40. Joshua Dixon | How to Find Hope When You Have Every Reason Not To

⚠️ Disclaimer: This episode contains discussions of trauma, suicide attempts, and mental health struggles. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. If you have ever felt like the pieces of your life are too scattered to ever come back together — Joshua Dixon's story is going to remind you that broken is not the end. Amy and Jenny sit down with Joshua Dixon, motivational speaker, founder of AdmireWear, and one of the most quietly powerful voices in the mental health space, who at eight years old lost 80% of his face in a dog attack — and has spent the 18 years since rebuilding, healing, and turning every scar into a reason for someone else to hold on. Joshua walks us through the harrowing details of that December afternoon in Chicago, waking up from a month-long coma with no memory of what happened, and learning to walk, talk, eat, and smile again — all before the age of nine. What he couldn't have known then was that those hospital hallways, where he dragged himself with IV machines in tow just to sit with other patients, were the very beginning of a calling that would one day reach 500,000 people across the globe. In this episode, Joshua shares: What it was like to wake up from a coma at eight years old and face 62 surgeries over 18 years The rose bushes his mom planted during his recovery — and the life lesson they taught him that became the foundation of his entire brand How a suicide attempt, homelessness, and years of private struggle led him to build AdmireWear and a community of people who refuse to give up Why he believes you can be shattered without being broken — and what it looks like to pick up the pieces with the help of a chosen family The snowstorm that kept his surgeon in Chicago the night of the accident, and why Joshua believes every single detail of his survival was orchestrated by God Joshua is weeks away from marrying his high school sweetheart — the girl who told him to smile more before he even had the muscles to do it. His story is not one of tragedy. It is one of the most stunning examples of what it looks like to take every hard thing life hands you and turn it, slowly and faithfully, into roses. Follow Joshua here: https://www.instagram.com/admirewear_