032. The Journey of Self-Discovery When You're In Your Slump Seasons with Grace Dafoe

Barriers to Breakthroughs

Today's episode features Canadian skeleton athlete Grace Dafoe! Grace is a part of the Canadian National team where she has competed in several North American cups and international competitions where she has several podium finishes! Grace also hopes to live out her Olympic dream one day so she is working hard to make that happen!
In this interview, we first talk about her skeleton journey, and how she discovered a sport of skeleton! Then we get into her self-discovery moment in her career where she had to decide if she wanted to continue with the sport when she was at the lowest point in her career! Grace goes into detail about what she did to get out of the slump to find her love for the sport again and also what she encourages athletes to ask themselves and their team when they feel that way in their own careers!
Other topics include:

• Advice + exercises in regards to self-discovery
• Committing to a new sport at an older age
• Being a part of sport-focused organizations

Links
Follow Grace on Instagram: @gracedafoe
Grace's Podcast: Face First Podcast
Organizations Mentioned:

• Fast and Female
• Classroom Champions
• Kids Sport Canada
• CAN Fund

Follow the Podcast on Instagram: @barrierstobreakthroughspodcast
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