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Amy Purdy

lines on the record: 42
first: 2018-02-05
most recent: 2018-02-05
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: podcast

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“So I've had all these little whispers throughout my life. You're meant to do more, Amy. You're meant to do more. And now those whispers have quieted down. I feel like because I'm doing it.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I mean, a lot of it makes sense. You know, it makes sense. I can see why I am where I am. And I love how you say that we're co-creators of our lives because I feel like I'm very grateful for the platforms and the opportunities I've had to stretch myself, to figure out the possibilities and share that with other people. But at the same time, I know that I've worked my butt off for each and every one of those opportunities. So I just, you know, I just know I want to continue living an inspired life. I want people to not look at my story and say, oh, it's amazing what she's done. That's so inspiring. I want them to also feel that they have that inside of themselves.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, you get invited into another place. I don't know. Do we become one energy? I mean, I think, I don't know, but there's something. And so I can say My faith lies in that there is something and that feels good. It's not just the end. There's no way, how could it be? Love is so, you can't see it, but you can feel it. It's so real.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, it's kind of nice. It's kind of nice getting to a spot where you're like, well, I'm not scared to die. I just knew that when I came back, I wanted to live this second chance at life, the absolute fullest and best that I could”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And now I try to live my life with that knowingness that if you can see it and you can feel it and you believe it, then it is completely possible.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Kind of prompted me to ask myself this question if my life was a book and I was the author how would I want this story to go? And I thought, well, I don't want to see myself as this sad disabled girl. I know that. I don't want other people to see me as that either. I thought, what do I want to see? I want to see myself walking again gracefully. And I wanted to see myself somehow sharing somehow helping other people through this journey. And I saw myself snowboarding again. And I visualized it so strongly in that moment that I didn't just see myself carving down this mountain of powder. I could feel it. I could feel the wind against my face. I could feel the beat of my racing heart. I could feel my muscles twitching as if it was happening in that very moment. And I didn't know how.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I'm getting And I thought these are my legs that I'm living in the rest of my life. So emotionally, physically, mentally, just broken, drained. And it was times like those, though, like times where I think I had just hit a point where I was so sick and tired of being sick and tired. And I didn't allow myself to sit in that spot too long. I just, I can't. I'm just not that type of person. I have to keep moving somehow. So I hit this point where I realized my legs are not coming back. I mean, they're not coming back and there is nothing I can do about this situation right now. And it was that moment that”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I was born a daydreamer, so I think daydreaming just turned into visualizing. Especially when I understood the power of it In my worst moments, in my darkest moments, is when I've done my most visualizing and even being here today with you was part of that vision. And when I lost my legs, one of the toughest periods was when I stood up in my legs for the first time because they were so painful and they were so confining that I thought, how am I ever going to live this life of my dreams? How am I ever going to travel the world? How am I ever going to snowboard again? And that day, this was the first day I'd stood up in my legs. I was so emotionally and physically broken that I crawled into bed and I didn't get out for a good 15 hours. I just laid in bed, completely exhausted, could not, it could not wrap my head around the fact that this is my life and I have to navigate my life with these hunks of hardware as my legs that barely move that are so uncomfortable. And I'm sure”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So there's something more than just, I think, a body mind connection. There's an energy connection where I think your body still believes your legs are there.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And I actually am grateful for that. I mean, some people get phantom pains. I don't get those very often. But I have what I guess you would call phantom sensations, which is my feet feel like they are in my shoes and I can wiggle my toes and wiggling all my toes right now because all the nerves and that energy, your body and your brain still think your feet are there. And I have to say something that is pretty amazing, that this has happened a couple of times. I've stepped outside and felt a wet raindrop on my foot and I looked down and there's a raindrop. So I feel it. I feel the wetness of it. And that to me is always interesting.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, same thing. And I think I was forced into that place. I was forced into the moment when I was in kidney failure and my lungs were hemorrhaging, my adrenals were hemorrhaging, and I was facing losing my legs. I couldn't even think about my legs. That was not even the worst of what was happening. I had to think of that moment and just getting through that day. And that's it.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I didn't know at the time it was in that period of time where I was so unstable and my mom felt that I was hanging on by a thread, that doctors were outside the door debating on who was going to tell my parents it was time to pull the plug. I mean, I was barely hanging on. And my mom felt that even the slightest bit of negative energy, even a thought of death would be enough and I would leave.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And it said, But no matter what happens in your life, Just know that it will all make sense in the end. And that for me is what, you know, that was the thought, the feeling, the understanding I had when I came back.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Okay, you made the choice to stay, but just know that your life is going to have these ups and downs and that it could be very beautiful, but it could also be very challenging. It wasn't saying it in those words, but that was basically what I was getting.