No Off-Season Episode 5 | Tatyana McFadden | A Record-Setting Marathoner’s Guide to Mental Health

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🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Born with spina bifida and without the use of her legs, Tatyana McFadden spent her early childhood in an orphanage, learning about self-reliance and inner strength while walking on her hands. Encouraged to participate in athletics by her adoptive American parents, Tatyana would ultimately grow up to dominate wheelchair racing, thus far winning 20 Paralympic medals and 24 major marathons. Throughout her racing career, and during her fight for equality in sport, Tatyana has relied on her mental strength to overcome challenges—a high-pressure lawsuit, a career-threatening condition—establishing herself as a leader as both athlete and advocate. In this inspiring, singular conversation with Crisis Text Line’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shairi Turner, Tatyana reflects on the foundations of her mental health, who she turns to for support and what strategies she’s established to get to the starting line with confidence, clarity and perspective.

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0:00.0	A lot of parents, when they have a child with a disability, they think that maybe life
0:13.2	is over.
0:14.7	And my mom's always believed that my life was just a beginning when I arrived in the United
0:19.9	States.
0:20.9	And they put me in sports programs when I was younger because they knew it was one way
0:27.5	for me to get healthy, physically stronger, and as well as mentally stronger.
0:36.3	That's Tatiana McFadden and she is one of the most dominant athletes of all time.
0:41.6	As a wheelchair racer, Tatiana has won an incredible 20 Paralympic Meadows and 24 major
0:49.5	marathons.
0:51.0	The mental strength that Tatiana has built from an early age with intention, conviction,
0:57.1	and grace is the foundation of our conversation on this episode of No Off Season.
1:02.8	I'm Dr. Shaiyri Turner.
1:05.3	Tatiana McFadden's journey began in Russia where she was born with spina bifida and without
1:10.7	the use of her legs.
1:12.6	She spent her early childhood in an orphanage, building resolve, and walking on her hands.
1:18.8	Adopted by American parents, Tatiana was encouraged to participate in sport.
1:24.2	This meant winning races in spectacular fashion.
1:28.0	But it also meant battling discrimination and fighting for equality so that other disabled
1:33.1	athletes would never be kept off the playing field.
1:36.9	Tatiana is a fighter.
1:39.2	She treats her mental health with great care and as a source of enduring strength.
1:44.8	She's here to tell us it's not always easy.
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