Tag: anxiety
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Podcast Episode: Angela Lee Pucci’s Fight Story | A Mental Health Revolution
From Athlete Mindset Spotify Channel: In this episode of Athlete Mindset, host Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CMPC, shares space with Angela Lee Pucci, a retired professional MMA fighter, six-time MMA world champion, and founder of Fight Story. Angela opens up about her journey from the world of combat sports to becoming a mental health advocate.…
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Finding a Solution Powerful Enough to Give Me a Better life
I first started Muay Thai as a way to overcome trauma. When I was 19, I was sexually assaulted by a family member who I had grown up with and knew well. I only told my parents 6 years later when I was 25, due to suppressing the memory and using a lot of things…
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Rewriting My Own Narrative and Becoming an Agent of Change for Others
My name is Christina, born in Melbourne Australia from Vietnamese parents who immigrated to Australia by boat. Today I would describe myself as full of life, beautiful inside and out and resilient. In 2021, I was able to become a graduate of my degree in youth work which led me to become a disability support…
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I was a Quiet Teenager with a Massive Identity Crisis
Today, I am a soon to be 42 year old woman. I have been in martial arts of some description one or another since I was 8 and it has always held a place in my soul that is indescribable. It started with karate as a child, something my mum put me into to gain…
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I Hear the Demons but I Can Carry On
I started out boxing in 2015 in graduate school and I really got into it. I didn’t realize over the next three years how much it would dictate my life as I would become more restrictive with my eating. I could never be satisfied with my figure. I wasn’t happy, so in 2018 I stopped…
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We Broke Through the Chains Holding Us Back
Aloha, My name is Hazel-Rose Kamaka’ona’onaokamalani Nāhi‘ena‘ena and I am a survivor of Domestic Abuse / Sexual Abuse for 17yrs, & Rape my Highschool senior year. I have fought all my life as a Boxer / MMA fighter, but my hardest battles were mental, spiritual, & emotional. I have suffered from PTSD, Anxiety, & Depression,…
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Again and Again, I Rebuild, Restart and Reprogram
When I first picked up combat sport. I practiced it with the intention of strengthening my mind, willpower and unwavering desire, so that no matter what emotions I would feel, my mind could overcome it.Especially a mind that is constantly tempted by some of the 7 deadly sin.I was bullied, constantly, when i was a…
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I Felt like I was Still Breathing but Not Alive Anymore
My story begins in 2020. Although I had an upbringing that included its fair share of abuse, abandonment and molestation, and panic attacks, it wasn’t until the pandemic year that I started to realize how it all really affected me. When I began seeing video after video of people who were the same color as…
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It Takes the Most Courage to Look Within
Hi, I am reaching out after being inspired by seeing an interview of Angela Lee sharing about her journey with mental health. I really appreciate her shedding light on mental health, being an example for others, and providing tools and insights for others who may be going through something similar. An elder once shared with…
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A Story of F*ing-up But Also of Connection
This is my FightStory that I shared with over 1,500 people from my company on September 15, 2022 Those of you who know me personally know I’m open about my challenges with mental health For those of you who don’t know me after this you will I want to introduce you to a couple of…
