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Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life Podcast
Personal essays about resilience, identity, women's sports, culture, and the complicated business of being human. Written and read by Olympian and writer Amy Gamble.
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Episodes
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastSurviving Was Just the Beginning
Have you ever noticed when you physically create space that it often carries over to your mental capacity too? Stuff takes up energy. Kind of like emotional…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastDriving My Way Through Grief: Official Audio Trailer
When I first began delivering food and just about everything else, I had no idea what I was actually doing. But 60,000 miles and 3,514 deliveries later, I…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastThe Closer I Am to Me, The Better I Can Celebrate We
This is perhaps more of a reflective piece of my writing. I hope you find one thing you can take away from it. I’ve been a competitor most of my life. But the…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastThe Heart Heals When We Stop Resisting
As the sun’s rays shine through my kitchen window, I am reminded of something I learned on my very long journey of healing and recovery. The heart heals when…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastWhen an Olympian Stops Keeping Score
I’ve spent most of my life competing. You don’t become an Olympian without developing a rather intimate relationship with winning, losing, and striving to be…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastWhat’s Your Banana Photo?
Standing next to a banana tree on the island of Maui with my mom was one of the first pictures I stumbled upon in my camera roll. You know those evenings when…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastWhen the Breadcrumbs Disappear
Did you ever get a chill you just couldn’t shake? Like the kind where your teeth are chattering, you pile on blankets and you still can’t stop shaking. It…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life Podcast60,000 Miles & A Cafe Mocha
Blue skies without a marshmallow cloud anywhere to be seen. The sun warmed my face as I pulled into the Starbucks parking lot. I figured I’d celebrate the…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastHe Made Good on His Life
He Made Good on His Life After losing part of his hand and a chance at professional baseball, Frank Pramesa spent the next 72 years proving a dream can end…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastWho Decided Empathy Was a Bad Thing?
As I sat in my favorite chair thinking about an upcoming workshop I’m about to deliver, I homed in on one slide, and it was as if the expansiveness of its…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastI Had the Magical Shoes All Along
Driving My Way Through Grief A Continuing Series I Had the Magical Shoes All Along Sitting in the front row of the balcony, I leaned a little forward to snap a…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastI Used to Wonder Why Her Illness Got Empathy and Mine Got Shame
There’s no greater feeling to me than being loved unconditionally. I thought about love a lot over the past week, after I was lucky enough to see Bruno Mars’…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastMy Body Remembered the Grief Before I Did
A few days ago, I sat in the living room with the sun shining in the window, looking out at my peaceful view of sprawling chestnut trees. I was feeling down in…
Beyond the Arc: Reflections on Resilience, Identity, & Life PodcastEverybody Wants Resilience Until It Stops Looking Polite
How many of us love a great comeback story? I know I’m drawn into hearing the story of how someone overcame a disability, setback, or failure and then turned…