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
033. Body Image, Perfectionism & Craving External Validation with Sofia Borea
Today's episode features Sofia Borea, a former D1 soccer player who played for the University of New Hampshire! During her time at UNH, she played in every single game, and achieved the America East All-Rookie Team honor in her freshman year!
In this episode, we talk about many important topics athletes face during their careers and especially when they retire from their sport. Sofia first talks about her time at UNH where she struggled with her anxiety, body image, and perfectionist tendencies that affected how she felt about herself. She then goes into how the covid pandemic affected her career and mental health where she went through depression after losing her sport.
Sofia shares some amazing advice from what she wanted to hear as an athlete to ways you can show yourself more self-love on and off the field!
Specific Topics Include:
- Receiving comments about her body and how that made her feel
- Craving external validation from people during and after sports
- Losing motivation to workout as a retired-athlete
- Creating a fitness account inspired by those difficult times
Links
Follow Sofia on Instagram: @sofiaborea + @sofboreafitness
To all my former athletes out there... follow @sofboreafitness to get inspired to workout again! I love how real and honest she is about how she's feeling and lets you know that you're not alone if you're not motivated! Go check it out here!
Follow the Podcast on Instagram: @barrierstobreakthroughspodcast
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