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What if you woke up in a tsunami?

12/16/2025 • 62 min

After narrowly surviving the devastating tsunami of 2004, a woman begins an unexpected journey through trauma, illness, and profound spiritual transformation to rebuild her life and sense of self. Today’s episode featured Ani Naqvi. You can email Ani at ani@ultimateresultsgroup.com. Ani’s website: ultimateresultsgroup.com She is on socials: Facebook @ani.naq… Play episode

What if your partner accused you of attempted murder?
What if you woke up with someone's hands around your neck?
What if you found healing through saving abandoned dogs?
What if you were run over three times?
What if you survived Jeffrey Epstein?
What if you spent four months as a doctor in Gaza?
What if you opened a portal to the world next door?
What if you had a spontaneous awakening?
What if you witnessed your client’s execution?
What if your private nightmare was also theirs?
What if you were a gay, Mormon, drug-dealing, federal informant?
What if a car crash shattered your world?
What if you had to fight your way out of the jungle?
What if you were mauled by a grizzly bear? [Rebroadcast #262]
What if you didn’t sleep for 120 hours? [Rebroadcast #170]
What if you could never be what they wanted? [Rebroadcast #246]
What if you signed a billion-year contract? [Rebroadcast #243]
What if you woke up and couldn’t move? [Rebroadcast #242]
What if you went missing? [Rebroadcast #196]
What if you never stopped searching? [Rebroadcast #195]
What if you ran through the pain? [Rebroadcast #208]
What if you entered the belly of the NARCO beast? [Rebroadcast #281]
What if a brutal assault saved your life?
What if your boyfriend ghosted you for his wedding?
What if you were lost on the Pacific Crest Trail?
What if you survived a catastrophic hurricane?
What if a bullet took your sight but not your vision?
What if you lit yourself on fire?
What if you were the only one left to grieve?
What if you were imprisoned in the Federal Supermax?
What if you infiltrated a doomsday hate militia?
What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 2: Denise
What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 1: Aaron
What if you dedicated your life to ending human trafficking?
What if you wrote your way out of prison?
What if your sister’s death was an unsolved mystery?
What if you were lost in an Arctic blizzard?
What if you nearly froze to death?
What if you were recruited to fight an invisible war?
What if you were the girl locked upstairs?
What if they stole a year of your life?
A World Beyond Revenge: What if you identified the wrong man?
A World Beyond Revenge: What if your son was killed by a distracted driver?
A World Beyond Revenge: What if you were the common denominator?
Restorative Justice in the UK vs the US: A Conversation with Keeva Baxter
A World Beyond Revenge: What if they got the wrong guy?
The Framework of Restorative Justice: A Conversation with Yoana Tchoukleva
A World Beyond Revenge: What if your brother was murdered in a hate crime?
What if nothing could tear us apart? Part 2: Daniel

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