The Doctor Told His Parents to Abort Him. He's Now Spoken to 11 Million People.

The Doctor Told His Parents to Abort Him. He's Now Spoken to 11 Million People.

From The Sage Steele Show by Sage Steele Productions

April 15, 2026 · 1h 36m

About this episode

Nick Vujicic shares his inspiring journey from a challenging birth to speaking to millions around the world.

I have been looking forward to this conversation for a long time. Nick Vujicic is someone I had the privilege of getting to know first as a person before I ever sat across from him as a guest. And what you see in public is nothing compared to who he is behind the scenes. Nick was born in Australia in 1982 with no arms and no legs. Nobody knew until the moment of birth. The doctor's first words to his parents were an apology for not catching it on the sonogram and an offer to have aborted him. His mother was a nurse and the head of the birth suite at her hospital. She had seen hundreds of births. Nothing prepared her for this one. At age 10, Nick tried to take his own life. At 15 he found a Bible verse that changed everything. At 17 a janitor told him God was going to take him around the world to speak. He laughed. He has now spoken in 87 countries to over 11 million people in person. 1.5 million of them responded to the gospel. In this episode Nick talks about the suicide attempt, the bullying, how his disability was rejected as a reason for his family's green card application to America, how he was canceled by a false viral article, debanked by JP Morgan Chase, had a grenade…

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