The School of Greatness

Amy Purdy was a 19-year-old with big dreams when meningococcal meningitis put her in a coma within 24 hours of her first symptom, leaving her a double-leg amputee fighting her way back from 83 pounds and kidney failure.

Her story isn't just about survival; it's about a near-death experience that gave her a quiet certainty that everything would make sense in the end, and how that faith became the foundation for everything she built next.

Most people let obstacles define the outer edges of their lives, but Amy turned hers into a launchpad, spending 12 years innovating her own prosthetic feet to compete at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics. You'll hear how she stopped competing for medals and started competing for the girl in an Italian mountain village who drove four hours just to ask how it's done.

The real lesson here is that your limitations aren't walls, they're the very thing you push off of to go somewhere new.

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In this episode you will:

Understand why setting a specific, audacious goal during your darkest moment creates the momentum to recover

See how embracing limitation as creative fuel, rather than a ceiling, opens possibilities you couldn't have planned

Find out what it really means to live an inspired life and why it's more contagious than you think

Discover how a near-death experience at 19 can reframe everything you think you know about fear and purpose

Learn how to shift from survival mode into a life that's bigger than what you lost

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If you keep attracting the wrong people or sabotaging good relationships, this masterclass reveals why.
Lewis brings together the most powerful insights from Esther Perel, Jillian Turecki, Matthew Hussey, Baya Voce, and Mel Robbins to show you how your unhealed wounds are running your love life.
You'll learn why you chase what hurts you, how your nervous system sabotages connection, and what it actually takes to stop repeating the same painful cycles. The path to lasting love starts with understanding yourself first, learning to regulate your emotions, and choosing partners who can help you heal rather than partners who keep you broken.
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In this episode you will:
Identify what role you played in past relationship failures instead of only blaming your ex
Recognize when your childhood wounds are triggering fights about cardboard boxes or daily frustrations
Understand why depending on your partner for happiness creates catastrophic disappointment
Discover how play and humor keep relationships alive when everything else feels dead
Transform conflict into healing by learning to tolerate uncomfortable emotions in your body
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Dr. Michael Gervais opens up about surviving a head-on car collision at 70 miles per hour and how decades of psychological training shaped his response in that split second.
The high performance psychologist, who has spent 14 years inside NFL locker rooms and coached athletes through four Olympic Games, shares why he believes humans don't rise to moments but fall to the level of their training.
He breaks down what he calls "the danger line," that messy emotional edge where growth actually happens, and explains why most people never practice getting there in their careers, relationships, or conversations with loved ones. Gervais also delivers a pointed warning about youth sports in America, revealing how untrained coaches are shaping the psychological development of children in a system where 99.95% won't achieve their athletic dreams.
Whether you're navigating a career setback, building mental resilience, or raising kids who can thrive without tying their worth to performance, this conversation offers a framework for training your psychology the same way elite athletes train their bodies.
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In this episode you will:
Recognize why performance-based identity fuels achievement but never delivers freedom, and what to build instead
Discover why negative self-talk is actually a protective mechanism borrowed from childhood and how to replace it with what Dr. Gervais calls "the epic thought list"
Learn the difference between optimism, agency, and efficacy and why every world-class performer Dr. Gervais has met shares one of these traits
Understand how "fight, flight, freeze, and submit" plays out in boardrooms and relationships, not just physical danger
Apply the "support then challenge" framework that the best coaches and parents use to unlock potential without causing psychological harm
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Mikaela Shiffrin was throwing up before almost every race, drowning in performance anxiety no one could see.
The world's winningest alpine skier reveals why thinking about winning made her lose, how her mom taught her to master the mental game, and why she didn't want to break the all-time wins record.
She won a race by three seconds after an injury and the world called her slow for only winning the next one by seven tenths. Shiffrin opens up about the choking sensation that triggered her gag reflex, the sports psychologists who helped her reframe fear, and why she hopes people debate the greatest of all time forever.
This is about the gap between external success and internal struggle and what it takes to stay human under superhuman pressure.
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In this episode you will:
Recognize why refusing a title can be more powerful than claiming it
Discover why focusing on outcomes sabotages performance
Learn how to transform crippling anxiety into competitive fuel
Understand the difference between pressure you create and pressure others impose
Master the art of staying present when the stakes are highest
For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1889
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Lewis shares how the main thing stopping you from manifesting isn't that you don't want it enough, but that you haven't gotten your inner self sorted out first.
He breaks down the internal blocks keeping you from believing you deserve good things and shows you how your inner critic has been building a prison brick by brick.
You'll learn why confidence comes from keeping promises to yourself, not from positive thinking, and how courage isn't a personality trait but a daily decision. This episode teaches you how to step into the identity of your future self through consistent action, trust the process even when it doesn't make sense, and open yourself to receive support instead of carrying everything alone.
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In this episode you will:
Learn to trust that everything is working in your favor even during challenging times
Build anti-fragile confidence by choosing courage over comfort in every area of your life
Discover why you'll never outgrow the level of worthiness you believe you deserve
Transform your identity through the power of I am statements and daily practice
Understand how to surrender the need to control the method, and allow what is intended for you to enter your life
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For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960
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