Here is her experience :
Mimi Seeley is a former Elementary School teacher and children ' s yoga instructor . She recently resigned from her career to pursue a longstanding dream of taking time to travel , write , and challenge herself in different ways . Currently in a relationship with NATC Pro-trials rider Daniel Blanc-Gonnet , she found herself at the Trials Training Center for the 2021 Eastern Youth Nationals & Women ' s Open because , let ' s face it , we all end up getting involved in our partner ' s hobbies in one way or another !
Learning to Fail With Grace
words & photos courtesy of Mimi Seeley
The fear of failure can keep myself , and many others from trying new things . Not wanting to feel embarrassed in front of one ’ s peers , the potential for injury , or even the possibility that pursuing a new venture could result in the loss of all that is familiar , comfortable and protected . Yet it is often through
ON THE PEGS // PAGE 122 walking straight into the fear that we grow and evolve as humans .
I grappled with such fear for a couple of months as I weighed the options of quitting my job as an educator in order to take a year to travel vs . staying in the security of a steady income and health insurance . When in the deep end of the fear