Madam Athlete: Recent Episodes
Giselle Aerni, MD
Join host, Giselle Aerni, MD, as she interviews women leaders with careers in sports and athletics. You'll hear from team doctors, athletic trainers, sports psychologists, coaches, athletes, sport scientists, and more. Learn how to build your own career, navigate challenging situations, and feel connected to the women who are paving the way. It can be lonely to be a woman working in sports and athletics. Subscribe to the Madam Athlete podcast to hear insider stories and hard-earned advice in order to find a little extra support in your own career journey. Thanks for joining us!
Hi friend! It’s Giselle. I’m jumping on here real quick to remind you that I’m taking a break after over three plus years of weekly episodes to rest, reset, and recalibrate. In case you need a little woman in sports career journey wisdom while I’m away, I’ve pulled this episode from the archives.
This conversation with Dr. Sarah Lesko aired in April 2022 and it is one of the most downloaded episodes of all time. So you’re going to love it. I know I did.
Since the last episode. Dr. Lesko was named Executive Director of the non-profit Bras for Girls, which is an amazing organization, check it out, and she was also named a Director of the USA Track and Field Foundation Board.
Enjoy!
Episode 88:
On today’s episode, I’m talking to Oiselle’s Leader of Corporate Development and Family Medicine Physician, Dr. Sarah Lesko, about honoring your values while changing careers.
Sarah is trained and practiced as a family medicine physician before making the leap to a career outside of medicine. Before leaving medicine, Sarah got back into running after watching the ‘08 Olympic trials. Two years later she met the founder and CEO of Oiselle, a running apparel company, by and for female athletes. Eventually leaving medicine, Sarah’s work with Oiselle expanded and she found a better way for her to serve. Through her work with Oiselle, Sarah is able to utilize her training in medicine and public health to support women and girls in sport at every level of competition.
We talk about:
●The twists and turns of her career in sports, medicine, and public health before she found a job where she could bring it all together.
●The multiple identities she created throughout her career and the resilience they’ve provided.
●How defining your values and vision for your career can help you find the right fit.
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Hi friend! It’s Giselle. I’m jumping on here real quick to remind you that I’m taking a break after over three plus years of weekly episodes to rest, reset, and recalibrate. In case you need a little woman in sports career journey wisdom while I’m away, I’ve pulled this episode from the archives.
This conversation with Dr. Stephany Coakley aired in August 2022 and it is one of the most downloaded episodes of all time. So you’re going to love it. I know I did.
Dr. Coakley is still working at Temple University as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Mental Health, Wellness, and Performance. Since the last time we talked she earned the designation of Fellow with the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and she was the keynote speaker for the Social Justice through Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium where she gave a talk on “Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble: How Sport and Exercise Psychology Practitioners Can Support Athlete Activism.”
Enjoy!
Episode 108:
On today’s episode, I’m talking to certified mental performance consultant Dr. Stephany Coakley about creating your own space.
Stephany works with student-athletes to develop mental health skills as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Mental Health, Wellness and Performance at Temple University. She also works with professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, and beyond through her private practice. On the way to where she is today, Stephany developed her craft by creating her own space, like starting her private practice during grad school so she could start getting experience working with athletes. She also worked with warrior-athletes in the military to help them develop resilience. By creating her own space, she was able to gain experience, grow, and learn, and ultimately serve her higher mission to help people realize their best lives through sport.
We talk about:
●How Stephany came to recognize the burnout she was feeling in the early part of her career and the decision to go back to school to get her PhD.
●How hard it is to break into sports and how she started her private practice to create her own space and build experience in her own way.
●Stephany’s personal mental health practices and the tools she encourages others to have at the ready in times of stress.
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Hi friend! It’s Giselle. I’m jumping on here real quick to remind you that I’m taking a break after over three plus years of weekly episodes to rest, reset, and recalibrate. In case you need a little woman in sports career journey wisdom while I’m away, I’ve pulled this episode from the archives.
This conversation with Christa Stout aired in March 2022 and it is the most downloaded episode of all time. So you’re going to love it. I know I did.
Since the last episode, Christa is still with the Portland Trail Blazers but has now advanced to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer. This past year she’s helped launch the organization’s new G League affiliate, the Rip City Remix.
Enjoy!
Episode 87:
On today’s episode, I’m talking to the Portland Trail Blazers’ Senior Vice President of Innovation & Technology Christa Stout.
Christa played 5 sports in high school and 3 in college. She has traveled internationally doing development work and has seen the value of sport for social change. Because of a persistent interest in corporate social responsibility, Christa decided to go to business school. As a generalist trying to find her future career, a professor advised her to list out exactly what she was looking for in a job. By considering the qualities she needed in the workplace instead of the job title, Christa found exactly what she was looking for working in professional sports, working first with the Portland Timbers and now the Portland Trail Blazers.
We talk about:
●How taking advantage of every opportunity that came her way in international development, gives Christa more skills than she could ever list on a resume.
●How taking the time to define her values and the qualities she needed in her workplace helped Christa find great jobs after business school.
●The importance of keeping a growth mindset to continue learning the ins and outs of every task as a generalist responsible for leading specialists in their fields.
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I'm taking an end of the year break and bringing you some of the top downloaded episodes from the archives. This is episode 96 which originally released May 31st, 2022.
On today’s episode, I’m talking to Physiatrist and Founder of Sports Equity Lab Dr. Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu.
Yetsa is a sports physiatrist and assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and an adjunct associate professor at Yale School of Public Health. She is the founding director of the Sports Equity Lab, which focuses on dismantling inequalities in sport while amplifying sport’s role as an agent for positive change.
We talk about:
- How learning to direct your focus to multiple pursuits can add meaning to your work.
- Applying skills learned through sports, like how to pivot and adapt, to everyday life.
