More Than You Can Handle? with Miguel Sancho
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins
Dr. Amy Robbins
4.8 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Facing More Than You Can Handle? with Miguel Sancho
“It’s OK to be scared. You’re not the first person to go through this. Be patient. Focus on what’s in front of you. Push forward. Protect your head. Hold on. And you can do this.” — Miguel Sancho
Episode Summary:
As a parent, can you wrap your mind around what it would be like to be facing the possible death of your child? How would you face what feels like more than you can handle?
In this episode, we talk with Miguel Sancho, an Emmy Award winning journalist, and executive producer of award winning documentaries and news programs. His work has been seen History Channel in 2021, 2020. His current work is “The Proof Is Out There” on The History Channel.
Miguel Sancho's book, "More Than You Can Handle, A Rare Disease, a Family in Crisis, and the Cutting-Edge Medicine that Cured the Incurable is a page turner! His book chronicles the lives and deaths of patients and staff at the Duke University Hospital Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, where his son’s life was saved in 2016.
Listen in to hear Miguel Sancho share the harrowing experience of parenting his critically ill son, Sebastian.
Topics We Discuss:
- Chasing medical answers while their infant son Sebastian endured surgeries, treatments, medicines in his first months. Ultimately, a bone marrow transplant when his son was age 4.
- Miguel Sancho’s journey of ups and downs - through stoicism, workaholism, depression, anxiety, marital issues, and finally through meditation, discipline and faith.
- Plunging into the science and knowledge of the situation, as an ennobling exercise in optimism.
- The importance of trying and using multiple modes of healing to find the particular combination that works for you individually – therapy, mediation, medications, exercise...
- The therapeutic benefit of mindfully allowing yourself to feel your intense emotions.
- Meditation and lovingkindness or meta as coping and healing practices.
- Miguel Sancho’s wife’s program: “Five F’s” – faith, family, friends, food, fun.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody, and welcome to life, death, and the space between podcast. I'm a licensed clinical |
| 0:09.2 | psychologist and medium, and here we explore life, death, consciousness, and what it all means. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm so moved to share today's podcast with you all. Today I have Miguel Sancho on the show. |
| 0:26.4 | Miguel is an Emmy-winning journalist, an author of the book, more than you can handle. A rare |
| 0:32.7 | disease, a family in crisis, and cutting-edge medicine that cured the incurable. |
| 0:39.5 | This book chronicles the lives, deaths, and rebirths of patients and staff |
| 0:44.9 | at Duke University Hospital Pediatric Bone Morrow Transplant Unit, |
| 0:49.9 | where his son's life was saved in 2016. |
| 0:54.3 | Miguel is also an executive producer |
| 0:56.2 | of non-scripted television documentaries and series, |
| 1:00.9 | currently show running and developing projects |
| 1:03.3 | with Six West Productions. |
| 1:05.6 | His most recent project, The Proof Is Out There, |
| 1:07.9 | premiered on the History Channel in January 2021. |
| 1:12.5 | Prior to his work at A&E Networks, Miguel accumulated more than two decades of experience |
| 1:19.6 | producing national television news broadcasts, most recently as a senior producer for ABC News |
| 1:26.7 | Program 2020. |
| 1:29.5 | He has conceived and managed the production of hundreds of primetime broadcasts, ranging |
| 1:35.2 | from long-term documentary projects to live breaking news specials. |
| 1:39.6 | With the background in investigative reporting, he oversaw many of the most legally sensitive projects |
| 1:45.5 | the network aired during his tenure there. He and his teams have won many of the industry's |
| 1:50.6 | top journalism awards, including the Edward R. Murrow, the George Hulk, the Sigma Delta |
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