In the days and months leading into the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, I began to feel something unexpected.
I felt emptiness.
Not because I lacked drive or excitement, but because I could see what was coming. For 15 years, I had lived with total clarity. Every decision, every early morning, every s...
Creating new habits sounds exciting at first, until real life steps in. One day, your schedule gets thrown off, the rhythm you’ve worked hard to build is disrupted, and suddenly you’re standing at a crossroads. Do you take the detour and give yourself a break? Or do you find a way to stay on the pat...
After 15 years of striving toward the Olympic Games, I discovered that certain self-improvement strategies didn’t just make me a better athlete—they made me a better wife, mother, business owner, and friend.
As I have taken time to reflect back on these lessons, I have come to realize that many of t...
As you try to have more balance in your life with your goals, family, work, and everything in between, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. But he...
Over the years, I’ve had a handful of people ask me if the sport of skeleton is simply a race of chance, not realizing how much effort it takes to find your balance point—both physically and mentally.
“Do you even do anything on your sled? Or do you just lie there?”
To be completely honest, I’...
"Come on Noelle. Youve got to pick yourself up." I was six years old and learning how to snow ski, when these words ran through my head. As a young girl, I was about to discover something very profound.
Following a massive, typical crash wh...
People always ask me what it takes to become an Olympic skeleton athlete. At the heart of being a great skeleton athlete, it requires the ability to think ahead.
Skeleton is a precision sport. Every movement, every breath exhaled, and every pi...
Flight, space travel, human organ transplants, and circumnavigating the globe were all thought to be impossible… until someone believed it could be done and had the courage to try.
Skateboarding legend, Tony Hawk, has accomplished many things in his life. He is a father of four children, a philanthr...