- Yetsa’s advice to cherish and prioritize unstructured time as a way to create a sustainable, meaningful life.
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I'm taking an end of the year break from producing new episodes but I didn't want to leave you hanging! This episode from the archive is episode 83, which aired March 1st, 2022. Enjoy!
Today I’m talking to sports medicine physiatrist Monica Rho.
Monica is the Chief of Musculoskeletal Medicine at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She also serves as a team physician for the US Women’s National Soccer Team.
We talk about:
- How Monica’s mission has been to take care of and listen to female athletes ever since she was a young athlete athlete who felt like her injuries were dismissed.
- How finding the right training environment at any point in your career includes finding mentors who are invested in your development.
- Monica's unique opportunity to serve as an ambassador for If/Then, an organization looking to provide female role models in STEM to young girls.
You can find the show notes and more resources at https://madamathlete.com
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking all about doing what you want to do instead of what you should do. (Or what you think you should be doing).
Here's a key freaking hint: The opposite of doing what you think you should be doing isn't doing nothing. It's not being lazy. It's not being a failure.
Listen to this episode to find out more and to get living your own unique life and your own unique career.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Sports Podcaster Cherie Turner about changing directions.
Cherie is the host of the Women’s Running Stories podcast, which features women athletes running all distances. Cherie’s unique story started out as a professional cyclist after college, unsure of what came next in her career. After finding her footing, she embraced her dream of becoming a writer and began a decades-long career in publishing and editing. Cherie then went about changing directions one more time by throwing herself into the podcast and radio community, finding mentors and teachers who helped her grow into the audio storyteller she is today.
We talk about:
- Recognizing the skills we’ve developed in the past and how they helped us get to where we are today.
- Putting perfectionism aside to embrace being a complete novice in a new field.
- Telling women’s stories, by women and for women, as a way to overcome the established narratives.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to the CEO of WeCOACH Vanessa Fuchs about finding the opportunity.
Vanessa is the CEO of WeCOACH, an organization focused on recruiting, advancing, and retaining women coaches in all sports at every level. A former DI basketball player at Florida State University, Vanessa worked with the NCAA, becoming the Associate Director of Academic and Membership Affairs, before returning to her alma mater. She stayed at Florida State for 14 years, becoming the Senior Associate Athletic Director, Senior Women’s Administrator, and doing a stint as the Interim Athletic Director. Vanessa encourages young professionals to focus on finding the opportunity hidden within each role they take on and to keep an open mind in order to maximize their chances for growth.
We talk about:
- Seeking out mentors with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Expecting to be challenged when starting a new job and using these opportunities for growth.
- Finding and prioritizing balance when working in a demanding field, like sports.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to the Senior Manager of Player Development at the Seattle Kraken Katelyn Parker about defining success.
Katelyn is currently with the Kraken handling everything youth hockey and player development for this young franchise. Her background as a former DI hockey player on a quickly growing team set her up well to work in this environment that looks more like a tech startup some days. While it may seem that Katelyn always knew she wanted to work in sports, it wasn’t until after she experienced working outside of athletics that she realized that the part of her day devoted to hockey was what she really looked forward to. Katelyn shares how defining success is different for everyone and how that definition should be free to change throughout our careers.
We talk about:
- Starting new roles without firm expectations in order to take advantage of all of the opportunities.
- The athlete mentality of being all-in, and how this is both a strength and a weakness in other parts of life.
- Taking time to appreciate success and how extraordinary some experiences are.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Athletic Trainer Andrea Kovalsky about sticking to your values.
Andrea is the Head Athletic Trainer for Granite City High School in Granite City, Illinois. She’s currently working towards her Doctorate in Athletic Training while also serving on the Illinois Athletic Trainers Association. In each role she’s taken on, Andrea has given herself a few years to fully learn the job and what it requires. She assesses if it fits her values and her goals, and chooses to move on if it’s not the exact right fit. With each move, Andrea has taken lessons learned along with her, confident she won’t make the same mistakes over again.
We talk about:
- Learning to be selfish, especially in a role that usually works behind the scenes.
- Finding outlets for our true passions, like mentoring, within our current careers.
- Shuffling priorities through different opportunities and career stages.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to the CEO of Women Leaders in Sports Patti Phillips about reframing.
Patti is a long-time leader in women’s and girls' sports, from her early days coaching collegiate basketball and volleyball to her current role as the CEO of Women Leaders in Sports. There she helps to break down the barriers women continue to face in the business of sports and change how women are perceived as leaders. Patti is an expert at reframing her mindset and uses this skill to work through events that would have otherwise been challenges.
We talk about:
- Pursuing a mission, like advancing women’s sports, rather than going after a single job title.
- Celebrating successes while using setbacks for motivation.
- Approaching goals with effort and intention.
You can find the show notes and more resources at https://madamathlete.com
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to health equity researcher Dr. Alicia Whittington about discovering your purpose.
Alicia is the Assistant Director of Engagement and Health Equity Research for the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University. Additionally, she’s the co-investigator of Family Experiences Managing Football Lives, studying the impact of supporting the NFL player on the family unit. Alicia shares how her lived experiences and her family’s history have shaped her career journey and led her to where she is today. Trained in public health research and the sister of two NFL players, Alicia began studying the impact of professional football on players during graduate school and hasn’t looked back. She discovered her purpose and has relied on this knowledge during moments of doubt to remember why she’s doing the work.
We talk about:
- Making career decisions one step at a time by choosing the best option from the information available at the time.
- Remaining true to yourself and showing up to places with authenticity.
- Finding support from your family and network to sustain you through the highs and lows.
Grab my free exercise to help you start defining your personal values today.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to secondary school athletic trainer Sarah Turner about building a community.
