What happens when you’ve spent much of your life being good at what you do - and suddenly find yourself right back at the beginning?
In this "long-form" conversation, Faye and I explore another part of Forbidden Grief: the loss of competence that came with stepping aboard Reach Out and learning to sail.
From black belt, teacher and business owner to becoming a white belt again, we talk about confidence, fear, not knowing, getting things wrong, and what it takes to keep going when the “opponent” turns out to be much bigger than you expected.
And underneath it all, a deeper question:
Who are we when we’re no longer the person who knows what they’re doing?