#36 - Ellen Brennan Flat: The Mindset of the World’s Fastest Flying Woman

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Ellen is a wingsuit based jumper and extreme sports athlete based in France. She is known as the fastest flying woman in the world, a TEDx Chamonix speaker, 4x WWL competitor, and Red Bull Aces competitor 2014.

Ellen shares how fear, instinct, and resilience shaped her wingsuit journey, and how motherhood and safety drive her approach to extreme flight.

➡️ Key topics
Jumping career beginning at age 18
Unexpected reason for becoming a wingsuit based jumper: safety
Wanting to experience it as a ‘forever’ sport and not a stunt
If you’re not afraid when standing at the edge of a cliff - there’s something wrong
A little bit of healthy fear is a good thing. The difference between having some fear and not being terrified.
Trusting and learning to listen to her gut - because it’s usually right
Being a woman in a male-dominated sport: not slipping into a herd mentality and sticking to her intuition
Slowing down and low tolerance of risk since becoming a mom
Committing and training for another competition this year
Training regime - different aspects of competitions: speed, the exit, safety assessment
Flying 200-250 km/hour during flight
Mental and physical fitness
Lessons from high-stress situations
Scariest jump with close to zero visibility
Pushing on even in midst of fear
Past experience as ICU nurse helped build resiliency to high-stress situations

Where you can find Ellen Brennan Flat:
Instagram:   / ellen.frat  
Facebook:   / ellen.brennan.frat  
https://www.ellen-brennan.com/

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