In addition to working as a solo athletic trainer at her high school, Sarah is the Director of Athletic Training Services at Wabash General Hospital Sports Medicine in southern Illinois. Her team covers numerous high schools and community colleges and provides big-city care over a large rural area. We talk about how Sarah has helped to elevate the standing of athletic trainers in her health system and negotiate their pay and benefits. Sarah is not just building a professional community of athletic trainers and sports medicine professionals, but she’s reaching local student-athletes where it matters most and helping them form lifelong ties with health care.
We talk about:
- Gaining the experience you need to move forward in your career by doing, not just watching.
- Finding your tribe and making sure your group is supporting you and your vision.
- Joining professional organizations as a way to both network and fight back against the isolation that comes with some jobs.
You can find the show notes and more resources at https://madamathlete.com
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking all about networking.
So many of our guests talk about how important networking is and it's one of the most common pieces of advice shared.
Listen to today's episode for two simple, concrete pieces of advice, to help you get started in building and maintaining your own professional network.
And if you want more, check out episode 119 all about finding mentors and sponsors and avoiding assholes, and episode 141 all about starting a new job and in particular figuring out that early networking and power structures when you're brand new.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Sports Medicine Physician Dr. Marci Goolsby about keeping a growth mindset.
Marci is the Medical Director of the Women’s Sports Medicine Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery and an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. She’s recently been named the Director of Sports Medicine for the WNBA and is also serving this year as the president for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. Throughout her life and career, Marci has excelled at maintaining a growth mindset, always emphasizing the process over the outcomes. This has helped her learn from mistakes and adapt to an ever-changing environment.
We talk about:
- The crucial role that mentorship plays in both discovering possible career pathways and later accessing crucial opportunities.
- Using leadership opportunities to learn the process behind the scenes.
- Learning when to say yes and when to say no to work that comes our way.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to the Vice President of Marketing for the Vegas Golden Knights Stephanie Rogers about defining your why.
Stephanie currently works with the reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Vegas Golden Knights, and previously worked with the PGA Tour, first holding roles in Tournament Marketing and ultimately becoming the Director of Corporate Partnerships Strategy and Innovation. Stephanie has made a practice of defining why certain opportunities are more exciting to her than others. When it came time to look for a new job, she started by listing out exactly what she was looking for, rather than focusing on what made her unhappy, and ended up finding her current role where she was a perfect fit.
We talk about:
- Finding ways to network that feel organic and right for our individual styles.
- Learning how to lead and communicate when you’re the new person on the team.
- Being honest and vulnerable about what we don’t know.
Need helping defining your why? Aka what matters to you? Aka your values?
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to the University of Maryland Director of Sport Psychology Dr. Kristi Hall about transferable skills.
Kristi is currently the Director of Sport Psychology at Maryland and the owner and founder of Wholesome Minds, her private practice. Before branching out on her own, she worked for eight years in neuropsychology and forensics psychology, administering evaluations and helping diverse populations. Kristi also spent time working with veterans at the VA in DC, as they worked through issues including identity, injury, and teamwork. When the position at Maryland opened up, Kristi took a leap of faith and applied. She successfully made the case for how the sum of her experiences and strengths could help student-athletes thrive and perform and landed a job that had everything she was looking for wrapped up in one role.
We talk about:
- How to overcome the barriers of switching directions in our careers.
- Reaching out to those who have already found success and asking how they got there.
- Why and how to check in with yourself to avoid burnout.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to marketing and sponsorship expert Amy C. Potter about managing and mentoring.
Amy is currently the Director of North American Sponsorships with BMO Financial Group. She teaches us what marketing and sponsorship in business and sports is all about. Amy’s career started on the property side, where she worked at UVA, the University of Maryland, and Northwestern, honing her skills and helping to bring brands to life within the context of college sports. Now at BMO, working on the brand side of marketing, she’s considering proposals from teams in the NBA, NHL, and the NWSL and evaluating how the relationship can benefit both the team and the brand. At work, Amy is committed to managing her team members on an individual basis, allowing each to bring their strengths to the job. She also founded the Chicago chapter of WISE, Women in Sports and Entertainment, as a way of creating a place for women to help one another navigate the historically-male field of business in sports.
We talk about:
- Hiring people who aren’t just bright and talented but are a good fit for team culture.
- Keeping an open dialogue among women in your field about salaries and negotiations.
- Celebrating our wins by keeping a record and using them to write the stories we tell ourselves.
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FRIENDS! AI came up with that title and it is hard not what I would have chosen for myself 🤣
Alternative title (human generated): Taking the Time to Learn New Skills or Giselle Fs around with AI
AI generated episode description with [my comments] thrown in all over the place because, again, WTF AI?:
Ever wondered how AI is revolutionizing the podcasting landscape and professional sports? You're about to find out. [I mean, you're not. I talk about how we need to take time to learn new skills in our careers to make sure we're still developing and not staying stagnant. I talk abut how hard it is to overcome the inertia of doing things the same way you've always been doing things.] Join us as we share our personal experiences of how AI is impacting our podcasting business, from generating captions to crafting engaging content. If you've ever felt resistance in breaking away from established systems and processes, we’ll walk you through the importance of harnessing a growth mindset to embrace novel ideas. We even delve into the creation of a dot phrase, revealing how a little upfront effort can save you time in the long run. [Rest of this is true, and oh, Epic, what fun!]
Our conversations move from the world of podcasting to the arena of professional sports, as we reflect on how being open to new methodologies can be a game-changer. Remember that strength and conditioning coach who introduced blood flow restriction training 11 years ago? [Haha, yeah, do you remember that guy?? Probably not if you didn't work with me, but I do talk about how we integrate new knowledge and skills and the work settings that might make that easier or harder.] We discuss how such unconventional strategies can revolutionize athletes' performance. [Eh, not so much.] We also debate on the philosophical implications of AI and its potential to be the next big thing in knowledge enhancement and skill acquisition. [I mean I specifically said I didn't want to get the philosophical debate, but yes, I did talk about AI as potentially being the next evolution in knowledge enhancement.]
