Stef Reid: You can’t change the world, but you can always change yourself (E174)
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🗓️ 23 January 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Stef Reid is a track and field Paralympian, who competes for Team GB. She is a World Champion, four-time Paralympian, triple Paralympic medallist, and five-time world record holder. Stef has a degree in biochemistry, and recently starred in the British reality TV show Dancing On Ice 2022.
In this episode she shares the story of the boating accident that caused the loss of her foot as a teenager and the struggle that followed. After her accident Stef struggled with a change in identity, feeling like her only identity was being an athlete she worried there was nothing more she could offer. Opening up about what helped her through this difficult time, Stef discusses the importance of allowing others to help you and welcoming team-work.
Having had a series of coaches, with varying methods, Stef shares what she looks for in a coach and how she learns from them. Rather than asking questions, for Stef, the learning comes from watching. The things that set people apart are the way they handle the mundane aspects of life…
They delve into imposter syndrome, self-doubt and embracing failure.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there I'm Jake Humphrey and this is high performance the podcast that reminds you that it's within your story your ambition your purpose it's all there we just help to unlock it by turning the lived experiences of the planet's highest performers into your life lessons. |
| 0:17.5 | So right now, enjoy a conversation with one of the most remarkable athletes on the planet. |
| 0:24.8 | It felt like forever, and I just remember darkness, |
| 0:28.4 | and I mean I knew how bad it was the risk of bleeding out |
| 0:32.3 | and, you know, in the middle of nowhere and I needed a blood transfusion and just that realization actually |
| 0:37.3 | This could be it and that was my mom came in and and she was the one that had to say you know I'm so sorry they did everything they could but they were unable to save all of your leg and they had to amputate. |
| 0:50.8 | Life is never going to look the same again and actually I'm not sure right now I want that life or I want to know what it looks like. |
| 0:58.0 | The world is not going to change for you often you don't have an option so you have to change for it and you |
| 1:04.7 | know you can sit back and think oh things are really unfair and really hard but |
| 1:08.2 | ultimately the only thing I can change is me my actions what, what I do, my attitude. If I've given an opportunity |
| 1:15.1 | or someone asks me to do something and the first thing that I feel is fear and self-doubt, |
| 1:19.9 | for me that as a trigger, that is something you must do. Or that is something you at least need to explore because I know |
| 1:26.5 | that it's something that's going to stretch me, it's going to make me uncomfortable and that is a good thing. |
| 1:33.0 | That's the kind of conversation you can expect from the chat we had with Steph Reed here on high performance. |
| 1:39.0 | So Steph is an incredible Paralympic athlete, but the fact that she competes at the highest |
| 1:44.5 | level is only a very small part of her story you're going to hear what I |
| 1:49.0 | must be honest is a very emotional and incredibly moving story from someone who talks about the trauma of an |
| 1:54.8 | accident that completely changed her life the way that her parents dealt with it and the |
| 1:58.5 | things that they did to make her realize that her life wasn't over. |
| 2:02.6 | Nurse Claudette, we speak about, |
| 2:05.1 | and we move to tears talking about what she did for Steph. |
| 2:08.2 | The way that her classmates reacted when she walked back into the classroom |
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