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Imagine waking up in the morning, kissing your partner goodbye, and then finding yourself in the intensive care unit a couple of hours later after a series of strokes. Claire Hughes is a classically trained singer who found herself in this unfortunate situation 5 years ago. She ended up with deficits on both sides of her body, which included paralysis of her right vocal cord. She worked tirelessly in the hospital and rehab to re-learn how to do basic things: feed herself, walk, tie her shoes etc. Her voice was airy and light after the stroke and with the help of a Speech & Language Pathologist she was able to get her full speaking voice back. The same cannot be said for her singing voice even after over four years. Claire takes us on her journey of pain & suffering, perseverance, exploration with her voice post-stroke and shows us all that moments are fleeting. Take the good & the bad together and find a way to see joy in your life again. **Reminder that Episodes 01-05 were recorded as video files when we thought that this interview series would be shared on YouTube. Thanks for sticking with us during these first five episodes. We cannot wait to share the next 5 episodes with you all. We've got some really amazing interviews and they will have been recorded as podcasts! So yay to good audio! Claire Hughes Website: www.claireah.com