Entries by Apolo

What Are You Thankful For?

Everyone’s been through a hell of a year so far, and I’m choosing to spend this week focusing on gratitude and thankfulness. This is one of my favorite times of the year, not only because of the leaves changing and the weather starting to cool down, which I’m a big fan of, but also because […]

The Fear of Failure

In my last post, I wrote about “The Weight of Gold” – the HBO documentary that focuses on the mental health challenges faced by elite athletes. Mental health goes far beyond athletes, though, and I hope this documentary helped the general public relate. In addition to myself and my colleagues telling our stories, I also […]

Examining the Weight of Gold

As the world’s greatest athletes, Olympians and Paralympians are often put on a pedestal. It’s hard for most people to remember that we are human. We experience the same emotions and struggles – ups and downs – as the other seven billion people on the planet. In fact there are some that we experience more […]