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4th Mar 2025

Amberly Lago: How to Find Joy in Suffering & Build Unbreakable Resilience

Episode Summary:

In this episode, Amberly Lago returns to the show after four years to share her powerful journey of resilience, joy, and overcoming adversity. Through her experiences with chronic pain and life’s challenges, she has developed transformative strategies to help others cultivate gratitude, embrace joy, and build unshakable resilience. We dive into the importance of joy-spotting, overcoming guilt in happiness, and recognizing burnout. Amberly also opens up about the power of vulnerability, connection, and asking for help in fostering deeper relationships and personal growth. I'm beyond excited to have her back on the show—this conversation is packed with wisdom you won’t want to miss!

Chapters:

00:00 – Finding Joy in Chaos

02:50 – The Power of Gratitude

05:48 – Building Resilience Through Joy

09:05 – Joy Spotting and Seeking Happiness

11:49 – Overcoming Guilt in Joy

15:00 – Recognizing Burnout and the Need for Rest

18:11 – The Importance of Asking for Help

20:55 – Practices for Moving Energy and Stress Relief

24:05 – Embracing Vulnerability and Connection

About Amberly Lago:

Amberly Lago is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, podcast host, and resilience expert. After a life-altering accident left her with chronic pain, she discovered the power of perseverance and gratitude. Through her book, "Joy Through the Journey," her podcast, and her transformative workshops, Amberly inspires audiences worldwide to tap into their resilience and live life to the fullest. Her mission is to empower others to embrace joy, navigate adversity, and build mental and emotional strength.

📍Connect with Amberly Lago:

📚 Grab Her Book: https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Through-Journey-Amberly-Lago/dp/1394265549

🔗 Website: https://amberlylago.com/

📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/amberlylagomotivation?igsh=emg0cWp3bXBidnQ3

🎙️ Podcast:https://open.spotify.com/show/2KGlymQaYJebCLsRfNgvW4?si=f1e39b00584244c0

Connect with Lance:

🔗 Website: lanceessihos.com 

📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/lance.essihos/ 

🎙️Podcast: https://feeds.captivate.fm/universityofadversity/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/universityofadversity

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/lance-w-essihos 

Email: lance@lancewessihos.com

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About the Podcast

University of Adversity
Real stories and tools to help you grow through adversity, burnout, and reinvention.
University of Adversity is a show about the moments that change us — especially the ones we didn’t ask for.

I’m Lance Essihos, and I sit down with athletes, bestselling authors, doctors, entrepreneurs, spiritual teachers, and everyday warriors to have real conversations about adversity — the kind that strips away the surface and forces us to face who we really are.

We go deep into the mindset shifts, emotional breakthroughs, and practical tools that helped them rebuild. Not just to survive, but to come back stronger, clearer, and more aligned.

This isn’t motivation.
It’s what happens after the breakdown, when you’re trying to put the pieces back together and make it mean something.

If you’re in a season of uncertainty, burnout, or reinvention — this show is here to walk with you.

We don’t just talk about getting through the hard times.
We talk about who you become because of them.

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Lance Essihos

As an experienced veteran with adversity, Lance has faced some of life's most difficult challenges. Grinding his way through the hockey ranks to traveling the world as a bartender. Through his personal battle with drugs and alcohol for well over a decade, the tragic loss of his brother to suicide followed by the great loss of his father to cancer only a year later, Lance realized he had hit rock bottom. In the darkest of days, he made a promise to himself that he would create a new life, one that would make an impact and inspire the masses, leaving the world in a better place than he found it. Lance has made it his mission to facilitate the message of positive change through adversity and encourage people to see the light through the darkness of life's worst moments.