I asked Charu what a friend who knew her at twenty would say is the biggest difference now. She thinks they'd say she's more confident, because she didn't like herself back then and she loves herself now. She's also honest that some people won't like this version of her, and…
Charu did fully recover, and it took almost a year. She had to relearn how to walk and how to use each muscle, even her fingers. She calls it humbling, a grown woman who needed help just to get to the toilet. Somewhere in all of it she started appreciating…
Charu's dad worked hard his whole life and saved for retirement. He passed away at fifty-nine years and eleven months, just before it began. He always talked about the good life he'd have then, and he never got to live it. That left her asking what life is if she…
After Guillain-Barré, Charu Moorjani spent almost a year relearning how to walk and how to use each muscle. It was humbling. It also changed how she saw her body, and her life. From my conversation with Charu on The Life Shift Podcast. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWB-6S44VgQ Follow the show: https://www.thelifeshiftpodcast.com/follow/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=short&utm_campaign=storycut Newsletter:…
Content note: this story includes a sudden paralysis, a hospital stay, a ventilator and a divorce. Charu Moorjani felt a sinking feeling during her wedding events. It felt like one more checkbox, so she said yes anyway. On the first morning of the honeymoon she woke up unable to feel…
Charu calls herself a control freak, and says she still is a little bit. Waking up in that hospital showed her how little of life she actually controls. She started asking what we're all doing chasing things without really living, and it planted a small seed of curiosity about her…
When the paralysis reached her lungs, Charu was put on a mechanical ventilator, and that's when doctors named it Guillain-Barré syndrome. She woke up a few days later on life-saving drugs. For the first time in her life she wasn't thinking about goals or plans. All she wanted to know…
During the wedding events Charu felt a sinking feeling in her stomach. She didn't really want to get married, but his family was traditional and it came down to marrying or breaking up. It felt like one more checkbox, so she said yes. Then came the first morning of the…
I asked Charu which decision was harder, getting married or getting divorced. Her answer was the divorce. She was scared of the judgment and the stigma, and she'd be starting from scratch in a friend circle she and her ex had shared. She says she couldn't see a path forward.
I asked Charu which decision was harder, getting married or getting divorced. Her answer was the divorce. She was scared of the judgment and the stigma, and she'd be starting from scratch in a friend circle she and her ex had shared. She says she couldn't see a path forward.
Maybe you have ticked every box and still wondered why the feeling never showed up. The degree, the job, the right age, the right house. You reach the milestone and happiness quietly slips over to the next one. Charu grew up believing a good life was a checklist. On the…
Charu Moorjani shares how a Guillain-Barré diagnosis on her honeymoon led her to question her checklist life, leave her marriage, and start over with her own voice. Charu did everything on the list. The right degree, the right career, the right age to marry, the house. Every time she hit…
Charu says she read somewhere that when you keep ignoring yourself, your immune system can end up paying for it. Then she thought back to the relationship she started at eighteen, when she was the good girl and the chameleon who adjusted to whoever was in the room. Somewhere she…
Charu says she read somewhere that when you keep ignoring yourself, your immune system can end up paying for it. Then she thought back to the relationship she started at eighteen, when she was the good girl and the chameleon who adjusted to whoever was in the room. Somewhere she…
Grief and joy can sit in the same room. You don't have to pick one. This is one of the most honest things I've heard about loss. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast. #grief #lifeshift #childloss #shorts
Todd talks about the reckless stretch after his loss and how it became a strange part of finding his will to live again. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast.
Todd talks about the relief of finding podcasts and people who felt the same way he did after loss. If you've been carrying it quietly, you're not the only one. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast.
Todd gets honest about his battle with addiction, the hallucinations, the nightmares, and what it took to fight his way back. If this is you, you're not alone. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast.
Todd shares how writing his book gave his grief somewhere to go, and why he hopes it reaches someone who needs it. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast.
Todd talks about the scene with Robin Williams and Matt Damon and the simple words that can shift the way you speak to yourself. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast.
Todd opens up about the self-blame that came after his loss and how he slowly started to put it down. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast. If you're struggling, call or text 988 in the US.
Todd shares how stepping into a new persona gave him a strange kind of freedom while he was grieving. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast.
Todd describes what shock did to his body in the moment everything changed. It's something a lot of people have felt and never had words for. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast.
Todd talks about the times he should not have made it out, and the turn his life took afterward. Full episode on The Life Shift Podcast.
