Stress is awesome (in moderation)

“Wasn’t that awesome?!” our team captain came bounding into the locker room.

Painful. Intense. Exhausting, sure. But, awesome?

Coach had run us so hard I thought I’d puke. I was dying! And I was freaking out a little that my lungs and legs were burning SO bad.

She loved to push herself. She had a much more positive view of physical stress than I did. She knew stress wasn’t always bad or toxic. She had a healthy stress mindset. I had yet to develop that.