“I feel like I’m really fulfilled by things that might be, like, small to other people, so taking the time to take my daughter to school or pick her up or go to soccer practice—you know, just being present in the moment. The culture right now is grind culture, no days off, we’re always looking to the next thing, and for me, for my self-care—I have to just dial it back and say, okay, I’m going to be in this moment.
’”“I love to sleep; I think it’s been one of the hardest things. Even just moving away from training—I used to have a built-in nap in my day—I would train, I would take a nap, then train some more. And then, having a child, you know that goes away, and moving away from training and going to real work hours—I miss that. The power of a 20-minute refresher is key.”“Even when I was training, it was one of the biggest lessons I felt that I learned—it’s like you have to have a recovery day.