In this episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles sits down with Paralympic medalist and bestselling author Amy Purdy to discuss resilience, adversity, gratitude, and reinvention. Amy shares the story of surviving meningococcal meningitis at age 19, losing both legs below the knee, rebuilding her life through adaptive snowboarding, and later facing another devastating health crisis that inspired her new book Bounce Forward. The conversation explores how to transform grief into hope, navigate uncertainty, build emotional resilience, and create meaning through hardship.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Amy Purdy transformed unimaginable adversity into purpose and possibility
• Why resilience is about “bouncing forward,” not bouncing back
• The mindset shift that helped Amy rebuild her identity after losing both legs
• How uncertainty can become a gateway to growth and reinvention
• Why Paralympians often develop a deeper relationship with purpose and meaning
• Practical tools for moving from grief to hope
• How gratitude can reshape your perspective during difficult seasons
• Why taking small, intentional steps creates lasting momentum
• The importance of passion, creativity, and self-definition in overcoming hardship
• How to stop letting adversity define your future

If you’ve ever faced loss, uncertainty, burnout, identity shifts, physical challenges, or moments where life forced you to rebuild from the ground up, this conversation offers powerful insights on resilience, hope, and living beyond perceived limits.

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