Tag: support

• Round by round, fence by fence

    What an awesome weekend! I had some major doubts going into this competition. A head injury +  month off riding + a month of training + heat + a fresh horse.. not the greatest equation for success. However, somehow we pulled it all together and had a great show with some even greater results! […]

  Katmah

  July 8, 2013

  Athlete, Equestrian, Life

  Beach Party, equestrian, equitation, hunter jumper, medal class, mind games, pace, rhythm, riding, support

• Looped Conversations

  Do you ever find yourself having the same conversation, over and over again? Whether it’s with others- or inside your own head. It could be about your goals, the latest thing to happen to you, where you plan to go next, what so and so did last weekend and how hilarious that thing was. Or […]

  Katmah

  June 18, 2013

  Athlete, Life, Photography, Student

  advice, brain rest, concentration, concussion, conversation, crazy, debate, determination, dizziness, goals, health, life, mental-health, nothing, paleo, perspective, recovery, relaxing, repeat, support, symptoms, voices, work

• I’m not me

  Okay, so last week was one thing. I described it as topsy turvy. This week was just hard to handle. I’ll start off by reiterating that concussions suck. Also that I am the worst at taking time off. Like, officially the worst. When I wrote last week it was pretty close to when I started […]

  Katmah

  June 10, 2013

  Athlete, Equestrian, Life, Student

  anxious feeling, athlete, challenge, concussion, confidence shaking, determination, difficult, frustration, invisible injury, kinesiology, loss of concentration, mood swings, motivation, perspective, planning, process, recovery, rest, sad feeling, staying zen, support, symptoms of a concussion, time off

• Find that rhythm

  “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” -Nick Caraway, The Great Gatsby. That variety of life. Do you ever look around at what you fill your life with and wonder how you’re lucky enough to be where you are? I do. Sometimes I have to pause and […]

  Katmah

  May 20, 2013

  Athlete, Equestrian, Life, Student

  athlete, breathe, busy, communication, competition, equestrian, fear, focus, friends, health, life, mental-health, nervousness, pacing, pain, paleo, planning, rhythm, schedule, slowing down, stress, support, time management, training