As a dual Summer and Winter Paralympic medallist, practising osteopath and sought-after keynote speaker Jessica Gallagher is used to a busy schedule. The Melbourne/Naarm-based athlete shares how she manages to fit everything in and finds time to unwind.
Jessica Gallagher after her bronze-medal-winning run in the slalom skiing in Vancouver in 2010, where she became the first Australian to win a medal in a Winter Paralympics .As a dual Summer and Winter Paralympian, practising osteopath and sought-after keynote speaker Jessica Gallagher is used to a busy schedule.
After returning from the Paris Paralympics, Jessica Gallagher says she allows herself the kindness and space to not have a lot of structure.On a relatively typical day, I've had a couple of training sessions, and in between those training sessions, I've caught up on emails. So generally, at the end of the day, I'm also catching up on emails with work stuff.
Jessica Gallagher is passionate about her speaking career and now only works part-time as an osteopath to create more space for her other pursuits.For example, sport is something that's still been really important to me for the past few years, it requires a full commitment, but I'm also really passionate about my speaking career, and that also requires a full commitment.
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