And that's not all! We also explore how AI can support women in sports and athletics, its usage in social media, and the challenges and excitement of using AI for generating podcast content. Ever thought of using a chatbot to come up with an engaging podcast episode title, intro music, or show notes? We did just that! [And I might be regretting it!] Listen in as we embark on our intriguing journey, allowing AI to create our podcast title [again, see regrets], show notes, and social media posts. Our discussions seek to inspire you to break away from inertia, embrace change, and upgrade your skills to soar in this AI-dominated era.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Assistant Professor and Sport Scientist Catherine Saenz about career transitions.
Catherine is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on how exercise and nutrition impact energy metabolism at the molecular level and translating this into personalized performance prescriptions. With one year to go in her PhD program she followed her advisor from UConn to Ohio State which meant she had to retake classes and extend her training. And then again in her first job out, she was one year away from going up for tenure when an opportunity to go back to Ohio State came up and she again took the risk and made the transition. Before pursuing an academic career, Catherine thought she would do clinical work and completed an internship in Dietetics at Iowa State University and a postdoctoral fellowship with the Cleveland Guardians.
We talk about:
- How to navigate career transitions
- The trap of excusing not getting started by over-preparing and being stuck in a learning mode or student-mentality
- Building your confidence and your voice to share the work that you love
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Pitt Athletic Director Heather Lyke about finding collaboration.
Heather is currently the Athletic Director at the University of Pittsburgh and one of just six women ADs leading an athletic department in one of the Power Five conferences. Heather was a student-athlete at Michigan and returned to the world of college athletics after law school, where she’s stayed ever since. She previously worked at the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State before becoming the Athletic Director at Eastern Michigan and finally at Pitt. While at Ohio State, she and five others who shared her aspirations of becoming an AD banded together to form what they called the group of six. Rather than feeling like they were in competition, they would share opportunities to help each other build skills, setting them all up for long-term success.
We talk about:
- Avoiding the sunk cost fallacy when it comes to pursuing a career option other than the one you trained for.
- How to stop focusing on failing to achieve a big goal and instead start celebrating the courage it took to say it out loud and go after it.
- Building teams that can support us and help execute our vision.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Julie Bruene about setting boundaries.
Julie is an Assistant Professor in Family & Preventative Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University and is a team physician for the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls. When Julie began taking stock of her career ten years after she finished training, she realized she needed to begin setting boundaries and saying no to some of the opportunities that came her way. Now in what she describes as the sophomore year of her career, Julie is finding her footing in her extracurriculars and co-hosting a podcast, Your Doctor Friends, where she breaks down the hype surrounding medical news and fads.
We talk about:
- Feeling like a quitter or fearing retribution when we get serious about setting boundaries at work.
- How gaining a sense of belonging comes from both internal and external validation.
- The importance of having at least one person who will listen to our problems and help us process, no matter what.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and today I’m talking about when do you get to pick the easy choice? In our educations, in our careers, in sports… we’re often taught no pain – no gain. Grind it out. Push yourself. Challenge yourself. You have to be the best, the one, the only. And I’ve been hearing it from other women, and frankly, asking it of myself… when do I get to pick the easy choice? When is the easy choice good enough, and when is it actually the right choice? Just seriously, when will things get easier?
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to the Cleveland Guardian’s Assistant Director for Player Development, Jen Wolf, about making your own luck.
Jen currently works with the Guardians where she’s taking a holistic approach to player development. She’s spent her whole career in baseball, previously working with the New York Mets and Washington Nationals as well as in the Commissioner’s office. It all started when Jen was in high school, working at a bagel shop where the GM of the Red Sox was a regular. She took a chance and told him she was interested in working in baseball and began an internship before college. Jen has built her career by making the most of every opportunity presented to her and setting up the conditions for success.
We talk about:
- Taking advantage of jobs we might not be excited about as opportunities to learn new skills
- Finding a job that allows us to take on the projects that we’re passionate about full-time rather than on top of our other roles
- How women and non-binary people can use their networks to understand if a workplace is really as inclusive as it claims
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Associate Professor and Researcher Dr. Elaine Choung-Hee Lee about celebrating our strengths.
Dr. Lee is an Associate Professor, Director of Research Support, and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory in the Department of Kinesiology at UConn. She’s also the first Dean’s Leadership Fellow for UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources. Dr. Lee studies the cellular and integrative physiology responses to stress and adaptation to stress. She was a former NCAA Division 1 Rower and Coach and pursued study and research in exercise, nutrition, and 'omics to understand how to help individuals enhance resiliency and performance. While it is hard to imagine that Elaine would ever be doing something else, it took her a long time to figure out the direction of her career. It wasn’t until she discovered how much easier it was to study and learn about topics that clicked with her that she came to realize how important it is to celebrate our strengths.
We talk about:
- Her journey of discovering what she was really interested in and how she had to break down her expectations for what her career was supposed to look like.
- How she pushed her whole department forward by providing a new perspective and new tools, even though, on paper, she could have looked out of place.
- The extra stress that women take on in the workplace when they are automatically assigned the role of “kind person” or “caretaker” and how hard it is to step away from that.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to BPS Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist Dr. Kara-Aretha Graham about becoming the expert you needed.
