E54: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with liver transplant recipient, organ donation advocate and Donate Life Ambassador, Meghan Smith

InvisiYouth Chat Sessions

Get this statistic: In America, 95% of people are in favor of organ donation but only 58% are actually registered, and every 10 minutes, someone is added to the organ waiting list. It’s so important to not only understand the organ donation process and registering to be a donor, but it’s also super valuable to learn the misconceptions and how to make your own decisions with all the facts.
Today’s podcast feature’s someone that knows this topic through many POVs, the transplant recipient, the donor’s relative, the family member and the advocate. It’s liver transplant recipient and Donate Life Ambassador, Meghan Smith. After receiving a liver transplant at 27, three years after her young brother also received a liver transplant, Meghan uses her platform to educate others on organ donation and registration with open-minded positivity and realism.
Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways from the podcast episode:

1. At 3:25 Meghan and Dominique drop the facts about organ donation and donor registry, like the ins and outs of registering and how you can alter/select your specifics when registering, and what makes transplant surgeries different for everyone.
2. At 19:08 Meghan gives her advice on how to have mental and emotional fitness when going into big heath changes, her inner details about how stress transfers differently between being the patient and the support network in the transplant process, and how the post-transplant life is really like. Plus, there’s major drops of feeling empowered in your body and way of life after major health experiences.
3. STORY TIME at 43:16 brings some levity to the transplant experience as Meghan has a very distinct reaction to coming out of anesthesia, and as she’d say, “it’s freaking amazing.”
4. And the final segment at 48:01 Meghan and Dominique get breaking the misconceptions around registering to donate, how media representation of the donation process could sharpen its realism to bring a better understanding, and how to have non-judgmental conversations around donation registration and support organ donation overall.

Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Meghan @meghanmakingmoves and learn more about organ donation/registration at www.donatlife.net . Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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Chapters

1. E54: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with liver transplant recipient, organ donation advocate and Donate Life Ambassador, Meghan Smith (00:00:00)

2. Intro and Meet the Guest (00:00:20)

3. Break That Glass Ceiling (00:03:25)

4. Path to Power (00:19:08)

5. Intermission STORY TIME with our guest (00:43:16)

6. Rebel Game-Changer Status (00:48:01)