ep 2 - "Educating by existing" - life with focal seizures

This bonuscast celebrates International Epilepsy Month with an in-depth conversation with model Ariish Wol. Born in South Sudan, Ariish moved to Canada as a young child. She was diagnosed with epileps...

3 Nov 202149min

“Ultimately, you have to find the light in it rather than the dark.”Epilepsy is hugely varied and affects everyone differently. For Purple Day 2021, we are excited to be able to share comedian Maisie ...

26 Mars 202151min

Purple Day is all about people with epilepsy coming together to raise their voices and speak out. Listen to Derrick, Debbie, Murray, Bob, Phil, Lauren and Charlotte as they tell us about their epileps...

26 Mars 202119min

What’s changed with epilepsy in the last 70 years? In this special bonuscast, we talk with Epilepsy Action Chief Executive Philip Lee about the history of epilepsy, key milestones and changes for peop...

21 Sep 202043min

Ellis, 9, was diagnosed with focal epilepsy in 2019. His whole world was turned upside down, becoming withdrawn and depressed. His seizures still aren’t under control. Reggie, a good school friend of ...

1 Sep 202026min

Ibby had baby daughter Niamh just under four weeks ago. She had seizures all through pregnancy, including just before the epidural for her C-section. We talk to her about being new to epilepsy, the jo...

10 Aug 202044min

Patience was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 14. She has both tonic-clonic and focal seizures, sometimes two or three a week. Patience chats with us about her epilepsy journey. How her sister rea...

27 Juli 202047min

After being diagnosed with epilepsy in 2015, Fran walked 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago in Spain two years later, solo. In 2019, she completed the 100KM Race to the Stones ultramarathon. We talk ...

15 Juli 20201h 9min