She Fell from the Sky & Rose Stronger: Carol Murray
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What life-changing event did Carol Murray experience?
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Carol Murray survived a catastrophic skydiving accident falling over a half a mile from the sky. After both her main and backup parachutes failed, the impact left her with devastating injuries and years of painful recovery. But what's remarkable isn't just that she survived. It's who she chose to become afterward. Today, Carol is known as the resilience architect, a keynote speaker who helps people and organizations navigate adversity, lead under pressure, and perform at their best when it matters most. Her three pillars of resilience are community, values, and perspective. With a career that spans leadership, fundraising, and mission-driven work, she's raised millions for important causes. And she now shares hard-earned lessons on resilience perspective and the power of facing life's toughest moments head-on.
She went on to build a career raising over $50 million for medical research, social services, and community organizations. She works closely with teams, leaders, and frontline staff across North America. Carol doesn't just talk about resilience. She lives it. From life-threatening trauma to becoming a voice of strength and transformation, her story is going to challenge how you think about fear, survival, and what it truly means to rise. Kathy and I can't wait to talk to her. Welcome, Carol. Thank you so much for being on our show.
Thank you very much for having me. I'm very excited to be here.
Yes, welcome. Oh, my gosh. Wow. What a story. You're amazing, Carol. This, oh, wow. I can't even imagine. And I know that our listeners are going to be, we want to learn more. You've got so much to share. And you're so blessed to be alive after this experience. No, I'm kidding. From what I was reading, this was your first ever skydive, and you already knew and felt something wasn't right before you even decided to go up in the plane. Is that correct?
Yes, that's correct. I was 24 years old and I feel like, you know, when you're done college and you move to a big city and you're about to launch into adulthood, I was really just at that pace where I was working and living in the city for a year and it was my friend's birthday. And it's something that we wanted to do to celebrate. And I will say that I was the ringleader. I was the pusher.
How did Carol's skydiving accident impact her life?
In this instance, and so we decided to go for it. And on a Saturday morning, we headed about an hour north of Toronto to go skydiving. We actually didn't jump and I'd actually didn't jump until Sunday. But there were several things that happened before the jump that led me to wanting to back out. But I didn't have the confidence to do so. I was 24 years old, and when the owner and instructor said, no, this stuff happens all the time, I didn't have the confidence within myself to say no. But some of the things that made me nervous, my friend fell asleep three times during training and was told, if you fall asleep one more time, you're not going to get to go. And they said this to him three times. I felt that the training wasn't very comprehensive to jump out of a plane.
Our test jump was once from a wooden structure that was maybe the height of my hip. The 12-year-old was packing parachutes.
A 12-year-old was packing parachutes?
Their son was packing parachutes. They said that he was certified. And then I learned there was no certificate. Afterwards, I learned there was no certification to pack parachutes. And certainly, you know, 12-year-olds shouldn't. Wow. The first day, well, it rained all weekend. But the first day on the Saturday, by the time it was our turn to go, we go to the plane and it's too dark.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What life-changing event did Carol Murray experience?
0:00–3:05
2
How did Carol's skydiving accident impact her life?
3:05–5:14
3
What are the three pillars of resilience according to Carol?
5:14–8:10
4
How did Carol navigate her recovery and rehabilitation journey?
8:10–12:16
5
What role did community play in Carol's resilience?
12:16–14:46
6
How can values influence personal and professional resilience?
14:46–18:33
7
What perspective shifts did Carol experience during her recovery?
18:33–23:41
8
How does Carol inspire others to overcome adversity?
23:41–50:49