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Beyond Existing - Beyond the Small Talk

Beyond Existing - Beyond the Small Talk

De : Alisa Stockov
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Has life's struggles left you feeling like you were going through your days "just existing?" In this podcast you will hear stories/testimonies from myself and others who have dealt with the struggles life has to offer and getting to that place in which life is being lived "beyond existing." I appreciate all of those who have been willing to "put themselves out there" to open up and share personal information for the betterment of others.

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Hygiène et vie saine Psychologie Psychologie et psychiatrie Sciences sociales Spiritualité
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    • Losing my Daddy and Coping with Loss, especially During the Holidays
      Dec 24 2025

      A daughter revisits the ten days that reshaped her family, from surgical hope and ICU turns to the quiet strength of community and faith. Small signs—a snowfall, a vision, a hawk—become anchors that steady grief through holidays and years.

      • kidney crisis, surgical plan, and early complications
      • ICU vigil, Christmas awakening, and rapid decline
      • dialysis strain, December 28 loss, and burial of hopes
      • Psalm 91, anxiety imprint, and coping in the body
      • empty house, sports memories, and daily absence
      • community support, pastoral presence, and generosity
      • vision in worship, snow in Savannah, and hawk as sign
      • hospice with mom, spiritual thresholds, and farewell
      • parenting through grief, teaching in hard places, and gratitude
      • remarriage after loss, unanswered prayers, and steady faith
      • Christmas hope, Jesus as anchor, and endurance

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      33 min
    • Chucky and Sandra share Surviving the COVID Delta Variant and What Chucky's Near-Death Taught Them
      Nov 16 2025

      We trace Chucky’s fight with the COVID Delta variant—from a beach trip to the ICU, 22 days on a ventilator, and a hard reset in rehab—through fear, faith, and the everyday work of recovery. Sandra shares the caregiver’s view: tracking O2, pushing for transfer, and holding the line when things got dark; all while dealing with her own COVID illness.

      • early symptoms, falling oxygen, urgent ER decisions
      • ICU isolation, chaplain calls, hallucinations and funeral dreams
      • ambulance transfer, high-flow oxygen, ventilator and sedation
      • “cheated death” conversation with lead physician
      • rehab pivot with Tracy, parallel bars, and nine-day breakthrough
      • first meals, cravings, and returning to work in a truck
      • long COVID realities, diabetes management, energy peaks and valleys
      • gratitude practices, compassion for workers, faith and testimony

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      1 h et 15 min
    • "I Fired Hospice (Kind Of) and My Oncologist Called Me Nuts." Sandy Shares her Near-Death, Faith-Filled Cancer Journey.
      Oct 10 2025

      In the words of Sandy, God gets the glory, we share the story. Listen as Sandy shares her unfiltered journey from a 26-hour ER wait and a lymphoma diagnosis to months of failed chemo, hospice care, a second baptism, and a scan with no evidence of disease. The through line is time—how faith reshapes minutes, choices, and what we hold onto when nothing else stands still.

      • background in rural nursing and Louisville, Georgia roots
      • what follicular lymphoma is and how it erodes immunity
      • early symptoms, misreads, and the sepsis scare
      • insurance denial tied to COVID vaccination and treatment access
      • failed chemo, brutal side effects, and daily losses
      • choosing to stop treatment and finding unexpected peace
      • hospice as structure, not surrender, amid unrelenting pain
      • family reconciliation and shared remission with her brother
      • baptism, overnight relief, and a clean PET scan
      • a skeptical oncologist’s perspective changed by outcomes
      • the clock vision and “While in the Waiting” message
      • practical encouragement for patients to keep faith and reorder priorities


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      1 h et 21 min
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