The Kristen Toepfer Podcast Stroke and Aphasia Advocate
"The Kristen Toepfer Podcast Stroke and Aphasia Advocate" chronicles Kristen's journey from strutting the runways of NYFW to battling a massive stroke and undergoing multiple brain surgeries. Through her inspiring narrative of resilience and recovery, Kristen aims to educate and empower listeners, offering insights to help prevent similar life-altering events while spreading awareness about stroke and aphasia.
Episodes
8 episodes
The Other Side of the Stroke — John’s Story, Part 2
John Church is back, and this time we go even deeper.In Part 2 of his conversation with Billy, John picks up where he left off — moving from the raw chaos of the early days into the long, slow, unglamorous grind of years of caregiving. ...
The Other Side of the Stroke — John’s Story, Part 1
You’ve heard Kristen’s story. Now hear from the man who lived it right beside her.In this special episode, Billy sits down with John Church — Kristen’s husband, high school sweetheart, and the person who has been her rock through every ...
Surviving the Holidays — What Nobody Tells You About Family Gatherings After a Stroke
The holidays are supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. For stroke and aphasia survivors, they can also be the most exhausting, isolating, and emotionally complicated. In this episode, Kristen Toepfer gets completely honest about w...
Mourning Your Old Life — When the Person You Lost Was You
There is a kind of grief that nobody talks about — the grief of losing yourself. Not to death, but to a single moment that splits your life into before and after. For Kristen Toepfer, that moment was September 11th, 2018. And the person she had...
Why My Brain is an A**hole — Part 2: Living With Seizures
She recorded this episode the morning after having a seizure. That alone tells you everything you need to know about Kristen Toepfer.In Part 2 of Why My Brain is an A**hole, Kristen goes deep on seizures — what they actually are, what t...
Why My Brain is an A**hole — Part 1: Living With Mental Illness After a Stroke
This is the episode most people wouldn’t have the courage to record. Kristen Toepfer has never been most people.In this raw and deeply personal episode, Kristen pulls back the curtain on something that doesn’t get talked about enough in...
What Is Aphasia? — Inside the Condition Nobody Talks About
Most people have never heard the word aphasia — and that’s exactly the problem. In this episode, Kristen Toepfer breaks it down from the inside out. Aphasia is a brain disorder that affects a person’s ability to speak, understand, read, write, ...
From the Runway to Fighting for My Life...How to overcome a stroke.
In this premiere episode, Kristen Toepfer takes you back to where it all began — the bright lights of New York Fashion Week, the runway, and the dream she had worked her entire life to reach. As an industrial engineer at UPS for nearly 20 years...
