What happens when the thing you've built your entire identity around suddenly gets taken away? Maritza Sanchez is sitting down with Zach for an honest conversation about the side of combat sports people don't always see - what happens when your body forces you to stop.
What happens when the thing you've built your entire identity around suddenly gets taken away?
Maritza Sanchez is a professional MMA fighter who began competing as a teenager and has spent nearly a decade building her career in combat sports.
After suffering two concussions within one week and facing a prolonged recovery, she's now navigating one of the hardest fights of her career outside the cage - protecting her health while discovering what the next evolution of her life could look like.
Now, Maritza is sitting down with Zach for an honest conversation about the side of combat sports people don't always see: what happens when your body forces you to stop, the future you've been chasing becomes uncertain, and you have to discover who you are beyond the thing you do.
Press play if life has ever forced you to become someone you didn't plan on becoming and see how you can navigate the identity shift that comes with that change.
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