Barriers to Breakthroughs
Welcome to Barriers to Breakthroughs! A podcast that discusses important topics in women’s sports and what goes on inside the brain of an athlete. Perfectionism, recovering from injury, and bullying, are just some of the many things that can defeat your spirits and ruin your confidence to perform. Through interviews and solo shows, host Emma Woodhouse, a 2-Time All-American skier and 2020 UNH Female Athlete of the Year, brings these topics to light and shows athletes that they are not alone and that you can overcome those barriers to breakthrough!
Barriers to Breakthroughs
023. Accepting Your Road to Recovery & Setting Goals for Success with Valerie Grenier
Today's episode features Canadian alpine ski racer Valerie Grenier! She has been a very successful ski racer already in her young career by earning multiple top 20 finishes in World Cup Giant Slalom events as well as top 5 finishes in speed events! Through all of her success has come great obstacles. After a fall in a training run in 2019, she ended up fracturing her tibia, fibula and ankle, and was on the long road to recovery. But as many strong, driven athletes do, she came back from injury better than ever!
Topics include;
- Who inspired her growing up
- What she thinks about when she’s going down the course
- What she tells herself when she makes a mistake in order to keep going
- How she mentally got through recovery
- Gaining back her confidence in her mind + body
- Setting goals for the season ahead
- Things she wish she knew earlier in her career
Links
Follow Valerie on Instagram: @valeriegrenier
Check out her Website: www.valeriegrenier.com
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