44. The Quirky Quad: Interview with Ali Ingersoll
Happiness Solved
Sandee Sgarlata
5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Ali Ingersoll is a day trader, marketing consultant, disability advocate, writer, blogger, editor, and public speaker. She started her advocacy mission after being repeatedly denied medically necessary equipment by insurance companies over the last 10 years since becoming a C6 quadriplegic and full-time wheelchair user after a shallow water diving accident. With an insanely positive spirit and a heart of gold it would prove to take way more than a life-altering injury to keep Ali Ingersoll from living life to the fullest!
0:35 Sandee encourages everyone to stay in gratitude during the holidays.
3:15 Ali shares that she became a C6 quadriplegic after a shallow water diving accident.
5:00 When Ali was in the ICU her father told her that she broke her body not her mind and that she can do anything she wants to.
5:48 Ali and her family moved to China in order for her to get the best spinal surgeon.
6:38 Ali moves to Raliegh, NC and started dating.
10:07 Ali went to jail when she was in China because she lost her passport.
11:18 Ali needs 24/7 medical care with no government support because she works full time.
11:56 Ali shares how she mentors other quadriplegics to help her stay sain.
12:39 The health care system is so broken that many quadriplegics are told how many times they can go to the bathroom and they have no support system.
15:23 Ali calls herself “responsibly irresponsible.”
16:51 Ali discusses her mission of disability advocacy and how she wants to make it her full time job.
20:06 Ali starts online dating and her “three date policy” with the men she dated.
22:35 Ali gets married!
24:54 Ali shares the quote that she lives by.
Connect with Ali: https://quirkyquad.com/
Connect with Sandee www.sandeesgarlata.com
Sandee’s book: www.sandeesgarlata.com/the-book
Podcast: www.happinesssolved.com
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| 0:00.0 | This is Happiness Solved with America's Happiness Coach, Sandy Scarlotta. |
| 0:20.9 | Hello everyone and welcome to today's episode. |
| 0:23.9 | I am so happy you're here. |
| 0:25.9 | So you may have noticed the music is a little bit different. |
| 0:27.8 | I thought I would change things up a little bit. |
| 0:31.1 | So before I introduce today's guest, I want to talk a little bit about gratitude. |
| 0:37.5 | So here we are, we're approaching the holidays, 2021 is coming to an end. |
| 0:42.6 | Maybe that's a good thing for some people. |
| 0:44.8 | I'm always one that gets excited for a new year. |
| 0:49.3 | So gratitude is the quickest way to shift your thoughts from maybe negative or stressful |
| 0:57.3 | into a positive state. |
| 0:59.6 | There's always other people that have worse off circumstances than you do. |
| 1:04.8 | So it's well, it's easy during the holidays because we want everything to be special |
| 1:10.1 | for your family. |
| 1:12.0 | We want to get the perfect gift for people and things like that. |
| 1:16.0 | And this year, things may be a little bit different. |
| 1:18.3 | As we all know, logistically, things are not getting to places the way that we're |
| 1:24.0 | used to. |
| 1:25.0 | We're not getting that instant gratification many times. |
| 1:28.4 | So I just challenge everyone during this holiday season throughout the day is often as you |
| 1:35.5 | need to just take a few minutes and focus on everything that you have to be grateful for |
| 1:41.0 | because it really does shift your mood, your energy levels, your thoughts because you |
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