arockystrokerecovery
arockystrokerecovery
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Hey I won ‘Extraordinary Woman of Year 2011’ after surviving a devastating brainstem stroke with locked in syndrome at the age of 39.
‘Imagine being buried alive and trapped inside your body or waking up in you own coffin but
unable to move anything.
Then also imagine being able to think and feel normally,
as you see and hear everything going on around you.
Then imagine going on to make a full recovery, to finally share your use your to push boundaries to educate health and business professionals..?’
I founded Fighting Strokes - www.fightingstrokes.org site and has written 3 books in 3 years! I'm an internationally published author 'Running Free' & 'Gonna Fly Now!' & 'I Am Still The Same' 2014 (Amazon). I featured across a range of UK and global media.
These include; British Science Festival 2012, ABC Radio Australia, 60 Minutes Australia TV, The Sunday Indian Times, Victoria Derbyshire podcast, BBC Radio 2 Jeremy vine, BBC The One Show, ITV This Morning, Globo TV Brazil, RTL Germany, BBC WORLD SERVICE, BBC Breakfast, the Voice Russia, ITV Daybreak, ITVs Holding Out for a Hero TV, Victoria Derbyshire radio 5 Live, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, The Sun, most of the women's weeklies Take a Break, Chat, Womens Weekly, Closer (numerous times) and women's monthly magazines like, Woman & Home, Good Housekeeping, etc, to name a few!
I am a motivational & inspirational health and business speaker and recently spoke the future is digital event at The Royal Armouries in Leeds for AHSN.
I am a national and international stroke advocate for anyone affected by stroke and respected stroke-by-experience expert.
My charity has just become a member of the prestigious UK Stroke Forum.
I am currently involved in various research projects to improve the improvement progress for all stroke survivors.
This blog has got 50,000 worldwide hits in just 2 years!
The Deputy PM asked me to be a guest of honour at the Olympic Opening ceremony in London 2012.
I am invited to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party by The Lord Lieutenant for South Yorkshire in June 2014, for my charity work.
My speaker showreel is here:
http://youtu.be/8Xgh8hh5xHw
My speaker website is here:
www.kateallatt.com
Kate is on Twitter:
@kateallatt @fightingstrokes @iasts @runningfreerights
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