Owning Your True Identity | Chris Mosier

Chris Mosier (0:00)

Never limit your own greatness to make other people feel more comfortable. Never limit the fullness, the wholeness, the exceptionalness of who you are, because you're worried about what other people might think or say.

Michael Gervais (0:23)

Okay, welcome back, or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. My name is Dr. Michael Gervais, and by trade and training, I am a sport and performance psychologist. And the whole idea behind these conversations, behind this podcast, is to learn from people who are challenging the edges and the reaches of the human experience, in business, in sport, in science, in life, where we're pulling back the curtain to explore how they have committed to mastering both their craft and their minds in an effort to understand how to express their potential and help others do the same.

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Now, this week's conversation is with Chris Mosier, a Hall of Fame triathlete, all American duo athlete, and a six time member of Team USA. And Chris is far more than an elite athlete.

He is a trailblazer.

In 2015, Chris became the first transgender man to represent the United States in international competition. He is also the first transgender athlete to be sponsored by Nike, featured in the ESPN body issue, and to qualify for the Olympic trials in the gender that he identified. And he continues to be a leading voice for the gender inclusive policy in sport. He's a mentor and he's a role model and he's a source of inspiration for so many people. Many of us, obviously the transgender athlete and team and community themselves, but for me as well and for many people, and I think this community is going to fall in love with exactly how he understands himself. And so I'm really excited to have this conversation and to introduce his philosophy and his way of living to you. Just as a side note here, when we look and celebrate the extraordinaries, if we're just celebrating the achievement, we're missing so much more. We're missing how they have organized their life, how they work from the inside out, how they build community to be able to support and challenge each other along the path. And Chris has done just that. While navigating an internal experience that is so uniquely different from anyone else we've had on this podcast, that that is the reason I wanted to better understand.