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Lucky: The Cookie That Changed Everything
About this Episode
A true story about food allergies, survival, and purpose.
What if one ordinary moment changed the entire course of your life? In this deeply personal, TED-style episode, bestselling author, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino shares the true story of the day everything shifted. Six months pregnant, she ate a simple chocolate chip cookie… and within minutes, she was fighting for her life and the life of her unborn son. Rushed to the emergency room as her body went into a severe allergic reaction, Elizabeth found herself in a moment where every second mattered and every decision carried risk. Doctors would later call her and her baby “lucky” to have survived. But this is not just a story about survival. It is a story about what comes next. That baby, Cam Guarino, would grow up to play baseball at Georgetown University and go on to become a professional baseball player in Germany. What began as a moment of fear became a lifetime of purpose.
In this episode, Elizabeth reflects on:
• What it feels like when your life changes without your permission
• Living with life-threatening food allergies
• Moving from fear to advocacy and purpose
• Motherhood, resilience, and perspective
• How the moments that almost break us can become the ones that define us This is more than a story about food allergies.
It is a reminder that even in life’s most terrifying moments, something meaningful can still unfold. If you or someone you love lives with food allergies, or if you have ever experienced a moment that changed everything, this episode will stay with you. Because sometimes, the smallest moments carry the greatest impact.
Order The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind
Subscribe, share, and be part of a global movement to live with more peace, purpose, and gratitude.
Follow Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman for more inspiration, tools, and real-life conversations on peace, change, success, and gratitude.
Peace isn’t something you find.
It’s something you practice.
What if one ordinary moment changed the entire course of your life? In this deeply personal, TED-style episode, bestselling author, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino shares the true story of the day everything shifted. Six months pregnant, she ate a simple chocolate chip cookie… and within minutes, she was fighting for her life and the life of her unborn son. Rushed to the emergency room as her body went into a severe allergic reaction, Elizabeth found herself in a moment where every second mattered and every decision carried risk. Doctors would later call her and her baby “lucky” to have survived. But this is not just a story about survival. It is a story about what comes next. That baby, Cam Guarino, would grow up to play baseball at Georgetown University and go on to become a professional baseball player in Germany. What began as a moment of fear became a lifetime of purpose.
In this episode, Elizabeth reflects on:
• What it feels like when your life changes without your permission
• Living with life-threatening food allergies
• Moving from fear to advocacy and purpose
• Motherhood, resilience, and perspective
• How the moments that almost break us can become the ones that define us This is more than a story about food allergies.
It is a reminder that even in life’s most terrifying moments, something meaningful can still unfold. If you or someone you love lives with food allergies, or if you have ever experienced a moment that changed everything, this episode will stay with you. Because sometimes, the smallest moments carry the greatest impact.
Order The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind
Subscribe, share, and be part of a global movement to live with more peace, purpose, and gratitude.
- Learn more: https://www.BestEverYou.com
- Explore The Peace Guidebook + free gifts: https://www.BestEverYou.com/gifts
- Join the Practical Peace Masterclass: https://www.besteveryou.com/peacemasterclass
Follow Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman for more inspiration, tools, and real-life conversations on peace, change, success, and gratitude.
Peace isn’t something you find.
It’s something you practice.
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