Karen Chen on self-doubt, mental health and keeping calm under pressure

.....“It’s hard for me to differentiate my skating accomplishments and my identity. I always get those two mixed together,” said Chen, who is also a student at Cornell University. “So when I don’t have the best skates, I feel like I let myself down. I feel like I let my family down. I feel like I let my coaches down. I feel like I failed as a student, I failed as an athlete, I failed as a daughter. And that’s something that I’m still working on — to learn to differentiate my self-worth and identity [from] my success as an athlete.".....   ...more

Bethany`s Notes: I can think almost everyone can relate to this comment finding our identity or worth as a coach or athlete based on success or failure.