Podcast Episodes featuring Amy Purdy

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126: Amy Purdy - Adaptive Athlete, Inspired Mindset

Rise Together Podcast - January 07, 2021 08:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11.3K ratings
Some might have thought Amy Purdy's athletic career would be over when she lost both of her legs to a rare illness. They would have been wrong. Using her mind and her near-superhuman determination, Amy was able to return to the snow and dominate in her sport in record time. Nothing is insurmounta...

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Amy Purdy's Story of Overcoming the Hardest Challenges, Winning Paralympic Medals & Breaking Records on Dancing with the Stars

Abundant Ever After with Cathy Heller - March 30, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5.2K ratings
How do you find your resilience when the challenges in front of you seem impossible to overcome? Amy Purdy, 3x Paralympic medalist, motivational speaker, and bestselling author lost both her legs, her kidneys, and was given a 2% chance to live at just 19 years old. After fighting death, she made ...

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Grape Therapy: Amy Purdy

Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - December 12, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21K ratings
Listen up for another live show from Kaitlyn's Fall Crawl in Phoenix with special guest, professional snow boarder and Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy. First, Amy shares the intimate and inspiring details of her life journey that took a turn when she lost her legs. Her comeback story is unparallele...

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Amy Purdy...all of life's highs and lows will make sense in the end

Nobody Told Me! - September 04, 2018 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1K ratings
It is an absolute joy to welcome our guest on this episode, Amy Purdy.  Nineteen years ago, when Amy was just 19, she contracted a form of meningitis, which led to septic shock and the loss of both of her legs, her kidneys and her spleen.  Amy promised herself that if she survived, she would live...

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Episode 16: Amy Purdy, Snowboarder & Paralympic Medalist

Hurdle - July 16, 2018 09:45 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
“You can be anything you want to be, whenever you want to be it,” Paralympic medalist and snowboard champ Amy Purdy told me last month in Colorado. A strong message coming from the double-leg amputee, who was given a 2 percent chance of living by doctors after contracting bacterial meningitis in ...

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Amy Purdy - Dealing with Amputation

Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia - May 07, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
This episode of Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia features Professional Snowboarder, actress, motivational speaker, and Paralympian Amy Purdy! Lilian sits down for an inspirational conversation with Amy Purdy who overcame what appeared to be insurmountable medical circumstances after her legs wer...

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Episode 72: Renegade Women - Jessica Alba, Amy Purdy & Maureen Sherry

Why Not Now? with Amy Jo Martin - March 06, 2018 02:25 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 301 ratings
Special episode highlighting three Renegade Women in honor of International Women’s Day: Jessica Alba, actress and founder of The Honest Company, Paralympic snowboard champion Amy Purdy and Maureen Sherry who was the youngest managing director ever on Wall Street.   This Thursday, March 8th,...

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Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization

Oprah's Super Soul - February 05, 2018 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 27.5K ratings
After losing both her legs at age 19 as a result of bacterial meningitis, Amy Purdy survived to lead a life of extraordinary accomplishments. She embodies inner strength as she continues to overcome obstacles and serve as a role model for those who have faced their own challenges. Amy is a Paral...

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Episode 58: Practicing Gratitude - Adam Grant, Matt Mullenweg, Amy Purdy & RuthAnn Jensen (my mom!)

Why Not Now? with Amy Jo Martin - November 22, 2017 02:10 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 301 ratings
Most Why Not Now? guests practice gratitude and giving in both their business and personal lives. They don’t necessarily intentionally set out to do this, they just do. It’s a part of how they operate through life. In this episode I’ve pulled together a few snackable soundbites of people who off...

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Episode 36: Amy Purdy - Fierce Fembot, Paralympian & Resilience Icon

Why Not Now? with Amy Jo Martin - April 26, 2017 03:43 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 301 ratings
Oprah calls her a hero. At age 19, Amy Purdy was given a 2% chance to live after being diagnosed with meningitis. Due to a lack of circulation, she lost her legs below the knees. After this life-altering experience, Amy, now 37, has gone on to become a Paralympian snowboard champion, ABC's Danci...

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Better Than Before: Jane Wilkens Michael with Amy Purdy

Be Major - February 26, 2015 17:00 - 43 minutes
Today on The Jane Wilkens Michael Show...Better Than Before, Jane's guest is the amazing Amy Purdy, the world-class snowboarder, motivational speaker, entrepreneur and best-selling author who overcame pain, self-doubt and daunting obstacles to follow her dreams. Contracting bacterial meningitis a...