Kara is currently a lecturer at East London University and a Chartered Sport Psychologist by the British Psychological Society. Her journey began during her time as a track athlete at the University of Iowa when she was diagnosed with cancer at the end of her freshman year. While she bounced back physically after treatment, she struggled mentally for months. Later, during her PhD, she was inspired to tell the experiences of NCAA women athletes as part of her thesis. While she thought she knew what she would find, Kara was still shocked by the layers of their stories and has used this to fuel her on her journey to becoming the expert psychologist she needed when she was an NCAA student-athlete.
We talk about:
- The unique demands placed on women athletes and how psychology can help.
- How the need to be perfect, which served us well in sports, can keep us from even getting started on projects in our careers.
- Sticking to your mission, even when others don’t yet see the potential.
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Holy swear word! Madam Athlete has reached 150 episodes.
150.
One hundred fifty.
Pat self on the back, shed a tear thinking of all the late Monday nights in the past three years, squee with joy at all of the incredible women I've had the chance to talk to and now pretend are all my new best friends, and actual chest-tightening heart-warming glow to every single one of you out there who has tuned in along the way and supported the pod.
In today's episode, I'm sharing five of the biggest lessons I've learned from publishing 150 episodes of the Madam Athlete podcast.
Thank you for being here! I appreciate you!
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to lawyer and sports executive Marcia Caporn about learning new skills.
Marcia is currently the Head of Revenue at Credenza where she’s incorporating web3 solutions and cutting-edge technologies into professional and collegiate sports. She’s been learning new skills all throughout her career to make sure she’s ready to create change. Marcia was a two-sport athlete at Stanford who was driven to go to law school to keep other athletes from sharing her experience playing professional soccer during the collapse of the WUSA league. Later, her career took another turn when she went back to get her MBA to empower herself to understand the business on a more quantitative level.
We talk about:
- The soft skills that benefit former athletes in their future careers
- Asking the hard questions upfront
- Multiple identities at work and at home
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to UConn Associate Vice President for Research Development Dr. Lindsay DiStefano about getting involved.
Lindsay is a full Professor and prior to becoming AVP for Research Development, was most recently head of the Department of Kinesiology at UConn, where she researches sports-related injury prevention. She trained as an athletic trainer, choosing it for the opportunity to take an active clinical role. This attitude of getting involved echoes in all parts of her life, especially when it comes to her kids. Lindsay is the founder of Be the Wonder, a foundation devoted to supporting families navigating rare diseases, which came from her and her husband's experiences as parents of kids with a rare immunodeficiency.
We talk about:
- Breaking free from our expectations of ourselves
- Taking things one step at a time
- The balance between overthinking and thinking critically
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to the Las Vegas Aces’ Head Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist Dr. Michelle Anumba about constant growth.
Michelle has spent her career working in the WNBA, wearing multiple hats as both a physical therapist and an athletic trainer. She’s able to attend to the immediate issues that athletes face while also considering the long-term rehab process. Her interest in sports medicine came from her experience rehabbing an ACL injury and thinking about what injuries could be prevented with proper education and training. Michelle’s mission is to keep her athletes healthy by figuring out what they need and learning how to address it.
We talk about:
- Creating a broader network when working in a smaller workplace
- Fighting back against feelings of not being good enough
- Keeping an open mind and taking the best opportunities for growth
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to mental conditioning coach Juah Toe about sowing seeds for your career.
Juah is an assistant mental conditioning coach at IMG Academy where she helps young athletes learn the tools of mental performance. Juah is early in her career and just wrapping up the first year of her first real job, and is full of wisdom. Juah was a rugby national champion in college and a finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year. She’s currently working towards her certification as a Mental Performance Consultant, and she’s using her career to help all people, but especially women and girls, find the same empowerment she found as an athlete.
We talk about:
- Putting yourself out there and applying for jobs even when you don’t feel 100% qualified
- Prioritizing your needs in a culture that never stops
- Showing up as your authentic self
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On today’s episode, I’m back with part 2 of my conversation talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Cindy Chang about building a team.
Last week, you heard part one of my conversation with Cindy. If you haven’t heard that yet, go back and give it a listen and then come right back here for part two!
Cindy is currently the Chief Medical Officer for the National Women’s Soccer League and one of my heroes in sports medicine. She is a Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine and Orthopedics at UCSF and the former head team physician at UC Berkeley. As the first Chief Medical Officer of the NWSL, Cindy is building medical care teams and protocols from the ground up, all in the name of these professional women soccer athletes’ health and well-being. This episode picks up where we left off last week and we dive into Cindy’s current job.
We talk about:
- Becoming the first Chief Medical Officer for the National Women’s Soccer League
- Encouraging questions and involving your entire staff in the decision-making process
- Standing up for what you believe in
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Cindy Chang about building a team.
Cindy is currently the Chief Medical Officer for the National Women’s Soccer League and one of my heroes in sports medicine. She is a Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine and Orthopedics at UCSF and the former head team physician at UC Berkeley. As the first Chief Medical Officer of the NWSL, Cindy is building medical care teams and protocols from the ground up, all in the name of these athletes’ health and well-being. For the first time ever on Madam Athlete, we’re breaking this up into two parts because there was just too much to share! This is part one of two of my conversation with Cindy.
We talk about:
- Bringing all of your outside interests and past experiences to work
- Applying for jobs even when you’re not 100% qualified
- The benefits of looking at roles outside of your current organization
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Poonam Thaker about directing your energy.
Poonam is the Sports Medicine Fellowship Director and Associate Family Medicine Residency Director at Ascension Resurrection in Chicago. She’s also an assistant professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences. Poonam serves as a team physician for North Park University and several high schools in the area, as well as, in one of her dream roles, providing coverage for US Soccer all over the world. Poonam shares her journey of discovering the importance of directing your energy to what matters to you and caring about the things that care about you back.
We talk about:
- Finding resilience when the next step doesn’t work out as planned
- Getting your foot in the door in your preferred city or organization
- Picking and choosing your battles to avoid burnout
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports podcaster Jamie Mittelman about telling your own story.
