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How to mend a broken identity

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February 09, 2016
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How to mend a broken identity

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Keavy McMinn

February 09, 2016
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Transcript

  1. @keavy Webstock 2016 Keavy McMinn

  2. @keavy Webstock 2016 Keavy McMinn

  3. Identity as a wife

  4. Identity as an athlete

  5. None
  6. None
  7. None
  8. None

  9. Others may see you through their own view of your

    identity.

  10. Others may see you through their own view of your

    identity.

  11. Personal Record!!!

  12. None

  13. It takes a community.

  14. You don’t need to be tough to get through a

    tough situation.

  15. You don’t need to be tough to get through a

    tough situation.

  16. Respond to yourself with curiosity.

  17. It’s useful to be a little pessimistic.

  18. It’s useful to be a little pessimistic.

  19. It’s useful to be a little pessimistic.

  20. Component parts of the athlete identity.

  21. Component parts of the athlete identity.

  22. Danger in over-identifying with one identity.

  23. None
  24. None

  25. An “elastic” identity.

  26. None

  27. Bon courage!

  28. Bon courage!

  29. Thank you! keavy @