Krista Guloien 

It seems like time has been flying! Here comes another year. If we choose it can also be a fresh start and or a new chapter. 2016 is significant to me in many ways, but one way in particular. Another Olympic year is before us and it is kind of a trip that this will be the next summer Olympics beyond the summer games that I last competed. It is hard to believe that 4 years has past. It also feels like forever ago. It will be interesting to watch from the sidelines as a retired

I fell in love with rowing the first time I got in a boat, but what drove me to take it as far as I did? The answer is twofold. I was motivated and driven by the progress I made. I was encouraged by the relationship between the work I put in and my improvements. My team. Showing up for others and being a part of something bigger got me out of bed. More than the medal, more than the Olympics, rowing with a crew and reaching our collective potential became the driving force. Fr

Don’t underestimate yourself! You have a great story to tell and you are the expert of you. My teammate in London and more importantly my friend Andreanne Morin reminded me of this the other night before I went into my speaking engagement at Vancouver’s City Hall. I don’t know if she gave me this advice because she has felt this in her own development as a speaker and lawyer, and or because she knew that I would need to hear this, me as a person. Either way, she was right on

I am currently in the process of writing my book. It is still a work in progress, but it is coming along and I am excited for one day soon when it is a finished product and I can share it. My message or purpose to the book is to help retiring athletes, but I feel that anyone in transition will benefit. Life transitions and/or big life changes give us all similar feelings and struggles along the way. My goal is to break the silence and candidly sharing my struggles. Expect a r

Images can express many things. For me, they express what I love, what is important to me, where I have been and where I am going. Family, sport, travel, fashion, art in imagery and music are all key parts of what inspires me. Since retiring from a career in sport, I have felt like I lost my identity. I have had dark moments where I struggle with having a strong sense of myself. When I have been asked what makes me happy, there have been moments when I couldn't answer. I put

I can speak for myself when I say that transitioning from a 13 year career is sport has been one of the most challenging and confusing times of my life. Although many people struggle with transition and job finding/job satisfaction issues throughout their lives, the shift from high performance sport is a very heightened version of this experience. Going from top of the world to a needle in a haystack is a real shock to the system and can leave athletes, like myself, feeling l

​​ Since leaving a life in sport, I have spent a fair amount of time analyzing what transferrable skills I have obtained. Having spent 12 years building a career in a field that is quite un-relatable at times, it is important to be able to articulate and express the strengths and skills you obtained in your time as an athlete. I have found myself feeling defensive at times, but deep down I know what I am made of. A sport career is so much more than the activity itself. It is