It's All About Healing
It's All About Healing
Robin Black
One Split-Second Choice Can Change Everything, with John Petrelli :Episode 405
40 minutes Posted Aug 23, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Welcome And Meet John Petrelli
The Fight That Nearly Ruined Everything
Starting Over In California
Anger, Shame, And A Teacher’s Moment
Redefining Failure For Teens And Adults
Guillain-Barre Syndrome And Rapid Paralysis
Mindset Tools That Kept Him Fighting
Rehab Progress And Learning Real Gratitude
Books, Speaking, And Where To Find Him
Final Advice And Closing
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Send us Fan Mail He goes from “tingly toes” at 4 a.m. to a wheelchair in hours, then hears a doctor explain he may be facing Guillain-Barre syndrome and a fast-moving paralysis that can climb to the heart and lungs. That is the moment our guest, John Petrelli, has to decide what kind of mind he is going to bring into the ICU when his body is no longer available as his identity. We talk through John’s full arc, starting with the mistake he made at 18 that landed him in a jail cell waiting to ...