An Olympic champion's mindset for overcoming fear | Allyson Felix

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🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Getting pregnant as a track and field athlete is often called the "kiss of death" -- a sign your athletic career will soon end. Olympic champion, entrepreneur and proud mother Allyson Felix thinks it shouldn't be that way. She tells the story of starting a family while fighting to change her former sponsor's maternity policy -- and paving the way for others to get greater protection and more support. Her message is a testament to the power of believing in and advocating for yourself. "You don't have to be an Olympian to create change for yourself and others," she says. "Each of us can bet on ourselves."

This week, the TED Audio Collective is releasing a bunch of great episodes about sports, in celebration of the launch of a new podcast: Good Sport with Jody Avirgan. It’s a show that takes sports seriously, as the best way to understand humans and our world. Check it out wherever you’re listening to this.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:10.8	This week, the Ted Audio Collective is releasing a bunch of great episodes about sports.
0:16.6	In celebration of the launch of a new podcast, Good Sport with Jody Abergan.
0:21.8	It's a show that's making the case for sports as one of the best ways to understand the
0:26.9	world.
0:27.9	Today, Olympic Champion, Entrepreneur and Mother, Alison Felix, shows us why you don't
0:33.3	have to be an Olympian to create change.
0:36.3	She walks us through her journey of changing the way sports organizations and sponsors
0:41.6	view pregnancy and professional sports.
0:44.6	Hi, I'm Francis Frye, and I'm Ann Morris.
0:56.7	And we are the hosts of a new Ted podcast called Fixable.
1:00.1	We've helped leaders at some of the world's most competitive companies solve all kinds
1:04.6	of problems.
1:05.6	On our show, we'll pull back the curtain and give you the type of honest, unfiltered
1:09.6	advice we usually reserve for top executives.
1:12.9	Can you have a coworker with boundary issues or you want to know how to inspire and motivate
1:17.2	your team?
1:18.2	No problem is too big or too small.
1:20.6	Give us a call and we'll help you solve the problems you're stuck on.
1:23.9	Find Fixable wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:29.7	One of the scariest moments of my career started on a dark October morning in 2018.
1:36.4	I'm a professional athlete and my training schedule can be a lot.
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