From Silicon Valley Success To Chronic Pain Recovery + Resiliency with Nancy Deyo (Part 1)

About this episode

Nancy Deyo shares her journey from Silicon Valley success to overcoming chronic pain and the challenges faced during her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Send us Fan Mail You can muscle through a deadline, a setback, even a broken heart, but what happens when you try to muscle through your own body? We sit down with Nancy Deo, a former Silicon Valley CEO and Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute fellow, whose search for redemption after a devastating business loss led her to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with an already injured back. What followed was a collapse at 16,000 feet, a terrifying descent off the mountain, and the kind of pain that rewr...

People in this episode

Hosts: Pamela Cass, Natalie Davis

Guest: Nancy Deyo

Topics covered

• chronic pain
• resilience
• business loss
• personal journey
• mountain climbing

Keywords

• chronic pain
• resilience
• Silicon Valley
• Mount Kilimanjaro
• business loss
• personal growth
• injury recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Silicon Valley, Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute

Places: Mount Kilimanjaro

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