Isis Holt is not your average teenager.
At 18, she’s already a world champion sprinter and a two-time Paralympic silver medallist.
To put it simply, she’s a star.
But Isis knows that success and hard work are not always the winning formula for positive mental health.
“There were definitely times where I’d be in the middle of doing exams or a really intense training block and I’d be like, ‘I can’t deal with anything because everything is happening at once,” she says.
There’s the pressure of teachers and your peers, as well, wanting to do well with schoolwork, but also make friends that can stick around, and be socially accepted.
Isis lives with cerebral palsy, after being diagnosed at 11 years old – although she has never seen this as an obstacle to reaching her goals.
At 18, she’s already a world champion sprinter and a two-time Paralympic silver medallist.
To put it simply, she’s a star.
But Isis knows that success and hard work are not always the winning formula for positive mental health.
“There were definitely times where I’d be in the middle of doing exams or a really intense training block and I’d be like, ‘I can’t deal with anything because everything is happening at once,” she says.
There’s the pressure of teachers and your peers, as well, wanting to do well with schoolwork, but also make friends that can stick around, and be socially accepted.
Isis lives with cerebral palsy, after being diagnosed at 11 years old – although she has never seen this as an obstacle to reaching her goals.
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