This Isn’t Enough For Me

This Isn’t Enough For Me

From Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior by Angie Heuser

March 11, 2026 · 21 min · Season 6 · Episode 10

About this episode

In this episode, Angie Heuser discusses the importance of advocating for oneself and the connection between trust and self-advocacy, particularly in the context of navigating the medical world as an amputee.

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 to practice: speaking up for myself. Advocating for yourself sounds simple, but in reality, it can be incredibly difficult especially when you’re navigating the medical world, recovering from trauma, or learning to live life in a completely new way after an amputation. If you’ve been following along with my recent episodes, you know that my word of the year is “trust.” Trusting the process. Trusting the journey. Trusting that even when things feel uncertain or uncomfortable, there is still growth happening beneath the surface. I’ve placed the word trust all around my home-on my bathroom mirror, near my bed, and in my office, so I see it every single day. It’s a reminder that the goals I’m working toward aren’t short-term. They’re marathon goals that require patience and faith in the process. But this week, I realized something important. Trust and advocacy go hand in hand. As an…

People in this episode

Host: Angie Heuser

Topics covered

  • self-advocacy
  • trust
  • medical journey
  • trauma recovery
  • amputation

Keywords

  • advocacy
  • self-respect
  • medical world
  • trust
  • amputation
  • trauma
  • personal growth

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