Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan
A podcast for anyone living in the After—the part of life that begins when injury, illness, burnout, caregiving, or grief rewrites the rules. Conversations with clinicians, thinkers, and survivors about nonlinear healing, updated expectations, and building a life that works with the body and brain you have now.
Episodes
8 episodes
Lupus, Systems Failure, and the Identity Shift of Chronic Illness
What happens when your immune system turns on you. And the healthcare system is not built to catch you.In this episode of Rupture, Nina Scherenberg shares her experience living with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that reshaped her b...
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Episode 8
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40:06
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI), Eating Disorders, Emotional Dysregulation & Stigma
Content Note: This episode contains discussion of self-harm, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), eating disorders, and related mental health challenges. If you are in the U.S., call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifel...
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Episode 7
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47:06
Living With Traumatic Brain Injury: Why Recovery Isn’t Linear
Traumatic brain injury can change everything. Not just how the brain functions, but how a person understands themselves, their limits, and their future.In this episode of Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan, host Wendy Lurrie i...
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Episode 6
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49:50
HR Leadership Is Failing Employees and How to Fix It with Marlo Green
What happens when the systems designed to support people stop working?In this episode of Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan, strategic HR executive Marlo Green joins the conversation to unpack why modern HR leadership is ...
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Episode 5
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36:45
The Menopause Penalty | Brain Fog, Ageism, and Leadership Loss
Menopause is not just hot flashes. It is a full body and brain shift that collides with modern work, leadership expectations, and a culture that still treats the topic as taboo.Wendy Lurrie sits down with leadership coach and brand consu...
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Episode 4
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52:21
The Hidden Cost of Caregiving: Identity, Burnout, and a Broken Healthcare System
Caregiving is often framed as an act of love. What is rarely acknowledged is the emotional load, financial strain, identity shift, and systemic failure that caregivers are forced to navigate every day.In this deeply personal episode, Wen...
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Episode 3
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1:08:14
Vision Rehab After TBI | How Brain Injury Changes How We See
Vision is how we move through the world. After a traumatic brain injury, that relationship can change in ways that are often invisible, misunderstood, or dismissed.In this episode of Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan, Wend...
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Episode 2
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1:20:29
Life After Traumatic Brain Injury: Identity Loss, Healing, and the Origins of BestGuessistan
In this episode of Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan, host Wendy Lurrie is joined by Kim Lauersdorf, founder of Cosmic Shift, for an intimate conversation about life after traumatic brain injury.This is not a story about quick ...
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Episode 1
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