My freshman year of soccer, I saved a goal with a header, but took the opposing team’s header to the face in the second following. I got knocked out and woke up on the ground with my eye already swelling shut. Within 5 minutes, my eye was shut, swollen, and nasty. Fortunately, we didn’t have phone cameras in 2000. . In the days following, the swelling went away. In the…
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Have An Injury? Good. Get To Work…
So you have an injury? Good. -Jocko (basically, but probably) There’s no way around it-injuries suck. And if you are someone who has a sport they love to do, like Jiu Jitsu, then they can really, really suck. You can wallow in self pity and cry and complain, and you know what, I think those things are completely fine to do and easy to justify doing…for a minute. Then, you’ve…
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Fighting My Body & Mind
Laying, stretching out my neck and letting my arm rest (because it doesn’t want to function anyway) and having a brain war about whether I should cry in frustration vs. reminding myself that it’s part of the healing process. I haven’t cried yet. Doesn’t mean I won’t. And if I do, it’s not the end of the world. But, I am actively trying to win a game in my head…
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Learning To Extend Myself & Others Grace
When I experience negative things in life, I like to think that I now have one more experience with which I can understand someone else. When I started experiencing anxiety in Jiu Jitsu, I figured that once I overcame it, or at the very least learned how to operate with it, I would be an even better coach as I had a new perspective. It doesn’t take a lot of…
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Grit & Grace
I’ve always been enchanted by the idea of “grit and grace.” I love the idea of being a dangerous human while also still having grace and not being hardened to the world or to people. There’s something beautiful about women who are dangerous and can protect themselves and their family…women who are prepared to fight against those who wish to cause harm…women who appear completely average but are anything BUT…