Selena Willows

CEO

With over 28 years of experience coaching children in high fear sports in and out of the water Selena combines her coaching experience with her water safety background coaching cold water survival for the military and training police in water safety to teach parents how to help their children overcome fear in the water and teach them to swim and keep themselves safer in just ten practices of under ten minutes as early as two and a half years of age.

July 19, 2023

Episode 89: Pursuing Safe Swimming for Kids with Selena Willows

On this episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable, host Melissa talks with guest Selena Willows about the importance of learning to swim and self-rescue, especially for children. Selena shares her concerns about infant swim rescue courses and offers her program Swim to Me, which teaches parents how to teach their children to swim and self-rescue. She emphasizes the importance of introducing children to water early and gradually, utilizing the dive reflex, and teaching swimming in a more natural way that allows for individual learning styles. Selena also discusses the physical benefits of being upside down and encourages parents to introduce different orientations and sensations to their kids. Listen in to find out how Selena is changing drowning rates and helping families enjoy water activities safely.

Guest: Selena Willows

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