When Life Goes Off Script: A Conversation with Fleur Bryant
What happens when the life you envisioned takes an unexpected turn? In this heartfelt episode, host Lisa Foster joins Fleur Bryant, a resilient mom, speaker, author, and coach, for a poignant conversation. Together, they explore the challenges and revelations that come with life's unforeseen detours.
Fleur's world was irrevocably changed when her son was diagnosed with a terminal brain disease. Through this profoundly challenging journey, she unearthed valuable lessons about resilience, self-identity, and the transformative power of showing up for oneself.
Join us for a raw, honest, and ultimately uplifting conversation about finding strength you didn't know you had.
About Fleur Bryant:
Website: https://www.fleurbryant.com
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Never the Plan: A Memoir of Motherhood, Misdiagnosis, and Unexpected Lessons by Fleur Bryant https://link.amazon/B0dICAofN
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Never the Plan: A Memoir of Motherhood, Misdiagnosis, and Unexpected Lessons by Fleur Bryant https://link.amazon/B0dICAofN
I am a speaker, writer, founder of the Make Way Foundation, and Robbins-Madanes trained coach. Through my work, I explore how we rebuild our lives when life doesn’t go to plan.
Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child, I spent much of my life trying to hide my disability, pushing myself through achievement, sport and determination. I competed internationally in sailing as a teenager before later building a successful career and family life, all while unknowingly living with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a progressive neurological condition that had been misdiagnosed for years.
My perspective on life changed profoundly after my son Toby was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a rare and terminal neurological genetic disease. Following his diagnosis, I founded the Make Way Foundation, a charity that provides specialist wheelchairs to children with disabilities. In just over two years, the charity has funded more than 100 wheelchairs, helping children access greater freedom, independence and quality of life.
Following Toby’s death, I expanded my work by training as a coach, combining professional tools with lived experience to support individuals and families navigating grief, disability, identity shifts, uncertainty and major life transitions. I now speak publicly about resilience, purpose, adaptation and redefining strength when life changes unexpectedly.
I hold a BA in Business Studies and have contributed to print, radio and television. My writing has also been read in Parliament in London.
I live in Surrey, UK, with my family and am a full… Read More