Victoria Arlen on Near-Death Experience (Again), Struggling In Plain Sight, & FINALLY Feeling Happy (LIVE @ The Press Room)

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/arlenv1/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Victoria Arlen</a> nearly died (again).</p><p>Late last year, the Seacoast celebrity experienced another setback in her physical health, causing her to (temporarily) give up on her new book, spiral out of control, and return to the wheelchair she&#39;s spent years trying to stay out of.</p><p>But as always, Arlen persevered, and now she&#39;s ready to tell her story more loudly than ever before.</p><p>In front of a live audience at The Press Room in downtown Portsmouth, the Exeter native, TV anchor, <em>Dancing With the Stars </em>alum, speaker, author, and nonprofit founder joins <a href="https://www.instagram.com/troy_farkas/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">host Troy Farkas</a> for a wide-ranging discussion about her tumultuous mental health journey, covering topics like spending four years in a vegetative state, drawing boundaries to protect herself from the wrong people , physical health setbacks, and much more.</p><p>The two also discuss how often the most successful people in the room are the ones we need to check on the most, why she almost never published her latest book, how to help someone who is struggling with mental health, and more.</p><p>Plus, questions from the audience!</p><p>To purchase Arlen&#39;s latest book, &quot;The View Is Worth It,&quot; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3TBMH5T?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">you can get it here.</a></p><p>UPCOMING EVENTS:</p><ul><li>Seacoast Stories Dinner Club CONCORD pres. by <a href="seacoaststories.com/rcconner?src=podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">RC Conner</a>: Wednesday, November 4, at 6:30 p.m. <a href="https://seacoaststories.dnnr.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Book your seat at the table here.⁠</a></li><li>Seacoast Stories Dinner Club HAMPTON pres. by <a href="seacoaststories.com/rcconner?src=podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">RC Conner</a> on Wednesday, November 18, at 6:30 p.m. <a href="https://seacoaststories.dnnr.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Book your seat at the table here.⁠</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>SPONSORS:</p><ul><li><a href="https://sweathouz.com/portsmouth-book-now/?utm_source=seacoaststories&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=fall2026_portsmouth&utm_content=podcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠SWTHZ Portsmouth: ⁠</a