Energy Slap athlete, BKFC athlete, mannequin, lingerie soccer participant, and electrician, Tai Emery, shared her candid ideas on psychological well being and the significance of self-awareness in managing life’s challenges. Identified for her toughness and character, Tai Emery’s reflections provide insights into balancing chaos and calm, each inside and outdoors the ring.
Tai Emery
Tai Emery sat down with LowKickMMA’s Tim Wheaton to replicate on her journey. Emery emphasised the importance of understanding one’s strengths and discovering environments the place one can thrive. Drawing from her personal experiences working with dwell wires as an electrician she defined how high-pressure conditions usually reveal an individual’s true character. “Individuals discover out the place they’re essentially the most calm.”
Tai Emery additionally highlighted the significance of self-awareness and emotional regulation. She believes that figuring out private triggers and growing instruments to handle them is essential for psychological well-being. Whether or not it’s journaling, exercising, listening to music, or spending time in nature, Emery advocates for locating customized rituals that assist preserve stability. “A cheerful fighter is a harmful fighter,” she remarked, drawing parallels between psychological well being and peak efficiency.
“Generally when there’s an issue—whether or not it’s within the ring or out of the ring—you by no means clear up the riddle in the identical state you’re in. You know the way you’ve misplaced your automotive keys and it’s all the time within the final place you look? No—it’s typically whenever you’re not wanting that you just discover them. So typically simply stepping away from one thing and chilling out—being in nature—might help. Like I stated, there’s a small checklist of issues folks can do to cease eager about the issue and truly clear up it.”
For Tai Emery, sustaining stability amidst a demanding schedule, coaching, media commitments, social media tasks, and extra, requires meticulous group. She credit her use of a color-coded diary for serving to her keep on observe.
“I feel a device for folks—whether or not they’re fighters or not—is simply attempting to determine: one, their triggers; and two, how they management them. Whether or not it’s having some self-isolation, permitting your self to course of one thing, writing it down in a journal, listening to music, studying books, speaking with buddies, dancing, figuring out—discover your individual instruments. These instruments additionally turn into meditation: going for a stroll, taking part in together with your canine, being together with your children. These are all instruments you should utilize to calm your feelings or carry your self again to consciousness.”
Nevertheless, she acknowledges that what works for her may not work for everybody: “Monitoring my weight or utilizing a diary may not work for another person… Everybody has their very own instruments.” In the end, Emery’s message is considered one of empowerment by self-discovery. She encourages others to embrace their distinctive traits and discover pleasure of their pursuits. “Whenever you’re happiest, folks can get essentially the most out of you, and you will get essentially the most out of your self.”
“Clearly, folks discover out the place they’re essentially the most calm. Individuals need to do one thing that they’re good at; that’s simply the reality. You are able to do one thing you’re not good at, however as a job and the place you fall into, you’re typically doing one thing you’re naturally good at or have labored onerous to be good at.”
