Mastering Resilience and Living with Chronic Pain
How do you turn tragedy into triumph when all of the odds are stacked against you? You make a choice, and you take your power back like my guest, Amberly Lago has done.
In episode 100 of the To 50 & Beyond Podcast, Amberly Lago shares her story of resilience and mastering the art of grit and grace. Amberly talks about being the victim of sexual abuse in her home becoming an elite athlete and surviving a near-fatal accident that left her with an incurable disease dubbed the suicide disease.
At age 38, her life was turned upside down, and after that, her story is nothing short of remarkable. Recovering from 24 surgeries to save her leg from amputation, Amberly chose to take her power back.
Amberly Lago is a leading expert in the field of resilience, transformation, and health and wellness. Amberly shares her passion for turning tragedies into triumphs at exclusive workshops, public events, corporate summits, and schools. She offers a carefully curated set of practical tools to teach others how to tap into their superpower of resilience and persevere through any of life's challenges.
Topics Discussed:
Aging and social media
Aligning with women who share your same purpose + passion
Growing up in a home where she didn’t feel safe because of sexual abuse
Shame and sexual abuse
Becoming an elite athlete through default
Fitness as medicine
Leaving an abusive marriage
Losing her athletic ability after her accident
Complex Regional Syndrome
Drinking wine to numb out the pain both physically and emotionally
How to find the courage to reach out for help
Isolation and feeling like no one understands what you are going through
Getting sober
Chronic Pain Shame
Accepting her truth + what she looked like to heal
Morning routines
Finding worthiness + self-compassion + love for yourself
Stepping into and receiving the acceptance
Shifting into feeling gratitude
Using affirmations in a positive way
Focusing on the solution instead of the problem
Living with Chronic Pain and learning from it
Resilience and getting back up again
To find Amberly:
True Grit and Grace: Turning Tragedy Into Triumph