The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show: Matt Rowe founder, of Identity of Health, Ep 42.
Welcome to The Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Show. Each week, I interview amazing people, who share their inspiring stories of resilience. Enjoy our dive deep into educational and amazing insights as I explore the stories of my special guests, learning how they have overcome adversity in their lives.
In each session, together we can learn actionable tools that can help us elevate our mindset, seeing our setbacks as an opportunity to grow to the next stage of our lives. No matter what we are going through, we can overcome it, and discover what we are made of.
To Bend Like Bamboo is to be flexible in our mindset, and when we can transform our ‘story’ we can also change our minds about what can be possible in our minds, bodies, and lives.
Introducing Matt Rowe.
Self love and looking within, is where you will find the answer.
Matt Rowe is the Author of Belief to Heal, a Certified Health Coach, meditation and Reiki practitioner, TEDx speaker, and father of two.
After earning the designation of an All-American Triathlete in 2007 he paralyzed his right leg and then in 2010, healed himself from the paralyzed leg to finish the infamous Ironman triathlon.
Matt has also reversed the daily affliction of 25-30 TIAs (also known as “mini-strokes”) and recovered from debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) to live his best life.
He is the founder of Identity of Health wellness coaching, founder of the Symptom Free MS Summit and Symposium and hosts the Identity of Health podcast. A lover of Self and life, Matt lives in Colorado and travels internationally to speak on Belief, healing, and possibility.
Learn more about Matt’s story, and his business in the podcast and live video on YouTube below.
Matt Rowe.
I love meeting fellow colleagues who have overcome their disease and symptoms, Matt Rowe was such a pleasure to interview as we took a deep dive into his take on resilience, the power of flexibility and how he has overcome MS, daily strokes and a back injury that paralysed his leg.
It is now Matt’s passion to share other people’s stories at a free Summit he is hosting on the 19th June 2023. He has signed up 26 speakers who will share their stories, knowledge and tips over 2 weeks. When you sign up you get to learn from two speakers a day to gain from their wisdom and inspiration - amazing!
Matt believes that resilience is about finding our way & purpose. Knowing how to listen to our truth vs. other voices of authority that may not be open to what can be possible for your recovery. To be resilient is to be flexible, to bounce back. As a tree builds its resilience from being pushed in the wind, we also build our resilience from the adversities that life throws at us. Matt believes that our strength comes through times of adversity, not from things being handed to us or in times of ease.
When Matt was young he was overweight at the puberty stage of life, and he was bullied. He decided to do something about it and began to train his body. This led him to become a triathlete, he was in his early 20’s, he was fit with a big ego and he believed he was indestructible. After shovelling snow, out of the blue he injured his back and this paralysed his leg. They gave him a 50/50 chance of recovery from the surgery, he lost life as he knew it and the life he had built around him.
Matt learned how to be more compassionate with himself, as he dealt with losing everything he thought he was, within seconds. He was faced with a potential amputation, and it was at this moment, that he knew he had a choice. He had to figure out how to turn this terrifying situation into a positive somehow. Matt had his second child, and he didn’t want to give up. He went into the operation believing that no matter what the outcome, he was going to be ok. Matt woke up from the surgery and he could move his leg he managed to walk again, however, he was faced with a long road to full recovery. It was two and a half years of rehabilitation, as he waited for new nerves to grow at the speed of 1 mm a day. Again, he had to be kind to himself, as he learned to be disciplined and patient on his road to recovery.
Matt needed a goal to work towards, and he signed up for Ironman which was 1 year away. He trained himself to rebuild his body and found he would swing from the rigidity of ego and expectation, to one of compassion, self-care connecting more to his higher self. When he was stuck in his ego, he wanted everything to be like it used to be before, and he was not willing to let go of the past and his old identity. He was more concerned with what people thought of him, his own expectations, and the external. As opposed to loving himself being softer, more patient, and more flexible in his approach as he begins to change his mind about this story. It was a constant push pull as he put a plan together to achieve his goal.
Matt began to experience 20-30 strokes a day, and this went on for three months. He knew he had to stop and look deeper within, at what this was trying to teach him. Overcoming his paralysis taught Matt that he could be resilient, having the strokes forced Matt to appreciate his body more, to let go of his harsh approach to such vigorous exercise. He was recovering from poor gut health from all the antibiotics he had taken in the hospital, and discovered the power of food as medicine and Dr David Perlmutter who wrote The Grain Brain.
He has now made a full recovery and is also free of MS symptoms.
Matt’s tips:
Become aware of your thoughts, triggers and reactions.
Decide how you will react with more self love and compassion.
Fill your cup up first, make yourself a priority.
Learn more about Matt’s amazing story, and her business in the podcast and live video on YouTube below.
You can also listen to the interview on the Bend Like Bamboo Resilience podcast
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