An athlete who ruptured not one, but two Achilles tendons. And came back, every time.

She is coming back to her best squash, slashing her opponents in less time they normally warm up… (kidding, but you see the drill). And she is very open about her past eating disorder.

“I never sought out formal treatment for my eating disorder.

“For years, shame and embarrassment kept me silent throughout college and into the early stages of my professional career. I was also deeply in denial… I wasn’t ready for that truth.

So instead, I buried it. I carried the secret for years like an invisible weight shackled to my ankle. I hid it from my family, my friends, my coaches, my college teammates, and later, my peers on the professional squash tour.

There was one moment in the fall of 2018 when I finally reached a breaking point…

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