Book Spotlight: Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance by, Mallory Weggemann

Every year, March is designated as Women’s History Month in the United States. The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history. And so, here on Books, Tea, Healthy Me, we will be celebrating women’s history all month long through what I am calling “Girl Power Spotlights.”

The first book in the “Girl Power Spotlight” series is Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance by, Mallory Weggemann. This book is amazing as is the woman who wrote it. I can’t think of a better book to kick off “Girl Power.”

The Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator uses her extraordinary story to equip others to meet whatever challenges they face in life.

On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory Weggemann 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 later a devastating fall severely damaged her left arm, yet Mallory refused to give up. After two reconstructive surgeries and extended rehab, she won two golds and a silver at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships. And perhaps most significantly, she found confidence, independence, and persevering love as she walked down the aisle on her wedding day.

Mallory’s extraordinary resilience and uncompromising commitment to excellence are rooted in her resolve, perseverance, and sheer grit. In this remarkable new book, Mallory shares the lessons she learned by pushing past every obstacle, expectation, and limitation that stood in her way, including the need to:

redefine limitations;
remember that healing is not chronological;
be willing to fail;
and embrace your comeback.

Mallory’s story reminds us that whatever circumstances we face, we have the capacity to face down whatever challenges, labels, or difficulties confront us–and to do so on our own terms.

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