Alysa Liu’s Gold: What Happens When You Reclaim Your Truth
Watching her journey to gold was inspiring… the rising, retreating, and rising again with such elegant liberation. Her path hasn’t always been smooth. At 16, she finished in the top tier for the U.S. ladies at the ’22 Winter Olympics, yet she listened to her inner truth and retired due to burnout—a rare move at the peak of her sport. In interviews, she shared that ice skating had become a burden and that she had grown to hate it. She was told what to wear, how to move, when to wake up… a multitude of conditioning she had no voice in.
It takes courage to walk away at the height of your career, especially when it may disappoint those who have invested so much in you. She liberated herself from it all, and her comeback revealed not just talent, but recalibrated purpose. A purpose and passion you could see in the way she moved across the ice and in her confident composure. When asked if she was nervous during the competition for gold, she said she was calm—focused only on breathing and performing her heart out.
She finally listened to her truth, and her light emanated brightly. You could feel the shift in her spirit… the unshackling, the passion, the lightness in her smile. She knew who she was. Her talents became even more profound—her truth evident for the world to see.
This is what happens when you awaken and reclaim your truth. You allow, accept, and embrace your perfectly imperfect self. You fall in love with who you are. You don’t let anyone tear you down. You speak up when you veer away from your truth.
How often have you said, “I hate my job” or “I hate my life”? Do you feel suffocated by conditioning? Have you lost that unbridled passion and joy—or were you so conditioned that you never felt that freedom to do what you love in the first place?
Life is too short not to live fully. If you’re quietly wondering, “Is it too late for me?” — it’s not. Burnout isn’t failure. It’s feedback. And sometimes, like Alysa, stepping away is what brings you back to gold.
What is your soul telling you today? Listen to it… you have so much untapped potential. I hope you allow yourself to feel that unbridled joy.
Photo courtesy of The Players Tribune
