The Confidence to Become an Accidental Athlete
Highlighting:
- Self-Esteem
- Individual Sports
- Running and Jogging
- Sports and Outdoors
- Self-Help
- Confidence
- Womens Empowerment>
Confidence - The Accidental Athlete: How Running Changed My Life tracks the chronology of events and activities in my life that enabled me to have the confidence to try and the self-esteem to call myself a runner.
It describes someone who started out with no intention of being an athlete, with absolutely no awareness that she had athletic talent. It finishes with a call to action to each woman out there that may not have discovered who she is as an athlete and what talent and ability lies within.
Please join me in this book of discovery. My purpose is to inspire other women, of all different abilities, to be confident, and willing to uncover Accidental Athletes at any age or stage in life.
This book was written to help you discover your own Athlete Within. I encourage you to read on about this empowered athlete and how my life was changed forever because of learning and growing through challenge, activity, and specifically, running.
While running was the glue that connected the pieces throughout my adult life, it is the story of discovery that I truly want to share. It is the fact that I learned to understand my inner strength and overcome inner fears that allowed me to grow as a woman and a human being.
I emphasize growth and discovery as something that each of us seeks and some of us are lucky enough to find.
The title of this book describes a priceless gift of self-confidence and athleticism presented to me, through luck, fate, and some of my own effort. Fortunately, I grew to recognize the value in the tangible and intangible aspects of my life when I accidentally discovered that I was an athlete.
I want that same self-discovery and empowered opportunity for you.
Activate Your WOW!
Stephanie Atwood
- Award Winning Speaker
- Best Selling Author
- Certified Run Coach
- Nutritionist
- Personal Trainer
- Empowered Woman
- Wellness Authority
- Masters Runner
- Marathoner
About the Author: Stephanie Atwood M.A. is an award winning speaker, best-selling author, wellness authority, and founder of 3 health oriented businesses: Go WOW Living, Go WOW Team, At Last The Best. Her level of curiosity is boundless, she loves to write, and continuing education is a lifestyle as strong as her need to run. Currently head coach and founder of the women's running/walking group in the greater Bay Area called Go WOW Team - Atwood has devoted her life to building confidence and empowering women to strive high and be willing to take risks. Masters runner Stephanie Atwood completed her first long run as a student with Outward Bound. The Outward Bound experience changed her life. Running has been a constant part since then. Atwood qualified for The Boston Marathon in her 20's and again in her 60's. "Running and I go together. I want it to be that way as long as I live". Her experience as speaker, team builder, entrepreneur, and educator spans many years and many situations. Atwood started performing when she was five years old. She is part of the Atwood/Debolt Family, well known for the Academy Award Winning Film Who Are The DeBolts. Atwood spent 7 years working as Senior Instructor with Outward Bound and more than 2 decades as an international adventure travel guide with her own business Guides For All Seasons. She has led trips and tours for the Sierra Club, Mountain Travel/Sobek, Wilderness Adventure Travel, Overseas Adventure Travel, etc. "Movement and fitness is a gift. I hope to be moving until the day I die."
