54-Sarah Hauser-on riding deathly waves, living your dream life, and the magic of the ocean

In today’s episode I interview professional windsurfer Sarah Hauser.

Sarah grew up in New Caledonia, a French Island, east of Australia and North of New Zealand. with a population of 300,000 people, She started

windsurfing at 13, and knew that no matter what she had to do it as much as possible.

When Sarah was 18 she went to France for 5 years to earn her masters degree in computer science.

At 23, Sarah was now able to work for big companies, but nothing excited her as much as windsurfing. She decided to fly to Maui alone and enter a windsurfing competition. Sarah had not competed in 5 years, but she ended up getting 5th place and caught the attention of sponsors. Over the next couple years, Sarah gradually took extended trips to Hawaii. She competed in more competitions, met her future husband, and eventually made officially moved to Hawaii to pursue her dream.

Since turning pro in 2015, Sarah is a 2x International Windsurfing Tour Champion, and 3x Windsurfer of the Year.

In our conversation Sarah talks about

-the high altitude training she does on the top of 10,000 ft high volcanoes

-her strategy for when she gets washing-machined by a wave

-what compels her to ride waves that are big enough to kill her

-why she believes people connect so strongly with the ocean

-the multiple jobs she works on the island to fund her athletic career

-her tip for people overcoming their fear of getting pounded by the ocean

-the Bob Marley song she sings when she needs to calm her nerves on the waves

And more.

Enjoy my conversation with the fearless, dream-chasing, Sarah Hauser.

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Shownotes

:55    Who is Sarah Hauser?

3:00 Girl on Wave Documentary

3:49 Email your comments to  arrowliving1@gmail.com

4:15 New Caledonia Sarah’s French Hometown

7:58 What sports did Sarah play as a youth?

9:17 Was Sarah inspired by any women windsurfers?

12:26 How did she manage school and training?

14:10 What does Sarah feel like when she rides a wave?

16:06 Why does Sarah think the ocean is such a magical place?

17:46 Does Sarah get frustrated when she has to wait for waves?

18:45 How does she plan for training with the tides, weather etc.

21:40 What cross training does Sarah do and what does a training session entail?

24:20 What strategy does Sarah use when she under water?

26:11 What longest she’s been stuck under water?

30:02 Meditation?   Calm app

30:50 What compelled Sarah to move to Hawaii to windsurf?

34:07 What mindset did she have to follow her dream?

36:27 How did Sarah first start making money in Hawaii?

39:26 Does she enjoy her side job of yoga and personal training?  Hauser Lifestyle

42:24 Does Sarah have a coach?

45:21 Does Sarah train solo or in a group?

48:00 Is the windsurfing community competitive or supportive?

50:09 How does Sarah deal with bad conditions during a competition?

53:49 Sarah’s ride on Jaws

55:21 What inspired Sarah to ride the big wave and how did it go?

59:42 What goes thru her mind right before catching a wave?

1:00:14 What does she do to calm herself?

1:01:59 Why is it worth the risk to windsurf?

1:03:57 What Sarah’s first thought this morning?

1:04:23 Sarah’s am routine

1:05:38 What is the biggest misconception that people have about Sarah?

1:06:39 Favorite comedy or TV show

1:07:20 What is the worst advice she’s ever been given?

1:09:17 What is her favorite failure?

1:10:37 Sarah’s crazy habit or belief

1:12:30 What is a simple tip for female athletes?

Resources

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53-Meghan Klingenberg-on how to stay confident through the ups and downs, Daring Greatly, and playing hooky

In today’s episode, I interview World Cup Champion, US national soccer team member, Portland Thorns FC defender,  Meghan Klingenberg.

When Meghan was thirteen years old, her mom pulled her out of middle school. The two of them road tripped to University of North Carolina to see the women’s soccer team play for the first time. After that game, Meghan began writing letters to the head coach Anson Dorrance, expressing her interest in playing for his team.

Her dreams of becoming a Tarheel came true, and her career accelerated from there. After college, Meghan was drafted to the Women’s Professional Soccer league. She received her first call up to the full national team in 2011 and became a mainstay from then on out. In 2012, she just missed out on the Olympics roster, and went to London as an alternate. This experience created a huge paradigm shift for Meghan. She knew that if she wanted to be on the team, then she had to be different than everyone else. So she opted to head overseas to Sweden and play with some of the best players in the world.

