by lameredith | Aug 14, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
You might think that being a twin means you’ll experience the world around you similarly. Not so, says identical twins and authors Joan and Jane, former therapists turned psychiatric entertainers. Perhaps it was their forced separation by medical staff when they...
by lameredith | Aug 9, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
After a diagnosis of arthritis in her spine created neverending pain, Chery Ilov was told to resign herself to the fact she’d need medication for life and wouldn’t be able to dance or become a physical therapist as planned. The pain was just a part of...
by lameredith | Aug 3, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
As a young man spiraling out of control with drug addiction, Colleen Elaine’s son clearly had a problem. He wasn’t the only one. Colleen Elaine shares lessons learned after her life unraveled, and the permanent changes made as her son and entire family...
by lameredith | Jul 26, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
It’s been over nine months since I packed my few boxes, stuffed my cats in an airplane, and flew from Alaska to Tennessee to a home where I knew no one, leaving the place where I’d spent more than 5 decades of my life....
by lameredith | Jul 19, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
While teens her age worried about the prom and high school graduation, Kerrie Atherton was planning to end her life. The weight of depression, trauma, and substance abuse had become too much. A meeting at Alcoholics Anonymous was the first important step toward...