EPISODE · May 10, 2019 · 47 MIN
Sam Bloom: The power of sport after adversity
from The Compeat Waffle · host Compeat Performance
Sam Bloom is a mother, a wife, an athlete and a survivor. Join us as we chat through her journey and the challenges faced after the 2013 accident that changed everything. We talk through how sport and a magpie were her two keys in survival and mental strength through it all; that it is ok to mourn and to feel after something awful happens; and the importance in redefining your identity after adversity. Sam’s honesty in experience is truly something special. A story that has touched so many that a movie about her, starring Naomi Watts, is set for filming from August this year (2019).
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Sam Bloom is a mother, a wife, an athlete and a survivor. Join us as we chat through her journey and the challenges faced after the 2013 accident that changed everything. We talk through how sport and a magpie were her two keys in survival and mental strength through it all; that it is ok to mourn and to feel after something awful happens; and the importance in redefining your identity after adversity. Sam’s honesty in experience is truly something special. A story that has touched so many that a movie about her, starring Naomi Watts, is set for filming from August this year (2019).
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