Episode Details

What happens when everything you thought defined you disappears?

In this powerful conversation, Amy Purdy shares how losing her legs at 19—and later facing another life-altering health crisis—forced her to rebuild her identity from the ground up.

We explore:

• Why identity—not circumstance—determines your life trajectory
• The real power of visualization (used by elite performers and in survival)
• How gratitude rewires your physiology and your future
• The hidden strength inside vulnerability and being fully seen
• Turning adversity into your greatest advantage

This is not just a story of resilience—it's a blueprint for becoming more you than ever before.

Connect with Amy Purdy 

Website: https://amypurdy.com 

Book: https://amypurdy.com/bounce-forward-book/ 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBZNYTGB 

About the Book Bounce Forward is a powerful guide to transforming adversity into growth, featuring 21 tools to help you build resilience, reconnect with your strength, and live beyond limits. 

Connect with Michael Trainer 

Website: https://www.michaeltrainer.net 

Book (Resonance): https://www.resonance.biz 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltrainer

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Action Items

Practice daily visualization to reinforce goals

Cultivate gratitude to shift perspective

Lean into vulnerability to deepen connections

Use challenges as opportunities for growth

Chapters

00:00 The Power of Visualization in Achieving Goals

12:46 Resilience Through Adversity

16:03 Facing New Challenges

20:46 Tools for Overcoming Adversity

24:44 The Power of Vulnerability

42:09 Transforming Through Relationships

47:57 Bouncing Forward: Embracing Change

ABOUT MICHAEL TRAINER

Michael Trainer has spent 30 years learning from Nobel laureates, neuroscientists, and wisdom keepers around the world. He's the author of RESONANCE: The Art and Science of Human Connection, co-creator of Global Citizen and the Global Citizen Festival, and host of the RESONANCE podcast.

His work explores what it means to be fully human—through meaningful relationships, ancient wisdom, modern science, and extraordinary experiences.

Featured in Forbes, Inc., and Good Morning America.

CONNECT WITH MICHAEL

• Watch & subscribe: YouTube
• Read the book: RESONANCE on Amazon
• Explore the community: Relationship Rich
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.