Speaking from the Heart

肺腑之言

The Documentary Podcast

2026-05-15

26 分钟
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Anna was just 25, and newly married living near Oxford when she suffered a massive stroke, caused by a tumour in her heart. It initially left her locked in – unable to let the world around her know that she was even conscious. Mike Wooldridge hears Anna’s extraordinary story: the sheer terror she felt when she realised she was unable to move a muscle or make a sound; the confusion of not knowing where she was and what had happened to her; and the spiritual struggles as Anna, who had been brought up a Christian, became convinced that she must have done something terrible for God to punish her in this way. Gradually, Anna learnt to communicate again and came to realise that God still loved her. Today Anna is playing a healing role in her church community. And she says she thanks God every morning that she’s still alive. This episode of The Documentary, comes to you from Heart and Soul, exploring personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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  • Couldn't move a muscle or make a sound, although I was screaming inside.

  • I tried to hold my head up and failed completely.

  • My neck appeared to have lost all its strength and the back of my head felt as if it had been filled with concrete.

  • I decided that I was semi-dead and being experimented on.

  • Not a scene from a horror film, the real-life story of Anna,

  • who was newly married and living near Oxford when in 1994 something terrifying happened.

  • One nurse said she looks dead.

  • Where was God?

  • And heaven?