Welcome to episode 72 of the Juice Box Podcast.

Today's episode is with Ryan Hanson.

He is the founder of the Tara Hanson Foundation.

OK, it'll stick with me for just a second,

because this episode is not about type 1 diabetes but it is

about advocacy and at the same time during the conversation that I had with Ryan the parallels

between his story and what it's like to live

with something catastrophic that at the same time is unexpected, not that catastrophic things are usually expected,

but what it's like to have something catastrophic happen in your life.

See no real pathway out of it, but then find that pathway out and to not just continue to live, but

to live well and happily I mean this is Ryan's story is as much

about us as it is about him the you know the situations are, some of the words are different, but in the end this is a story about getting hit square in the face with a shovel and picking yourself back up again and continuing to move on not just

because you should but because you want to and not just to stay alive but to live with love and happiness.

So there is really no good way to say this, I guess,

and no good way to make this sound exciting or fun,

but it actually, it isn't sad it's not a sad story it's a story of

perseverance it's a story of humanity it's a of love. I think you're going to really be interested

if you stop and hang out for a minute. So this is Ryan Hanson. He's going to talk to you today

about maternal mortality, which is much more prevalent in the United States than you might think.

My name is Ryan Hanson. I am from New Jersey.

I currently work at PR Newswire in Jersey City. I live in Hinton Falls, New Jersey,

with my wife Mary, oldest son Brandon,

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