In 2014, Joel Sardi was a young man that was exactly where he wanted to be in life. Joel had been serving in the Australian Army for the previous 5 years as a rifleman in 7RAR Adelaide and he had recently returned home from a 7 month deployment in Afghanistan in December 2013, but his biggest challenge was yet to come.

On the 31st of August 2014, Joel had a fall over a stair case and broke his C2 & C5 vertebrae which unfortunately caused some spinal cord damage, as well as fracturing some thoracic vertebrae and his sternum. He underwent a 6 hour surgery after the accident where they were able to stabilise his neck fractures and prevent any further spinal cord damage by inserting a titanium cage and fusing C4 to C6.

The injury that night has left Joel a C5 quadriplegic, meaning that there are still some messages getting through the spinal cord and the extent of his recovery is unknown. Joel is paralysed from the shoulders down, has no movement in his legs and his upper body can only activate his biceps, forearms and wrists.

Throughout our conversation, Joel talks about his journey, his mental battles of having his independence taken away from him, his perspective and shift in his mindset and the mantra that he now lives his life by. If you are needing to be humbled and need a perspective check, then tune in and learn from someone who from the outside looking in has lost everything, but to him he has everything he needs and more.

Also, please check out Joel website http://www.joelsardisjourney.com/ for information on Joel's journey.

Please enjoy this powerful and motivating discussion with Joel Sardi.