Finding Your Superpower In A World of Adversity | 17-time Paralympic Medalist, Oksana Masters
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Paralympic athlete and 17-time medalist Oksana Masters shares her extraordinary journey of perseverance and triumph - from a life-saving adoption to winning Paralympic gold - offering insight and inspiration for anyone seeking to overcome obstacles and discover their own superpowers.
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Oksana Masters is a 17x Paralympic Medalist.
Oksana has competed in each of the last six Paralympic Games (both summer & winter), and has brought home medals in four different sports – rowing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, and cycling. That is legit.
Following the Beijing Paralympics in 2022, Oksana became the most decorated US Winter Paralympian or Olympian ever.
This conversation could have focused solely on Oksana’s Paralympic triumphs, but that would have missed the true depth of her story - and she has an unbelievable story.
It’s the story of a girl who spent her earliest years growing up in three corrupt and abusive orphanages in Ukraine – a girl who was born with radiation poisoning from Chernobyl and lost both her legs – a girl who was saved by a heroic mom (Gay Masters) – and the story of a girl who, despite so many adversities, has become a remarkable woman living to the upper limits of her potential.
This conversation is so rich. We explore Oksana's journey, how she navigates setbacks and challenges, and the mental skills she uses both in life, and as a world-class athlete. I think everyone will have something valuable to learn from Oksana’s story and insights.
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| 0:00.0 | My story's been written for me as a girl's a disability as an orphan, as an abused orphan, as a female in sports and |
| 0:08.4 | Being a smaller statue built and stuff and I wanted to rewrite my own story |
| 0:22.8 | Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast |
| 0:26.7 | I'm your host Dr. Michael Jervais by trade and training a high-performance psychologist |
| 0:31.2 | And I'm really excited to share a conversation. I recently had with Oksana Masters |
| 0:37.2 | Oksana is a 17-time Paralympic medalist |
| 0:40.6 | That's 17 medals at the Paralympic Games. She has competed in the last six Paralympic games |
| 0:46.5 | Both summer and winter and has brought home medals in four different sports |
| 0:51.9 | Rowing cross-country skiing by Athalon |
| 0:55.2 | Encycling |
| 0:56.6 | That is legit and following the Beijing Paralympic Games in 2022 |
| 1:01.6 | Oksana became the most decorated US winter Paralympian or Olympian ever |
| 1:08.0 | This could have been a conversation focused solely on Oksana's Paralympic triumphs |
| 1:12.9 | but that would have missed the |
| 1:15.6 | true depth of her story and |
| 1:18.6 | She has an unbelievable story. It's a story of a girl who spent |
| 1:22.9 | Her earliest years growing up in three |
| 1:26.0 | corrupt and abusive orphanages a |
| 1:30.4 | Girl who was born with radiation poisoning from Chernobyl and lost both her legs a girl who was saved by a |
| 1:38.3 | heroic mom and the story of a girl who |
| 1:41.8 | Despite so many adversities and perhaps because of them has become a remarkable woman |
| 1:50.1 | Living to the upper limits of her potential |
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