On the 3rd episode of the My New Normal Podcast I am joined by my friend, former client oh an super bad ass pro paralympic athlete Alana Nichols to talk about how she learned the character trait of resilience.

Alana broke her back during her senior of high school while attempting a back flip on her snowboard. At this point Alana was a highly recruited softball player in New Mexico and the injury completely destroyed her identity, but it didn't stop her. She eventually became a 5 time medalist in the paralympics.

Tune into this episode to hear Alan's story and learn how she was adapt to her new normal and become more successful as a professional athlete than most of her able body peers.

-How Alana got injured
-Finding your identity post injury
-Finding your tribe
-Building empathy
-The importance of finding a coach who can challenge you and make you feel normal as an athlete
-How functional fitness can be applied to sports