It takes energy to get energy.
I've gotten to work with some amazing brands that, in many cases, market to female consumers.
Sometimes in life, when we really want something, we can approach it in a way that might actually be closing us off from achieving it.
When you operate from a nothing-left-to-lose mentality, it's essentially the same thing as the 'Law of Least Resistance.' You have a goal in mind, but you're not emotionally attached to the outcome. You're focusing on all of the little steps inbetween.
When you find yourself hitting up against a wall over and over again, it's time to try a different route.
Snowboarding has really shaped the person I've become, and I consider every moment a good one because every one has led me to where I am now.
Change can be uncomfortable and scary. But I believe change exists to teach us to appreciate and enjoy the right now.
When I first started snowboarding, it was something that was only really done in the winter. Mount Hood in Oregon was the magical exception.
Our job as pros is to walk a very fine line: be the best but stay healthy so you can continue to progress and be at the top. You can't push the sport and yourself if you're always hurt.
Being at the top means never being satisfied with what you're comfortable with - comfortable means you've stopped pushing, and you're either going to get passed, or you already have been. But if you're constantly pushing yourself, then you're exposing yourself to falls and injuries.
Over the course of my 13-year career, I've had a lot of concussions, and yet, because I'm no longer competing or suffering from concussion symptoms, I felt like I was in the clear. The reality, though, is that I get concussions far more easily, and my symptoms last far longer than ever before.
From any traumatic injury, you're going to experience a lack of confidence. There's a whole process you have to go through to break free of that.
I'm a two-time Olympian, but ever since I was a little girl, the Olympic dream has influenced me.
Meditating, even for a little bit, is better than nothing.
Meditation isn't necessarily this magical experience where we don't ever have thoughts.
When I win, I'm happy. When I lose, I'm also happy. I'm grateful for this life I have to live. It's a great life.
I like eating small meals frequently throughout the day, it helps me keep up my metabolism and get more out of my training.
We need more balance in the world - more balance of the feminine and the masculine.
When you start to find balance, then you start to ask more important questions, like, 'Who am I really?' That's when you start seeing that every single person around you is a human being just doing the best that they can.
It took me a long time to figure out how to deal with pressure.
