Storytelling and Defying Expectation: A Conversation with Jennifer Smith

Amidst the cheering and applause of the supportive crowd, you feel the break. SNAP! A moment you trained for years in the making thwarted by a broken bone. In the process of healing, complications arise and a blood clot changes the trajectory of your life. Forever. On this episode of the 12-part series, Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast, we are joined by Founder, CEO and President of Everything Podcasts Jennifer Smith to discuss trauma-induced clotting events and her journey as a blood clot survivor. Join our hosts, National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake, and National Blood Clot Alliance’s Patient Liaison Todd Robertson as they, with the help of trusted medical professionals and listeners like you, work together to Stop the Clot!

Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production. 

For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit stoptheclot.org

What is Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast?

Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast is a show committed to shining a light on the dangers of blood clots and breathing life into The National Blood Clot Alliance’s mission of pushing these preventable killers to the forefront of public discourse. We will hear the stories of notable blood clot survivors like Olympic medalists Katie Hoff Anderson & Tatyana McFadden, among others, as well as the expertise of medical professionals to provide connection, empathy and resources to listeners like you. At Stop the Clot we know the patient because we are the patient. Journey through this miraculous series with hosts and blood clot survivors Leslie Lake and Todd Robertson as they, with the help of listeners like you, change the way we think about blood clots. Join us as we collectively stop the clot.

The National Blood Clot Alliance (NBCA) is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.