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This holiday may be a longer break than is typical for many athletes. These times of “breaks” may provide an opportunity to explore other areas of an athlete’s identity and expanding one’s sense of self can improve one’s performance. Athletes may also have expanded their identities while away at college and may be returning home for longer than other holidays. KC Cross, Mental Health & Performance Clinician at the University of Arkansas, talks about a variety of ways to explore and expand one’s identity outside of sport and how to handle going home where one’s family may have expectations that confine one to a past self.