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So that's what I hung on to during that last heartbeat. I believe in love. And so I started thinking of all the stuff that I love about life and that I wasn't ready to give up. And all of a sudden, I got so frustrated and I feel like with every bit of energy that was in my body, I yelled, but I don't even know if I yelled. I feel like it just came out of every pore in my body. I revolted and I said, no, no, I'm not going anywhere. Right then, everything got silent, and there was a bright light. So this is the brightest light I've ever seen in my life. This is, you know, maybe the bright light they talk about at the end of the tunnel, but it was sitting right over my shoulder. And this light was telling me.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah. And before this happened, the doctor did say, Amy, whatever it is you believe in, think about that now. And the first thought that popped into my mind, the first feeling that I had was, I believe in love. And I thought love creates everything. That's why love creates everything. It creates the world we live in. It creates us. It's energy. It's gratitude, its purpose, its everything. It's everything positive is love.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, and I've talked to quite a few people who have had similar experiences, and some people remember having a choice, and some people remember not having a choice. But I was going to say... So interesting.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I know it's, I want to say it was a mixture, and I thought there is no way I am ready to give up this stuff. And it's really interesting. It was all sensory stuff to me. The things that I really do love about life. I didn't think about money or cars or any of that. I thought about these sensory things I loved about life.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Right, I saw it was kind of a foggy, hazy green light, and it was enough of a light to see that there were three silhouettes standing in front of me. I didn't feel that they were anybody I had known. But they were saying you can come with us or you can stay. And I remember all of a sudden thinking about all the stuff that I loved about life. I remember thinking I love the smell of rain and I love the sound of the ocean waves.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Literally, yeah, yeah, my last. And I remember Suddenly, being in this space in a dark space, and I knew I was very aware of what had just happened, and I saw a light, but I did not.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, so I was in a coma, I was on life support. However, my stomach was starting to get more and more distended. So the doctors figured that I was internally bleeding and they saw that if my spleen had not already burst, that it was about ready to. So they rushed me into emergency surgery. And I actually remember at one point. Feeling him open me up. So feeling the scalpel without any pain and my heart was beating so fast and I remember thinking. I know these people are here to save me, but I am going. I am going right now, and it felt as if I was hanging on by my fingertips, and every heartbeat I was moving closer and closer to the edge. And all of a sudden, I felt my last heartbeat and it was so powerful. It took my breath away.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I have to get to the hospital right now. And by the time I got to the hospital, my lungs had collapsed, my veins had collapsed. I was given less than a 2% chance of living, immediately put on life support. And my life changed forever.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I started to realize that something was really wrong. My heart was beating out of my chest. I felt nauseous. I felt sick. I was shaky. Yeah. And I scooted over to the edge of the bed. And I put my feet on the floor and I stood up. And I realized that I couldn't feel my feet. And I glance down to the floor, and I see that my feet are purple. And I glanced at my hands and I saw that my hands are purple. And then I looked at my reflection in the mirror, which the mirror was just right by the bed, and I saw that my nose, my chin, and my cheeks were purple as well. And right then, I was dying and I knew I was dying. My cousin walked in. My mom had called her to check on me and just to see how I was doing. Right then she took one look at me and she said, Oh my god, Amy, it looks like you're dead. And I said, I'm dying. I'm dying. I know I am.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And the next morning, my temperature broke. So seeing that I felt better, my family, my parents, everybody went out of town. But that afternoon, instead of feeling better, I started to feel worse. So my mom called me at one point to see how I was doing. And I said, God, mom, I feel like I'm dying. And she said, well, you're probably a little bit dehydrated. Get to the hospital if you need to. And after we got off the phone, I shut my eyes. And then suddenly I felt like I fell into the deepest sleep I've ever felt. And then out of nowhere, I heard a voice say, Amy, get up and look in the mirror. And this voice was, it sounded like a mixture of my thoughts and my own voice, but it was so powerful that I immediately opened my eyes. And I looked around. Nobody was there. And as I was sitting up,”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“But about a month later, I was at work, started to feel a little run down. I was massaging my third client. Typically I could do a full day and have a ton of energy and work out afterwards. But this day was different. I was exhausted. And I thought, gosh, this guy just drained me. That night I had a temperature of 101, which is typical flu-like symptoms.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So, bacterial meningitis is a pretty common bacteria, but it's something that most of the time our immune systems are immune to So that's why we're not all sick from it. But if for some reason your immune system doesn't fight it off, like mind in it, I came in contact with it. It got into my bloodstream. My immune system didn't fight it off. Then it's really deadly. And actually, a month before I got sick, I started to feel like I was coming down with the flu and my neck was a little aching and my mom actually took me. The hospital because she said, Oh my gosh, it may be meningitis. A month later, I was at work. And this was probably about a month after massaging that stranger.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, and I remember my sister and I saying, my gut, what would you do without your legs? And I thought just being 19 years old, I jokingly said to my sister, I said, I would wheel myself to the edge of a cliff and just go over it. There's no way that I would be able to handle that. And that's just my own 19-year-old mind, you know, not knowing how to handle anything like that. And I remember that night getting into the bathtub and shaving my legs and thinking, what if I ever lost my legs? What would that be like? And, you know, the thought crossed my mind and then I thought, ah, you know. Would never happen to me.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Right, we thought that it was a flesh eating disease. He ended up surviving, but he lost his legs below the knees, his kidneys, he lost his fingertips, his ears.