Love Beyond Limits with Andrew Florence // Love on Record | Episode 12
What becomes possible when we stop defining success by how far someone goes and start celebrating the courage it takes simply to show up? In this episode of Love on Record, Andrew Florence shares how nearly 13 years of working with young people in the foster care and child welfare space led him to combine two things he deeply values: helping people feel well and creating meaningful experiences through outdoor adventure.
Andrew takes us inside the work behind Miracle Heights Adventures and the development of its Adaptive for All programming, where individuals with varying physical abilities are given opportunities to participate in climbing, ropes courses, zip lines, and other adventure experiences. With support from a Let’s Choose Love grant, his team was able to purchase specialized adaptive equipment designed to remove barriers and create more accessible opportunities for participants.
Throughout the conversation, Andrew challenges the idea that accomplishment has to look the same for everyone. Whether someone puts on a harness, reaches the top of a climbing wall, rides the zip line three times, or simply discovers that heights are not for them, every experience offers an opportunity for growth, self-discovery, and celebration. He also introduces the powerful idea of “challenge by choice,” reminding us that people deserve the agency to decide what challenge looks like for them.
Andrew leaves us with an unexpected lesson about love: stay curious. He shares how curiosity can help move us away from fear and toward exploration, connection, and possibility. It’s a conversation about accessibility, agency, courage, and creating spaces where people are reminded that what has happened to them does not have to determine what happens next.
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