Season 5, Episode 2: Recovering from disaster with Jake Fox.

Jake Fox is a semi professional mountain biker who was on a trajectory to making his dreams real when disaster struck and was paralysed in an accident.

 

A year later, Jake is riding and skiing again in the mountains of British Columbia but has had to rebuild his dreams, his skills and his life.

 

Rather than embracing self pity or remorse for what could have been, Jake chose gratitude and investing himself in what is possible with what he has. His recovery has surprised doctors and himself.

 

There is a cliché that we all die, but we don’t all live. Second chances often help us see the world through a refreshingly different lens. In golf, a second try after a failed tee shot is called a ‘mulligan.’ It is the epitomy of grace and forgiveness, of a generous universe.

 

When you fail, when things fall apart, how have you chosen to try again, to restart, to recover? What are you grateful for in the life you have?

 

This is an amazing episode with a resilient young man about focusing on what you want rather than the narratives of well-meaning experts and loved ones. What do you want and how will you make it real, despite everything else?

 

The Kickasspirational YouTube can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eICtKneM-hY

 

You can find more about Jake Fox and his story on Instagram at:

@fake.jox