Episode 1500 — Acceptance: The Quiet Cure

Episode 1500 — Acceptance: The Quiet Cure

From Blind Magic in Alice Springs by bridgeovermurray

April 9, 2026 · 9 min · Season 1 · Episode 1

About this episode

Murray Stewart reflects on acceptance as a powerful tool for managing health challenges in his 1,500th episode.

Host Murray Stewart marks a milestone — episode 1,500 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs — with a deeply personal and uplifting message for anyone wrestling with health and life challenges. In this reflective episode Murray draws on decades of experience living with lifelong vision impairment, recent post-stroke epilepsy, and type 2 diabetes to explore a single, powerful idea: acceptance.Murray recounts a recent health moment — a blood glucose reading of 11.2 and the follow-up appointment with his diabetes specialist — and explains how choosing acceptance over anxiety led to timely action rather than escalation. He also describes how stress, poor sleep, and fighting his condition can increase seizure risk and why embracing his circumstances has helped him stay calmer, safer, and more effective at managing his health.The episode covers practical and emotional territory: the role of acceptance in reducing stress, the importance of routine checks and working with specialists, strategies to protect sleep and minimize seizure triggers, and the distinction between accepting a condition and neglecting medical care. Murray reflects on a lifetime of living fully despite blindness, shares…

People in this episode

Host: Murray Stewart

Topics covered

  • acceptance
  • health challenges
  • vision impairment
  • diabetes management
  • stress reduction
  • seizure risk
  • personal growth

Keywords

  • acceptance
  • health
  • diabetes
  • stress
  • seizures
  • vision impairment
  • personal experience
  • motivation

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