22. BJ Miller survived electrocution and wants to talk to you about death

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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BJ Miller was a sophomore in college when he lost both his legs and half of one arm in a freak electrical accident with a New Jersey commuter train. He spent months in a burn unit followed by outpatient physical therapy to learn how to manage daily life as a triple amputee. Looking to put to use the lessons he learned on suffering, BJ decided to become a physician - specifically a palliative care doctor, working with patients to create a dignified, graceful end of life experience. BJ shares his thoughts on what truly matters in life from spending time with hundreds of people facing its end.

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1:02.9	For every inspiring interview you hear, we donate $2,000 to charities around the world. I believe in the
1:10.2	power of storytelling to inspire us all
1:12.6	to think differently about the world around us. So I've combed the country for some of the most
1:18.9	jaw-dropping stories you have ever heard. People who have been to the brink and back,
1:24.7	stories of survival against all odds, and whose lives have been changed in unthinkable ways.
1:31.7	Today's interview is with B.J. Miller. When B.J. was a sophomore at Princeton University, he survived a devastating
1:40.4	electrical shock. In a freak accident, 11,000 volts of electricity surged through his body,
1:48.4	leaving him without half an arm and both of his legs below the knees. What BJ did not know then
1:55.5	was that this life-changing accident and the long road of recovery that followed would ultimately define the
2:03.4	incredible career he has today. BJ is now a world-renowned palliative care physician, and yes,
2:12.2	we'll tell you what that means. In a nutshell, he has spent decades helping people intimately design their experience of both suffering and death.
2:25.2	And BJ has become somewhat famous for his uncanny ability to talk about the one thing we all have in common
2:33.8	and somehow makes it seem not so scary and horrible.
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