What if resilience isn’t about bouncing back?

What if it’s about refusing to stay down?

In this episode of We Didn’t Plan for This, Adrienne and Nora sit down with Paralympic medalist, World Champion, Army veteran, and self-proclaimed rebel, Lia Coryell.

As one of eight children growing up in extreme poverty, Lia learned early that waiting for life to hand you an opportunity wasn’t a strategy. In kindergarten, Lia Coryell decided she wasn’t going to be the “leftover kid.” She was going to learn everything she possibly could.

That determination led her to the military, which she saw as her path out of poverty. Even after breaking her leg during basic training, she kept moving forward.

And that theme would continue throughout her life.

Throughout this conversation, one message rises above everything else: Be rebellious. But be rebellious successfully.

Lia reminds us that resilience isn’t something we’re born with. It’s something we build through curiosity, advocacy, hard work, and the willingness to keep showing up when life doesn’t go according to plan.

And in true We Didn’t Plan for This fashion, she leaves us with a choice we’ll never forget: You can become bitter. Or you can become better.

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• Boys and Girls Club Lacrosse
• Salvation Army Lacrosse
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• WEAU News
• Successful Rebel YouTube
• WXOW News 19
• Wikipedia Biography⁠

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