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Hockey culture: it’s a commonly used phrase inside the game, glorifying sacrifice, toughness, loyalty, and a sense of identity. Justin Davis viewed this culture as something he was lucky enough to experience. After all, he’d won a Memorial Cup after leading the tournament in scoring, and he’d been drafted by the Washington Capitals. “In my mind,” he says, “I was the normal one.” Unfortunately, after stepping outside the game, he began to recognize the racism, sexual abuse and bullying that was so deeply ingrained in the sport.

For the first twenty-seven years of his life, Ben McKelvey didn't spend too much time thinking about his brain, nor much about trauma. He was fit, carefree and happy working as a magazine journalist, writing listicles and doing celebrity junket interviews. Then one day, while boxing, he suffered a stroke. In the time it took for a left hook to be thrown, Ben disconnected from language and therefore the world. He wanted nothing more than to go back to normal life and, after a time, it looked like he had. Only normal life no longer felt normal. Ben's brain had changed, and so had he.

The first thing you will notice when you meet Kechi Okwuchi is her scars. One of just two survivors of a devastating plane crash that killed more than 100 people, 16-year-old Kechi was left with third-degree burns over 65 percent of her body. More than My Scars is her incredible story. A story of not just surviving impossible odds but thriving in a world that is too often caught up with how we look on the outside rather than seeing that our true value is within. Now in her early 30s, Kechi has spent the last 16 years refusing to be defined by her trauma.

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Sports Scar’d is the show where sports heartbreak meets storytelling. Hosted by Kevin Pearce, each episode revisits the games that broke fans’ hearts and defined their fandoms. From infamous plays to emotional collapses, guests relive the exact moments they knew it was over and what those losses taught them about loyalty, hope, and pain.It is not about stats or highlights. It is about memory, emotion, and the scars left behind.Whether it is a missed field goal, a blown lead, or a buzzer beater that still haunts your dreams, Sports Scar’d brings fans back to the moment when sports stopped...

There is beauty with every scar. Everyone has gone through something at some point in their life, but it takes Strength To Overcome Everything. This Podcast is a variety of topics and everybody listen. Coverage of Sports, Motivation, Life, Relationships, Funny Moments, Special Guest, and Q & A's

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Im zweiten Teil ihrer Schweden-Dilogie erzählt Tine Nell eine wunderschöne Enemies-to-lovers-Romance. Die quirlige Liv lebt in Stockholm und liebt ihre Arbeit als Touristenführerin. Zweimal im Jahr verbringt sie Auszeiten bei ihrer Tante Edda in der Kleinstadt Nora. Bei ihrem letzten Besuch hat sie Cai geküsst, den sie eigentlich nicht leiden kann. Diesmal muss sie ihren Aufenthalt in Nora unfreiwillig verlängern. Sie braucht einen Übergangsjob und bekommt ihn ausgerechnet im Elchpark, den Cai betreibt. Er ist abweisend und scheint wegen Livs fluchtartigen Verschwindens nach dem Kuss verärgert zu sein.