IronWill

On today’s IronWill podcast we have our first Australian guest, Paul McMahon. Paul is a traumatic brain injury survivor who fell 3 stories while celebrating his own birthday. He broke several bones and was put into a medically induced coma to help his bones heal. In the hospital he found out he also suffered a traumatic brain injury that he received very little treatment for. We go into how that affected him and the struggles he had to overcome. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.

Blair Hennessy had sustained numerous concussions playing hockey and soccer in his youth then he joined the Canadian armed forces at age 16. While playing hockey with his unit he suffered another concussion. He tells the story of his recovery and how he had to find his new path in life after being medically discharged from the military. You can listen to this episode on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.

Mandy Burks was my contact with Own The Dash, our main sponsor for our recent 5K. Mandy was on episode #24, and we are happy to visit with her again. On this episode we had a really fun conversation with her about the COVID, the IronWill virtual 5k and more. I just want to thank Mandy for all her hard work and time she put in to get the t-shirts for the IronWill 5k. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.

On this very special episode of the IronWill podcast, we give Brainstorm For Brain Injury a check for $3000. The amount raised from our first annual IronWill virtual 5k. It felt so awesome to be able to donate to this worthy cause. We want thank our generous sponsors and all of you who joined us, we are excited by the number awesome people who participated in our 5K event. We are looking forward to the next one. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or your favorite podcast platform.

Rebekah Nesbitt is our first international guest on the IronWill podcast. Rebekah is a traumatic brain injury survivor, she was nervous about doing the podcast, but she used her “iron will” and found the courage to share her story. She told us about her car crash and the time she spent in the hospital. We discuss determination and where she got her IronWill. I am very happy that we were able to get her on the podcast with us and look forward to seeing her continued success. You can listen to this episode on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.

Sidney Smith is an outdoorsman, but if he is wearing shorts it’s apparent that he is not your typical outdoorsman, that’s because Sidney is a double amputate. Even when he has in rehab he had goals, one of those goals was to compete in an Ironman, a few years later he was in Florida achieving his goal. He is an avid hunter and still hunts, he helps other disabled people who want to hunt achieve their goal. You can listen to this podcast at our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.

Badge Tony of The Spark podcast talks to us about being shot in the line of duty, how he is overcoming the mental scars the incident left him with and how he is trying to reach out to others going through their own struggles with PTSD to let them know that they are not alone. Listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.

Nicole Rogers is the mother of two amazing kids, who she loves very much. We go into her story of how she got to be where she is in her life in this episode of the IronWill podcast #29. She goes over what it’s like living with fibromyalgia and bipolar syndrome and the struggles of raising her two kids. Nicole is always willing to learn and continues to grow as a person. Listen to this episode at our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.

On this episode of the IronWill podcast we talk to Hannah Morales for the second time. Hannah was on episode #7 where she told us about her Traumatic Brain Injury. About a week after our first visit with her, Hannah was hit by a pickup truck while riding her bike. Hannah goes over what her recovery was like this time and the difference between the two. She is the definition of an IronWill. Listen to this podcast at our website www.ironwill.us

On this episode of the IronWill podcast we talk to Alex and TyAnne Crook, Alex is a TBI survivor and TyAnne is his caregiver. She is also the co-founder of Brainstorm for brain injury. She explains what Brainstorm does for people who have suffered a TBI. This was a really fun conversation and I am so thankful for the opportunity to work with this great non profit. Check them out at www.brainstormforbraininjury.com and this is the last day to sign up for the first annual IronWill virtual 5k. You can sign up at www.IronWill.us.