Kristen Ulmer was a professional skier for years when she said “things just started to go south for me.” She took time away to study with a Zen master, and this is when she learned that it was her “repression of fear was actually causing me more and more injuries.” In Ulmer’s book, “The Art of Fear,” she discusses how to “have an inclusive relationship with fear.”
When you’re constantly fighting your fears, they actually start preventing you from achieving not just what you want but also what you need.
"It doesn't have to be fun to be fun."
Richard Bransen quotes Kristen Ulmer on Virgin.com
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"Former daredevil free-skier Kristen Ulmer has just written an entire book about it: "The Art Of Fear." We caught up with her to discuss what the book is all about, and how we can use it in everyday life." -Jim Clash
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An extreme sports star’s ski camp aims to make you a better skier—by making you a better person.
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Known for big cliff jumps and you-fall-you die descents, she became sponsored by the likes of Red Bull, Ralph Lauren, and Nikon. Her mastery of other danger sports including paragliding, ice and rock climbing, kiteboarding, adventure mountain biking, and flying trapeze also gained her the outdoor industry vote as most extreme “fearless” woman athlete in North America, beating all danger-sports stars, not just skiers.
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Additional Media Coverage
- Deseret News: Utah extreme skier writes on making friends with fear
- Active Pause: From extreme skiing to mindset training
- Active Pause: Extreme skier tells us to shift into fear
- Parade: Are You a Scaredy-Cat? This Extreme Skier Says That’s a Good Thing
- Powder: That Girl: Kristen Ulmer
- Yahoo Travel: The Ski Camps You Absolutely Have to Visit this Winter
- Natures Edge with Dale Stewart: Manage Your Fear
- Ski Magazine: Winter Ski Camp Roundup
- Visitsaltlake.com: Get a Grip
- United Hemispheres Magazine: Best Way to Get Fear to Shut up for a Moment
- The Story: Jumping Without Fear
- The Hairpin: On fear as the Mind-Killer
- Outside: New Year’s Destination: Ski to Live
- The Ski Journal: Kristen Ulmer
- Experience L!fe: Milestone Adventures
- The Wall Street Journal: Mind Over Mountain?
- Salt Lake Tribune: Ski to Live camp at Alta
- Ski Magazine: Julia Mancuso on training with Kristen Ulmer
- Conde Nast Traveller: Spa Journeys, Ancient Ruins and Ski School
- The New York Times: Rolling Out the Yoga Mat
- Deseret News: Amy Donaldson: ‘Ski to Live’ clinics aim to improve … life skills
- City Weekly: Kristen Ulmer & Zen Skiing
- Explorers Journal: Interview
- Forbes: Ski to Live
- Forbes: The Adventure Interview
- Forbes: Kristen Ulmer’s New Book Helps Us Deal With Fear – On A Mountain Or In The Boardroom
- Book Marketing Buzz Blog: The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to do Instead
- She Knows: 9 Women on How Meditation Changed Their Lives
- Beliefnet: 5 Ways to Make Fear Work For You
- Kristen Skiing in Alaska for TGR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfgY9Iqi7qk
- Kristen Skiing for Eric Pearlman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73MyfMqLa9g
- Lake Tahoe News Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVKD8SAcJno
- Lake Tahoe News Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Egevy2YgY
- Overcoming Fear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9jwhDB0kQ
- How to Improve your Skiing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L1smbAK6hM
- Two ways to deal with Fear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXJjMmXRxE
- Regence: The Power of Taking Charge
- Globe Life: Learn how life guru and ski coach Kristen Ulmer can expand your mind while improving your skiing
- USA Today: Think Success, and Hang In There
- USA Today: Healing power, Personal growth in Adventure Sports
- USA Today: Skiing Around Cancer
- Ski Diva Blog: Chat with Kristen Ulmer
- Salt Lake Tribune: Recreational Sports Feature