The Hummingbird Mentality: What If You're Not Powerless? | Norman Traversy

Activate & Illuminate with Melanie Wakelin · Sep 28, 2026 · 1h 6m

Former firefighter and paramedic Norman Traversy shares the extraordinary story of surviving serious injuries, PTSD, losing his career and home, and ultimately choosing to fight back. Norman discusses resilience, "divine mischief," intuition, challenging authority, and why he believes ordinary people have far more power than they realize.

Chapters:

00:00 Norman's story begins

01:39 Life as a firefighter

05:57 PTSD & losing everything

08:57 The Hummingbird

11:13 Divine Mischief & OODA

17:14 "Buying" Canadian laws

30:03 The cost of fighting back

40:00 Divine timing

54:13 His upbringing &…