She’s in her “Kara Era” and here’s how you could be in it, too.
“It will never get easier,” she says dissentingly.
“What happens is you handle hard better.”
She brings home the message that anything meaningful in life will require you to work hard for it.
“I get notes, emails, and letters all the time,” Coach Lawson tellsWell+Good.
And trust us, you’ll want to hear her advice.
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Her parents, supportive of her dreams, took her to a local youth football league.
Despite these fears, she held on to the words her dad told her that day in the car.
So don’t get out if you don’t believe that.'"
Self-belief was a value that was ingrained in her at such an early age.
But she never let it.
“But the stuff that has longevitythat belief has to come from within.”
“Every step of my career has been hard,” she says.
But her playing career wasn’t the only time she faced hurdles.
Coach Lawson says that all of these learning experiences took time.
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And she couldn’t do it if she wasn’t confident in her abilities.
“Sometimes we doubt ourselves, even when we don’t have a reason to.
It can be easy to think, ‘What if I’m not good enough?
What if it doesn’t work out?'”
But you might’t let those thoughts stay long.
Welcome them in, observe them, and then let them go.
If that sounds easier said than done, you’re probably not the only one who feels that way.
Coach Lawson’s advice?
“Instead of wallowing in that negativity, I go into problem-solving mode.
What can I do to turn this situation into a more positive one?”
That’s what you have to ask yourself.
Because, as we all know, there’salwayssomething.
And the work is paying off.
But like a true coach, she warns us not to celebratetoohard.
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