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In high school, Susan Greenstein Prescott had a stutter and was embarrassed to speak in front of her class. Then... -
When Solitaire Miles was 18, she had a stroke. When she got to the hospital, doctors and nurses accused her... -
Jennifer Novak's first year of college was hard: living in a new city, enmeshed in an abusive relationship and struggling... -
While at college, Stephen Parker turned to his housemate while in the throes of a panic attack. The care he... -
On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, one woman shares a moment of connection she experienced with another... -
As a sixth-grader, Darrell Barber was the new kid at school and a target for bullies. An eighth-grader named Marcus... -
Barb Barnes faced a very difficult moment in 2005, after she underwent major open heart surgery. A nurse helped her... -
Forty years ago, a 19-year-old woman sat behind the wheel of her car, sobbing and feeling like her life had... -
Jay found himself sitting in a jail cell, alone and hopeless, after attempting to break into a building on his... -
Holly Deiaco-Smith was feeling homesick while studying abroad in France when she was 19 years old. An encounter at the... -
On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, one woman says she witnessed a heroic act while suffering in... -
In 1982, Jean Muenchrath and her boyfriend went mountaineering in California's Sierra Nevada. Then, an unexpected storm veered them dangerously off...