Amy Purdy
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Podcast Appearances
I just, you know, I think personally it just, um, you know, just reinforced the idea that we're capable of so much because, um,
You're under so much pressure and every week you think you can't do it.
Honestly, like every week I feel like, you know, two days before the show, it seems impossible.
You can't remember the dance.
You're making mistakes.
You're just kind of praying that you do well and then you do it.
And every week you do it and then you get injured and you push through that and you're still dancing even though you're in so much pain.
But you're like still dancing.
And by the end, I think you just realize like you're made of so much.
I mean you're so capable of getting โ of pushing through injury and fear and pressure and just โ
If you can push through all of that, what you're capable of doing is, you know, amazing.
And so for me, just kind of personally to have that, to know I did that, I made it through that, I can make it through anything.
Yeah.
was good.
And then, and then after that, I think what it did too, is it kind of just brought my story and I, I guess what I do, um, to the attention of others.
Right.
So I, I went on after that and did a speaking tour with Oprah, but you know, that didn't even come from dancing with the stars.
Um, that came from a whole different direction, even though I connected with Oprah on the show, which is interesting, but my sponsor Toyota was sponsoring her
Um, she was doing this big speaking tour.
So it was kind of through Toyota that I was able to, what was this tour called?