MONIQUE MURPHY
PARALYMPIAN, PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER, ADVOCATE, AMBASSADOR, WELLNESS, INSPIRATIONAL
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Sharing life lessons,
one prosthetic at
a time.
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ABOUT MONIQUE
One week Monique Murphy was planning her 20th birthday, the next she was faced with the decision of whether to further amputate her right leg.
With no memory, Monique woke with a body so broken, they couldn’t save it all.
We are taught to learn from our mistakes. But I had no memory of how or if I had made one, and no idea of how to move forward. I was flooded with emotions, with no where to put them. No one to blame or to question, just confusion and a broken body.
I knew I was lucky. While in one moment everything had gone wrong, in the next it had gone so right, and I was alive. There was no action or question that could bring back my right leg, and therefore no reason to ask. My leg was gone, and in a feeling of acceptance as obvious as my missing foot, there was nothing to be gained (literally) by changing the past. I chose to put my energy into what I could change. By focusing on what I could control and letting go what I couldn’t, I turned a hospital room into a Paralympic stage.
As Featured in
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Uncertainty forces us to adapt. When we get creative with how we adapt, we create unexpected opportunities
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Keynote Speaker
Delivered with vulnerability, Monique takes the audience into the honest and often humorous depths of her life changing accident and journey of recovery.
Panellist
Monique has lived life both with and without a disability. This allows her to add respectful and insightful contributions to panel discussions. By reflecting on her experience she can challenge the audiences perceptions and inspire new ways of thinking.
TALKING POINTS
Adaptive Excellence
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Decision making
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Control the controllable
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The power of uncertainty
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Creativity
Reframing Resilience
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A mindset for sustainable growth
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Leadership
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Forging your own path
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Changing perspective
Endometriosis as an Athlete
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Listening to your body
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Amplifying your voice
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Forging your own path
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Education through story telling
Monique has had the honour of speaking for
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