1580: Resilience After Stroke and Heart Failure with Jonathan Scott Bogner
About this episode
Jonathan Scott Bogner shares his inspiring journey of resilience after surviving strokes and heart failure, discussing his transition to meaningful storytelling through documentary filmmaking.
From surviving two strokes, heart failure, and a life-saving transplant to producing a powerful PBS documentary series, Jonathan Scott Bognar shares a raw and inspiring story of resilience, reinvention, and purpose. In this episode, Jonathan opens up about losing his ability to speak due to aphasia, rebuilding his career from the ground up, and how he transitioned from Hollywood film production into meaningful storytelling that educates and serves others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg8iomv10Wk We dive into his upcoming documentary Alive But Not Well, which explores major diseases affecting people as they age through the lens of patients, caregivers, doctors, and advocates. Jonathan explains how his own health journey sparked the idea, and why caregiving is one of the most overlooked yet universal human experiences. He also breaks down his philosophy of “rigorous optimism” and “rugged flexibility,” showing how mindset, persistence, and adaptability are critical not just in business but in surviving life itself. If you’ve ever faced adversity, struggled with reinvention, or wondered how to turn pain into purpose, this conversation will challenge you to rethink your limits and…
People in this episode
Host: Robert Plank
Guest: Jonathan Scott Bogner
Topics covered
- resilience
- health
- storytelling
- documentary
- adversity
- mindset
Keywords
- stroke
- heart failure
- documentary
- resilience
- caregiving
- mindset
- adversity
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