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Was I lucky to survive three brushes with death — 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 figuring out what survival actually looks like. Three Strikes and Still Beating is my twenty-two-episode documentary memoir — a limited series that follows my journey from the morning of my first heart attack, to the near-death experience of cardiac arrest, to the slow walk into my home after open-heart surgery — a story that unfolds over seven years. It’s about hospitals, ...

👉 This is a serialized story. Start with Episode 1 so it all makes sense. A heart attack. Cardiac arrest. Heart valve replacement. I survived all three—and now I’m trying to make sense of the wreckage they left behind. 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.