# Episode 52 – Ren Pedersen (Part 2): Pain into Purpose

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Published: 2026-03-31T03:00:00+00:00
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Episode 52 – Ren Pedersen (Part 2): Pain into Purpose In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, Buzz sits back down with Ren Pedersen to go deeper into the mission, the mindset, and the fight that grew from unimaginable loss. After sharing the heartbreak of losing his daughter Amy to DIPG in Part 1, Ren now opens up about what came next — rebuilding after devastation, recalibrating through divorce and burnout, earning his commercial helicopter licence in his fifties, and returning to unfinishe...

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