What if a medical crisis changed your identity and your outlook on life? In Inner Light, host Aanya sits with Dean Weitenhagen to explore healing that goes beyond recovery into transformation.

This episode is for anyone navigating illness, caregiving, grief, or a major life reset. Dean shares how long hospital stays, faith, and gratitude helped him slow down, release fear, and live with more meaning after leukaemia treatment and a stem cell transplant he now calls his “new birthday.” 

Dean Weitenhagen is the author of I Just Turned Two. He reflects on his wife Patsy’s stroke recovery, his leukaemia journey, and the spiritual shifts that followed his March 13, 2019 stem cell transplant.

• Use forced pauses to reassess what truly matters daily

• Practice gratitude, especially in small, ordinary moments

• Separate loving people from liking their behavior

• Try a 2-minute purpose reset: breathe, ask, choose one aligned action

• Let identity evolve instead of clinging to who you were 

https://www.deanweitenhagen.com/ 

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