Episode 1 - Humble Beginnings
from Blitz and Bloom Hosted by Tanya Henderson
Before the CFL. Before Team Canada. Before any of the titles. Episode 1 of Blitz and Bloom starts on a farm in Forestburg, Alberta — a town of 800 people, limited programs, and no obvious path forward. In this episode, Tanya Henderson shares the early years that shaped her: growing up rural, learning work ethic before having language for it, falling in love with basketball, and running headfirst into the unspoken rules placed on confident girls in sport. She walks through losing the game she thought would be her way out, discovering football with no experience and no expectations, and learning — through beat-up fields, frozen practices, and under-resourced teams — what commitment actually looks like. This is the phase of saying yes to everything. Of being humbled. Of starting to think beyond personal performance and toward building something bigger. The quiet work. The early losses. The moment before everything accelerates.
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