EP 175 | The Olympic Dream Died… Here’s What Replaced It (And Why It Matters)

Miracle Moment | Rae Taggett · May 26, 2026 · 31m

Mariel Anderson was headed to the Olympics. Then trauma derailed everything. Her body held the score, chronic pain took over, and the identity she'd built her entire life around collapsed. But in the darkest moment, she discovered something most high performers miss: the mental skills that made her elite in sport were the same ones that could pull her out of the darkness.

Now she works with youth athletes, teaching them to become antifragile. Not resilient. Antifragile. There's a difference, and it changes everything. This conversation goes deep into identity shifts, the controllables that…