Jamie is the founder and host of the podcast, Flame Bearers, which shares the journeys of women Olympians and Paralympians across the globe. From the time she was in college, Jamie knew that she wanted to work with women and girls, but the pursuit of this mission has taken many different shapes over the years. She previously worked at the intersection of nonprofit and for-profit organizations, managing media for charitable causes with companies like Yahoo and The Huffington Post. Her experience in media taught her the power that telling your own story can have on how you view your successes and failures.
We talk about:
- Finding multiple ways to live out our mission and vision.
- Deliberately practicing to improve our weaknesses.
- Pursuing opportunities that bring us joy and not sidelining our own interests.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking all about starting a new job.
I share my three biggest keys to success when starting a new job and some life lessons I've learned along the way.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to athletic trainer and entrepreneur Lindsey Keenan about taking care of yourself.
Lindsey is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sports Medicine at West Chester University where she’s also the team athletic trainer for women’s rugby. In addition to her academic and clinical work, Lindsey is the CEO and Co-Founder of PROmotion Health, LLC, a company focused on streamlining mental health screening in athletes. Lindsey balances a lot of roles and identities with teaching, research, clinical work, running a company, and being mom to two young daughters.
We talk about:
- How knowing her values helped Lindsey walk away from her first job (theoretically her dream job) after just six months.
- How her experiences and interests around mental health in athletes fueled her to get her PhD and to start her own company.
- The advice she received that helps her focus on her own self-care while balancing work as an academic and clinical athletic trainer, entrepreneur, mom, and all around badass woman.
At the end of the episode I share a quick announcement that the Women's Career Transformation Academy will be returning this spring! Keep your calendars open in early-mid May for a start date. More to come soon!
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Margot Putukian about knowing when to say yes.
Margot is currently the Chief Medical Officer for Major League Soccer and has served as a team physician for US Soccer since 1994. She recently retired as the Director of Athletic Medicine at Princeton University and has served as a leader in many sports medicine organizations, including as a past-president of AMSSM. Over the years, she’s taken on many additional roles, from covering the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, years working with US Lacrosse, to helping the NFL unify their approach to concussion as a member of the Head, Neck & Spine Committee. With each opportunity she always makes sure that she has the bandwidth to do good work before committing and she shares how this is key to knowing when to say yes.
We talk about:
- The threads of imposter syndrome that drive us to take on more than we might be able to handle.
- How networking and making new bonds, not just attaching your name to a project, are the real rewards when taking on additional projects.
- The next generation of women in primary care sports medicine that are inspiring her.
To narrow down what really matters to you when deciding whether to say yes to a new opportunity, use my free guide to defining your values, and get ready to start saying YES to the work that lights you up!
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Major League Baseball’s Vice President of Club Business Operations and Strategy, Kate Hussmann, about networking for women in sports.
Before Kate crushed the sports world, she was considering opening a restaurant and even went to culinary school. When she was ready to change industries she was drawn to sports and found the teamwork and challenges she was looking for. Kate initially worked with the Charlotte Hornets in Corporate Social Responsibility before earning an MBA and moving into Strategy and Innovation. During the pandemic, she took advantage of remote work and moved to New York, fell in love with the city, and was able to find several opportunities before eventually making her way to becoming the Vice President of Club Business Operations and Strategy for Major League Baseball.
We talk about:
- The importance of betting on yourself.
- How Kate’s network helped get her into a career in sports and supported her along the way.
- The incredible work ethic that has helped Kate achieve incredible success on the team level with the Charlotte Hornets and now with the league level with Major League Baseball.
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On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m taking a moment to shout out all the learners who are currently out there and going through training.
Because here’s the thing… not all parts of your training program are fun or enjoyable or feel like the perfect fit for what you eventually want to do. And it can feel like a miserable experience at times when you're on rotations you don't care about or dealing with teachers you don't like or doing assignments that don't matter to you.
So today’s episode is a little advice and some encouragement to get you through those difficult times.
(And even when you're a full-ass grown up in your job, there will still be parts about your job that suck, and this advice applies to you too friend!)
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to UConn orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kathy Coyner about work-life integration.
Dr. Coyner is an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at UConn Health and team physician for UConn Athletics. Previously, she worked at UT Southwestern Medical Center and was a team physician for the NHL Dallas Stars. Kathy is on the board of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine and is a member of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society. I am especially excited to have this episode go live today, on March 7th, because Kathy is one of many RJOS members I’ve been lucky enough to feature on the Madam Athlete podcast, and if you’re listening on the day this episode goes live, I’ll be giving the keynote address at the 2023 RJOS Annual Meeting in Las Vegas! Kathy has built a career around supporting women working in orthopaedics and STEM through RJOS and the Perry Initiative.
We talk about:
- Making her first big career decision by choosing to go to UMass on a basketball scholarship over Yale in order to feel valued and supported in her career.
- How she personally handled gendered pay inequality.
- The work she does supporting women in orthopaedics and STEM through RJOS, the Perry Initiative, and the Inspiring Women in Engineering and Medicine workshop.
- How she integrates all of her work and life passions together.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Yuka Tsukahara about staying open to new experiences.
Yuka is an orthopedic sports medicine physician and professor of sports medicine at Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Education. She’s served as a team physician for many Japanese national teams and as the lead physician for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games. Throughout her career, Yuka has not been afraid to do and study new things. When she wanted to understand why the Japanese women’s national team sprinters were underperforming on the international stage, she applied for and received a grant that led her to PhD. Yuka is balancing teaching, research, and her clinical work while collaborating across the globe to learn how to close the gender gap in sports medicine.
