My blurred opinion

Ayis Caperonis is a brain-tumor survivor who was told at thirteen he would never walk unaided, finish school, or live a normal life. He survived experimental surgery with a thirty percent chance — and then spent years in clinical depression. He’s a husband, a father of three, and the author of Staring Down Depression, a practical guide written by someone who has been through it, not a textbook. He talks about the tools that still work when hope is gone, and how to keep moving when you don’t think you can.

His website

https://www.amazon.com/Staring-Down-Depression-Practical-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B0H9JDTDLQ

This episode is with my friend Devon. I met him on TikTok, a strong, beautiful human who really doesn't care about what people think, because he knows he's blessed, and he has such a beautiful family and a great life, even if it's hard. We talk a lot about his childhood and when a fire went off and all the damage that was caused to his skin into his body. We discussed mental health being a husband, a father and so much more.

This episode is with my good friend who I met at church. Her name is Liz. We discussed in this episode, her journey with God, her fight against cancer, and the ups and downs throughout our life

This episode is with my friend. I met on TikTok name AimeeLee she's all the way from Australia. She's a caregiver a survivor of trauma and mental health. We talk a lot about her upbringing and her strong connection with Brody

I came across Raa through one of her powerful videos. She was talking about all the loss that she has suffered of those who are close to her, and it really really move me. Once we started talking, I knew it was somebody that I wanted to get to know, and to have on the show. She talks about her strong relationship with God, all those she's lost, but what she's learned from each one of them, and her mental and physical health that has also gone through a lot in the last so many years.

This episode is just me sitting down discussing my current frustrations with my financial, and physical situations. 

This episode is with my good friend Nikki. She's somebody I met on TikTok, and she's always been so kind and supportive. She's from Canada, she's a mother, and a chronic pain warrior. In this episode, she talks about surgeries, her mental health, and how these spasms affect her every day. 

Spann Cordle, Disability advocate, Wal-mart associate Keynote speaker. I was the first service dog team for Walmart. Helping others in the workplace to make disabilities a household name. This is his story of how he went from a child struggling with cerebral palsy to a Walmart associate in Keynote speaker.

http://www.spannsworld.com/

Today’s guest is Gaylen Wilson, a heart transplant survivor, 20-years-sober former alcoholic, relationship author, erectile dysfunction advocate, Certified Thriving Relationship Coach, and founder of The Monument Method Institute with his wife Heather. Gaylen’s life has not been one comeback. It has been a series of forced reinventions. After farm failure, a collapsed stockbroker career, alcoholism, sobriety, career disruption after 9/11, rebuilding as a computer repairman, and later becoming a successful field-service technician, Gaylen faced the largest crisis of his life. In 2014, a virus attacked his heart and left him in end-stage heart failure. For the next three and a half years, he and Heather lived through hospital rooms, fear, financial pressure, uncertainty, lost intimacy, disability, and the reality that without a transplant, he was going to die. On June 19, 2018, Gaylen sat Heather down and told her he likely had only a few months left. About thirty minutes later, the transplant center called. The next morning, he received a new heart. That experience left him with one driving question: What do you do with years you were never guaranteed? For more than five years, Gaylen helped inside two of the largest erectile dysfunction support communities on Facebook, serving roughly 60,000 men and partners. Through thousands of conversations, he saw that ED is often far more than a bedroom problem. It can become a mental-health crisis involving shame, anxiety, depression, avoidance, masculinity collapse, and relationship damage. Those experiences helped shape The Monument Method, a relationship system focused on emotional safety, conflict repair, intimacy restoration, personal responsibility, and protecting the bond under pressure. Gaylen and Heather are also building MVP — Monument Validated Person — a relationship-readiness dating platform designed for people who want to prepare for healthier relationships before they start dating. His mission is simple: to help people build relationships strong enough that neither person has to survive life alone anymore.

http://www.monumentmethodinstitute.com/

This episode is with my friend Jasmine another TikToker, who I met along the way, she's from Australia. She is a chronic pain warrior, because she goes through the condition multiple sclerosis. We discuss mental health, our journey and dealing with MS, and the resilience that it takes to be someone who goes through chronic illness.