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...
by lameredith | Jul 12, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
What do you say when a doctor tells you that you’ve got six months to live? When you’re Dr. Allen Lycka, you get a second opinion. And a third. And so on. Rather than close his practice down and get his affairs in order, Dr. Lycka followed his intuition...
by lameredith | Jul 12, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
Back when Fiona Demark was growing up in a small town in Australia, resources to help support her sight loss weren’t readily available. Legally blind since birth, she worked hard in school and envisioned a future for herself that included a career. But her...
by lameredith | Jun 28, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
Rachel Bruno responded openly when police at the hospital told her that they were there to help her. Her seven week old son had a serious traumatic brain injury, and might not survive the night. What happened next would turn her whole family’s lives upside down,...
by lameredith | Jun 21, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
Dr. Susan Landers had it all. A brilliant career in neonatology in the NICU unit, a supportive husband, also a doctor, and three children. It was wonderful, and sometimes, it was far too much. Today, Susan is the author of So Many Babies: My Life Balancing a Busy...
by lameredith | Jun 6, 2022 | Persistence U podcast show notes
Karen Mills wrote off her tummy pooch as simply another sign of menopause. After all, what menopausal woman doesn’t gain a bit of belly weight, or have trouble fully evacuating during urination ? When her doctor saw her for a routine appointment, she eventually...