Author and journalist Liane Kupferberg Carter speaks to us about her journey raising a son with a dual diagnosis of autism and epilepsy.
Category Archives: Living with Epilepsy
Growing Up Alongside a Sibling with Epilepsy
College students Emma Cardwell and Nathan Bliss discuss their experiences growing up with a sibling who has epilepsy.
Community, Fatherhood, and Seizures
Alek Stewart has lived with seizures since he was a teenager. But a sudden and dramatic increase in frequency caused Alek and his wife Brittany to make adjustments to their daily lives, and inspired them to create a community, build epilepsy awareness, and support scientific research.
Helping Your Teen Navigate Epilepsy
We talk to Angie Froehlich about parenting a teenage daughter living with epilepsy.
Epilepsy Advocacy and Education: Determining The Care You Need
A newly diagnosed patient educates herself on epilepsy to advocate for the treatment and therapy that works best for her.
The Best of Seizing Life 2020
We revisit just a few of the amazing conversations from 2020. From growing up with epilepsy to an Army Captain’s battle with PTE, examining the epilepsy/mental health connection and finding hope in genetic research, Seizing Life spoke with a number of insightful and inspiring guests this year – even if we had to do it at a distance.
A Veteran’s Battle with Post Traumatic Epilepsy
Former U.S. Army Captain Patrick Horan and his wife Patty discuss how post traumatic epilepsy (PTE), severely impacted his recovery from a devastating war wound.
Speaking Up About SUDEP: Two Mothers’ Stories
On this episode of Seizing Life, Libby Boyce and Jessica Brandes, two mothers who each lost a son to SUDEP, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, discuss transforming tragedy and grief into action.
Mourning Your Idealized Life: Resilience, Love and Acceptance
Kelly and Miguel Cervantes discuss coping with the impacts and challenges of parenting a child with special needs in a never-seen episode recorded in November 2018.
Seizing Life Highlights: Epilepsy Surgery
What you should know about brain surgery for epilepsy from both the patient and physician perspective.