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Life & Limb - A monthly podcast about Living Well with Limb Loss


Life on the Road Less Travelled - Christa Couture

Episode Date: October 31, 2024

Christa Couture is a musician, writer, broadcaster and now the host of Season 5 of the AMI travel docuseries “Postcards from...” Proudly Indigenous (mixed Cree and Scandinavian), queer and disabled, Christa highlights a different Canadian city each episode. Over her career, her work has explored personal experiences of loss, from childhood cancer that led to her amputation to the deaths of her two infant sons. She shares stories that intersect with disability.

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Jeff Tiessen, PLY

Double-arm amputee and Paralympic gold-medalist Jeff Tiessen is the founder and publisher of thrive magazine. He's an award-winning writer with over 1,000 published features to his credit. Recognized for his work on and off the athletic track, Jeff is an inductee in the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame. Jeff is a respected educator, advocate and highly sought-after public speaker.

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