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What happens when your entire life changes in a single moment? For Kiwan Amey, that moment came on May 5th, 2017, when a driver pulled out in front of his motorcycle on a North Carolina highway. One month later, he woke from a medically induced coma to discover he had lost his eyesight completely.

Before the accident, Kiwan was living a full life as a US Air Force in-flight refueling specialist, entrepreneur, and student with dreams of becoming a commissioned pilot. With a 3.87 GPA and a thriving web design business, his future seemed boundless. After the accident, he faced the crushing reality of losing his military career, his independence, and the life he had known. In those dark early days, suicidal thoughts plagued him as he struggled to accept his new reality.

What makes Kiwan's story so remarkable isn't just his survival against medical odds, but how he transformed his tragedy into triumph. He coined a personal mantra that became his north star: "I lost my sight, but not my vision." This profound perspective shift opened doors to possibilities most would consider impossible for someone without sight. He mastered adaptive sports including rowing, archery, powerlifting, and even downhill skiing on real snow. His athletic prowess earned him an invitation to the Paralympics Team USA rowing tryouts. He returned to his love of music, playing drums professionally and learning keyboard. As the self-proclaimed "excuse destroyer," Kiwan now works as a motivational speaker, sharing his journey to inspire others to overcome their own limitations.

This episode offers a masterclass in resilience, forgiveness, and redefining purpose after trauma. Kiwan's infectious optimism and determination shine through as he explains how losing his sight ultimately gave him clearer vision for what matters in life. His story will challenge you to reconsider what's truly possible when you focus not on what you've lost, but on what you can still become.

Listen to this powerful conversation, then ask yourself: what excuse is holding you back from living your fullest life?

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Meet Em, an incredible woman whose world began to shift in the most powerful way after receiving an ADHD diagnosis. What once felt like constant chaos and confusion finally started to make sense. The way she thought, felt, worked and related to those around her. Suddenly, pieces of her childhood, family dynamics and business life started falling into place.

In today’s episode, we have a deeply honest conversation about what it’s like to navigate the world with a neurodivergent mind, especially as a parent, a partner and a business owner. We talk about the pressure we put on ourselves, the stories we carry from childhood and what it means to take responsibility in our lives without sacrificing our wellbeing in the process.

This is about doing life in a way that actually works for you. Not what the world expects, not what the books say, but what feels true to your nervous system, your rhythms and your capacity. Em’s story is one of unravelling, relearning and reclaiming. I can’t wait for you to hear it.

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Trauma doesn’t always scream. Sometimes, it whispers in sleepless nights, sudden mood swings or a nervous system that never really switches off.

In this episode, I open up about my own experience with trauma, of how it crept into my life in ways I didn’t fully understand at the time. The anxiety, the depression, the moments of hypervigilance that made it hard to trust anyone or relax. The flashbacks, emotional outbursts and deep exhaustion that seemed to come from nowhere… it was my body and mind trying to keep me safe.

I talk honestly about what those signs looked like for me, the physical and emotional toll it took and what helped me start to cope, process and eventually, begin to heal.

For me, the allopathic route of medication didn’t feel aligned. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong, it just means we all deserve options. I chose a more holistic path, leaning into modalities like breathwork, meditation, hypnosis and other nervous system regulating tools. I didn’t just want to mask the pain, I wanted to understand it and work through it.

Healing isn’t about being “fixed.” It’s not about being 100% okay all the time. It’s a life-long journey of choosing to meet yourself with compassion every single day. Some days I’m thriving while others I’m just getting through. But I no longer choose to suffer in silence. I live a life I have created and a life I now love.

If you’ve experienced trauma (recent or past) I hope this episode reminds you that you’re not broken and you’re definitely not alone. Tune in now and let’s walk this healing path together, one breath, one moment, one choice at a time.

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