Felix’s motivation for sharing her story is to inspire other women and to create change
There’s a moment in the documentary where Felix recognises that her fight for maternal rights with her sponsor was bigger than her own personal experience. “It’s a much bigger story than mine,” she shares with the audience. “It is something that so many women relate to across industries.”
Felix also describes herself as an introvert who had spent her career with her “head down, doing the work, a people pleaser, don’t want to ruffle any feathers.” Which made her transition to advocacy all the more noteworthy.
But after her daughter’s difficult birth and NICU stay, which is a pivotal moment in the documentary, Felix says she faced a crossroads: “I can put my name to what I’m going through. I can speak up, or I can, you know, kind of back away in the shadows.”
Ultimately, Felix says she chose to fight on behalf of her daughter and the next generation.
At Paris 2024, Felix’s first Games where she was not competing, she made an outsized impact off the track, advocating for a dedicated nursery for Olympians, which came to fruition.