Deborah James: Defying Gravity

Hello everybody and welcome to the third series of the Human Podcast, a place to hear extraordinary human stories that celebrate the limitless potential of human beings.  This podcast is dedicated to honouring our experiences of transformation, our ability to live through, live with and beyond the inevitable devastations and renewals of living. So often, our personal stories of tragedy and survival are left untold, hidden behind the facade of ordinary life: Human has been created to make them more seen, more heard and more celebrated. Because I believe, within them, we can all feel more connected to our shared humanity.   So we couldn’t be luckier to be launching this season with the sensational Deborah James. Four years ago, at the age of 35, Deborah was blindsided with a diagnosis of incurable Bowel Cancer. She was given less than an 8% of surviving 5 years. So every day since then, Deborah has been required to live ‘with’ one of the greatest existential challenges human beings face- that of our ultimate mortality. Deborah has said “my only option is to live in the now and to value one day at a time.” But my god, living, truly living is what Deborah does everyday with passion, courage, joy and most importantly always always with….Glamour. However, in recent weeks Deborah reached a ‘rock bottom’ when she discovered the treatment that has been keeping her alive is now no longer working and consequently, the rollercoaster she has been living on took her to “the gates of hell”. So Deborah and I met to record this episode when she was truly in the eye of a terrifying storm, yet the conversation that emerged was about hope, motherhood, courage...and shopping.  So if the world feels like a dark or difficult place, join us and let your heart be ignited by the fire of the human spirit. Created and hosted by Jess MillsCreative co-production by Bonny TydemanProduced by Joel Porter - Dot Dot Dot Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.