The Work Is Easier When You Are Stronger
3 min readDec 5, 2019
When my niece Stella was younger and traveling to her first jiu jitsu tournaments, she had meltdowns matside for a solid year. Just before her matches began, she was hit with panic attacks, full of tears.
My sister Kisa had a hell of a time figuring out was what wrong. She questioned Stella about whether she wanted to compete at all, but Stella insisted that she wanted to compete but didn’t…
