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This week\\u2019s episode is inspired by Amy Purdy.\\xa0 Amy\\u2019s childhood and teen years were filled with fun and adventure. She was an incredible athlete and especially loved snowboarding.\\xa0 At the age of 19, Amy had a medical emergency caused by a bacterial infection.\\xa0 The doctors gave her a 2% chance to live, and had to remove her spleen and amputate both her legs below the knees. Her father also had to donate a kidney to give her a chance to survive.\\xa0 Needless to say, it was a very scary time for the Purdy family and life as Amy knew it would never be the same.\\xa0 In this episode, Eva shares Amy\\u2019s analogy of how after this emergency, she made a decision to look at her life as a book where she would be the author of that book and write an incredible story.\\xa0 Which is exactly what she has done!\\xa0 Eva shares many of Amy\\u2019s remarkable accomplishments, including winning Paralympic medals in snowboarding, being the runner-up on Dancing With The Stars, touring with Oprah, and becoming a New York Times best-selling\\xa0 author.\\xa0 Amy can inspire all Big Dreamers, especially those going through difficult times, to be the author of their own story.\\xa0 Thank you Amy for inspiring millions and now all the Big Dreamers.\\xa0 We can\\u2019t wait to read the next chapters in your incredible life :) \\xa0 For our show notes, visit DreamBigPodcast.com/251