Was I lucky to survive three major heart incidents… or unlucky to still be here, sorting through the wreckage? A heart attack. A cardiac arrest. A heart valve replacement. I survived all three — and now I’m trying to make sense of what came after. This isn’t a podcast about advice, inspiration, or being strong. It’s raw. It’s honest. Sometimes dark. Sometimes funny. Just me, processing the absurdity of what happened — physically, emotionally, spiritually — and saying the things I couldn’t say in the moment. If you’ve ever faced something life-shattering… maybe this will land with you too.
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Was I lucky to survive three major heart incidents… or unlucky to still be here, sorting through the wreckage? A heart attack. A cardiac arrest. A heart valve replacement. I survived all three — and now I’m trying to make sense of what came after. This isn’t a podcast about advice, inspiration, or being strong. It’s raw. It’s honest. Sometimes dark. Sometimes funny. Just me, processing the absurdity of what happened — physically, emotionally, spiritually — and saying the things I couldn’t say in the moment. If you’ve ever faced something life-shattering… maybe this will land with you too.
One minute I was delivering a speech about Alabama football.The next, I was on the floor — blue, pulseless, and unconscious.In this episode, my voice fades and others take over: my wife, my friends, and the strangers who tried to bring me back.Five shocks. Thirty minutes without an ambulance.A church with no defibrillator.And somehow, I’m still here to tell it.It’s the night Toastmasters turned into a trauma ward — and survival became my most unexpected performance yet.
Three Strikes. And Still Beating.
Was I lucky to survive three major heart incidents… or unlucky to still be here, sorting through the wreckage? A heart attack. A cardiac arrest. A heart valve replacement. I survived all three — and now I’m trying to make sense of what came after. This isn’t a podcast about advice, inspiration, or being strong. It’s raw. It’s honest. Sometimes dark. Sometimes funny. Just me, processing the absurdity of what happened — physically, emotionally, spiritually — and saying the things I couldn’t say in the moment. If you’ve ever faced something life-shattering… maybe this will land with you too.
