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Life After a Stroke: Reclaiming Your Health and Purpose with Maria Garcia

  1. Life After a Stroke: Reclaiming Your Health and Purpose with Maria Garcia Alethea Felton 46:28

What if the worst moment of your life was actually the beginning of your greatest purpose? At just 25 years old, Maria Garcia woke up paralyzed from the nose down, completely mute, and fully conscious yet confused as the world moved around her. 

A massive stroke would set her on a decade of healing and ultimately spark her calling as a certified nutrition coach. Today Maria helps others transform their relationship with food through psychology rather than willpower so they can finally step into the full, purposeful life their body was always meant to live. 

Whether you are navigating recovery, rebuilding your health, or simply searching for a deeper way to live, this conversation will show you what lasting change could look like for your life.

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Alethea Felton Podcaster, Motivational Speaker, & Transformational Coach

Alethea Felton is a dynamic motivational speaker, certified transformational coach, founder of Alethea Felton Coaching, LLC, and host of The Power Transformation Podcast. With 20 years of experience in the fields of both education and entrepreneurship, Alethea's mission is to help and empower professionals and leaders with chronic illness to live courageously, resiliently, and authentically so that they thrive beyond so-called limitations which hold them back from reaching their next personal or professional goal. In this way, they become the best version of themselves in order to create holistic, lasting life success.

Alethea's purpose-driven journey was ignited by her transformative personal experiences including overcoming severe childhood stuttering, navigating grief due to the deaths of close loved ones, and managing physical challenges related to living with Crohn’s Disease and a rare liver condition called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, (PSC). Furthermore, Alethea is a sought-after speaker who has presented for medical professionals, patients with chronic illness, patient advocacy groups, and new and veteran teachers, and she has guested on a variety of podcasts and online shows.

A native of Southeastern Virginia and former longtime Washington, DC resident, Alethea absolutely loves anything related to mermaids, and a huge part of her life is her enjoyment from being a cat mom to Buddy, her playful, cuddly short-haired American tabby.