Topics covered in this episode:Being a physically fit and active child doing dance and playing hockey before starting in athletics. Kadeena had also done multiple degrees including one in physio which she had to leave 9 months in, due to having a stroke in May 2014. Becoming an MS (Multiple Sclerosis) warrior in September of the same year. Always wanting to be an Olympic athlete and thought she thought she was destined for the 200m sprint. She was then told that to get to an international level she’d have to become a 400-meter sprinter. That’s when things started to go wrong. Kadeena was on the start line of a race but wasn’t able to move her leg. Physio told her it was probably just something tight in her back and to stretch it out. Telling your family and friends from the get-go that you want to be independent and if you need help you’ll ask, but how do you do that in a nice way? How Paralympic classifications are given--there is a lot of testing! The classification process and the differences between the different classifications. Read more about that here Working hard to train for competitions whilst battling extreme fatigue.Disordered eating and how it is affecting training for Kadeena.Going from 10 training sessions per week to being bed bound for 3 months meant Kadeena put on weight that affected her mentally and physically. Female athleticism and the ‘fat-shaming’ pressures female athletes are under when they wear their athletics outfits. The dangers of bulimia, using laxatives and excessive fasting. If you are struggling with issues surrounding eating please take a look at: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ and https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/eating-problems/#.XeJ1spP7QWo Discussing disordered eating issues with friends and family. How they can help. Are fellow competitors friends or foes when it comes to socialising with them outside of athletics events? Being invited on reality TV shows like The Jump and Bake Off. A love of baking cakes for someone who has disordered eating? It’s a thing. Awkwardly meeting Royalty whilst super hungover (oops!) Find out who Kadeena’s favourite royal is and why! What it’s like getting an MBE (which FYI stands for ‘Member of the British Empire’!)How you should live for today because you never know what will be taken away.Kadeena’s favourite book might surprise you.Kadeena’s weirdest thing will definitely surprise you.Why everyone needs to visit Jamaica! The athlete that broke all the rules and lived to win the medals. Follow Kadeena on #Insta and #FaceyB (Kads words, she's cooler than I am!) Read Kadeena’s ‘12 months to Tokyo’ blog. Fact: Kadeena Cox became the first Briton since 1988 to win a medal in two sports at the same Paralympics as she took cycling gold in Rio. Cox, who took T38 100m athletics bronze on Friday, won the C4-5 time trial as Dame Sarah Storey finished fourth.Join the tribe and become ENabled!:Search Facebook: ENabled Warriors Or Insta: Enabled_Warriors Are you affected by stress? Take our 5 day stress challenge and see if you can live stress free click: enabledwarriors.org sign in to messenger and click ‘get started’ to start the challenge.
