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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
