#27 The Second Chance Project's Louise Prashad on persevering through sports

The Second Chance Project's Louise Prashad discusses (0:16) celebrating her birthday and anniversary with family this week, (1:40) growing up in York, U.K., (2:22) experiencing a coma mid-birth from a rare liver condition which led to the stillbirth of her twins in 2016, (3:04) waking up a month later from the coma and having had undergone a liver transplant, (3:50) coming to terms with the organ donor and finding light at the end of the tunnel, (4:17) having had spent the last 10 years rebuilding her life and building The Second Chance Project as a part of this, (4:39) struggling with depression as a 21-year-old experiencing a miscarriage and organ transplant, (5:06) starting small with The Second Chance Project by telling her story at talks at educational and professional institutions, (5:50) continuing her advocacy work for organ donation through The Second Chance Project, (6:02) recruiting speakers and motivating participants to stay active, (7:12) the details of the organ donation process, (8:21) meeting the organ donor's family, (9:30) the experience for the organ donation recipient's family, (11:04) learning to be resilient and rebuilding, (12:51) talking to educational and medical institutions about the power of organ donation, (13:47) finding a way out of depression through sports, (14:30) completing 320 races thus far, (14:44) giving back to transplant athletes and finding camaraderie at the British Transplant Games, (19:32) supporting individuals with intellectually disabilities through her day job at the Special Olympics and (32:48) improving her mental health, mindset and life through sports.   Links: https://www.instagram.com/a_gifted_lifehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-prashad Donate to the British Transplant Games coming up: https://givestar.io/gs/a-decade-of-second-chances Find us on: www.thesocialgoodpod.comwww.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869www.instagram.com/socialgoodpodhttps://music.amazon.com/podcasts/435c2adf-d21c-42b6-8dd8-50132dd97fac/social-good-podcast   Also by Rose: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for the waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com Louise will be competing in the Leeds British Transplant Games this weekend. Please donate to the British Transplant Games here: https://givestar.io/gs/a-decade-of-second-chances