Getting Real with Spencer West: Losing His Legs, Defying Every Expectation

The world knows Spencer West as the man who lost both legs at age five, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro on his hands, opened for Demi Lovato’s world tour, and built a community of more than 4 million followers. But who is Spencer beyond the inspiration? In this episode, we get real about his new book, Breaking Free: Stop Following Expectations and Start Following Yourself, the pressure of living inside a story the world wrote for him, hitting rock bottom in college, coming out as a gay man, navigating relentless questions about his disability, finding love, and why true freedom begins when you stop living for everyone else’s expectations and finally start following yourself.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.