I Don't Know How You Do It
Jessica Fein
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About This Podcast
Meet the people who stretch the limits of what we think is possible and hear "I don't know how you do it" every single day. Each week we talk with a guest whose life seems unimaginable from the outside. Some of our guests were thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Others chose them voluntarily.
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The athlete who learned to walk again and became a paralympic gold medalist after being in a coma for four years…
The woman who left the security of her job and home to live full-time on a small sailboat...
The child-welfare advocate who grew up homeless and turned his gut-wrenching childhood into a lifetime of making a difference...
The mother who worked with scientists to develop a custom treatment for her daughter’s rare disease…
They share their stories of challenge and success and dive into what makes them able to do things that look undoable. Where do they find their drive? Their resilience? Their purpose and passion?
You'll leave each candid conversation with new insights, ideas, and the inspiration to say, "I can do it too," whatever your "it" is.
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The Work That Found Her: Helping Children Navigate Grief, with Jen Noonan
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Justice For My Sister, with Susan Altman: Part 2
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Justice For My Sister, with Susan Altman: Part 1
In this gripping first installment of a two-part series, we meet Susan Altman, whose extraordinary story of sisterly devotion transformed into a seven-year quest for justice. When Susan's sister…
100th Episode: Gender, Genetics, and Good Grief, with Ben Morton
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Be The Change: Living Like Gandhi, with Perry Garfinkel
What would happen if you tried to live by Gandhi's principles in today's world?In this episode, we welcome journalist and author Perry Garfinkel, who embarked on an extraordinary 18-month journey to…
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In this irreverent, informative, and inspiring episode, Blair and Alana Kaplan of The Global Resilience Project share their journey through profound loss and how it sparked a global movement to help…
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In this powerful episode marking Rare Disease Awareness Day, we bring together two remarkable guests whose lives have been profoundly shaped by rare diseases. Erin Paterson, who carries the gene for…
The Full Catastrophe: Loss, Love, and Finding Your F*ck You, with Casey Mulligan Walsh
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I Don't Know How You Do It has published 107 episodes since January 2023, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.
I Don't Know How You Do It is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 40m.
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