If You Want to Stop Doubting Yourself, Listen to This | Chelsie Hill (Replay)

Women of Impact

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Education, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Relationships, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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It would have been so easy for Chelsie Hill to give up or to play the blame game after a devastating car accident with a drunk driver left her paralyzed from the waist down. Instead of quitting, though, she pursued her dream of becoming a professional dancer in LA and even started a successful dance team made up entirely of wheelchair-bound dancers. On this episode of Women of Impact with Lisa Bilyeu, Chelsie Hill describes struggling to embrace her differences, talks about developing her purpose, and explains why you need to surround yourself with people who want to see you fulfill your dreams. [Original air date: 12-11-19]. SHOW NOTES: Chelsie describes learning she was paralyzed and recovering from her accident [3:10] Chelsie explains how she took ownership of her decision to ride with a drunk driver [4:51] Chelsie has to work every day on accepting the reality of her situation [7:50] Chelsie describes the experience of making it onto an able-bodied dance team [10:03] Chelsie advocates accountability to friends as a way to deal with life’s ups and downs [11:58] Once a dancer, always a dancer [14:24] You need your tribe around you, the people who only want to see you succeed [14:42] Chelsie and Lisa discuss the different treatment of physical and mental limitations [16:05] Chelsie shares the story of starting Be Boundless [17:48] People are so much more than the labels attached to them [18:39] Chelsie struggled to embrace people saying, “Chelsie, the wheelchair dancer!” [20:55] Chelsie describes how she developed her purpose [23:57] Chelsie talks about why she defended the drunk driver who caused her accident [25:00] Chelsie must choose every day whether to be a victim or to pursue her dreams [29:26] Chelsie says her paralysis is actually minor compared to the loss of her close friends [32:25] “Everything that I’ve gone through has made me a stronger version of myself”[34:17] Chelsie explains how she changed her mindset [35:22] Chelsie talks about the importance of self-care [36:21] Chelsie shares her superpower [38:20] FOLLOW Chelsie: WEBSITE: chelsiehill.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2sJMNDu FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/33PTO2n TWITTER: https://bit.ly/33RtmWl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	where one decision, one decision can change the course of your life forever.
1:05.0	You see, from as young as age three, all she wanted to do was dance.
1:09.0	And by the age of five, she was already competing regionally and nationally. So by age three, all she wanted to do was dance. And by the age of five, she was already competing
1:11.9	regionally and nationally. So by age 17, she'd become the dancing queen. Dancing to the beat
1:18.1	of the tambourine, she could dance, she could jive, and she was having the best time of her life,
1:22.7	until that one fateful night. That sliding door moment, that moment where one single decision, one single
1:29.2	seemingly small decision, to get in the car with her friends who had been drinking. She woke up
1:34.4	in the hospital with a broken back after the driver hit a tree head on. The lower half of her body
1:40.2	was detached from her torso and so all that was holding her together was her skin.
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