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Feb 2025
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Thriving With Epilepsy, How Briar Nolet ...

The Cameron Boyce Foundation
About this episode

In this episode, Sophie & Karan are joined my model, actress and dancer Briar Nolet.

Briar Nolet is a world-class dancer, notably on World of Dance, where she captured the attention of the world with her amazing dance moves.

Briar's story is nothing but remarkable. In the midst of competing and dancing, she started to have seizures. She was diagnosed with epilespy, and the cause was dancing. She shares her remarkable journey of thriving with epilpsy in this episode that is inspiring for us all!

Thank you to our sponsor UCB for making this podcast possible.

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