Meghan unconventional path paid-off, and in 2015, she started every match in the World Cup, and helped the team win gold.

She currently plays for the Portland Thorns, who won the NWSL championships last season

In our conversation, Meghan talks about

-her insanely competitive family, and how a Disney Trivia game night turned into family members shunning each other for days

-her involvement with the USWNT Players Association and standing up for equal pay

-how she deals with the pressure of US national team camps

-the value she has found in seeing a therapist

-her approach for dealing with haters on social media

-how she became Edie’s (Portland Thorns head coach, Mark Parson’s daughter) special friend

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Enjoy my conversation with the lively, confident Meghan Klingenberg.

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Shownotes

:50 Who is Meghan Klingenberg?

3:00 Arrowliving upcoming book club  Join in here arrowliving.com

4:30 2014 Australian visit and cutting Kendall’s hair

6:00 Meghan’s love for Portland

6:54 What is Meghan’s typical day of training look like?

7:45 Meghan’s am routine

8:45 Meghan’s after training activities

10:00 Working with the USWNT on Players Association

12:45 Has Megan always been politically active?

14:03 When did Megan’s love of cooking begin?

16:15 Meghan’s family

17:25 Crazy Klingenberg game nights

18:53 In her opinion, is her family competitiveness healthy?

21:13 What other sports did Meghan play?

21:47 Did Meghan have a goal of playing on the Nat’l team?

23:55 What attracted Meghan to University of North Carolina?

26:35 Does Meghan have other obsessions beyond soccer?

30:05 When did Meghan get called up the Nat’l team, camp experience and China?

33:12 How does Meghan deal with the stress of soccer?

38:13 What was Meghan’s 1st tournament that she tried to make on the national team?

41:11 How did Meghan’s time in Sweden change her mental outlook?

42:55 Daring Bravely   Brene Brown

44:18 Meghan’s perspective of being vulnerable on the soccer field

47:04 How does Meghan deal with being in the spotlight?

48:46 Meghan’s favorite hate message that she has received

49:26 How does Meghan get her confidence back after a poor game?

51:00 What goes through her mind during her training sessions?

52:45 Which 2 teammates would you have bury a body?

53:54 What is the funniest memory of the Portland Thorns season?

56:46 What is Meghan’s guilty pleasure right now?

58:02 What is the coolest place Meghan’s ever been?

1:02:26 What is it like leading up to the National team announcement?

1:08:09 What one thing does Meghan have on her bucket list?

1:10:34 How did Edie Parson’s and Meghan become friends?

1:15:00 Women’s v. Men’s soccer disparity of pay

1:20:00 What was Meghan’s first thought when she woke up this morning?

1:20:13 Meghan’s morning routine?

1:20:48 What is the biggest misconception that people have about Meghan?

1:22:40 What is one absurd belief that she has?

1:24:44 What is the worst advice Meghan’s ever been given?

1:26:22 What is Meghan’s favorite failure?

1:28:35 Meghan’s greatest accomplishment

1:30:21 What is one tip Meghan gives tto female athletes?

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EP 30- Arrow Tip Tuesday: Move in the Morning

When I have a killer workout planned, the worst part is hardly ever during the exercise, but rather the anticipation. It’s the mental chatter:  Ughh, this is going to suck, i just want to get this over with…but once the workout begins, even if I’m gasping for air and praying I make it out alive,  the pre-chatter still was the worst part.

The same thing goes for mornings. Mornings have the potential to be the King of mehhhh-like thoughts.

But like workouts, this pre-chatter isn’t serving us.

And when anything is not serving me, I like to nip it in the bud ASAP.

Tony Robbins, a master of the human psyche,  holds seminars to get people amped up on life. I attended one of his speaking events.  Consistently, people leave feeling like they are on top of the world. One of the main ways he gets people  to change their beliefs is through movement. He says that the mind is the weakest part of our body. This is because our brains are programmed to survive, which can cause us to see things as more threatening than they are in reality… like getting out of bed.

Tony explains that the quickest, most effective way to change our internal state is to move. Physical activity changes the biochemistry in your body. It sends endorphins into the brain and regulates your mood.

One of the exercises Tony had the audience do was to celebrate like it was the greatest moment of your life. To get as into it as possible, throw your arms up in the air, hug people, jump up and down. At this event there were thousands of people screaming like little kids and the energy I felt was outrageous.

When you full on celebrate, extending your arms up, this movement opens up your diaphragm and fires off neurotransmitters into your brain that make you happier.

