Blink of an Eye, a new podcast with Louise Phipps Senft, explores stories of trauma, loss, awakening, and epiphanies. Ms. Senft recounts her experience navigating a life-changing accident that rendered her son, Archer, paralyzed from the neck on down, and expands the story with interviews of those behind the scene. Told through real journal entries and inspiring guests, Blink of an Eye will inspire you to explore the true nature of our relationships and interconnectedness in the face of an event that changes everything.
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Get ready for Season 3 with a recap of the highs and lows of Season 2 of Blink of an Eye. Louise was reeling in the aftermath of Archer’s cardiac arrest and other medical failures as well as living in gratitude for the medical triumphs of a complicated injury. After 30 tumultuous days, she and Archer were flying across the country to Atlanta, Georgia in what felt like the wings of angels. In this recap episode, take in the roller coaster of Blink of an Eye’s second season to remind you of your own capacity in crisis. You’ll hear snippets of Louise’s family and friend’s updates, interview excerpts from the medical team and more — from every episode of the season! So settle in with a cup of tea or coffee for a comprehensive and riveting lookback.
If you want to revisit individual episodes of Season 2, visit our Apple Podcasts page here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blink-of-an-eye/id1526474466
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Our theme music is Victoria Vox. Sound effects from this episode are from freesound.org.
Music in this episode is:
Poignant Meditative Piano by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8752-poignant-meditative-piano
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Ambient Suspenseful Calm by MusicLFiles
Link:https://filmusic.io/song/8563-ambient-suspenseful-calm
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Placid Ambient by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6189-placid-ambient
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Reach Out and Touch by Diana Ross
On Eagle's Wings by Michael Joncas performed by the Sunday 7pm Choir at St. Francis de Sales Church in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Immersed by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3900-immersed
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Time to say Goodbye by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8603-time-to-say-goodbye
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Emotional Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6199-emotional-piano-improvisation
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Cinematic Background Sad by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8181-cinematic-background-sad
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Background Sentimental Piano and Cello by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8034-background-sentimental-piano-and-cello
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Peppers Theme by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incomptech.filmmusic.io/song/4998-peppers-theme
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Calm Contemplative Piano by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8663-calm-contemplative-piano
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Calm Reflective Piano by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8022-calm-reflective-piano
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Lonely Fish by Sascha Ende®
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4655-lonely-fish
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Angel Share by Kevin MacLeod
https://filmmusic.io/song/3367-angel-share
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
To find out more about Archer, Louise, and this podcast, visit our website at blinkofaneyepodcast.com, and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @blinkofaneyepodcast. Our Twitter is @blinkofaneyepod. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
You can become a member of our Patreon community and see extra Blink of an Eye content and bonus episodes at: www.patreon.com/blinkofaneyepodcast. To see some of Archer’s artwork, check out www.slimeyard.com.
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Part 3 of a trilogy. As Louise was culling through her archive of text messages in 2015, she had her own epiphany: with so many different things happening all at the same time, she wanted to provide a window into this intense period of time by bringing the voices to life.
In today’s third part of this text trilogy, you’ll hear about the fast paced orchestration by Louise and the Shepherd Center with assistance from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and Louise’s friends to get a Spinal Cord Injury expert nurse practitioner to fly in to assess Archer and what it meant to have that expertise for Louise, Archer and their family. Settle in to hear some raw and some tender unedited texts from Aug 29th and 30th — including clips and messages and even a cameo performance by a family dog which family and friends sent to Archer and Louise. You’ll hear the joy, the sorrow and everything in between as Louise and her family members were in a waiting game as they found their new North Star: not just getting Archer out of the ICU at AtlantiCare, but the potential to transport Archer to Atlanta.
In this episode, you’ll hear the voices of:
Billy Senft
Paula Senft Easton
Pete Senft
Dewey Senft
Anne Hamman
In addition, you’ll hear interview excerpts from:
Bernadette Mauro, the Director of Information and Resources at the Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation, who was in contact with Louise over rehab options. She and Louise reflect on the conversations Bernadatte had with Billy and Louise about the Shepherd Center and their teen unit and how hard it was to convince Billy that Archer shouldn’t return to Baltimore right away.
Jackson Morrill, a childhood and highschool lacrosse friend of Archer’s, who attended the Prayer Vigil at The Friend’s School, Baltimore. He shares with Louise the heaviness and fear of Archer’s unknown future that weighed on Archer’s friends.
