Pain to Power: An Astonishing Journey of Recovery | Victoria Arlen (Replay)

Women of Impact

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

4.7 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week’s guest on Women of Impact is Victoria Arlen. As a teenager, Victoria contracted a rare disease that rendered her locked into her body in a vegetative state. After years of immobility and a prognosis that looked grim, she was suddenly able to blink. From there she began the long road to regaining her mobility to even competing in the Paralympics and Dancing with the stars. Today Victoria Arlen is an actress, speaker, model, and the best selling author of her memoir, Locked In. BUY LOCKED IN: https://amzn.to/2UJj1b3 [Original air date: 3-19-19]. SHOW NOTES: How Victoria reacted when she realized she was locked in [03:00] How to coach yourself through hard times [05:12] Are your doubters right? [09:42] The difference between surrendering and giving up [15:05] Why you can't let negativity get to you [18:29] How to use others' negativity to fuel you [21:21] How to dream big, breathe, and listen to your intuition at the same time [26:58] Why you can't put a timeline on your goals [33:23] The power of dreaming big [37:58] What to do after achieving your biggest dreams [41:14] FOLLOW VICTORIA: INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2TUK4mS TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2UJix4J CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Found Banking: Sign up for Found for FREE today at https://impacttheory.co/FoundWOIPodOct24 Beam Minerals: Get every essential mineral your body needs with BEAM Minerals. Head to https://beamminerals.com/lisa and enter code “LISA” at checkout for 20% off your first order. FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpact Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=en LISTEN AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/womenofimpact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.8	Freeze. Do not move a muscle. Do not use your mouth to speak. Do not move your eyes to blink.
0:59.4	That itch that you might have, don't scratch it. All you have is what is right in front of you
1:05.6	right now. All you have is the sound of my voice. All you have in this very moment are your thoughts. Now imagine,
1:13.8	I ask you to stay in that state for a day. You can't acknowledge anyone that walks in the room
1:18.6	because remember, you can't move your eyes or your mouth, you can't feed yourself when you're hungry,
1:23.4	you can't even tell someone else that you're hungry, because remember, all you have are your thoughts.
1:29.2	Could you do it? Could you do it for a whole day? What about a week?
1:34.7	Well, at the age of 11, today's woman of impact found herself in this very state after she suddenly contracted two rare diseases simultaneously.
1:47.2	An incredibly rare condition, she rapidly lost the ability to speak, eat, walk and move. But it wasn't for a day or a week, or even a month.
1:54.8	No, it wasn't even for a year. For almost four years, she stayed in this vegetative state. For almost four years, doctors
2:04.5	repeatedly told her parents that there was no saving her. But what they didn't realize was not only
2:10.5	could she hear them, she could understand every single word they were saying. She just had no
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