What happens when the life you planned suddenly disappears?

In this episode of Change Happened, Then What?, Andrew Davie shares his powerful story of surviving a ruptured brain aneurysm and the long road back to rebuilding his life. What began as an ordinary trip to the airport quickly turned into a life-threatening medical emergency that would force Andrew to rethink everything he thought he knew about his future.

Before the aneurysm, Andrew’s life was filled with creativity, teaching, and writing. After emergency brain surgery and months of intense recovery, he found himself facing a very different challenge — learning how to reconnect with himself emotionally while navigating a completely new version of life.

Andrew opens up about the physical and emotional realities of brain injury recovery, the identity shifts that often follow major trauma, and how the unexpected events of the pandemic created space for deeper healing. Along the way, he discovered a new purpose helping others as a counselor and supporting his mother during her battle with ALS.

This is a story about resilience, perspective, and what it means to realign your life when everything you once planned changes.

Because sometimes the map disappears… so you can learn how to navigate by something deeper.

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