Finding Hope & Listening to Intuition | Steph Catudal
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode uncovers a true tale of resilience, love, and hope as we delve into a deeply personal journey with author Steph Catudal, chronicled in her New York Times bestselling memoir, Everything All At Once. This riveting conversation explores:
- The terrifying moment when Steph's husband, Rivs, was admitted to the hospital with what appeared to be COVID-19, only to be diagnosed with the same rare cancer that claimed her father's life.
- The 84-day battle for survival that Rivs endured on life support, with the ever-present specter of a grim prognosis.
- Steph's struggle to provide hope for her young daughters while grappling with the reality of their father's condition.
- How she sought solace in writing and spirituality, discovering the power of vulnerability and the strength of human connection amid profound disruption.
- The role of suffering in opening up to love and the untapped potential of kindness and intuition when navigating life's most challenging times.
Listen in as Steph reveals the tenacity and faith that fueled her fight for her husband's life and how dealing with loss alongside children can force us to face reality with unwavering honesty. Unveil the transformative power of adversity and learn how we can all find light in our darkest hours.
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| 0:00.0 | sitting next to him and confronting the possibility that he might die, |
| 0:04.3 | he just shattered all of the walls that I had built up and just allowed me to just love. |
| 0:09.5 | Like I felt more love for humanity and from humanity during that time than ever in my life. |
| 0:16.0 | I think pain can do that to us. But beyond that, I feel there was a spiritual component to |
| 0:21.6 | whatever closeness I felt to my husband at that time. I felt in some ways we were able to |
| 0:28.5 | commune while he was sedated. And I think when you connect with someone on that level, |
| 0:34.8 | it's just so deep and energetic. And it creates this just pure love without all of the confusion |
| 0:42.8 | of the day-to-day things that partners go through. And just to fully see him, I saw him completely |
| 0:49.9 | during that time. And it was very, very beautiful and very terrible and painful at the same time. |
| 0:58.7 | So one thing every person will share if we're blessed with enough years at some point, |
| 1:04.1 | sometimes a number of times over, we will face profound adversity, struggle and the potential for |
| 1:10.4 | loss on the biggest scale. How we move through these moments, how we step into and are changed by |
| 1:19.2 | and how we emerge from the experience, it's a big part of how we experience our lives and make it |
| 1:25.8 | good. Even in the darkest hours, can we find access to some level of connection, grounding, |
| 1:32.2 | maybe even lightness and salvation? That's where we're headed in today's powerful conversation |
| 1:38.0 | with Steph Kachdall. So when Steph's husband was admitted to the hospital with what seemed like |
| 1:43.6 | COVID-19 like symptoms, doctors soon discovered it was actually NKT cell lymphoma of his lungs. |
| 1:50.8 | The same rare type of cancer that Steph's own father had suffered from years earlier. Her |
| 1:56.0 | husband Riz was a stunningly fit ultra endurance athlete, but he was immediately placed on |
| 2:01.7 | ventilator and an induced coma as his condition deteriorated. And doctors warned Steph the odds |
| 2:08.8 | of survival were slim, yet something inside of her told her, this is not how he dies. |
| 2:16.3 | And Steph found herself confronting grief and loss and hope all over again, this time with her |
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