Tag: Living with purpose

AMPLIFY, Olympic Games

It’s Competition Time!

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I compete tomorrow for the first time in nine months. How do I feel? Nervous.  But then again… because the science tells me the physiological response my body has to the label "nervous" or "nerves" is the same as to the label "excitement" or "excited", I drop the nerves and pick up excitement only. (NLP… Continue reading It’s Competition Time!

AMPLIFY, Olympic Games, Resilience - The Bounce Back, Success

14 Years Later… I’m Going to The Commonwealth Games!

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I first competed at the Commonwealth Games (albeit the youth version) in 2008. Fourteen years later, I've been selected to represent Team England at my first (real) Commonwealth Games (the Commonwealth Youth Games doesn't count at the Senior performance level). If I'm honest, this one has taken longer to achieve than my Olympic dream. In… Continue reading 14 Years Later… I’m Going to The Commonwealth Games!

AMPLIFY, Olympic Games, Resilience - The Bounce Back

Back home where my heart is: Phoenix, AZ

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I'm back. Three years on, I'm back in Phoenix, Arizona. I left this place believing I'd retired from the sport I dearly love and enjoy. I left here with a broken heart (dramatic, I know but so true). Because when I left I'd just ruptured my Achilles tendon and was heading home for surgery and… Continue reading Back home where my heart is: Phoenix, AZ