Recovery Doesn't End, She Proves It Every Day , She is DETERMINED l #201

She was DETERMINED to not let Broca's aphasia slow her down. Recovery after a stroke and aphasia never stops.

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If you think you're done — you're not. Nine years in, Michelle is still proving that recovery doesn't end when you think it does.

You've been here a while. Maybe a year, maybe longer. And somewhere along the way you accepted it: this is the recovery. This is as good as it gets. The gains have stopped. You're managing now, not improving.

That's the story you're telling yourself. I want to tell you a different one.

Nine years ago, Michelle Clemens was a news anchor and reporter. She was living the professional life she'd built. Then she had a brain bleed. Three surgeries. 1% odds. Aphasia. Apraxia. And somewhere around year one, like everyone else, she probably thought recovery had a finish line and she'd found it.

But she didn't stop. She took a three-week cruise when she could barely speak. She went back to school. She wrote a book. She became a trainer, a speaker, a documentary producer. Nine years in, she's still working. Still improving. Still living a life that proves something nobody tells you: recovery doesn't have an endpoint.

Not if you don't want it to.

Her dad Vince is here too, sharing what it looks like to support someone who keeps deciding to rebuild. Together they wrote a book called "Determined" about her first year of recovery. But Michelle lived eight more years beyond it.

00:00 Critical Surgery Decision

01:02 Meet Michelle and Vince

01:56 Life Before the Stroke

02:56 Midnight Headache Warning

05:46 Brain Bleed and Transfer

06:46 Determination in Recovery

08:49 CaringBridge Support Network

10:42 Australia Cruise Milestone

12:46 Inside the Book Determined

14:51 New Life and Four Jobs

16:09 Power of Attorney Wake-Up Call

17:54 Where to Get the Book

18:31 Rebuilding Life After Aphasia

19:01 Final Thanks and Links

You're not done recovering. Not if you don't want to be.

Take the Aphasia Strengths Compass and find out where you're standing. Let's build your path forward. https://findaphasiasupport.com

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Read about Michelle's journey on her website: https://www.michelleclemens.com/

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