It’s Okay to Hang Up Your Skates for a While
If the hardest thing about adult skating is actually taking that first tentative step (…especially when you forget to take your blade guards off…), then the second-hardest thing is showing…
Why I Chose “Frozen Fitness”
How Figure Skating Changed My Mind About Changing My Body I was never a particularly athletic child, and I was even less so an athletic teenager. I preferred the solidarity…
Identifying as a Figure Skater
Identifying as a Figure Skater did not immediately come to me. For months, maybe even the better part of a year, I "liked skating" or was "taking skating lessons." I…
UGH! Just Take the Win!
If you're a perfectionist like me, strap in because this week's reflection takes aim at YOU. As of two days ago, I have been in Learn to Skate classes for…
How a Change in Coaching Changed My Perspective
A little over six months ago, right after I completed my second winter show program, my coach came to me with some news. She was moving to Colorado in a…
“Down Nine Times, But I Get Up Ten.”
Every skater, of any age group or level, knows the feeling. You’ve been practising a skill for a “while” (pronounced “eternity”). You implement feedback? Nothing. You exercise off-ice? Nothing. You try…
Ice Dance: Why Everyone Should Learn It
The first thing anyone asks me when I tell them I skate is "Can you jump?", right next to "Can I watch you on TV?!", but people don't really get…
Your Level Is The Only One That Matters
As adult skaters, we've probably all been here... We step out onto the ice with a practice plan and positive thoughts only to leave moments later out of nervousness. Or…