These are THE GREATEST STORIES FRED TOLD.

Fred moved to Toronto just before 9/11. He was a marketer/consultant, then a college business prof teaching Finance and Marketing. Until the summer of 2009 came crashing down on him, with a continuous stream of medical traumas, which were amplified by ongoing medical error and misdiagnosis. The result - his being clinically dead twenty times. This left him with brain damage, PTSD, Post-concussion syndrome and ongoing anxiety. The result was being forced onto permanent medical leave. And this was just the beginning.

Since then, Fred has been hospitalized 22 times, and undergone twelve heart procedures, with more to come. The short story is his heart was stopping. Most times his heart stopped, he collapsed, hit his head, sustaining multiple concussions. They eventually figured out he needed a pacemaker. Which was great. Until the infallible pacemaker failed in 2013, requiring two emergency surgeries. And it failed again in 2018, with more surgery required. There were additional complications in 2019 and 2020.

In 2018, Fred learned about intermittent fasting. His life hasn’t been the same since. He attributes the large majority of his recovery to the healing powers of IF. Fred is down 10 pant sizes and counting. Today, Fred spends much of his day talking to people about resiliency, overcoming adversity and living their best, healthy lives. His book, The Summer I Died Twenty Times, is being released in Mar 2023. Oh, and he is developing The Dead Man Walking Podcast. Coming soon to all the popular podcasting apps. The podcasts’ main themes are overcoming adversity, emerging authors, small business and of course, intermittent fasting/mental health/health.

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These are THE GREATEST STORIES STEPHANIE TOLD.

Stephanie Thomas (She/Her) was born a congenital amputee missing digits, went on to found Cur8able, Disability Fashion Consultancy, and is the creator of the award-winning DISABILITY FASHION STYLING SYSTEM: ACCESSIBLE, SMART, FASHIONABLE®. She is also the author and editor of Fitting In: An Anthology of the Social Implications of Fashion and Ableism, coming 2022.

BOF 500 Moving the Global Fashion industry Forward, Create and Cultivate 2021, and Cur8able is one of 77 companies from around the world serving as part of the consultant to the Valuable 500, Stephanie is an executive DE&I council member for one of the largest global media conglomerates.In addition to almost three decades of following clothing and retail trends for the disabled community, Stephanie is an award-winning SAG AFTRA voice actor, who serves on the union’s Persons with Disabilities Committee.

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These are THE GREATEST STORIES OLIVIER TOLD.

Award winning Director, Olivier Bernier lives and breathes to tell stories that explore the human condition. Part American, part Quebecois, Olivier is also the Co-Founder and Creative Director of the production company, Rota6 Films, specializing in documentary and commercial films.

Olivier has had the honor of having many of his films regularly screened at many festivals including winning the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, opening night at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, DOCNYC, Big Sky, Bend Film Festival, Rooftop film series, and has had received Vimeo Staff Picks as well as been picked up for distribution by outlets such as The New Yorker, Uninterrupted, and Nowness amongst others. Along with his commercial work, Olivier continues to develop, produce and direct original content that aims to put a hyper focus on topics that can change the way we look at the world. 

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