Erin Field and Jack Benziger | The Unexpected Journey I briefly met Erin Field and Jack Benziger several years ago at Journey Forward, a spinal cord injury exercise rehab center outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Erin had recently been paralyzed in the summer before her senior year of college, just a few months after they started … Read more
Roy Tuscany on Help, Healing and High Fives | The Unexpected Journey Roy Tuscany is the Founder and CEO of the High Fives Foundation. On April 26, 2016 Roy overshot a ski jump and was paralyzed with a spinal cord injury. Six years later, and a year and a half after I was paralyzed, Roy … Read more
The fifth season of The Unexpected Journey, a podcast dedicated to telling powerful stories from the adaptive and disabled communities, premieres Thursday, July 10. The season opens with an interview featuring Roy Tuscany, founder and CEO of High Fives Foundation, a national nonprofit that has supported nearly 1,000 adaptive athletes and veterans. Hosted by adaptive … Read more
The Unexpected Journey is a podcast about adaptive athletes, creators, and adventurers who are redefining what’s possible. Hosted by quadriplegic athlete Tim Brown, each episode features raw, intimate conversations with disabled individuals who challenge limits, push boundaries, and live life fully. The Unexpected Journey Podcast Launches Season 5 on July 10!
JoMarie Lawrence in Pursuit of Acting and Acceptance | The Unexpected Journey JoMarie Lawrence lives in Los Angeles where she is pursuing an acting and modeling career. She is a member of a cohort of disabled actors who are breaking barriers and bringing authentic representation to a wider variety of roles in media and entertainment. … Read more
Joe Stone on Paragliding and Pushing Toward Goals | The Unexpected Journey Joe Stone is a disability activist, public speaker, and an adventure athlete. He is a partner and a dog dad, a team rider for Bowhead Corp, a Stio ambassador, a Project Airtime Pilot, and a co-owner of Dovetail Trail Consulting with two time … Read more
Murray Siple on Filmmaking and Moving Fastabout | The Unexpected Journey Murray Siple is an award-winning filmmaker and accessible home designer, a former snowboarder and skateboarder, a world traveler, an artist, and recently added adaptive surfer to his resume. He lives in British Columbia, Canada. Murray and I met in San Diego this past September … Read more
Billy Price on Building a Brand and Being a Dad Billy Price is an entrepreneur and the CEO and Cofounder, with Darin Donaldson, of Billy Footwear, a Seattle based footwear brand they have built from the ground up over the past seven years. Billy Footwear utilizes the concept of universal design to make shoes that … Read more
Billy Price on Building a Brand and Being a Dad Nitra Turner and I met at the EmpowerSCI summer intensive program at Stony Brook University this past summer where Nitra was a participant and I work as the Director of Strategic Development. Nitra led an adaptive archery clinic. For the annual adaptive surf day, she … Read more
Rachel Zoeller: A Meditation on Life, Relationships, and Disability Rachel Zoeller is a person who is very engaged with life. They are an entrepreneur, outdoor enthusiast, endurance athlete, yoga practitioner, former pediatric physical therapist, writer, occasional model, partner, and highly intelligent individual. Following an accident resulting in a spinal cord injury and paralysis a few … Read more
