchair basketball, then padel, and ultimately a new identity. Today, Kristen is Britain’s number-one female wheelchair padel player. 

Her story is about identity, loss, resilience, and rebuilding a life that looks nothing like the one she had before — but one she is proud of.

00:00 Losing mobility, losing her voice — everything collapses

00:23 Meet Kristen: nurse and Britain’s No.1 wheelchair padel player

01:31 The sudden anxiety and confusion in 2022

03:37 Misdiagnosis, dismissal, and declining mobility

06:13 Losing her voice — and losing her identity

11:37 The Bath trip: realising she can no longer walk

17:27 Isolation, hiding from the world, husband becoming a carer

23:53 Paddington Station: the moment everything changed

27:58 From wheelchair basketball to becoming No.1 in padel

31:29 The pink hair: reclaiming identity and confidence

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When Rachel Jones took her son Alfie to a routine weigh-in, she never imagined it would lead to a life-altering diagnosis. What followed was years of treatment, surgeries, hope, fear and unimaginable strength. And then, in a single night, everything changed again.

In this extraordinary conversation, Rachel shares:

• The moment doctors gave Alfie a 5 percent chance of survival

• The rushed wedding and christening that happened within 48 hours

• Years of chemo, brain surgeries and hospital life

• The sudden sepsis infection that took Alfie’s life within hours

• Navigating grief while raising two other children

• How she is rebuilding purpose through the Alfie Foundation

This is one of the most powerful and honest stories we have ever shared. A profound conversation about love, loss, resilience and what it means to keep going when your world collapses.

🎧 EVERYTHING CHANGED — Episode 4: Gigi’s Story

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🙏 Special thanks to our guest, Gigi (Grace)

Her award-winning podcast Journeys with Grace can be found wherever you get your podcasts or at http://jwgstory.com

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🎤 In this episode:

Singer-songwriter and British Podcast Award finalist Gigi opens up about the extraordinary twists in her life — from being sent from South London to Nigeria as a child, to facing years of pain from Crohn’s disease, to hearing the words no one ever expects: “We think it’s cancer.”

💫 This is a story of shock, resilience and self-belief — of learning to take control when everything feels lost. Gigi shares how she reversed her illness, rebuilt her life, and found healing through her music and her voice.

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🕰️ What we talk about:

00:00 — Growing up between cultures in Brixton and Nigeria

04:00 — Being “sent away” and what that taught her about identity

07:00 — The first taste of fame on Pop Idol

08:40 — Living with Crohn’s and learning to self-heal

14:00 — “I had no symptoms — and then they told me it was cancer.”

20:00 — Advocating for yourself when doctors rush your decisions

24:00 — What it means to be in the driver’s seat of your healing

27:00 — The power of discipline, mindset and self-trust

29:00 — Gigi on what really makes her happy today

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💬 Connect with Gigi:

Instagram: @jwgstory

Podcast: Journeys with Grace

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Instagram: @rosiefawehimi

Podcast updates: @everythingchangedpod

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🎙️ About Everything Changed

Real stories. Raw conversations. Life-changing moments.

New episodes every other Wednesday on Spotify, YouTube & Apple Podcasts.

Thanks to Our Sponsor:

This episode is supported by Never Fully Dressed, a brand that champions confidence, individuality, and authenticity.

At just 29, Carly Moosah’s life was turned upside down when she lost her best friend to cancer. What followed was grief, shock, and a long road to finding her feet again.

In this episode of Everything Changed, Carly shares the raw reality of navigating loss, her outrage at the gaps in testing and diagnosis, and how she’s managed to rebuild life with clarity, resilience, and purpose.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• ​The impact of losing a best friend so young
• ​How Carly channelled grief into advocacy and awareness
• ​Why she speaks out about testing and early diagnosis
• ​The mindset shifts that helped her start over

Follow Everything Changed for more powerful stories of resilience, loss, and reinvention.

He was ready to be a dad for years — but nothing prepared him for what came next.

TV presenter James Green opens up to Rosie Fawehimi about the hidden grief of miscarriage, the toll repeated loss takes on couples, and the long road through IVF that finally brought him and his partner Nicola their miracle daughter.

They talk about:

• Losing three pregnancies during lockdown

• The trauma of being shut out of hospitals during Covid

• Mental health and the dark thoughts few men admit

• The hilariously awkward reality of IVF (yes, the Pornhub chair)

• The moment they finally saw a heartbeat

• How Nicola’s later breast cancer diagnosis during pregnancy changed everything again

This is one of the rawest and most hopeful conversations we’ve had — about love, resilience, and learning to find joy again after loss.

🎙 Everything Changed — real stories of life before and after everything changed.

👉 Watch in full on YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Thanks to Our Sponsor:This episode is brought to you by Never Fully Dressed — a brand that champions confidence, individuality, and authenticity. We’re grateful for their support in helping us share stories like Alice’s.

At 24, Alice Greaves was told she was “too young for breast cancer.” Within weeks she was diagnosed — and everything changed.

In this first episode of Everything Changed, Alice shares her journey from that devastating diagnosis to life-saving brain surgery, and how she found the resilience to cycle 126 miles just eight weeks after surgery. Along the way, she’s raised over £350,000 for charity and become a powerful advocate for knowing your body, pushing for answers, and choosing what she calls “fight mode.”

In this episode:

• Why Alice refused to accept a GP dismissal

• The moment she heard “if anyone can, Alice can”

• Surviving brain surgery and choosing resilience

• How she’s raised over £350,000 for cancer charities

• The biggest life lesson she wants others to hear

Follow Everything Changed for more stories of resilience, loss, and reinvention.