{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Chris Smith in the hot seat ","description":"In this emotional and powerful episode of Listen Bitch Presents: Tell Me Why You’re Special, I sit down with Chris Smith, a man who survived being shot in the head, spent 49 days in a coma, and fought his way back from partial paralysis after a traumatic attempted murder.\n\nChris shares the unbelievable true story of surviving a violent shooting during what was supposed to be a first date, waking up in the hospital after nearly dying, and beginning the long road of physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery.\n\nWe discuss near-death experiences, miracles, faith in God, recovery from brain injury, overcoming trauma, resilience, survival, healing, purpose after tragedy, and rebuilding life after catastrophic loss.\n\nChris talks openly about learning to walk again, regaining function after paralysis, dealing with emotional pain, reconnecting with faith, and discovering a mission to inspire others through his story, music, speaking, and memoir.\n\nThis conversation also dives into divine purpose, perseverance, trauma recovery, hope, personal transformation, overcoming fear, surviving violence, spiritual experiences, and finding meaning after suffering.\n\nIf you’ve ever felt broken, hopeless, defeated, or wondered whether purpose can still exist after devastation, this episode will hit hard.\n\nThis is a story about survival, miracles, resilience, faith, and refusing to give up.\n\nNovember 24th, 2021, Christopher\nSmith was shot in the head and left for\ndead. For 13 hours his lifeless body lay on\nhis kitchen floor bleeding out, with only\nhis dog, Tiki by his side. Leslie, the\nwoman he had his first date with, was\nfound dead, execution style, behind his\nChristmas tree. Both were shot by her ex-\nboyfriend. For 49 days Chris was in a\ncoma and had gone through countless\nsurgeries…but he woke up! To this day,\nChristopher Smith, not only walks around\nand describes his Near-Death-Experience\non the other side, but is also able to joke,\ngarden, and SING in a ROCK BAND! All\nof this has brought him to his mission…a\nmission to help others from his tragedy,\nand to spread the message of hope, faith,\nand healing throughout the world.\nA testament to the human capacity to persevere against seemingly insurmountable odds, this is\na story that will leave you amazed and motivated to never give up. As Chris would be the first\none to tell you—he’s no angel but it’s his down-to-earth humor that makes him unique. He’s\nbeen a sinner many times over, but the Lord looked down and saved him, and he knows how\nlucky he is. A great read.”\n— Paul La Rosa, author and television producer for the CBS News true crime broadcast “48\nHours”\n. CONTACT:\nChristopher Smith:\nC: 636 679 0047\nE: christopherjsmith2373@gmail.co","author_name":"Listen Bitch Presents TELL ME WHY YOU'RE SPECIAL","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166895-listen-bitch-presents-tell-me-why-you-re-special","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43445070/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}