11/17/2025
New Episode: Uncle Tommyโs Real Story on Health, Martial Arts, and Beating the Odds
This week on Resilience Radio, I sit down with Uncle Tommy โ a lifelong martial artist who was told as a teenager he wouldnโt live past 30. Nearly 50 years later, heโs still training, teaching, and moving better than most people half his age.
We cover:
โข Living with decades of Type 1 diabetes
โข How martial arts + Qigong kept him moving
โข His approach to pain, health, and resilience
โข What he wishes doctors understood better
โข How he helps others stay active despite chronic conditions
Itโs one of the most honest and wide-ranging conversations Iโve recorded.
๐ง Watch the full episode on YouTube:
๐ https://youtu.be/UqIAmL0EBGw?si=xSGrM3ws3jGxw1if
If Tommyโs story resonates, feel free to share โ someone in your circle might need this today.
Uncle Tommy was told he wouldnโt live to 30 โ today heโs nearly 50 years into Type 1 diabetes, still teaching martial arts, practicing Qigong, and moving bet...