We talk about:
- How Yuka found sports medicine by staying open to new experiences through medical school and continuing to train and compete as an Olympic-level sprinter. She wondered why some athletes got faster and some got injured and wanted to learn more.
- The discrimination she’s faced in sports medicine, both as a woman and by choosing to work as a non-operative physician.
- Yuka reveals that her talent for networking and making connections comes from bonding over shared experiences.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Connecticut Sun athletic trainer Nicole Alexander about being authentic to yourself.
Nicole is currently the head athletic trainer for the WNBA Connecticut Sun and previously served as an athletic trainer for women’s basketball at UNC. She’s also been a head athletic trainer for multiple US Women’s National Teams. Doing good work and being herself has given Nicole the opportunity to work as an athletic trainer at the highest levels. She can trace a direct line from her current job to a chance encounter at a conference where she struck up a conversation and showed up as her full self. Nicole is helping to create an environment where everyone can feel comfortable in the workplace and athletes feel heard.
We talk about:
- How she discovered during grad school that she loved working in women’s basketball and the chance to care for minority women as a minority woman.
- When Nicole was experiencing burnout, she took some time away, which allowed her to be ready when the next opportunity presented itself.
- How Nicole draws from her own experiences to make sure that her athletes’ concerns and needs are communicated to the rest of the medical staff.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m taking a moment to do a special shout out, a love letter if you will on this Valentine's Day, to all the badass women out there working in sports and sports medicine who are out there encouraging and supporting each other and making this world a better place.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bonnie Gregory about celebrating your accomplishments.
Bonnie is an assistant professor of orthopedics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and a team physician for several teams including the Houston Dash and the Houston Rockets. She’s also a member of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedics Society and part of the just 6% of orthopedic surgeons who are women. Throughout the interview, Bonnie shares with us how important celebrating your accomplishments can be because it gives us a moment away from focusing on what comes next and allows us to check in with our trajectory and make sure that it’s really in line with our mission and vision.
We talk about:
- Bonnie’s journey to discovering orthopedics and how there is almost no single correct path to a given career.
- How participating in leadership programs helped Bonnie discover her leadership style but also taught her the importance of understanding the rules of the game in order to break the ones that were no longer working.
- As a woman physician covering teams ranging from the NBA to high school football, Bonnie is helping to change perceptions of what a team physician looks like, opening the doors for a new generation of physicians who look, think, and speak more like the patients they serve.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Emory University Director of Athletics Keiko Price about growing into leadership roles.
Keiko is the Athletic Director at Emory, at a time when less than 25% of all NCAA college ADs are women. Her journey started when she took time at the end of her swimming career to figure out her mission and vision. She realized she wanted to help student-athletes and took a leap of faith to become an academic advisor. As her career developed, Keiko communicated her goals to her mentors, who gave her the opportunities to take on new roles and learn skills she would need one day as an AD.
We talk about:
- Why building an athletic department that reflects the student-athletes it serves is a deliberate process of reaching out to the right people for the job.
- How defining goals, whether personally or for an institution, helps you stay motivated when the going gets tough.
- Why getting a seat at the table isn’t enough for women and underrepresented minorities, and how Keiko is encouraging the next generation to speak up and make an impression.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to physical therapist Dr. Margaret Pittman about building the next generation.
Margaret is a physical therapist at Momentous Sports Medicine and an adjunct assistant professor of physical therapy at George Washington University. She’s doing a lot to make sure that the next generation of physical therapists are exposed to the field and see themselves represented within it. She’s a board member of Minority Women in Sports Medicine started by former guest, Andrea Durham, as well as an Executive Board Member of the USC Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy Black Alumni Association. Additionally, she’s currently back in school herself, working towards her MBA at GW, making sure she has the tools she needs to see her visions through.
We talk about:
- The challenges of negotiating early on in your career.
- How goals become reality when you share them with others who can help advocate for you.
- Why it’s okay to pivot and just because it’s not now doesn’t mean never.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jacqueline Brady about moving past insecurities.
Jackie is an associate professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at OHSU and the associate director of their orthopedics residency program. She’s a member of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedics Society and of The FORUM, a group of women sports med orthopedics. These connections and conversations with other women in the field have helped Jackie see the ways so many women undervalue their skills, leading her to publish research showing that women residents give themselves lower self-evaluations compared to their male peers.
We talk about:
- Drawing from the times where things didn’t work as planned to relate to others currently going through similar experiences.
- How everyone has feelings of imposter syndrome at some point and finding the balance between insecurity as a motivator versus an inhibitor.
- Why pursuing your passions benefits not just yourself, but everyone else around you.
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Hello! And welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking all about quitting.
Yup, quitting.
Even though it's early January and New Year's Resolutions are still hot off the presses!
Later in this episode I mention nailing down your values to help you when you're considering quitting.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Veronica Jow about overcoming the fear of failure.
Veronica is the founder of Avid Sports Medicine, a multi-disciplinary sports medicine clinic in the Bay Area. She’s working together with her team at Avid to help patients live healthier and more active lives. Before opening her own practice, Veronica worked as an employed physician and as the medical director for a medical tech start-up. Veronica’s taken the lessons she’s learned from the business and tech worlds to pivot quickly when something’s not working instead of going further in the wrong direction.
We talk about:
- How commonly people switch directions in careers outside of medicine and how this is celebrated rather than discouraged.
- When Veronica took a job as a medical director for a start-up, she viewed it as a “residency for business” and knew that she would learn, regardless of the outcome of the start-up.
- Veronica is not letting the fear of failure prevent her from expanding the model of her current practice to a wider audience.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to orthopedic surgeon Ashley Bassett about breaking with tradition.
