I Lost the Ability to Walk for 2 Years: Why the "Bounce Back" is a Trap - Heather Ann Ferri
What do you do when the very thing that defines your identity is suddenly stripped away from you?
Heather Ann Ferri spent the first part of her life defining her success by how fast her feet could move. As a Broadway performer and a Guinness World Record holder in tap dance, she knew how to hustle and perform. But then her body completely failed her. Heather lost the ability to walk for two years. During that devastating period of immobility, she realized her intense drive was actually a trauma response—a desperate attempt to dance for the love and safety she was denied as a child.
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