AwareNow™: The Official Podcast for Causes

Suzanne Akullian and her husband, Leo, built a life in motion, filled with surfing, snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking and the freedom to simply go. Then multiple sclerosis began changing what movement looked like for Leo, and with it, the shape of the life they had always known. What began as Suzanne’s determination to help the man she loves hold onto his independence has grown into AxEL Mobility, a mission to reimagine mobility not around what people have lost, but around everything they still want to do.Featured in 'The Complex Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.comGuest: Suzanne AkullianHost: Allié McGuireMusic by: idokayProduced by: AwareNow Media

There are hearts we are born with and hearts we are given. Adolfo Lopez has known both. A heart transplant recipient, artist, father and founder of Abnormal Hearts, Adolfo has transformed a lifetime shaped by congenital heart disease into something larger than survival: a community built from scars, stories, art and the belief that what makes us different may also give our lives meaning.Featured in 'The Complex Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.comGuest: Adolfo LopezHost: Allié McGuireMusic by: Coy PandaProduced by: AwareNow Media

Some stories entertain us. Others stay with us, changing what we understand about another person, a community, or even ourselves. As AwareNow joins New York Festivals in recognizing storytelling with the power to inform, connect and create change, I sat down with Rose Anderson to talk about the stories we choose to honor, why recognition matters, and what storytelling can still ask of all of us.Featured in 'The Complex Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.comGuest: Rose AndersonHost: Allié McGuireMusic by: Jupiter SandsProduced by: AwareNow Media

For years, Danielle Carpio carried the effects of complex trauma without having the language to explain what was happening inside her. Receiving a CPTSD diagnosis did not erase what she had endured, but it helped her understand that she was never broken and that her responses made sense in the context of what had happened. Now, as Complex Dani and the founder of the Healing & CPTSD Foundation, she is healing out loud so others no longer have to survive in silence.Featured in 'The Complex Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.comGuest: Danielle CarpioHost: Allié McGuireMusic by: The David Roy CollectiveProduced by: AwareNow Media

At just 18 years old, Reagan Murphree is helping bring people back to a corner of downtown Byron that was forever changed by a devastating fire in 2012. With Riverview Coffee, she’s building more than a coffee shop; she’s creating a place to gather, connect and believe in community again. And while the dream may be hers, Reagan is learning that some of the best things are never built alone.Featured in 'The Complex Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.comGuest: Reagan MurphreeHost: Allié McGuireMusic by: The Magnetic BuzzProduced by: AwareNow Media