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Jess Quinn’s secret struggle ‘I LOST MYSELF COMPLETELY’

Giving less than 100 percent is not a concept high achievers live by. So for Jess Quinn, taking it easy and abandoning goals due to injury has been as mentally and emotionally harrowing as it has been physically painful.

The Dancing With The Stars NZ contestant survived cancer as a nine-year-old and had to learn to walk again after a life-saving leg amputation. However, a prosthetic leg didn’t slow her down and her optimistic, go-getter attitude made her a social media sensation, and a fitness and wellness advocate with more than 176,000 followers on Instagram.

Jess has achieved so much, but it

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