"I like to sort of take people back to my childhood because the reason I like to bring people along that timeline is not to just fill the time 45 minutes through an hour of me just talking about my life," he said. "It's important for the listeners to understand, oh, Rebecca has been through some stuff prior to this, right? Because they may look at you and say, look at it. Beautiful, you know, woman who's probably had great life and great success."
Rebecca Kaduru was driving home... then woke up in an ambulance. She'd been in involved in an accident and her face was smashed. Living in Uganda, she struggled to receive appropriate care for her injuries - making her healing process dishearteningly slow and painful.
It was then that Rebecca stumbled across an episode of The Happiness Lab about JR Martinez - an army veteran badly burned in Iraq. His story brought her comfort and the confidence to keep on her path to recovery. We hear about Rebecca's ordeal and introduce her to JR.
NEXT TIME: To give you a chance to hear the episode that inspired Rebecca, we'll republish it on The Happiness Lab feed.
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