Serendipity with Jill Wheatley
No Barriers
English - October 07, 2020 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 80 ratingsGovernment Society & Culture inspiration overcoming barriers reality adaptive athlete interviews erik weihenmayer jeff evans Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 2014, Jill was a Phys Ed teacher in Europe when she was hit in the head by a rogue baseball during class.
The severity of the blow resulted in a traumatic brain injury and a 70% vision loss. In addition to the physical wounds, it left Jill in a deep state of despair. After 26 months in 7 hospitals in 3 countries, she was finally on the road to physically recover but still felt emotionally lost.
Inspired by the mountain view from her hospital bed, she formed a goal: to run trails on mountains all around the world - a challenge to her broken body and the return to independence that she craved.