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I didn't feel like, whoa, this is that of the blue. Who is this person? I didn't feel judgmental on, okay, what is this guy talking about? I, for some reason, felt... I'd completely understood. I didn't know what it meant though. I really did not know. Does that mean I'm going to die? Does that mean what does that mean? And I went home and I just remember thinking Okay, when this happens, whatever it is, don't be scared. But like I said, I didn't necessarily know what it was.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Just by your touch, just by your presence, that if it hasn't already happened to you, that it's going to happen. And he said, just know that when this happens to you, don't be scared. And I was really emotional in that moment because It was just such a... It was kind of confirming what I was already feeling.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So that made some sense to me. I mean, I had grown up listening to Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer. And so I was very fascinated with the spiritual world and what existed beyond what we could see. So it didn't throw me completely off when he asked me this question. He then went into a story and said that when he was young, he fell down a well and he drowned and he died. And he said when he was resuscitated, when he came back, he felt that his life was completely different. Everything was the same, yet it was completely different. And he felt that he went on to live on a different kind of wavelength, on a vibration. And he said, I feel...”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Not necessarily out of body, but definitely what I thought he meant, not necessarily dying either. But what I thought he meant is somehow crossing over into just a different kind of living on a different level of life.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Right, but I have to say that leading up to this point, I'd say from middle of high school on, so for the last couple years, I had this feeling that something was going to happen in my life. And I didn't know if it was bad or if it was good. And I felt as if every day that feeling got stronger and stronger. And I also didn't know if it meant just that I'm supposed to be doing more with my life, more than what I was doing in that moment. But all I know is there was this strong feeling That's something more was going to happen in my life. So when this man asked, have you crossed over yet, I associated it to that feeling that I had felt. And”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Okay, okay, I'm not going to let this guy sit there. I went out and I introduced myself to this guy and we shook hands and he was so warm and so welcoming that in that moment I was really happy that I actually came back for him. And so as I was working on him, we started to get into conversation. At one point, he said, your touch is amazing. And I said, thank you. And he said, you feel like a very intuitive person. And I said, thank you. I kind of feel that way as well. And he said, I have a question for you. Have you crossed over yet to the other side? And I did stop for a second to think of what he meant by that.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's such an amazing story. I was exhausted from a really busy day, ready to go see my friends. So getting into my car in the garage. So my manager called and said, there's been somebody who's been forgotten about. He's been sitting in the lounge for the last hours. Is there any way you can come back and massage him? And so, of course, I took a deep breath and thought, oh,”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“What am I going to do with this situation? So going into the operating room, I thought one, I'm not going to be a victim to this situation. I had opportunities when I was in the hospital. I almost died. And if I wanted the easy way out, I could have taken the easy way out and I chose to be here. And so I'm not going to feel sorry for myself. And the second thought was when I figure this out, I will somehow help other people do the same. And the third was that I was going to snowboard that year because I had never missed a season of snowboarding before. So having those three things as I went into the operating room very aware of what was going on, it gave me something, I think, to pull me into the future and feel in control of.”
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“Yeah, and I actually made that decision before my legs were amputated. I made that decision as I was being wheeled down the hallways into the operating room, very aware that I was losing my legs. I think at that time all I had to go to is These goals that I had set for myself because I was so scared. I mean, you can't even wrap your head around the fact that you're going to lose your legs. What is your life going to look like? I couldn't even bring those thoughts or questions into my mind. So I think to occupy myself, I thought, well, what?”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I don't want people to look at me and look at my story and look at my life and say, wow, what she does is amazing. Wow, what she does is so inspiring. I want them to actually feel something within themselves and say, oh, I can do that as well That I'm not just a separate, we're not different. We're all the same. We all have different circumstances. When I hear your story,”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“My head was saying no But inside, I felt that it was possible if I worked hard enough, you know, maybe I'm given this opportunity so that I can figure this out. Took you on as a responsibility. Is this possible? I don't know. My head is saying no, but my heart is saying yes.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“But I knew I loved dancing with my friends. I knew I loved music and I knew that I could feel music. So I knew I had rhythm. And so I knew I would enjoy it. And I said yes because I thought, well, it's an experience and it would be great to go from something like the Paralympics right into something else. But yeah, once I said yes, I was quite nervous. I looked up other dances online and the other dancers. And honestly, they moved so quickly, their bodies moved so gracefully that I thought there is no way I'm going to be able to do this.”
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“Yeah, I was a little scared. So I got the call. The producers asked if I've danced before, which I have zero dance experience whatsoever.”
2018-02-05 · Oprah's Super Soul · Amy Purdy: The Power of Visualization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, absolutely. It took all of me. I think to be able to accomplish what I did, having two prosthetic legs, like one piece of carbon fiber that I'm balancing on, that I had no idea if my feet were going to move in the way that they were supposed to move for ballroom dancing, had no idea if I was going to make a fool out of myself, if it was even possible. It took every bit of me to do what I did.”
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