Paralyzed At 19 | Stephen Wagstaff On Surviving A Diving Accident, Disability, Faith & Purpose (Inspirational)

About this episode

Stephen Wagstaff shares his journey of overcoming a diving accident and finding purpose through faith and resilience.

What if the very thing that tried to break you became the foundation for your purpose, healing, and impact? In this deeply inspirational, motivational, and faith-filled powerful episode, Reginald D talks with Stephen Wagstaff, founder of SWAG Ability, about disability, caregiving, trauma recovery, faith, grief, resilience, and what it truly means to thrive where life finds you. After a diving accident at age 19 left Stephen with a C5 spinal cord injury, he was forced to face a completely new ...

People in this episode

Host: Reginald D

Guest: Stephen Wagstaff

Topics covered

• disability
• faith
• resilience
• trauma recovery
• purpose
• inspiration

Keywords

• diving accident
• C5 spinal cord injury
• caregiving
• grief
• thriving
• impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SWAG Ability

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