Reverse Therapy

Christmas in East Germany.... everything is virtually in lockdown, so no Christmas markets, no festivities and not any displays cheering on the holidays. An unfortunate reality of Covid restrictions, but hey! We have snow!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support [https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support]

Covid is alive and well. I’m trying to get my butt to Europe before the Olympic season gets kicked up in full swing. It wouldn’t be sliding without excess drama from within the federation. So here’s the tea... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support [https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support]

*** Sorry the audio is a lil off, my voice gets a little lost in the background sound*** Summary: If you’re stagnant you cannot grow... (You die). I don't know why -- actually I do, but I don't understand the complacency with mediocrity. The past four years I have been an active member of the US Skeleton team, but I have also been on the sidelines watching our "progression"... The issues come from both sides, staff and athletes. What is confusing is the over arching goal would give off the appearance that we as a federation have the potential for greatness however we retain and cater to below average performances. Professional sport is a business. If you don't perform or meet the minimum standards there isn't a place for you. Stop complaining and get to work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support [https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support]

I have been marinating on speaking about my skeleton career/life because I wasn’t sure if I needed separation... well skeleton is my life right now and will be for the next few years so- it’s here to stay! Today we’re addressing the Federation and it’s inability to learn from years and years of requesting better communication. At this point it's intentional. They have no plans of changing. They have no plans of being or doing better, so we should just accept it. ABSOLUTELY NOT! It baffles me the number of requests and complaints regarding the lack of communication, but there is zero improvement (doing it once is not improvement). There are so many athletes who have come and gone from this program for decades who are mere phantom memories of senior sliders who come from that era. The lack of acknowledgement for participation, contribution or feats is beyond embarrassing. The athletes of the USA program constantly pour their livelihoods into this team just to be disrespected by a Federation who can't grant them the bare minimum of communicating plans much less validating their time in the sport. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support [https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support]

The ongoing struggle with societal beauty standards has been exhausting. The amount of bullying WOC and young girls have received simply for how they look (something they have absolutely no control over), yet a white woman can go and alter her body to have those exact features and claim them as natural. It’s not a double standard, it’s blatant hatred at this point. I didn’t even get to the meat of it, but tune into the next episode about Racial Ambiguity... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support [https://anchor.fm/reversetherapy/support]