Today, I Decide

I Am Wiser Podcast with Dr. Laura Purdy · Aug 13, 2026 · 31m · transcript

In this episode, I sit down with Richard Kaufman, known as the Comeback Coach, to talk about resilience, identity, purpose, and what it means to rebuild after profound loss.

After a military career of more than two decades, Richard was medically discharged after losing 80% of his vision. In a matter of days, he went from being Sergeant Kaufman to wondering who he was without the identity he'd spent most of his life building.

His answer wasn't to pretend everything was okay.

It was to accept where he was, allow himself to grieve, and eventually make a decision about what would come next…