This is why my morning routine always includes some type of movement.

In episode 27, I detailed the first part of my morning routine, in which I visualize while half-asleep. After this visualization, I get my move on!

My Morning Movement

I stretch out my entire body and yell a positive statement to myself like “let’s goooo kendall, today’s about to be a beautiful day, I love you!!” I’m 110% fully aware that this sounds cheeseball with extra swiss, cheddar and mozzarella, but it works for me. When I yell, rather than whisper, these affirmations radically alter my sleepy state and make me feel more alert. I then get out of bed, and do some sort of exercise.

Moving is powerful stuff. As athletes, there’s a reason we all love moving. It makes us feel good.  I love moving, as long as it’s not the beep test, or a run exceeding 10 miles, or burpees, or hills or…. just kidding, sort of.

But my movement in the morning, takes less than 5 minutes,  and it without fail gets me juiced up.

Prior to my concussion, I had a routine in which I would do 20 push-ups and a one minute plank each way.

But the movement doesn’t even have to be that extreme. I now take a more gentler approach to wake up my body, I begin with some neck and back stretches, and then I finish with whatever movement I’m feeling lunge squats, jumping in the air Tony Robbins style…I do it until my heart rate is elevated my breath quickens, and my body warms.

Then after that, I’m in a way more lively state and ready to seize the day.

I recommend experimenting with what movement works for you. You may like to ease into it with yoga or just get down and dirty. If you want,  try my push-up plank series. The first week I started this program I did 10 push-ups, and then a 30 second plank each way. Each week I added 1 push up and 5 extra seconds to each plank, until I worked my way up to 20 push-ups and 1 minute plank each way.

This would get me Ronda Rousey-fired up to start my day.

Except that I don’t have any desire to beat girls up. I prefer to throw hugs and not punches.  That’s just me.

If you try out my plank/push-up series let me know how you like it! Do you have a morning movement routine? Do you have any suggestions on how I can improve mine?

Let me know!

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EP 26- Why I Saw Strange Men in my Room (and am telling you about it 9 months later)

In 2015, I suffered a concussion that completely changed my life. My entire career I have been someone who prides themselves on working hard.  If someone tells me I’m not going to make it, I say “thank you” and add fuel to the fire.

During our offseason, we are in control of our training. For me, most days are double days, at least, and then I’d spend my free time at coffee shops writing.

But this offseason, I couldn’t even walk, ride in a car, or be around people for extended periods of time without debilitating symptoms.

Despite my symptoms, I was determined to get back in time for the start of the NWSL season. .

But my body literally wouldn’t let me “work harder” to get back.

When you lose the thing that you dedicated your entire life to, when you have to drastically reduce your daily activities, and when the sole purpose of your entire day is to just get through the day with minimal symptoms, it makes you think about life differently.

I asked myself questions I never pondered before:

Why do I want to play soccer so badly? Who am I if I don’t have soccer? Why am I so desperate to find answers? What’s the purpose of my life?

It is this self-examination of my motives and feelings behind my aspirations that has had the most profound impact on my life-far beyond any workout regimen, diet, or training strategy.

My concussion has been by far my biggest life teacher.

The extreme lack of resources out there for proper concussion treatment is astounding. I have searched far and wide for answers, traveled across the country and up to Canada to see a neck specialist, implemented a new nutrition plan, and tried out dozens of other unconventional approaches (which I plan to write about).

I want to share what I have learned. But above all,  I want to provide hope for anyone who is going through a difficult time, even if it’s not a concussion.

Even though my symptoms were immobilizing, the internal struggle far exceeded the physical pain.

I know that feeling of hopelessness and loneliness: no one understands my situation, why do things like this always happy to me, will I ever get better?

We all have our own unique struggle, that’s no better or worse than anyone else’s. It’s just life.

And this is mine.

I have a separate “my concussion story” section on Arrow Living  in which I will continue telling my story, as well as interview specialists, and people who have helped me along the way.

If you know anyone whom you think this would help. Please pass it along.

Full written article: /why-i-saw-strange-men-in-my-room-and-am-telling-you-about-it-9-months-later/

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EP 18-Lianne Sanderson: English National Team footballer-on keeping it real and following your destiny

English national team footballer Lianne Sanderson grew up knowing she was destined to be a footballer. At age 14, she signed her first contract with Arsenal. By age 16, Lianne she was playing in front of 28,000 fans in the FA Cup Finals. From there, Lianne’s career has taken off.

