Lizness School Special: One Woman's Stroke Recovery

About this episode

The episode discusses one woman's journey of recovery from a stroke and the impact of medical transitions on life choices.

Today's special Lizness School episode is inspired by a letter we received from listener Laura Tiberi asking us to consider how life choices can be different for "those who are faced with significant transitions as a result of medical illness or injury." Laura was "retired by leukemia", has experienced two stem cell transplants and "is 3 1/2 years old in transplant years." We speak to Kira Dales, a fellow Fellow of Liz's at Stanford last year, who tells us of her life since a brain tumor and stroke. Her story includes physical, communication, cognitive and emotional recovery over the last 6 years. Kira Dales on  Stanford DCI site  and  LinkedIn . Homework: Kira recommends  Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir Of A Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad . Here is  Suleika Jaouad's substack Creative Alchemy: The Isolation Journals . Here is an interview on  CBS Sunday Morning with Suleika Jaouad and her husband Jon Batiste.  Welcome to our sponsors:   Stanford Federal Credit Union .  To use their $620 New Member offer, go to  sfcu.org/lizness Welleco . The Super Elixir from Welleco . Use promo code sisters15 at checkout. If you are new to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Liz, Sisters

Guest: Kira Dales

Topics covered

• stroke recovery
• medical transitions
• personal stories
• resilience
• health
• memoir

Keywords

• stroke recovery
• medical illness
• personal transition
• resilience
• memoir
• health

Sponsors

Stanford Federal Credit Union, Welleco

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir Of A Life Interrupted, Creative Alchemy: The Isolation Journals

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