Forever Stoked: Thriving after a broken neck through physical and mental health.

11/20/19 • 35 min

I shattered my neck in a traumatic mountain bike crash. Now, I have two titanium rods and sixteen screws holding my neck together and protecting my spinal cord. Recovery meant persevering through intense physical therapy but I quickly realized my mental health needed focus too. “Forever Stoked” was my life persona before the accident and I used it to get me through the physical and mental challenges of my life’s reset. It’s more than just a sticker on the walker that I pushed for 8-miles while wearing my neck brace – it was my recovery mantra.

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Transcript

What happened? How did I get here? Even the doctors at the trauma unit had to ask me “what happened, how did you get here?”

I my case I found my body flying uncontrollably in the air, terrified about what is happening; one big blur that had no answers.

Bam! Somehow it got away from us. ‘It’ being our health, our mindset, our drive. Maybe we're sad, maybe we're disappointed, embarrassed, scared, maybe a bit confused and don’t know where to begin. We yearn for the ‘other