I was in a state of such flux. Was I returning to work or was I not? And if I wasn't, what the hell was I going to do with myself?  And the answer to that was of course, accept what you can't control and take control of what you can. Once I let that go, that's when the anxiety really started to lift, and I started to say, “Actually, I'm still okay”.

Dr Andy Kilov joins Piers for their third conversation about Piers’ recovery journey. They look at Piers’ mental health, what victories look like now and the new normal that they are working towards. 

Featuring speech pathologist Dr Andy Kilov.

Australia's Stroke Foundation is a proud friend of 404: Brain Not Found. Learn more about the Stroke Foundation here: https://strokefoundation.org.au

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I was in a state of such flux. Was I returning to work or was I not? And if I wasn't, what the hell was I going to do with myself?  And the answer to that was of course, accept what you can't control and take control of what you can. Once I let that go, that's when the anxiety really started to lift, and I started to say, “Actually, I'm still okay”. 
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Dr Andy Kilov joins Piers for their third conversation about Piers’ recovery journey. They look at Piers’ mental health, what victories look like now and the new normal that they are working towards. 
Featuring speech pathologist Dr Andy Kilov. 
Australia's Stroke Foundation is a proud friend of 404: Brain Not Found. Learn more about the Stroke Foundation here: <a href="https://strokefoundation.org.au/">https://strokefoundation.org.au</a>

It is all too common when we think about stroke to see it as something that only affects older people. For young survivors of stroke, the challenges of recovery can feel insurmountable, but there is life after stroke.

This is a podcast for survivors – particularly younger people – and their families and friends. Join entrepreneur, policy activist and father Piers Grove in the year after his own stroke as he puts the pieces back together, from the moment his stroke occurred, mental health challenges, to speech therapy to his journey back to work.

Piers interviews medical professionals, world-leading researchers, other young stroke survivors and even his own family to explore how to ‘find’ your brain once more and to raise awareness of stroke occurrence in younger people. 

​Australia's Stroke Foundation is a proud friend of 404: Brain Not Found. Learn more about the Stroke Foundation here: https://strokefoundation.org.au

Piers is an entrepreneur, activist and producer. Piers is the co-founder and Chair of EnergyLab and a General Partner of Early Stage Venture Capital fund, Impact Ventures. He served as a founding director of Climate KIC Australia, and a Governor of WWF-Australia.

Piers is also an experienced publisher who collaborated to create and lead Betoota Advocate, The Daily Aus, Australian Geographic and Junkee Media. Piers suffered a stroke in 2022 at age 45. 

This podcast is a General Experiments production.

www.generalexperiments.com.au

Host/Producer: Piers Grove

Editor/Producer: Stuart Buckland

Supervising Producers: Alice Gage & Alison Zhuang

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and we recognise their continuous connection to Country. 

It is all too common when we think about stroke to see it as something that only affects older people. For young survivors of stroke, the challenges of recovery can feel insurmountable, but there is life after stroke.
This is a podcast for survivors – particularly younger people – and their families and friends. Join entrepreneur, policy activist and father Piers Grove in the year after his own stroke as he puts the pieces back together, from the moment his stroke occurred, mental health challenges, to speech therapy to his journey back to work.
Piers interviews medical professionals, world-leading researchers, other young stroke survivors and even his own family to explore how to ‘find’ your brain once more and to raise awareness of stroke occurrence in younger people. 
​Australia's Stroke Foundation is a proud friend of 404: Brain Not Found. Learn more about the Stroke Foundation here: <a href="https://strokefoundation.org.au">https://strokefoundation.org.au</a>
Piers is an entrepreneur, activist and producer. Piers is the co-founder and Chair of EnergyLab and a General Partner of Early Stage Venture Capital fund, Impact Ventures. He served as a founding director of Climate KIC Australia, and a Governor of WWF-Australia.
Piers is also an experienced publisher who collaborated to create and lead Betoota Advocate, The Daily Aus, Australian Geographic and Junkee Media. Piers suffered a stroke in 2022 at age 45. 
This podcast is a General Experiments production.
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Host/Producer: Piers Grove
Editor/Producer: Stuart Buckland
Supervising Producers: Alice Gage &amp; Alison Zhuang
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and we recognise their continuous connection to Country.  <a href="http://www.generalexperiments.com.au/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link" data-linkindex="1"></a>

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