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Who Are You When You Have to Begin Again? | Shannon Michelle
Who are we when everything we once took for granted disappears?
In this episode of Thought Atlas, I’m joined by Shannon Michelle, whose life changed forever after a devastating motorcycle accident left her in a coma and erased much of the life she once knew.
As she fought to recover, relearn, and rebuild her identity, another challenge emerged—a breast cancer diagnosis.
But through unimaginable uncertainty, loss, and suffering, Shannon discovered something unexpected:
Not simply how to survive—
but how to begin again.
We explore:
• What memory loss does to identity• Rebuilding life after…
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