Family therapist and call-in radio host Dr. Dan Gottlieb was a guest today on the NPR program Fresh Air. Gottlieb has assisted many people through difficult events and circumstances in his life. However, he's had many challenges of his own following an accident 29 years ago that left him paralyzed from the chest down.

From the show description: Advancements in medical science mean that Gottlieb is part of the first generation with quadriplegia to survive into their late 50s. So Gottlieb has had nearly three decades to come to terms with the changed and changing circumstances of his body — a body he fears may now be growing tired. Crucially, as he explains to Terry Gross, he's learned not to think antagonistically about that body, despite his increasingly precarious health.

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