America's Got Talent Finalist Kechi Okwuchi (ep. 466)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
I’m honored to share a story of not just surviving impossible odds but thriving in a world that is too often caught up with how we look on the outside rather than seeing that our true value is within.
When Kechi Okwuchi was 16 years old, she was one of just two survivors of a devastating plane crash that killed more than 100 people, many of them her classmates.
Spending months in hospital recovering from the third-degree burns that covered more than 65% of her body, Kechi learned the power of perseverance, unrelenting faith and music’s profound ability to heal.
With courage, honesty and wit, Kechi shares her journey of healing, her fortitude in becoming a finalist on America’s Got Talent and her boldness in choosing to not be defined by her scars.
This conversation will give you the hope, strength and boldness to face life’s challenges directly.
Learn more about the Live Inspired Podcast at JohnOLearyInspires.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, look, Dad, your friend is building it. |
| 0:04.5 | My friends, we were downtown driving around the new soccer stadium that is being built right here in St. Louis, Missouri, when my son, Patrick, yelled that out from the backseat of the car. |
| 0:15.1 | Look, Dad, your friends are building it. |
| 0:17.5 | He was referring to my friends at Keely Companies. |
| 0:20.1 | Keely Companies is proud to be |
| 0:21.9 | a part of the team that is bringing major league soccer to America's first soccer capital right here |
| 0:28.2 | in St. Louis, Missouri. As construction partners of the St. Louis City Stadium, they are looking |
| 0:33.2 | forward for this project to be a place for entertainment, camaraderie, and passion for generations |
| 0:38.9 | to come. You can learn more about that project and look what else they're building dad by |
| 0:43.9 | visiting them right now online at keeliecompanies.com. Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with |
| 0:53.3 | John O'Leary. |
| 0:54.7 | John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire. |
| 0:58.9 | He's a world-class inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the Live-inspired podcast. |
| 1:04.0 | John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully live your life |
| 1:12.8 | story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. Hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired |
| 1:18.8 | podcast with John O'Leary. I've had the honor of interviewing hundreds and hundreds of individuals |
| 1:24.9 | for this podcast. I love them all. And there is something about today's |
| 1:30.1 | episode and today's guests that I find so absolutely moving and I think life changing. You are |
| 1:37.2 | going to love this episode. I'm saying it before I even say anything about our guest. You are going |
| 1:42.2 | to love this episode. You are going to love this episode. |
| 1:44.3 | You're going to love this woman's heart, which she's overcome and her life. |
| 1:49.6 | Because today I am honored to share with you a story of not just surviving impossible odds, |
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