Topic
Health & Wellbeing
23 to explore, 1 One Good Story Project film, 1 subtopic guide and 21 curated resources, on the theme of health & wellbeing.
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Documentaries
Health & Wellbeing
Amy Purdy: Adaptive Action Sports
2022
Amy Purdy was nineteen when bacterial meningitis put her into septic shock. She lost both legs below the knee. Her spleen and…
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Health & Wellbeing
Wolves and Warriors
2018
Wolves and Warriors is an Animal Planet docu-series that premiered September 1, 2018. It follows Navy veteran Matt Simmons and clinical psychologist…
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Books
Health & Wellbeing
Bounce Forward: 21 Tools to Live a Life Beyond Limits
by Amy Purdy
Amy Purdy published "Bounce Forward: 21 Tools to Live a Life Beyond Limits" in April 2026, eleven years after her original memoir.…
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Health & Wellbeing
On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
by Amy Purdy
Amy Purdy contracted bacterial meningitis at nineteen. Both legs were amputated below the knee, she lost both kidneys and the hearing in…
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Health & Wellbeing
Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Hope and the Healing Power of Animals
by Lorin Lindner
Lorin Lindner is a clinical psychologist who spent years counseling homeless veterans in Los Angeles while also taking in parrots whose owners…
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Podcasts
Health & Wellbeing
Bouncing Forward with Amy Purdy
Hosted by Amy Purdy
Amy Purdy started this show in 2020 and recorded sixty episodes before the last one went out in April 2022. She talks…
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Health & Wellbeing
Great.com Talks With
Great.com Talks With is an interview series profiling nonprofits. Episode #402 (September 5, 2022), "Lockwood Animal Rescue Center Is Rehabilitating Animals and…
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Health & Wellbeing
The Doggy Dan Podcast Show
Hosted by Doggy Dan
The Doggy Dan Podcast Show is the podcast of dog trainer Doggy Dan, covering dog behavior and the relationships between people and…
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Health & Wellbeing
Our Hen House
Hosted by Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan
Our Hen House is a long-running animal-advocacy podcast hosted by Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan. Episode 490 (June 1, 2019) features Dr.…
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Organizations
Health & Wellbeing
So Every BODY Can Move
United States, state by state
So Every BODY Can Move is a national policy and advocacy effort launched in 2022 by four national nonprofit partners, the American…
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Health & Wellbeing
Challenged Athletes Foundation
San Diego, California
The Challenged Athletes Foundation supports athletes with physical disabilities, funding equipment and, in its own words, fueling confidence, independence, and lifelong community.…
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Health & Wellbeing
Move United
Rockville, Maryland
Move United is a nonprofit charity that runs a network of community adaptive sports organizations across the United States. It has 257…
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Health & Wellbeing
Adaptive Action Sports
Copper Mountain, Colorado
Amy Purdy and Daniel Gale founded Adaptive Action Sports in 2005, after she had struggled to find a way back into snowboarding…
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Health & Wellbeing
Blue Ribbons Worldwide
San Diego, California
Blue Ribbons Worldwide is the home of the "Who I Am Makes A Difference" Blue Ribbon Ceremony, a one-minute way to tell…
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Health & Wellbeing
New Directions for Veterans
Los Angeles, California
New Directions for Veterans started in 1992, when two formerly homeless Vietnam veterans and a local advocate opened a five-bedroom house in…
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Health & Wellbeing
Lockwood Animal Rescue Center
Frazier Park, California
The Lockwood Animal Rescue Center sits on 20 acres in Frazier Park, California, surrounded by protected wildland. Founded in 2009 by clinical…
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Changemakers
Health & Wellbeing
Daniel Gale
Executive Director and co-founder of Adaptive Action Sports
An adaptive athlete cannot compete if there is no event to compete in. Adaptive Action Sports partnered with USA Snowboarding to create…
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Health & Wellbeing
Amy Purdy
Paralympic snowboarder and co-founder of Adaptive Action Sports
Purdy works now as a speaker and a writer, and she hosted sixty episodes of a podcast called Bouncing Forward between 2020…
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Health & Wellbeing
Helice “Grandma Sparky” Bridges
Founder, Blue Ribbons Worldwide
Sparky's premise is simple. Nearly everyone she honors tells her no one has ever told them they mattered. The ceremony exists to…
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Health & Wellbeing
Lorin Lindner
Clinical psychologist; co-founder, Lockwood Animal Rescue Center
Lindner calls the model reciprocal recovery, animals and people who have both been through trauma, healing each other through daily care and…
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