Only God’s Diagnosis Matters, Feat. Chris & Emily Norton, with Joel Marion – BTI 40
Born to Impact
Joel Marion
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2019
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
This episode is going to challenge you, invigorate you, and leave you breathless.
Welcome Chris and Emily Norton, a young couple living a sensational life of impact.
As a college football player, Chris Norton suffered a life-altering injury on the field, leaving him with no feeling and movement below his neck.
Chris was told he would never walk again.
With the support of Emily, Chris proved the doctors wrong, walked the stage at his college graduation, and walked Emily down the aisle at their wedding.
In this episode, Joel, Chris, and Emily go deep into a number of topics, including:
-The strategies Chris used to overcome the odds and live a life of massive impact, despite his physical limitations
-Chris and Emily’s remarkable love story
-How Chris and Emily prioritize family, having fostered 17 children and adopted 5 amazing daughters.
-The importance of gratitude and perspective, especially in life’s most challenging times
-Dealing with depression and mental health problems, and how to accept help when you need it
And so much more!
You are not going to want to miss a minute of this incredible episode. Even more, be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast to ensure you get notified as new episodes release each week!
To learn more about Chris and Emily, check them out on Instagram (@chrisanorton16), visit their website www.ChrisNorton.org, or pick up a copy of their book “The Seven Longest Yards” on Amazon.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This physician comes in and she checks my vitals, but then she does something differently |
| 0:05.0 | that no one's ever done. |
| 0:07.0 | She comes over to my bedside, she gets down on one knee and she says, Chris, look me in |
| 0:12.8 | the eyes. |
| 0:14.2 | And she was kind of mean about it. |
| 0:15.9 | And so I lock eyes with her and she says short, slender woman, short-witted hair, glasses, |
| 0:21.2 | probably in her 60s and she has this voice that sounds like she came straight out of a |
| 0:25.7 | Western movie. |
| 0:26.7 | And she says, my name is Georgia. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm from Wyoming. |
| 0:30.8 | Do you know anyone from Wyoming? |
| 0:33.8 | I say no. |
| 0:35.8 | And I'm just thinking where is it going? |
| 0:39.8 | And then she says, well people from Wyoming don't tell lies. |
| 0:45.8 | And I want you to know you will beat this. |
| 0:50.8 | You will beat this. |
| 0:55.7 | All right, what is up guys and welcome back to another impactful, exciting, amazing episode |
| 1:08.0 | of the Born to Impact Podcast. |
| 1:09.7 | I am super excited about this. |
| 1:12.3 | I have some great friends with me a couple this time. |
| 1:14.7 | This is the first time we actually had a couple on the show. |
| 1:17.6 | So I'm looking very forward to introducing them here in a minute. |
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