College was supposed to be the next exciting chapter…

But before classes even began, I was already facing obstacles I never expected.

In this episode of Resilience with Tasha Schuh, I share what it was like to leave home, choose a college, and discover just how inaccessible the world could be after my injury.

From finding the right campus and navigating caregivers to learning independence, advocating for accommodations, and adjusting to college life, this season stretched me in ways I never imagined.

In this episode:

• Choosing the college that felt like home
• Discovering the realities of accessibility
• Moving away from home and starting over
• Learning independence and self-advocacy
• The unexpected lessons that shaped my first year of college

This chapter wasn't just about earning a degree.

It was about discovering who I was becoming.

Next time on Resilience with Tasha Schuh:
I'll share how my faith became a life-changing part of my college journey and the unexpected ways God began shaping my purpose through one of the most transformative seasons of my life.

Learn more about my resilience coaching and speaking at: https://TashaSchuh.com

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What happens when you've fought so hard to survive... and now you have to figure out how to live?

In this episode of Resilience with Tasha Schuh, I share what it was like returning to school, navigating new challenges, and trying to find my place in a future that looked very different than the one I had imagined.

Along the way, I discovered new sources of hope, gained important independence, and began to realize that life after my accident could still be meaningful, purposeful, and full of possibilities.

But even as things improved on the outside, there were still battles happening beneath the surface.

In this episode:

• Returning to school and adapting to a new routine

• The life-changing impact of wheelchair camp

• Finding greater independence through surgery and adaptive equipment

• Graduating with the class I was determined to finish alongside

• Learning that hope can exist even when life doesn't go according to plan

Mentioned in this episode:

Tenodesis Splint Demonstration Video:

https://youtu.be/oRuRnb_zqLY?si=xzyqaIe2J-YYKvaO

Next time:

Graduation marked the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.

As I began exploring colleges and preparing for life after high school, I found myself facing new challenges, new opportunities, and important questions about who I was becoming.

The future was waiting.

I just wasn't quite sure where it would lead.

Learn more about my resilience coaching and speaking at: https://TashaSchuh.com

I would also love to hear from you. If there are topics you’d like me to cover or guests you’d love to hear from, please reach out and share your ideas with me at: Tasha@TashaSchuh.com

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Leaving the hospital was supposed to feel like freedom.

Instead, it brought a whole new set of challenges.

In this episode of Resilience with Tasha Schuh, I share what it was like to leave the safety of the hospital and begin adjusting to life outside its walls.

From moving into the Ronald McDonald House… to relying on my family in new ways… to returning home and facing a world that suddenly felt very different, this chapter was filled with uncertainty, emotion, and important lessons about perspective.

While some moments brought hope, others brought heartbreak.

But through it all, I began discovering that resilience isn't about having all the answers.

Sometimes it's simply about finding the courage to keep moving forward.

In this episode:

• Leaving rehab and transitioning to the Ronald McDonald House
• Learning to adjust to life outside the hospital
• Returning home and reconnecting with friends
• The people who helped carry me through one of the hardest seasons of my life

Next time, we'll continue the journey as I learn new routines, prepare for graduation, attend wheelchair camp, and continue figuring out what life after injury would look like.

Learn more about my resilience coaching and speaking at: https://TashaSchuh.com

I would also love to hear from you. If there are topics you’d like me to cover or guests you’d love to hear from, please reach out and share your ideas with me at: Tasha@TashaSchuh.com

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What happens when the fight isn’t just physical anymore?

In this episode of Resilience with Tasha Schuh, I take you deeper into my rehabilitation journey — a season where the emotional weight of everything I had lost began catching up with me.

As therapy continued and progress was being made on the outside, fear, grief, uncertainty, and depression were quietly building underneath the surface.

From learning to navigate life in a wheelchair… to facing the reality of what my future might look like… to the people who helped me laugh, cry, and keep going — this chapter of rehab became about far more than physical healing.

It became the beginning of emotional healing too.

In this episode:

• The emotional battle that rehab brought
• Fear, grief, and trying to “hold it together”
• The people who helped me through my darkest days
• Small victories, overwhelming changes, and learning to take life one day at a time

Next time, we’ll continue this journey in:

Finding My Way: Life After Leaving the Hospital

Leaving rehab was only the beginning. In the next episode, I’ll share what it was like to move into the Ronald McDonald House, prepare for prom, move into our new home, and step back into school and everyday life after the hospital.

Learn more about my resilience coaching and speaking at: https://TashaSchuh.com

I would also love to hear from you. If there are topics you’d like me to cover or guests you’d love to hear from, please reach out and share your ideas with me at: Tasha@TashaSchuh.com

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Rehabilitation was supposed to be where I started getting stronger…

But it didn’t feel that way.

In this episode of Resilience with Tasha Schuh, I take you inside the early days of rehab — a season that was far more difficult than I ever expected.

After leaving the ICU, I spent five months on the rehab unit. What looked like progress on the outside felt overwhelming on the inside.

Long days of therapy.
Constant physical exhaustion.
And a growing emotional weight I didn’t yet understand.

In this episode, I share what it really felt like to begin rebuilding — while trying to stay strong for everyone around me.

Because resilience isn’t always loud or inspiring.

