Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance

· Thomas Nelson
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An inspiring true story of an athlete overcoming obstacles and unimaginable setbacks with resilience, faith, and the power of refusing to accept limits.

Meet Mallory Weggemann: a Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator whose extraordinary story will give you the encouragement you need to rise up to meet any challenge you face in life.

On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory paralyzed from her waist down. Less than two years later, Mallory had broken eight world records, and by the 2012 Paralympic Games, she held fifteen world records and thirty-four American records. Two years after that, a devastating fall severely damaged her left arm. But despite all of the hardships that Mallory faced, she was sure about one thing: she refused to give up.

After two reconstructive surgeries and extended rehab, she won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships. And even better, she found confidence, independence, and persevering love. She even walked down the aisle on her wedding day against all odds.

Mallory's extraordinary resilience and uncompromising commitment to excellence are rooted in her resolve, her faith, and her sheer grit. In Limitless, Mallory shares the lessons she learned by pushing past every obstacle and expectation that stood in her way, teaching you how to:

  • Redefine your limits
  • Remember that healing is not chronological
  • Be willing to fail
  • Lean on your community
  • Embrace your comeback
  • Write your own ending

Mallory's story reminds us that we can handle whatever challenges, labels, or difficulties we face in life, and we can do it on our own terms. Because when we refuse to accept every boundary that hems us in—physical, emotional, or societal—we become limitless.

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Janice Tangen
March 11, 2021
motivational, family, friendship, physical-challenges, depression, Paralympics, swimming, romance, personal-growth, perseverance, perspective, PTSD***** A true overcomer! With the backing of her family and true grit Mallory rose to every challenge. I think that her real name might be Job. It's been thirteen years since she started on her journey in Minnesota through paralysis, complications, PTSD, a return to swimming (this time in the Paralympics), world travel for competitions, a disastrous fall (hotel negligence), episodes of depression, love (twice), and marriage (she WALKED down the aisle with her father with the aid of special leg braces), a career as a motivational speaker, and not done yet! She is as unsinkable as Molly Brown and continues to teach others that she is not DISabled and neither are others who are DIFFERENTLY abled. I requested and received a free temporary ebook copy from Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson via NetGalley. Thank you! Fire in My Eyes: An American Warrior’s Journey from Being Blinded on the Battlefield to Gold Medal Victory by Brad Snyder, 2016 is about another Gold medalist in swimming.
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José Andrés Moraila
November 27, 2022
It's an autobiography but at the same shows you how you can overcome circumstances that are not like we want them to be, you don't have to carry with them, just let them pass. Also I'm learning English with these book.
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About the author

Mallory Weggemann is a record-setting, two-time Paralympic swimmer for Team USA. She has set fifteen world records and thirty-four American records, and is also the recipient of an ESPY Award, a 15-time World Champion, and a Paralympic gold and bronze medalist. Weggemann has also served as a commentator on NBC for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games, the first female reporter in a wheelchair ever to serve in that capacity. Weggemann has established herself as a leader outside of the pool, as well; she is an inclusion advocate serving on the Advisory Board of Disability for Delta Air Lines as well as a cofounder and co-CEO of TFA Group, a social impact agency and production studio. A highly sought-after motivational speaker, Weggemann has presented at numerous Fortune 500 companies, including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Comcast, PepsiCo, Northwestern Mutual, Aetna, Accenture, and Delta Air Lines.

Tiffany Yecke Brooks has served as a lead or contributing writer for more than two dozen books, including, most recently, James Conner's Fear Is a Choice. She holds a PhD in literature from Florida State University and teaches writing courses for several universities.

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