World Class Athlete Megan Henry The Savage Meglet
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On this episode of Shaping Success with Wes Tankersley, Wes talks to World Champion athlete Megan Henry.\\xa0
Megan\\u2019s road to success started in college where she played field hockey and did track and field.\\xa0 After college she joined the Army where she was an Army world class athlete.\\xa0
Megan and Wes discuss mindset in this episode and how it changed throughout Megan\\u2019s career. After college and basic training in the Army, Megan was recruited for bobsled, but it turns out she was too small at 5\\u20192\\u201d and 118lbs. They instead recruited her for Skeleton which is going 80 mph down the ice headfirst.
In the beginning, her mindset for achievement was trying to be perfect down to the last detail. She tried to force the results. She paid attention to the things she didn\\u2019t want instead of what she wanted. She said she had an attachment to being in control of every detail.\\xa0 She realized she needed to change her mindset to succeed. She needed flexibility to adapt to change that may happen along the way. Megan found she was not in the moment of competition when these attachments happen. She was not relaxed, which is important in Skeleton.
Megan also did weightlift competitions where she fell into the habit of the same mindset of trying to be perfect. Realizing this, she set herself up for success by letting go of the attachments.
Early in her Skeleton career, Megan developed blood clots that were diagnosed by a Pulmonologist after seeing 5 doctors for difficulty breathing.\\xa0 She was hospitalized for 10 days, put on blood thinners, and went through tedious testing to make sure her blood levels were good. She was told she wouldn\\u2019t compete again, but she didn\\u2019t accept that. Using visualization and spiritual meditation, she got off the blood thinners after 8 months and began competing again.
Her goal was to make the Olympic team in Skeleton. She did not perform well and fell back into old habits with her attachment to detail.\\xa0 As a result, she did not make the Olympic Team in 2022 but was an alternate. At this point she realized she needed a mindset coach to get her mind back to where it was.\\xa0
Megan says she found success and happiness despite not making the Olympic Team. She was an Army World Class Athlete, World champion, and National Champion at the Skeleton.\\xa0
Now she is a coach at Inlifted with Mark England and just graduated to become a sports psychologist. Her secret to success is pursuing a goal until completion. She learned more not making the Olympic team than if she had made it. Her success meaning is the fastest way to succeed is to make a lot of errors.\\xa0
Find Megan on Instagram @thesavagemeglet
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