Listen to the Brain Storm Series on the Feisty Women's Performance Podcast

Obviously, the best way to deal with a concussion is to not get a concussion. But that’s not always possible, and nearly 30% of adults report having a concussion in their lifetime. In this episode we cover the ba...

Listen to the Brain Storm Series on the Feisty Women's Performance Podcast

A head injury like concussion can fundamentally change you–especially if you have prolonged post-concussive symptoms, which can upend your life and sense of self for months, and sometimes years. Head injuries are al...

Listen to the Brain Storm Series on the Feisty Women's Performance Podcast

What do you do when you hit your head? That can be a hard question to answer. Even when people go to the doctor or ER, the actual advice can be thin, amounting to: take it easy and let your brain heal. Sometimes ...

Listen to the Brain Storm Series on the Feisty Women's Performance Podcast

On November 11th, 2021, on day three of a solo multi-day ride on Arizona’s Coconino Trail, seven-time world champion adventure athlete Rebecca Rusch clipped her handlebars on a protruding rock, launching her from he...

Additional Resources

Love Your Brain: free resources, training, education, community and support for people affected by brain injury. 

Rev6: exercises and movement program to support fascia and nervous system.

Rebecca’s recommended Meditation apps: Headspace, Calm and Waking Up 

Built to M...

Female-forward research is finally really happening and we’re here for it.

By Selene Yeager

Here at Feisty, we are all about female athlete performance, and we have been for years. So we were very excited to support and attend the Female Athlete Conference (FAC) in Boston, Massachusetts last...

Communication, Flexibility, and Being Realistic - The Real Keys to Happiness in Sport?

By Carrie Barrett (with additional contributions by Pat Spencer, LCSW)

Exercise is good for your mental health. Running, biking, and regularly engaging in physical activity have been proven to reduce anxie...

If our sports are going to find new audiences and new stars, then it’s going to have to come from somewhere new. If our sports are to have a growing future, then the future will look female.

By Kelly O’Mara

Earlier this spring, 12.6 million viewers tuned in to the women’s NCAA March Madness ...

By Jessica Michalofsky (@marathon.for.safe.supply)

In 2020, just before everything got crazy with the pandemic, I was training for Ironman Penticton. I was also working on an MA in Cultural, Social, and Political studies at the University of Victoria on the topic of mothering and the opioid c...

Stroller runs, zero-dark thirty wake-up calls, weight-vest training to optimize the limited time you have, training through divorce…These women refuse to let motherhood become a barrier to their personal goals. 

By Carrie Barrett

Special thanks to Orca for helping us share stories of Feisty ...

What you say to yourself matters. Here’s how to make it good.

By Selene Yeager

We all have voices in our heads. Some are positive, like the “hell yeah, good job!” you give yourself when you nail a hard lift in the gym. Others are less than positive. They’re the ones saying, “You’re slow. You...

“I began to feel the pull of the finish line and the joy of the podium and then, seemingly out of nowhere, the pavement started moving rapidly towards my face. And the world went black.”  

By Sara Gross 

In 2009, I was one of the favorites going into Ironman Canada. Two years earlier I finish...