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Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior
by Angie Heuser
Breaking through mental and physical barriers to becoming your best self, living your best life.
Episodes
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The Road Forward May Look Different
Finding Hope Beyond the Pivot Part Five of My Pivoting Series In this final episode of my Pivoting series, I’m sharing the reminder I’ve had to learn again and again: the road forward may look different, but it can still be meaningful, beautiful, and full of possibility. Life changes for all of…
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Pivoting and Grief
Honoring What Was, Before Reimagining What’s Next What if moving forward requires us to first acknowledge what we have lost? In Part Four of my five-part series on pivoting, I’m exploring a side of change that we don’t talk about enough: grief. We often celebrate the courage it takes to pivot,...
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Prepare and Pivot
How to Adapt When Life, and Travel, Don’t Go as Planned What do you do when you have prepared for everything, and life still throws you a curveball? In this episode of BAWarrior Podcast, I’m continuing our Pivoting series with one of the most personal lessons I learned from international travel…
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Pivoting Isn’t Quitting: Changing the Path Without Losing the Purpose
Power of the Pivot: Part 2 of 5 Sometimes the hardest part of a setback is not the pain itself, it is realizing that the plan you were so ready to chase suddenly cannot happen the way you imagined. In Part Two of my pivoting series on the BAWarrior Podcast, I share what I am learning in real time...
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The Power of the Pivot: A Five Part Series
When Your Body Changes the Plan What if pulling back is not weakness, but the very thing that keeps you moving forward? In this episode of BAWarrior Podcast, I’m opening a new five-part series called The Power of the Pivot. This first conversation is about one of the hardest pivots for me...
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International Travel as an Amputee
From Phantom Pain to Freedom Walking Paris Streets What happens when the prosthetic leg you depend on suddenly will not charge-thousands of miles from home? In this episode of the BAWarrior Podcast, I’m sharing the honest story of my first international trip as an amputee. Returning to Paris...
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Embracing Uncertainty
Travel withLimb Difference You Don’t Have to Be Ready, to Be Read Confidence Comes After the First Step What if confidence isn’t what carries us toward the first step, but what waits for us on the other side of it? In this episode of the BAWarrior Podcast, I continue my series on traveling as an...
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Passport to Possibility
Traveling With Confidence as an Amputee What if every new thing you accomplished earned you another stamp-not just in your travel passport, but in your confidence passport? Solo flight to Chicago, O’Hare Travel has always been a big part of my family’s life, but traveling as an amputee has been…
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The Power of Self Advocacy in Prosthetic Care
Advocate and Rise What happens when the people responsible for helping you move forward stop listening? You learn how powerful your own voice can become. In this episode of the BAWarrior Podcast, I step back from the idea of constantly pushing forward to talk about one of the most important…
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Reimagine Your Life After Amputation
Building a New Version of Normal What happens when the life you want to return to no longer works the way you remember it? After amputation, we are often told that we can get back to doing the things we love, and I believe that is true. But I have learned that those activities may look, feel, and...
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Adaptive Fitness Without Burnout
Learning When to Push and When to Recover Have you ever started making progress with your fitness, only to be stopped by skin irritation, socket discomfort, phantom pain, fatigue, or an injury? As an above-knee amputee who loves working out, hiking, skiing, and staying active, I understand how...
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The Thousand Step Challenge
One Step at a Time: The Power of Small Steps Toward Big Goals Have you ever looked at a goal and felt overwhelmed before you even started? Whether you’re learning to walk with a prosthetic, chasing a lifelong dream, beginning a new career, or simply trying to make it through a difficult season,...
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The Courage To Belong
Feeling Alone After Amputation? Why Community Is Part of Healing Have you ever felt completely alone—even while surrounded by people who love you? For many amputees, loneliness isn’t about the absence of family or friends. It’s about carrying a journey that very few people truly understand. In…
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Phantom Pain: The Invisible Battle No One Sees
Understanding the Types, Triggers, and Coping Strategies What if the most intense pain you’ve ever felt came from a part of your body that no longer exists? As an above-knee amputee, phantom pain is one of the most difficult parts of my journey to explain. It’s invisible. It’s unpredictable. And...
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Overcoming the Fear of Falling
Reclaiming Independence What if the thing holding you back isn’t the possibility of falling, but the fear of what happens if you do? As amputees, we talk a lot about mobility, prosthetics, and recovery. But there is one challenge that often doesn’t get enough attention: the fear of falling. In…
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RPNI Study Discussion with University of Michigan
Join the Movement for Above Knee Amputees What if joining the movement means becoming part of the future of amputee care? In this episode of the BAWarrior Podcast, I had the honor of sitting down with Jake and Hiva, two PhD students from the University of Michigan, who are working on research…
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7 Lessons From 7 Years of Limb Loss
What I Wish Every New Amputee Knew Seven years ago, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life: to amputate my leg. Looking back now, I can honestly say that journey has taught me more about life, resilience, and myself than I ever could have imagined. In this episode, I share seven of the...
