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Last year I couldn't speak. After brain surgery, aphasia, and a long recovery journey, I found myself learning how to communicate all over again. In this episode I explore what happens when illness or injury forces us to

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🎙 50 First Dates with Chris HVMMINGBYRDI was a lifestyle and wedding photographer—then brain surgery changed everything. Now, with aphasia, prosopagnosia and memory loss, every day feels like a first date.This podcast is a space for healing, humor, and heart. I’ll share my recovery journey and invite others to tell their stories too.We’re building a community of love, laughter, and second chances—one first date at a time.
HVMMINGBYRD hosts 50 First Dates with Chris HVMMINGBYRD, a health show with 11 episodes published.

Last year I couldn't speak. After brain surgery, aphasia, and a long recovery journey, I found myself learning how to communicate all over again. In this episode I explore what happens when illness or injury forces us to

Hi, it’s Christopher… and this space… it’s not about perfection— it’s about truth, lived experience, and the courage to speak when your voice has had to be rebuilt. Today, I had the pleasure of sitting down once again wi

What does it mean to engineer your life—not for perfection, but for survival, healing, and truth? In this episode, I sit down with a woman engineer whose perspective reshaped how I understand structure, intention, and de

This episode is called Hopeful Realism. There was a chapter of my life where everything turned upside down… and somehow, I was still expected to move like nothing happened. People would say, “he’s so lucky,” but they did

This episode is called Hopeful Realism. There was a chapter of my life where everything turned upside down… and somehow, I was still expected to move like nothing happened. People would say, “he’s so lucky,” but they did

In this conversation with Victoria an amazing social worker, we speak about the kind of empathy you cannot learn from a textbook. You learn it by living through something that rearranges your entire life. After surviving

In this episode, we talk about remembering what it felt like to be a kid — so we don’t grow into mean adults. We explore the lived experience of being on the autism spectrum without clarity or confirmation, and how not k

In this reflection, I talk about discovering another unexpected chapter in my healing story — an ischemic stroke I didn’t even know I had until last month. It was terrifying to learn about something I had already lived t

In this episode of 50 First Dates with Chris HVMMINGBYRD I reflect on illness, healing, boundaries, and the people who show up — and the ones who don’t. After surviving a stroke and brain surgery, I learned that time bec

Today’s episode is stitched with memory — dance floors, college hallways, and the wild way life circles us back to our people. We met at eighteen, two kids in a dance class who had no idea the world would bend and twist

Today I sit with one of my students — someone who first met me through movement and the way dance lets the body speak before words do. We talk about the connection we found in class, how she felt in my rhythm, and the su

Hi, I’m Chris — and this is 50 First Reflections; Chris’s Diary. Six months ago, I went through brain surgery that changed everything — the way I speak, the way I see the world, even how I understand myself. Somewhere al

This week’s episode is a little different — it’s raw, it’s tender, it’s love after survival. 🐦🔥I sit down with my partner to talk about what it means to rebuild a life together after brain surgery.we dive into: how o

Although Jyothi and I walk different paths, our journeys meet in the quiet truth that living with any kind of disability turns us into superheroes. The world often moves at a speed that doesn’t match our own, yet somehow

In this episode of 50 First Dates with Chris HVMMINGBYRD, I reflect on the truth that healing takes time. From surviving brain surgery to navigating aphasia and all others, I share a heartfelt perspective on patience, re

Step into the very first moments of 50 First Dates with Chris HVMMINGBYRD, a podcast that blends love, resilience, and rediscovery. After surviving brain surgery and living with aphasia, Chris shares what it means to emb
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