The Surprising Mindset Shift That Transformed My Chase for Perfection into Real Progress
My mom, who taught yoga and always talked about the mind-body connection, used to say something that finally clicked for me during this time: “Strength isn’t about never falling. It’s about getting back up every single time.”
I’d rolled my eyes at that as a teenager. But when I was forced to rebuild my relationship with movement from scratch, those words became my lifeline.
How this plays out in real life
Let me give you a concrete example. When I started trail running after my injury, I was slow. Really slow. My old competitive self would have been mortified.