She has played for 10 different teams. On those teams,  Lianne has participated in 3 FA Cup finals and two world cups, including the team who won the bronze medal in 2015. She’s also won the Champions League, and most recently  the 2016 NWSL Championship.

Since day one, Lianne has kept it real. Even during difficult times, she has always followed her intuition and never compromised who she is in the process.

In our conversation, Lianne opens up honestly about all areas of her life. She talks about what it’s currently like coming back form her first ever injury, attending an all girls school as a child, signing her first contract with Arsenal at the age 14, the most nerve wracking day of her life-which wasn’t playing in front of 28,000 fans as a young teenager, but rather when the day she was invited by the prime minister to attend his palace, what it’s like to be one of few openly gay professional athlete, her secret to goal-setting, and the importance of staying true to who you are.

Enjoy my candid conversation with the fierce, compassionate,  soccer-obsessed, human-loving, Lianne Sanderson.

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EP 13- Arrow Tip Tuesday: STOP, Collaborate, and Meditation

Arrow Tip: STOP, Collaborate, and Meditation

As athletes, our competitive drive often  trickles into other avenues of our lives. Like driving down avenues For me, whenever I used to go anywhere, I needed to get there pronto without any delays. I had zero patience for traffic and red lights were poison in my blood.

When I drive places. I always leave with just enough time to account for typical traffic, with a little buffer for unforeseen circumstances. It’s a habit, I’ve mentioned before in my blog post, The Day I Single Handedly Delayed my Flight to Australia.  I have this uncanny ability to arrive at places with seconds to spare. I’m not often late, but I show up just in the knick of time. On my journey to play overseas in Australia. I was in the wrong terminal, my flight was taking off in 30 minutes, and my savior Karina came to the rescue,  held my hand through airport security, as we weaved in and out of the crowd, and made it to fight by nothing short of a miracle.

I have that unique timeliness on a more low key level with driving.  I leave with just enough time to get me to my destination.

It’s mostly well worked for me time-wise, but sometimes it’s a recipe for emotional disaster.

For instance, I’ll be cruising to training and hit a red light. My mind reacts:

Squirrel poop! Squirrel poop? How on earth you think of squirrel poop, Kendall? On a serious note, where do squirrels poop? Why do we never see squirrel poop?

My sporadic, and intelligent inquiry, softens the blow of the first red light. But the second unanticipated red light… that’s when the internal sirens signal.  I get antsy.  As if there are literal fire ants crawling around and pinching the inside my gut.

Did I allow myself enough time to get there? Am I going to be late? Kendall you always do this, leave earlier next time!!

On green, I rev up my engine to make up a few seconds. But then I hit another red, and my face turns the shade of the light.

I hate being late. I care about peoples time. I want to show responsibility and respect others time and myself. Dang it Kendall!

Every time I hit a red light, or traffic, the ants inside of me make babies, intensifying the discomfort.

Of course, I somehow make it right on time, but with unnecessary uneasiness inside of me.

But, I’ve found a trick that have bug-sprayed the discomfort inside of me. And it’s not leaving earlier, because that would be too easy. Plus,I’m a rebel and like to live on the edge.

When we see red lights, we are conditioned to stop because we’re consciously aware that if we don’t stop, we risk harming others or ourselves, and potentially receive a ticket. We obey the red light because it’s easier than dealing with the consequences of running it.

But just as we train a dog to pee outside, I have retrained myself to view red lights to what I deem, the STOP, Collaborate and Meditation Method.

Instead of viewing red lights as the devil. I see them as resembling loving kindness, hearts, autumn leaves, Clifford the Big Red Dog, bell peppers…and all the other beautiful things in life that are red. Most importantly, I see it as an opportunity to take time for myself. Every time I hit a red light now, I connect to myself. I take a few deep breaths, and refocus my attention on the present and all the things I have to be grateful for.

It’s such a great tool for those who feel they are always going pedal to the metal in all areas of their life. Now, red lights are magic. You deserve time to yourself.

Arrow Tip: Whenever you hit a red light, think of all the things that are the color red that make you happy. Then take three deep breaths and thank the red light for allowing you to take time for yourself.

Then on green, rev up the engine to make up the time you lost. Just kidding, don’t do that. Or do. Baby steps.

Do have little patience for traffic? If so, how do you deal with it? Let me know in the comments.

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