What happens when life changes in an instant and the future you imagined no longer looks possible? In this episode of The Elisha Show, Amb. Elisha speaks with Ayis Caperonis about surviving a life threatening medical emergency, living through years of depression, faith, family, resilience, and finding light in the darkest seasons of life.
✅ How a childhood brain tumor and emergency surgery changed the direction of Ayis’s life
✅ The devastating impact of losing his motor skills and returning to a life that suddenly looked completely different
✅ How working alongside children with disabilities became a turning point that inspired Ayis to keep fighting
✅ Why pity from others can sometimes make depression harder and what people can do instead to support someone who is struggling
✅ How Ayis’s journey through twenty years of clinical depression eventually led him to a different understanding of his goals and purpose
✅ The role his wife, children, faith, friends, music, sleep, food, and other sources of support played in his journey
✅ The story of how Ayis met his wife online and why he believes God’s timing played a major role in their relationship
✅ Why he wrote Staring Down Depression and how sharing stories of people who overcame difficult circumstances can help someone begin to see light again
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