{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The 7 Hats","title":"Death Didn’t Want Him: Dan MacQueen’s Second Life Starts Here","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3232,"description":"When your brain breaks… what do you rebuild first?\n\nDan MacQueen was 28. Sharp. Ambitious. Living his dream life in London. Then came the headaches. One minute, he was riding the Tube to work. The next? Total darkness. A cyst on his brain. A surgery gone wrong. A coma. He couldn't walk, talk, or even smile when he woke up.\nThis is the story of how one man fought back from the brink—and discovered a mindset that can't be broken.\nSummary: In this riveting episode, Dan MacQueen walks us through the day his life changed forever—a sudden brain hemorrhage, four weeks in a coma, and a fight to reclaim basic functions most take for granted.\n\nBut Dan didn't stop at recovery. He rewired his mindset. From strapping on a splint with unbearable pain to walking the chaotic streets of South London, he reframed every struggle into strength. His story is a blueprint for resilience, built one painful, purposeful step at a time.\n\nHats covered:\n• Hat 1: The Soul\n• Hat 2: The Athlete\n• Hat 3: The Servant\n• Hat 4: The Entrepreneur\n• Hat 7: The Seeker\n\nKey Takeaways\n🎩 1: Resilience is built by keeping promises to yourself, especially when no one's watching\n🎩 2: Your brain needs recovery routines as much as your body\n🎩 3: Identity rebuilds one tiny risk at a time (say goodbye to the bathmat)\n🎩 4: Adversity can be your compass, not just your setback\n🎩 1: It’s not “Why me?”...it’s “Try me”\n🎩 7: Faith in the process grows stronger with every step taken, blind\n\n👤 Guest Bio:\n\n Dan MacQueen is a resilience speaker and mindset coach who defied the odds after a life-threatening brain hemorrhage left him unable to walk, talk, or smile. Today, he inspires others to rewrite their limits, find power in perspective, and build mental toughness through daily choices.\n\n⏱️ Timestamps:\n00:02 – Dan’s life before the hemorrhage: Europe, love, and tech\n00:50 – Sudden blindness on the Tube\n01:20 – Misdiagnosis and emergency brain surgery\n02:10 – Waking from a coma, unable to walk or speak\n03:00 – The painful...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/faFBEKbYXJ6SlEo0khsI9QXVcTPBDJpOwWKgVDXM02U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYTBh/OTYxYTMzZDg1ZDJk/NmY2NGEyYTBhZDg2/YjA2ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}