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Latest Episodes

Epilepsy for Dummies: Your New Handbook for Better Understanding Epilepsy
December 03, 2025

Journalist Lauren Aguirre and Dr. Elizabeth Thiele, the authors of the recently published Epilepsy for Dummies, discuss their collaboration and explain why their perspectives as epilepsy patient/par

A Mother and Neurologist Shares Her Son’s Amazing Journey From Traumatic Birth to Seizure Freedom
November 05, 2025

Dr. Kendra Cagniart shares her sons journey with epilepsy, from a traumatic birth in which he arrived in status epilepticus through his current period of seizure freedom at the age of 9. This is an a

Turning the Tragedy of SUDEP into Hope: The Story of the Joanna Sophia Foundation
October 01, 2025

In honor of SUDEP Action Day on Wednesday, October 15th, we speak with Maria Teresa Ioannou of the Joanna Sophia Foundation who tragically lost her nine-year-old daughter Joanna Sophia to SUDEP in 20

On the Brink of Breakthrough: How an Arthritis Med Could Stop Seizures
September 03, 2025

Dr. Olivia Hoffman, post-doctoral researcher in Dr. Avtar Roopras lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses one of the most exciting discoveries in epilepsy research in recent years, a re

A Family’s Journey with Panayiotopoulos Syndrome
August 06, 2025

This week on Seizing Life, journalist, television executive, and mother Scarlette Whyte joins us to share her familys experience with Panayiotopoulos Syndrome, a type of early childhood epilepsy wit

10 Years of Ella’s Race: Raising Awareness & Finding Hope in Fundraising for Epilepsy Research
July 02, 2025

Longtime CURE Epilepsy Champion and current board member Shalee Cunneen comes back to the podcast to share her familys journey with epilepsy and fundraising efforts for a new CURE Epilepsy research i

Advocating for a National Plan for Epilepsy in Uncertain Times
June 04, 2025

Dr. Dan Lowenstein discusses the current efforts to push Congress to adopt a National Plan for Epilepsy, explaining who is behind it, what it is, and what it could mean to the epilepsy community.

Using Basketball to Fight Stigma and Empower Kids Living with Epilepsy
May 07, 2025

Mike Simmel shares his epilepsy journey, explains how his passion for basketball helped him navigate the impacts of epilepsy, and recounts how a personal experience with epilepsy stigma inspired him t

Music Therapy for Neurologic Conditions: Understanding How It Works
April 02, 2025

Dr. Connie Tomaino, music therapist and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, discusses how music therapy is used to treat neurologic conditions and explains what we know abou

Despite Medical Training, A Young Doctor’s Epilepsy Goes Undiagnosed for a Decade
March 05, 2025

This month on Seizing Life Dr. Kelly Tyson shares her decade-long journey to an epilepsy diagnosis. Despite numerous visits to various medical experts through the years and majoring in neuroscience i