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Not Your Average Athlete

Christie Sausa, MS

What athletes teach us about resilience, identity, mental health, and being human. Written from an Olympic town, by someone who never left the ice.

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    I help capable, self-aware people who are still stuck get out of their own way. Because I've been there. Author. Athlete. Neurodivergence Executive Function coach. AuDHD.

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