It’s Friday, so I’m linking up with Fairytales and Fitness for Friday Five. You may remember that I reviewed Rebound by Carrie Jackson Cheadle and Cindy Kuzma in the fall. It’s a “practical guide for building mental resilience” that helps to explain and provide tools to manage the psychological side to injury recovery.
Carrie and Cindy have a great podcast called The Injured Athletes Club. This week’s episode is entitled “Cindy and Carrie on the Rebound Lifestyle, mid-Pandemic.” When I read the book, I thought that it was very relatable and helpful for injuries and any other obstacle in your path. Never did I imagine that the obstacle would be a global pandemic.
I recommend that you listen but here are 5 highlights of their discussion that resonated with me:
- Why it’s important to remember that you can feel more than one thing at a time (5:06)
- How emotions, like viruses, can be contagious—and how to avoid “catching” those that might not serve you (10:06)
- Why you might be feeling more fatigued and less productive right now, and how to work with that (17:32)
- What “controlling the controllables” means in an off-the-charts situation like a pandemic (18:59)
- Why it’s OK to be bummed out by things like injuries and canceled races (aka why we shouldn’t compete in the “suffering Olympics”) (27:22)
I’ve been thinking about some of the techniques from Rebound in the last few weeks. I’m going to re-read it. If you haven’t, I’d recommend putting it on your list! We need all of the help we can get to get through this challenge.
Find The Injured Athletes Club Podcast on Stitcher, Apple podcasts or one of the other services. You can order Rebound on Amazon. You can also join the Injured Athletes Club on Facebook. Follow Carrie on Instagram at @feedtheathlete and Cindy at @cindykuzma.
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