what makes a female athlete?

I didn't call myself an athlete until I was 26, and I've been unpacking why ever since. Being uncomfortable with my physicality and stereotypes I was fed as a child resulted in a deep dissociation. Sickness, injury, and death put me face to face with how I nurture myself and my body. At one point in time, I had all my eggs in the lifting basket, but I realized I was operating from a place of over-idolized physique and strength equaling acceptance and love for self. I can't always be my strongest or leanest, so what happens then? Join me as I discuss what I define to be a female athlete and how I've developed a more meaningful relationship to my body and to movement.