What is it like to be 34, having just had your first job, just starting your dream job and then having it all ripped out of your grasp by a shocking, life-altering event?

In the latest Lap of Caulfield Park podcast, stroke survivor Paul Fink tells Ashley Browne of his journey over the last eight years, from bending over to pick up his son from his cot, to not setting foot inside his house for the next six months. 

Following his stroke, Fink underwent four brain surgeries and was in a coma for two weeks. He spent some time in a ward at the Alfred Hospital before moving to the Caulfield Hospital.

And that was only the beginning. He had to learn to talk again. To walk again. To become a husband and a father once again. And he wanted to run again. He was an avid sportsman before falling ill.

Nothing is off the table on the podcast as the inspirational Fink discusses his rehabilitation, the various goals he set for himself along the way and why, as his health solely improved, he decided to become an advocate and to increase awareness and visibility of and for stroke survivors.

He blogs and he podcasts. And now he wants to work again. 

A Lap of Caulfield Park is presented by Plus61J Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and your favourite podcast players.