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Even If…
Rewriting Your Mindset After Loss What happens when something you spent years building disappears in a single moment? In this deeply personal episode of BAWarrior Podcast, I open up about the emotional aftermath of being massively hacked on social media and losing access to over twenty years of...
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The Warrior Movement Begins Here
Join the Warrior Effect-Get Involved Today What if one story had the power to help someone walk again? After seven powerful weeks of interviews during Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, this episode of BAWarrior podcast becomes more than a reflection-it becomes a movement. In this...
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New Age Powered Prosthetics: A Leap Toward Real Mobility
Stride Robotics Lightweight Power Knee Redefining Movement This episode wrapped up Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month in a powerful way by looking toward the future of mobility, technology, and what it truly means to help people live again after limb loss. After a month full of stories...
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Be A Warrior, Become an Ambassador for Change
Limbs For Humanity: Restoring Hope One Leg at a Time In this powerful and perspective-shifting episode of Be a Warrior Podcast, I sit down with two men who have not only walked alongside me in my own journey as prosthetists, but who have also chosen to step far beyond the walls of their…
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When God Becomes Hope: A Teen’s Journey Through Loss and Healing
Faith Fueled Resilience: Abri Bentley’s Story There are moments in life when everything slows down just enough for you to hear what truly matters. This episode was one of those moments for me. As I sat across from Abri, I wasn’t just interviewing a guest-I was witnessing a living, breathing...
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From Diagnosis to Dig, Bridget’s Journey as a Teen Cancer Survivor
A Daughter and Mother’s Story of Resilience This week on BAWarrior Podcast, I had the absolute honor of sitting down with Bridget and her mom, Jamie, during Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, and I can honestly say this conversation will stay with me for a long time. Bridget is only...
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When Survival Becomes Worship-Abri’s Faith Walk
Finding Joy in Chronic Pain What happens when the warrior you planned to interview is not quite ready to speak, but her story still needs to be heard? Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is pivot, honor the moment, and make space for healing. This week’s episode was deeply special to me because...
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Finding Strength in Ohana: Faith, Family, and Healing
Kainoa Spenser’s Road to Recovery Week 2: Survivors to Warriors April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, and this episode of BAWarrior Podcast is one that will stay with me for a long time. In this powerful and deeply emotional conversation, I sat down with Kainoa Spenser, someone...
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Statistics and Realities of Limb Loss
Life Behind the Numbers of Amputees and Limb Difference April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, and this year on the podcast, I’m doing something that means so much to me. Instead of focusing only on my own story, I’m opening the door for other amputees to share theirs. That has...
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Brokenness to Masterpiece
The Canvas of Courage What if the very thing you’ve been trying to hide… is actually the most beautiful part of your story? This week on the BAWarrior Podcast, I found myself sitting in reflection after a weekend of rest, sunshine, and quiet moments here in Arizona. As spring starts to show up…
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Finding Your Place Again After Limb Loss
“The Name on the Bottom of My Foot” Do you feel like you belong? That’s the question I want to start with today. Because if you’re an amputee, or walking alongside someone who is, you’ve probably felt that quiet, unsettling shift… that moment where life no longer feels like it fits the way it…
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This Isn’t Enough For Me
Advocating For Yourself is Self-Respect, Not Entitlement What if the life you want is waiting on the other side of one powerful decision, the decision to advocate for yourself? In this episode of the Be a Warrior Podcast, I dive into something that took me years to truly understand and learn how…
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Trust The Process
What if the very thing holding you back isn’t your body… but your fear? In this week’s episode of Be a Warrior Podcast, I’m coming to you in real time in the middle of something new, uncomfortable, and humbling. If you’ve been following along, you know last week I talked about life lessons from…
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Life Lessons From the Ski Slopes
Facing Fears, Letting Go, and Breathing What if the thing you’re most afraid of… is the exact mountain you were meant to ski? Welcome back to Be a Warrior. I’m Angie Heuser — above knee amputee, equine therapy lover, skier, and someone who refuses to live life from the sidelines. And if you’ve…
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Grab the Reins and Go!
Moving from Recovery Mode into Momentum Mode Year of the Fire Horse Part 5 There are seasons in life where we heal… and then there are seasons where we’re called to move again. For a while, I was healing. After my revision surgery and AMI procedure, my world slowed down whether I wanted it to or...
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Courage, Authenticity, and Decisive Action for Amputees
Year of the Fire Horse Part 4 Embrace Courage and Move Forward There comes a moment when life asks you a hard question: Are you ready to stop waiting and start leading your own life? Not tomorrow. Not when things feel easier. But now—right where you are, exactly as you are. That’s the space this...
