Molly McCann: Therapy, combat sports, and menstrual cycles

About this episode

<p>Being deep in the middle of therapy can be draining. Ultimate Fighting Championship athlete Molly McCann has been working hard to understand her more toxic traits and behaviours, and her vulnerability has made her a stronger fighter.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this chat with Fearne, Molly talks about how she’s learnt not to fear failure, and how to overcome self-sabotage, as well as the very physical way her trauma has been released. She explains how she knew she wanted to break her family’s pattern of addiction too.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Fearne and Molly also chat about the movement towards female athletes taking their menstrual cycle into consideration during training, and the fickleness of fandom – how we put people on a pedestal only to tear them down again. How can we learn to seek internal rather than external validation?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Molly McCann returns to the Octagon for&nbsp;</em><strong><em>UFC® 304: Edwards vs Muhammad 2</em></strong><em>. Tickets for&nbsp;</em><strong><em>UFC® 304&nbsp;</em></strong><em>go on sale at 10am BST on Friday, 7th&nbsp;June via&nbsp;</em><a href="https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/xTfjClYWVfPwjlOHG6bOc?domain=ticketmaster.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ticketmaster</em></a>.</p><br><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>