Our theme music is Victoria Vox. Music in this episode is:
Placid Ambient by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6189-placid-ambient
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Listen in afterwards to this week’s companion Trauma Healing Learnings episode for new understandings on trauma and tools to navigate your own trauma healing: Trauma Healing Learning 19: The (New) North Star,
To find out more about Archer, Louise, and this podcast, visit our website at blinkofaneyepodcast.com, and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @blinkofaneyepodcast. Our Twitter is @blinkofaneyepod. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
You can become a member of our Patreon community and see extra Blink of an Eye content and bonus episodes at our Patreon page.
To see some of Archer’s artwork, check out www.slimeyard.com.
#hopeforeverything #obtaineverything
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Part 2 of a trilogy. As Louise was culling through her archive of text messages in 2015, she had her own epiphany: with so many different things happening all at the same time, she wanted to provide a window into this intense period of time by bringing the voices to life.
In this second part of this text trilogy, you’ll continue to hear about confidential negotiations to bring a Sheppard Center representative to assess Archer when the hospital said Archer was not transportable and they were out of options. Settle in to hear unedited texts from Aug 28th and 29th and hear Archer’s voice in a prescient Youtube of a school assignment from his freshman year of high school that Paula found and sent out to family that day. Listen along as the potential to move to the Shepherd Center begins to crystalize, slowly in real time, all thanks to Louise’s family and friends across the country and across the decades of her life responding to her Family & Friends Updates.
In this episode, you’ll hear the voices of:
Billy Senft
Paula Senft Easton
Pete Senft
Archer Senft
Dewey Senft
Dutch Senft
Anne Hamman
Our theme music is Victoria Vox. Music in this episode is:
Placid Ambient by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6189-placid-ambient
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Listen in afterwards to this week’s companion Trauma Healing Learnings episode for new understandings on trauma and tools to navigate your own trauma healing: Trauma Healing Learning 18: Hot Cocoa.
To find out more about Archer, Louise, and this podcast, visit our website at blinkofaneyepodcast.com, and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @blinkofaneyepodcast. Our Twitter is @blinkofaneyepod. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
You can become a member of our Patreon community and see extra Blink of an Eye content and bonus episodes at our Patreon page.
To see some of Archer’s artwork, check out www.slimeyard.com.
#hopeforeverything #obtaineverything
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Part 1 of a 2 part companion episode. As Louise was culling through her archive of text messages in 2015, she had her own epiphany: with so many different things happening all at the same time, she wanted to provide a window into this intense period of time by bringing the voices to life. Join Louise in this special 2 part Episode for a fast-paced chock full unvarnished look even behind the Family and Friends updates. You’ll hear about confidential negotiations to bring a Sheppard Center representative to assess Archer when the hospital said Archer was not transportable and they were out of options, insurance obstacles, work obligations, Mom concerns, and Billy’s talk at the Prayer Vigil, including intimate dialogue between Louise and Billy, and a very tender dialogue with her old college friend about what does it mean to believe in God. Settle in to hear texts in full from the voices of her family. Immerse yourself in the web of connection these texts created for Louise.
In this episode, you’ll hear the voices of:
Billy Senft
Paula Senft Easton
Dewey Senft
Pete Senft
Anne Hamman
You’ll also hear an excerpt from an interview with:
Jackson Morrill, a childhood and high school lacrosse friend of Archer’s, who attended the Prayer Vigil at The Friend’s School, Baltimore. He and Louise speak about the portal that a gathering for a prayer vigil provided to so many young people who were still in shock to begin to talk openly about their pain and their hopes as they too were impacted by Archer’s tragedy.
Our theme music is Victoria Vox. Music in this episode is:
Placid Ambient by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6189-placid-ambient
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Listen in afterwards to this week’s companion Trauma Healing Learnings episode for new understandings on trauma and tools to navigate your own trauma healing: Trauma Healing Learning 17: Caught In No Man’s Land.
To find out more about Archer, Louise, and this podcast, visit our website at blinkofaneyepodcast.com, and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @blinkofaneyepodcast. Our Twitter is @blinkofaneyepod. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
You can become a member of our Patreon community and see extra Blink of an Eye content and bonus episodes at our Patreon page.
To see some of Archer’s artwork, check out www.slimeyard.com.
#hopeforeverything #obtaineverything