Angela Skudin: How She Survived Lyme Disease, the Tragic Loss of Her Husband, & Building the Casey Skudin 343 Fund

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This week’s episode of the Team Never Quit Podcast features an extraordinary woman whose life has been marked by unimaginable hardship, relentless perseverance, and a mission to bring hope to others. Angela Skudin shares her deeply personal journey through chronic illness, devastating loss, and ultimately, purpose.

After battling Lyme Disease and debilitating co-infections that left her bedridden for more than a year, Angela found herself searching for answers beyond traditional medicine. When conventional treatments failed to restore her health, she courageously pursued alternative healing modalities and psychedelic-assisted therapies. By 2022, Angela had reclaimed her life—fully restored, prescription-free, and thriving once again.

But just as healing had begun, tragedy struck.

While on a family vacation celebrating Father’s Day and her husband Casey’s upcoming birthday, a catastrophic accident changed everything. In a final act of courage and selflessness, Casey used his instincts and training to protect his family when a falling tree crushed their vehicle—sacrificing his own life to save theirs.

In the wake of overwhelming grief, Angela chose to honor Casey’s legacy in a remarkable way. She founded The Casey Skudin 343 Fund, an organization dedicated to helping First Responders access holistic and alternative treatments for trauma, PTSD, and mental health struggles born from frontline service.

This is a powerful conversation about resilience, healing, sacrifice, and discovering purpose through pain. Angela’s story is one of unwavering determination and a reminder that even in life’s darkest moments, hope can still rise.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL HEAR: 
• I had chronic Lyme Disease, mold toxicity, Moore-Jones disease, BCA Bartonella, and relapsing fever Borrelia. It shut my body down from head to toe. I had a heart condition, a thyroid condition, sand a skin condition, a neurological condition. (12:22)
• I melded together Western medicine with the holistic approach and was able to get out from under my disease in about 2 years. (14:00)
• Working out 7 days a week or working 7 days a week – those are going to bother your central nervous system. (15:34)
• Everything constantly changes, and it can change in your favor. (17:51)
• I was lying in a bed with sores all over my body and handfuls of hair falling out of my head. (20:15)
• No doctor in the United States could help me. (23:16)
• [After an Iboga treatment] So the night comes and I go to bed, and I wake up the next morning and I have slept like a baby all night long for the first time in my life. (27:05)
• I have so much more gratitude and love that came from that root. (28:03)
• [Melanie] There isn’t one person that can convince me that Ibogaine is bad, f it’s used with the right intention, for the purpose of healing. (41:18)
• It isn’t just for extreme people. It is for everyone. (54:21)
• My relationship with big pharma has been a big breakup. (56:46)