Finding balance | Veronica Ewers | Explore series | Presented by Wahoo | EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2023
- Two years ago, Veronica Ewers was a name no one outside of her local team had heard of. Two seasons later, she’s earned top tens in the sport’s biggest races. But Veronica still feels like an outsider, and that gnaws at her sense of belonging.
Watch the latest Explore film “Finding Balance” presented by Wahoo to hear from Veronica as she traverses the relationships between identity and performance, solitude and community, and searches for balance before the Tour de France Femmes.
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And brick by brick over the last 17 years, Jackson, a former investment banker turned Canadian professional racer, built a team to compete on a national level and provide meaningful support to the next generation of professional women cyclists.
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We don’t talk about mental health enough in sports. Thank you for sharing this to feel like we are not alone ❤
Man EF, you folks are the most genuine and lovable team in pro cycling. I hope you can keep that attitude alive and I hope you'll have many decades of success ahead of you. Pro cycling needs a team like yours badly.
I’m not crying. You are crying. That imposter syndrome, and what is life question. EF for the W again!
"I tend to isolate myself but crave wanting to be with people." Damn, this is me, too. Veronica, thanks so much for saying what I'm feeling. Your self-reflection on whether that's a strength of yours hits VERY close to home for me. You are amazing.
That quote landed harder than I expected with myself also.
Veronica is extremely candid in this video--I think she's a champion. She should trust and believe in herself 100%---she definitely has all of the qualities of being a true hero and champion, especially in the hearts and minds of all her friends and fans! You are very much ❤ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 Veronica!!!
I didn't expect to cry but her we are. This is achingly beautiful and the message is so important.
You've got a new fan, Veronica. Keep listening for the chering!
As someone who has a daughter in Moscow Middle School first let me say how excited she is to watch you race and read about you. That same daughter also likes to compete in sports and worries about many of the same things you express here. For her this video is very reassuring. Thank you. The one thing I'll add as someone who has watched this sport for many years, if you are there you belong.
Similar themes to Matej's interview yesterday 🙏
Truly amazing piece. Big fan of your athletes EF.
The tone and pacing of the film is wonderful. It is such an emotionally vulnerable portrait of Veronica, and a compelling illustration of the feelings of isolation and loneliness that some of these athletes face. Bravo to the filmmakers and Veronica! I’ve become a fan and I’m rooting for your speedy recovery!
I can't believe how you guys and girls keep producing these gorgeous, intimate pieces of art, protraying the human condition within this polarizing sport of cycling. Truly thankful for your creativity!🙏
Hi Veronica, It's refreshing to see the actual human beyond the race, beyond the bike; and the human being that I see is strong, beautiful and inspiring... Thank you 😊
"I think that's why I fear finding balance of being happy or more happy & mentally in a better place or do I want to be the best bike racer in the world."?
She knows, Our greatest strength is also our greatest weakness.
Thus "Finding balance" is a great title for this.
That is what champions often ask themselves.
Bringing mental health to light is something which is needed however, placing it under a spotlight in hopes of normalizing it may in fact amplify it beyond healthy.
I think cycling is the most polarising sport, one day you're good smashing goals the next day you're down in the dumps. You can ride with a friend or a club or you can just be alone for hours on end. You can be in the most beautiful scenery or stuck on your trainer going nowhere and no one understands really. Great video
Watched this after a bike ride, while doing some knitting and LOVED seeing someone so relatable. Thank you for sharing this story!
This was great inspiration for me- thanks for showing me I am not alone!🎉You rock!
i don't know anything about cycling but i know about inner dialogues. you are a bike racer now. give it time to heal. you can find fun. you can find friends. you can do it!
Chapeau, Veronica! Pulling so hard for you and the team at the Femmes!
This is a great video Veronica, i think alot of endurance athletes can also relate to this. So much respect for talking about your inner feelings. I hope you have a great TDFF
Hi Veronica great video, i will always remember when we looked after you and the other USA team members in Wollongong at the worlds last year. You were always the first smiling face on our door in the mornings.....
WOW! So honest! So vulnerable! So amazing! Just want to give her a great big hug. And share this with my daughters. Thank you!
These docu segments are getting deeeep, well done
so, so important to hear, loved this and appreciate the rawness!
Best one yet. Really nicely done and really worthwhile. Hope it does well. Really feel these sort of videos, although maybe not gonna break UA-cam servers, are the sort that will bring long term engagement across your brand and channel. KIU!
Definitely the most important video I'll be seeing on UA-cam today. Thanks.
What a beautiful and honest portrait!
Best of luck, legs and mindset for the tour 🤞
Another excellent video highlighting an EF Education rider. I have lived with anxiety and depression for years and it's not easy, especially as an introvert. I have to make the choice to want to be around people because I know if I stay to myself my mental health suffers. My husband works a crazy schedule so we don't have a lot of time together and I stay connected with my family, my church family, and I am a parttime caregiver for my elderly neighbor. It really is a choice and if I choose wisely I don't suffer from depression and anxiety, I simply live with them. There is a difference! Good luck the rest of your season, Veronica. I know you crashed out of the TDFF and hope you recover fully and quickly. Take care!
I can see why she rides and it makes me so emotional.
This is one of the best cycling videos I've seen. Heal up Veronica! You're so far from being a nobody in the peloton.
Women are not men and so women cycling has not to be like men cycling. I absolutely enjoy watching women races and I am happy that those strong women show other facets for cycling. chapeau!
Very moving.
Thx for honesty. We all have been there for sure. I and all my friends find prayer to Jesus to be a game changer for times of loneliness. Whether on a tough climb on the bike or a long walk or while having a hot cup of coffee,prayer to Jesus gives life in the midst of honest loneliness. Again, thx for your honesty
Best video by EF Pro Cycling I have watched
Veronica, congrats on a wonderful Giro Donne; I love watching you ride. As is true on the bike as in life, always look up the road and not down at your front wheel.
Thank you for this Veronica and EF Pro Cycling, I didn't realise I needed this today as bad as I did ❤
Wow. You are a total inspiration! Being vulnerable and allowing others in is huge. Chapeau to you x
Thank you so much for your honesty.
Thank you for sharing your story with us Veronica. This was so moving and heartfelt. Talking about these things with the platform you have will help so many others. Best of luck to you!! Will be rooting for you!
Wow, I was not expecting to cry on the indoor trainer today.
Great video.
Awesome video. Very brave, Veronica, to share your thoughts, struggles and internal fights!
Waking up early here in Seattle to root you on! Go Veronica!
Great videos, thx for posting, enjoying everyone. Cheering y’all on for la femme tour
Watching this while watching stage 2 of tdf. Good luck rest of the tour!
This was incredible!
A very brief human being to allow everyone to see what we all feel
This is a fucking work of art. The story, cinematography, sound, music.... Chapeau! Can we get the production credits?
Damn….
Let me say this the devil is a liar. This video while great it did concern me because she is so young. As people we’ve gotta bind anxiety & bind depression. I speak life over you and I’ll say GET AROUND SOME PEOPLE ASAP when you get a chance go to the mall. You also meet some others in the peloton just say hi and hey good ride find out what other ladies are in an area near you and start training with them. Also I’ll say this life passes fast so please enjoy EVERY MOMENT of it the highs and the lows. Because it’s over in a blink of an eye. I’m praying for your mental health you’re already great regardless if you ever win again or not bike racing. It’s a very difficult thing to do I’m a regular person who rides for health and fitness and it’s super tough 😂 so the fact you get to ride for a living trust me you’re in the 1% 😂 enjoy it sis 🫂🤗😊