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Stop Waiting, Start Leading
Using the Energy of the Fire Horse-Part 3 What if the thing holding you back isn’t your circumstances… but your waiting? That’s the question I’m asking myself—and you—in this episode of Be a Warrior. As I move into my seventh year as an above-knee amputee and step into 2026, I feel a shift...
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Energy-Fast, Bold, and Passionate
Using Your Momentum to Accomplish Great Things (part 2) Today I invite you into a deeper conversation about movement, momentum, and what I believe is a powerful energetic shift ahead of us: the Year of the Fire Horse. As an above-knee amputee, a lifelong horse girl, and someone who has learned to...
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A Year of Movement, Momentum and Fearless Expansion
The Year of The Fire Horse Part 1 As I sat down to share this episode, we are in that weird blur between the holidays and the start of the new year—January 21st to be exact. Somehow we’re saying goodbye to January already and I’m still not sure how time is moving this fast. To be honest, I am a...
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Walk The Line
Friendships Versus Hardships The hard truths of handling your friendships (and relationships, for that matter), and going through amputation is definitely a hot topic in our community. And quite frankly, if you are going through ANY hardship you might feel a sense of pull back or even a good…
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Unleash the Warrior Within You
The Year of the Fire Horse and the Power of Becoming Welcome to Season Six of the Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior (BA Warrior) Podcast—a milestone that still takes my breath away. If you had told me years ago that I would be hosting a podcast, let alone entering its sixth season, I would have...
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The Year of the Horse and Your Journey
Be A Warrior: Closing Season Five, Trusting What Comes Next As I sit down to record this episode, it honestly feels surreal. This is the final episode of 2025 and the close of Season Five of Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior. Five years. 210 episodes in all! When I say that out loud, it stops me in…
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Self-Preservation
Knowing Your Limits: When to Hold and When to Push Onward I’m recording this episode from a place that looks very different than my usual setup. We’re away on a family getaway that was supposed to be a snowy ski vacation, but when I look outside, all I see are brown mountains and sunshine. Not...
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The Gift of Being Present
Finding Purpose and Joy In This Season We’re deep into December, and the Christmas spirit is everywhere—homes decorated with lights, the smell of cookies, gatherings, endless lists of to-dos. This time of year is magical, but it’s also overwhelming. We often rush from task to task, trying to make...
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The Priceless Gift of Mobility
Helping Those in Need December is finally here, and with it comes the beautiful chaos of the holiday season. In my house, it’s full-blown hysteria—parties, travel, gifts, deadlines, and the constant juggling act that December always brings. But this particular week holds special meaning because...
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Pain, Perseverance & Possibility
A Thanksgiving Message For Anyone Struggling Thanksgiving week always makes me pause, breathe, and step back into gratitude, but this year, that feeling hit me in a much deeper way. Maybe it was the timing, maybe it was the experience itself, or maybe it was because of everything that led me...
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Just Get Started
Momentum Begins with One Step As the holidays creep up—and let’s be honest, sprint toward us—I always feel that yearly tug in a million different directions. I tell myself, This is the year I’ll slow down. This is the year I’ll savor the moments. And every year, without fail, I’m suddenly...
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Fittings and Sockets and Legs, Oh My!
Traveling The Yellow Brick Road of Amputee Life In this episode, I want to talk about one of the biggest learning curves after limb loss — getting fitted for a prosthesis. Nobody really tells you how challenging this part can be. You think, “Okay, I’ll get my prosthetic leg or arm, strap it on…
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Take the Drive-Roll Down the Windows
Enjoying Your Life RIGHT NOW “Want to go for a drive?” This simple phrase sends my pups into a frenzy! Their excitement is overflowing and their joy is tangible! This energy is what we should be living for each day, but when we are struggling we find ourselves consumed and can only see the...
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Despite The Circumstances
Navigating Life When It Falls Off The Rails Sometimes life takes a turn you never saw coming. One moment everything feels steady, predictable, maybe even comfortable — and then suddenly, the tracks shift, and you’re left wondering how to move forward. As an amputee, I’ve had my share of moments...
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Finding Success
Defining Success As An Amputee What is success? Can any one person define success for the world? Of course not! As an amputee we need to remember that. Success id what you make of your life and where you’ll find contentment and happiness behind what you do and accomplish. For some of us it’s...
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The Journey of a Thousand Legs
Let’s Get Real You’ve been through a lot. You had an amputation, you’ve healed, you’ve gotten fitted for your first socket. Today you go in to put it all together and walk out the door and on with your life, right? Easy Peasy! Yes! It’s the most exciting, most freeing day in an amputee’s life…
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A Work In Progress
Taking Action During “Construction” We are all a work in progress. That’s life, right? We all have those moments where you feel you are working on something in your life. Your health, a career, or relationships, you name it. But what do you do in these moments? How do you continue to grow and...
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Breaking through mental and physical barriers to becoming your best self, living your best life.
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