Thought Echoes Podcast

Listen to Susan Wooldridge share how poetry gives us access to ourselves.

Listen to Roxanne Colyer share her creative process.

Listen to author Clay Drinko talk about improv in his creative process and how mirroring improves our relationships.

Listen to author Katherine Benfante talk about her creative process.

Listen to Joe Borgess who survived a hemorrhagic stroke and how he’s now a motivation speaker and mindsset coach who helps people around the world connect and build community.

Listen to how Marcia Moran, who survived a stroke and is rediscovering teaching by working with writers.

Listen to how Mimi Hayes, who survived a hemorrhagic stroke and is rediscovering teaching by working with writers.

Listen to how Michael Keefe, who survived two hemorrhagic strokes, is rediscovering music.

Listen to how Olivia Lewis, who survived a brainstem strokes and locked-in syndrome when she was in college at 21, reframed a devastating event with grace and transparency. Her advocacy work hopes of helping others understand what it felt like to be locked-in without anyone being able to understand you while cognitively she could understand everyone else.

Listen to how Alison Shapiro, artist, author, and mindfulness stroke advocate, who survived 2 devastating & near fatal brain stem strokes 24 hours apart. She discovered she did could and would have a profound impact on the course of that recovery.

Listen to how Stacie Broek, author and activist, who survived a stroke at age 46 as an ex-pat in Tokyo as we explore her transformation into Stacie 2.0 through passion-therapy and how she intends to help other families navigate recovery. Did you like this episode? Let me know by following and rating the show!

Beth Bonness interviews Mathew (Matty) Goodrich who survived an incredible traumatic brain injury in a remote location on Molokai, Hawaii in 2016. Listen to how Matty rediscovered himself through painting and writing by connecting to a community of people where he felt he belonged. Did you like this episode? Let me know by following and rating the show!

Beth Bonness interviews Dr. Kate Allatt, author of Running Free: Breaking Out from Locked-in Syndrome . where they talk about what it feels like to be locked inside yourself and not communicate through her incredible recovery, plus the creative projects she’s working on.

Eileen Hass, author, suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. Eileen is a former editor and copywriter and recently published an inspirational memoir: Along Came a Stroke: My Story of Survival and Recovery .

Billy Ethridge, director and founder of WNE4k, suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. Billy is the founder and director of WNE4, an international biotech and strategic consulting firm.

Giles Turnbull, a blind poet and aspiring novelist with brain cancer.

Andy Dovey, musician, podcaster, blogger, and YouTuber who suffered an ischemic stroke. Andy is the creator of Brain Attack Music — to help raise awareness of brain attacks (strokes) and raise some money for charity.

Bob Phillips, author of Absolute Honesty: Building a Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk and Rewards Integrity and President and CEO of RW & Associates, a Management and organizational consulting firm that specializes in working with companies and leaders to drive change in culture, organizational integrity, and honesty.