Feb 17, 2021
Today we are speaking with an
incredible young woman named Lily Francis.
Lily is almost 18 years old
and currently in grade 12. Her parents say she has been active
since the day she was born. They enrolled her in many activities
and gymnastics was her favourite. She did competitive gymnastics
until she broke her back in grade 6, almost 7 years ago. Lily
fractured the following vertebraeL2, L3, L4 and had stress
fractures in L5 and T10. Knowing she couldn’t compete at the
level she previously had competed at due to her injury, she turned
to track and field. She tried a variety of events but has landed in
competing in the heptathlon, which includes 7 events. To this day,
I am applying to universities with hopes of being a varsity
athlete. Lily shares her incredible story with us as a young
athlete having to work through the physical challenges of
rehabilitation while still performing as a top level
athlete.
In this episode we discuss:
1) People cross our paths that
are meant to impact us and support us. Lily seeing her dad go
through his own rehab process 6 months before her injury, and his
doctor being the one to recognize that she had an injury that
needed to be addressed was no accident.
2)
Recognizing that fear is a normal part of life, yet the fear of
staying still and doing nothing is bigger than the fear of “what if
or what could happen” by trying to move forward.
3)
Our journey and what we experience on that journey is what makes us
who we are and the impact that we are here to create for
others.
Connect with Lily
Email: lilysfrancis@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilysfrancis
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