Hayley Erbert tells PEOPLE “listening to my body” — and skipping a dance move if she needs to — is “being smart” about her health following her return to the "Dancing with the Stars" ballroom after brain surgery.

Derek Hough took the 'DWTS' stage with wife Hayley Erbert a year after her emergency brain surgery, which will be detailed in a new documentary.

Derek Hough opened up to PEOPLE about returning to the 'Dancing with the Stars' ballroom with his wife Hayley Erbert Hough for a performance on Oct. 15 following her emergency surgery in December 2023,

Hough, long known for his work on "Dancing With the Stars," recalled the moment he learned that Erbert was “essentially dying” while on tour last year.