043: Finding Purpose After a Career-Ending Injury with Kelsey O'Connor

The Fearless Warrior Podcast

Kelsey O'Connor is a motivational speaker, former D1 student athlete and a recent social work graduate from North Carolina state university. After recovering from a head injury that abruptly ended her athletic career. Kelsey graduated and delivered a commencement speech that went viral on Tik Tok and Facebook with over 30 million views across platforms combined. In our conversation today, we dive deep in to her journey through her personal struggles as a Division 1 athlete. She shares how she personally faced and moved through her personal darkness and came out the other side, ready to empower others to do the same.
Episode Highlights:

• The difference between what you DO and what you ARE
• How to find your identity outside of your achievements
• How skills learned in softball have continued to bless her life
• How she processed her physical and team struggles during college

Connect with Kelsey:
Instagram: @kelsoconnor6
website: https://www.kelseyoconnor.net/

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Chapter

1. 043: Finding Purpose After a Career-Ending Injury with Kelsey O'Connor (00:00:00)

2. Empowering Identity and Resilience (00:00:01)

3. Finding Purpose Beyond Adversity (00:09:14)

4. Overcoming Adversity (00:18:23)

5. Navigating Toxic Team Dynamics (00:24:23)

6. Navigating Toxic Coaching Dynamics (00:30:58)

7. Defining Identity After Sports Injury (00:37:55)

8. The Power of Love and Persistence (00:51:59)