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Injury Stopped You? Control The Controllables #shorts

May 29, 2026 / 01:30

This episode discusses injury management, sports psychology, and personal resilience. Molly shares her experience with a broken sacrum and how she coped with the setback.

Molly recounts breaking her sacrum just before a major competition, the World Champs in Canada. She reflects on her initial disappointment and how she quickly shifted her mindset to focus on recovery.

She emphasizes the importance of productivity and finding alternative ways to channel her energy, such as studying sports psychology during her recovery period.

The conversation highlights the saying, "control the controllables," underscoring the significance of focusing on what can be managed during challenging times.

TL;DR

Molly discusses coping with injury and focusing on recovery through sports psychology.

Episode

1:30
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Say, say you got a bad injury and you
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couldn't do it anymore.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Um
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>> I've I've had that before, multiple
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times.
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>> Um people say, like mom said to me, she
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goes, I'm actually surprised at how well
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you took it.
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>> I was like, yeah, like I guess you just
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can't fix what happened in the past, or
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you can't fix what's happening right
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now, you know, I broke my sacrum 4
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months before Godzone, and yes, it was
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Am I allowed to swear?
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>> I remember it was actually only a couple
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weeks before I went to Canada for the
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World Champs,
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>> and actually needless to say that was a
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bit of a low moment, but it was only for
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about 1 day, and then I was like, get
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over yourself, Molly, and um think about
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the
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things that you can do, and I remember
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the lady, the sports doctor telling me,
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yeah, you've you've broken your sacrum,
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and you can't go to Canada, and you'll
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have to tell your teammates that you
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can't go, and you'll most likely be out
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for multiple months,
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and I couldn't work.
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So, I guess I just put all my energy
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into getting right, and getting, you
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know, recovered as best as I could, and
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I'm quite a product you know,
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productivity is quite high in my
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priorities, and I just
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found other things that I could study
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on, and actually studied sports
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psychology in that time. So, it was
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like, you know, it's it's
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everyone has hard moments, but I feel
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like if you can
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channel what you can do versus what you
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can't do is something really, really
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important.
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>> But, there's a saying in sport, control
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the controllables.
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>> Exactly right.

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Episode Highlights

  • Overcoming Injury
    Molly shares her journey of dealing with a serious injury before a major competition.
    “You just can't fix what happened in the past.”
    @ 00m 14s
    May 29, 2026
  • Finding Productivity
    Molly discusses how she redirected her energy into studying sports psychology during recovery.
    “I just put all my energy into getting right.”
    @ 00m 55s
    May 29, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • You can't fix what happened in the past.
    Injury Stopped You? Control The Controllables #shorts
  • Channel what you can do versus what you can't do.
    Injury Stopped You? Control The Controllables #shorts
  • Control the controllables.
    Injury Stopped You? Control The Controllables #shorts

Key Moments

  • Injury Reflection00:14
  • Channeling Energy00:55
  • Controlling Controllables01:27

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