Coping with a Rapid-Aging Disease
Road to Resilience
English - August 31, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 190 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science mount sinai health system resilience wellness personal stories science medicine grit self-help trauma determination Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Tiffany Wedekind is an artist and professional candlemaker living in Columbus, Ohio. That in itself is a testimony to her resilience because Tiffany is also one of the world's oldest-known survivors of progeria, a rapid-aging disease that typically takes its sufferers by the time they're teenagers.
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Road to Resilience brings you stories and insights to help you thrive in a challenging world. From fighting burnout and trauma to building resilient families, we explore what’s possible when science meets the human spirit.