EPISODE · May 21, 2026 · 1H 28M
The Accident Broke Her Body… But Forgiveness Changed Her Life
from Project Possible with Rich Leigh · host Rich Leigh - interviews about motivation, resilience and what's truly possible
Vanessa Ruck, also known as The Girl On A Bike, is a motorcycle racer, adventurer, speaker and content creator.After being hit by a car while cycling home in 2014, Vanessa was told her injuries were “just bruising.” In reality, the years that followed involved seven surgeries, chronic pain, PTSD, and the complete loss of the life she once knew.Today, she races motorcycles across some of the toughest environments on Earth, including the original Dakar route through Africa.In this conversation, we discuss trauma, forgiveness, chronic pain, motorcycles as therapy, resilience, motherhood, extreme endurance racing, and why Vanessa believes there is “no going back, only reinvention.”This is a conversation about rebuilding yourself after life falls apart.If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe wherever you watched or listened.Follow Vanessa on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thegirlonabikeFollow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/richleighpod=====Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion and purpose, and my dream of sharing positivity and possibility as a career - this podcast is my effort to do just that. Subscribe wherever you watch or listen.=====Sign up now to the free weekly newsletter at https://projectpossible.substack.com for behind the scenes, giveaways, ways to get involved and more.=====Email: [email protected]The Project Possible website: http://www.projectpossiblepod.com
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Vanessa Ruck, also known as The Girl On A Bike, is a motorcycle racer, adventurer, speaker and content creator.After being hit by a car while cycling home in 2014, Vanessa was told her injuries were “just bruising.” In reality, the years that followed involved seven surgeries, chronic pain, PTSD, and the complete loss of the life she once knew.Today, she races motorcycles across some of the toughest environments on Earth, including the original Dakar route through Africa.In this conversation, we discuss trauma, forgiveness, chronic pain, motorcycles as therapy, resilience, motherhood, extreme endurance racing, and why Vanessa believes there is “no going back, only reinvention.”This is a conversation about rebuilding yourself after life falls apart.If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe wherever you watched or listened.Follow Vanessa on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thegirlonabikeFollow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/richleighpod=====Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion and purpose, and my dream of sharing positivity and possibility as a career - this podcast is my effort to do just that. Subscribe wherever you watch or listen.=====Sign up now to the free weekly newsletter at https://projectpossible.substack.com for behind the scenes, giveaways, ways to get involved and more.=====Email: [email protected]The Project Possible website: http://www.projectpossiblepod.com
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