Sometimes an unexpected fall leads a person to reach for magnificent heights. At the age of 19, Dana Liesegang was violently assaulted, thrown off a cliff, and left for dead. She'll share her wild ride of moving from victim to outspoken advocate, and you'll hear what she's learned about the power of forgiveness and refusing to stay silent. This interview originally aired on Empower Radio. 

Dana Liesegang is an expert in spinal cord injury recovery, and a 2014 recipient of the Hero of Forgiveness Award given by the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance. When she's not traveling the world as a motivational speaker, she's taking university classes and hanging out with friends and the love of her life, Jack (a yellow Lab), in a quaint little town in Colorado. She enjoys every minute of the life she has created in the now. Her new book, Falling Up: My Wild Ride from Victim to Kick-Ass Victory with a forward written by the late Dr. Wayne Dyer will be available November 10, 2015. Find out more about Dana and her work at danaliesegang.com.