Episode #89: My HYROX Wake-Up Call: The Weight I Didn’t Know I Was Carrying

I was prepared for the physical challenges of my first HYROX event. What I didn’t expect was for it to reveal just how much emotional weight I’d been carrying.

Somewhere between the training, the illness, the IV drips, and the intensity of race day, HYROX pulled up years of grief, loneliness, self-protection, and the quiet ache of doing life solo for far too long.

The sudden 14-pound weight spike in just two weeks became the wake-up call I couldn’t ignore — the physical proof of everything I’d been holding in.

This event didn’t just test my body. It cracked open everything I’ve been avoiding. It forced me to feel the pain I’ve suppressed… maybe even used fitness to outrun. And it made me face the ways I’ve kept people at a distance because it felt safer than risking disappointment.

This is the real story of how HYROX became less about the competition and more about healing, trauma patterns, and emotional clarity.

If you’ve ever pushed down your pain until it showed up in your body… If you’ve ever kept people at arm’s length because disappointment hurts more than loneliness… If you’ve ever been confronted with the truth you’ve been avoiding...

This episode is going to hit home.

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Show Notes:

00:00 — Welcome to Unscripted Healing 01:16 — The (chaotic) weeks leading up to HYROX 05:08 — Getting sick + training setbacks 08:37 — Hydra Life experience + recovery 10:45 — The electric energy of HYROX 14:06 — Team dynamics, vulnerability, and growth 18:22 — Emotional transference through physical intensity 20:53 — Community, connection, and letting yourself be supported 29:19 — When unprocessed sadness finally breaks through 31:32 — How isolation becomes a habit 33:40 — Ignoring physical symptoms (including the heart attack story) 40:02 — Emotional ↔ physical health 45:52 — The spiral of healing and being witnessed 52:54 — Where are you blocking yourself from love + support?