Sometimes…

It looks like simply making it through the day.

In this episode:

• The transition from ICU to rehab
• The reality of daily therapy and exhaustion
• The fear of being alone — and the people who showed up
• The beginning of a battle I didn’t yet have words for

Next time, we’ll continue this journey in:

Rebuilding Me – The Fight of Rehabilitation (Part 2: Finding Strength in the Routine)

As the physical routine continues, the emotional battle begins to surface in ways I didn’t expect.

Learn more about my resilience coaching and speaking at: https://TashaSchuh.com

I would also love to hear from you. If there are topics you’d like me to cover or guests you’d love to hear from, please reach out and share your ideas with me at: Tasha@TashaSchuh.com

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There was a foundation being built in my life long before I ever knew I would need it.

In this episode of Resilience with Tasha Schuh, I take you back to my childhood — growing up in a small town, surrounded by family, community, and experiences that were quietly shaping who I was becoming.

From early medical challenges… to moments that tested my confidence… to lessons that pushed me to keep going even when I didn’t want to — this episode begins to uncover the roots of the resilience I would one day rely on.

At the time, these moments felt ordinary. Some felt frustrating. Some felt awkward. Some felt hard.

But looking back now… I can see they were anything but random.

They were preparing me.

In this episode, I share pieces of my story that reveal how resilience is built long before life falls apart — often in ways we don’t even recognize at the time.

Because resilience doesn’t just show up in crisis.

It’s built long before the storm ever comes.

In this episode:

• Early challenges that introduced me to adversity at a young age
• The mindset that shaped how I handled pressure and difficulty
• Moments that built confidence — and moments that broke it
• The quiet lessons that would later carry me through everything

This episode is a reminder that the experiences you’re living right now — even the ones that feel small or difficult — may be shaping you for something ahead.

Because the hardest part of my journey…

Was still ahead.

In the next episode, I’ll take you into one of the most difficult seasons of my life — rehabilitation.

“Rebuilding Me – The Fight of Rehabilitation (Part 1: The Physical Battle)”

We’ll step into the reality of rehab, the emotional weight I didn’t expect, and the perseverance it took to begin rebuilding my life.

Learn more about my resilience coaching and speaking at: https://TashaSchuh.com

I would also love to hear from you. If there are topics you’d like me to cover or guests you’d love to hear from, please reach out and share your ideas with me at: Tasha@TashaSchuh.com

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There was a moment when the doctors told my family I was not going to live.

In this episode of Resilience with Tasha Schuh, I take you inside one of the most critical and life-threatening chapters of my journey following my 16-hour neck surgery.

As I returned to the ICU, complications quickly arose. My body began to crash, my lungs filled with fluid, and no one could fully explain what was happening. While I was heavily sedated and later placed into a coma, my family was being told to prepare for the worst.

In this episode, I share what I’ve come to understand about those days — through my family, the medical team, and the pieces I experienced as I began to wake up. I take you into the code blue, the uncertainty, and the power of prayer and perseverance when everything pointed to the end.

I also open up about the hallucinations, fear, and confusion I experienced as I began to wake up, along with the emotional moment I realized just how close I had come to losing my life.

This part of my story explores the space between life and death… and the fight that continued even when I didn’t know it was happening.

In this episode:

• My 16-hour neck surgery and what followed in the ICU
• The moment my body crashed and a code blue was called
• Being placed into a coma during a life-threatening crisis
• The power of prayer, family, and refusing to give up
• The hallucinations, fear, and confusion as I began to wake up
• Coming off the ventilator and preparing for the next phase of recovery

This is Part 2 of my ICU story. In the next episode, I’ll take you back to my childhood and share the foundation that shaped who I was before the accident — and why that matters so much in the journey ahead.

Learn more about my resilience coaching and speaking at: https://TashaSchuh.com

I would also love to hear from you. If there are topics you’d like me to cover or guests you’d love to hear from, please reach out and share your ideas with me at: Tasha@TashaSchuh.com

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What happens when your life changes in a single moment?

In this episode of Resilience with Tasha Schuh, I take you inside the first days after my devastating accident as I was rushed to the neurological ICU at Saint Marys Hospital at Mayo Clinic.

At just sixteen years old, I began to realize the seriousness of my injuries as doctors delivered a life-altering prognosis: a C5 spinal cord injury that would leave me paralyzed from the chest down.

In this episode, I share what those early hours in the ICU were really like — the tests, the uncertainty, the emotional shock, and the moment I began to understand that my life might never look the same.

This part of my story explores the fragile space between survival and surrender, and the beginning of a resilience journey that would shape the rest of my life.

In this episode:

• The first hours in the ICU after my traumatic accident
• Hearing a life-changing spinal cord injury diagnosis at sixteen
• The emotional impact of realizing my life may never look the same
• The strength of family, friends, and community during a crisis

This is Part 1 of my ICU story. In the next episode, I’ll share what happened during my 16-hour neck surgery and how close I came to losing my life.

Learn more about my resilience coaching and speaking at: https://TashaSchuh.com

I would also love to hear from you. If there are topics you’d like me to cover or guests you’d love to hear from, please reach out and share your ideas with me at: Tasha@TashaSchuh.com

If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe to the podcast and share it with someone who could use hope and resilience today.