Dr. Bassett is a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon at the Orthopedic Institute of New Jersey and the co-host of The Sports Docs Podcast with previous Madam Athlete guest, Dr. Catherine Logan. Ashley is a team physician for USA Gymnastics, traveling the world to provide coverage to the team. By breaking with tradition, Ashley has found environments and opportunities that support her and allow her to reach an even larger audience than she would have in the traditional academic setting.
We talk about:
- Letting your experiences guide you and listening to your gut feelings when choosing your career.
- Mentorship and the role that the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society plays in connecting women with women mentors.
- How Ashley’s podcast allows her to tap into the teaching aspects of academic medicine in a non-traditional way.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Director of Sports Performance for UConn Women’s Basketball Andrea Hudy about finding a job that shares your values.
Throughout her career, Andrea has sought out opportunities to make sure she has the skills and the knowledge to provide her athletes with personalized programs to stay healthy and on the court. With UConn women’s basketball, she’s found an environment that celebrates the same values as her and has given her an opportunity to live out her mission.
We talk about:
- How Andrea’s approach to injury is shaped by her own experiences as an injured athlete.
- How her curiosity and desire to share knowledge has led her to take on additional degrees and research opportunities.
- How Andrea’s using her work towards her PhD as an opportunity to seek out mentorship and collaborate with leaders in other fields.
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Hello! And welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m proposing a way for you to end your year strong, feeling good about yourself and your career, so you can look forward to 2023 with confidence.
And here’s the thing, here’s the suggestion…
I’m offering that you will be happier and feel better and boost your confidence, by celebrating your achievements instead of dwelling on the to-do list.
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On today’s episode, we’re doing something new and featuring an episode of the podcast Hear Her Sports hosted by Elizabeth Emory. This is a collaborative podswap between Elizabeth and I to help introduce you to new kickass podcasts showcasing women in sports. Elizabeth kindly shared one of my episodes featuring Sports Medicine Physician Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu on her podcast a few months ago and I am thrilled to return the favor!
Elizabeth was a guest over here on Madam Athlete for episode 97 where she talked about starting her podcast, Hear Her Sports, to highlight the stories of women athletes. In this interview, she talks with marathoner and Olympic bronze medalist Molly Seidel.
They talk about:
- Taking the time to rest so you can ramp up when it matters.
- Making sport a place where everyone can be both competitive and able to show support for one another.
- The need for media coverage that doesn’t just routinely cover women’s sports but creates fans and followers by telling the compelling stories of those who maybe don’t make the podium.
You can find the Hear Her Sports podcast on apple podcasts, spotify, and elsewhere!
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports marketing executive Brette Sadler about crafting your brand.
Brette is the Vice President at PRP, a sports management and marketing firm. A lifelong athlete, Brette was drawn to sports marketing because it gave her the opportunity to work on the business side of sports with an incredible group of people. She worked her way from selling season tickets on commission to becoming the senior director of marketing with the Florida Panthers before she pivoted to continue growing and learning new skills on the agency side. In Las Vegas, she worked with UFC and then MGM and founded a chapter of WISE, Women in Sports and Entertainment. Over the years, Brette has maintained relationships both with her mentors and her larger network, so that she was the person they called when they needed someone who would get the job done.
We talk about:
- The perception versus the reality of working in the business of sports.
- Crafting your brand and maintaining a personal “board of directors” for your life and career.
- Cultivating the next generation of business professionals in sports and making sure they’re getting the hands-on experiences that will make them successful.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Caitlin Chambers about leaning on our support systems.
Dr. Chambers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and the Associate Program Director for the Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program at the University of Minnesota. She serves as a team physician for the University of Minnesota Athletics and was part of the first all women medical team for a professional women's sports team in the US with the Minnesota Whitecaps hockey team. As one of the few women in orthopedics (only 6% of attending orthopedic surgeons are women!), Caitlin knows the importance of having a robust support network.
We talk about:
- How early exposure to orthopedics can help correct the problem of too few women in the field and the work Caitlin is doing with the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society and the Perry Initiative.
- Having robust support networks, both personally and professionally, so that no one person has to do it all.
- How Caitlin and the other three women in her residency program brought data to their lived experience and authored a paper that has sparked discussion over the years on the number of women and minorities in orthopedics.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Academic Counselor Alana Butler about seeking out self-improvement.
Alana is an academic counselor and Associate Director of the Student-Athlete Success Program at UConn who loves helping students feel comfortable being their authentic selves. She started out coaching after college but felt like she needed more training to meet the moments when her student-athletes came to her looking for help, both on and off the field. Alana found a grad program in athletic counseling that led her to her current role at UConn. In the spirit of continuing to seek out self-improvement, she looks for opportunities both in her organization and outside of it to stay energized.
We talk about:
- The ways we can continue to live out our mission and vision through different roles.
- Learning how to balance the competitiveness that comes with being an athlete and working in athletics.
- Showing up as your authentic self and how that creates a space for others to do the same.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking about all things mentors, sponsors, and assholes.
Because finding and building relationships with mentors and sponsors is incredibly important for your career. And you need to watch out for the sneaky assholes along the way, who are pretending to be mentors and sponsors, and can have seriously negative consequences on your career and well-being.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports journalist Jane McManus about adapting to a changing world.
Jane is currently the Executive Director at the Center for Sports Media at Seton Hall University and a columnist for Deadspin. When Jane graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she was able to work in the last few years of New York’s newspaper scene before journalism moved online. Jane started her career at The Journal News and later for ESPN and now Deadspin. She has covered the NFL and been an analyst for SportsCenter, The Sports Reporters, and Outside the Lines in addition to having a radio show and podcast. Throughout it all Jane has loved teaching. In the shifting landscape of sports media, Jane has been able to adapt to a changing world by drawing on her multiple identities and experiences and being deliberate when choosing her path.
We talk about:
- How, when growing up, Jane didn’t even know that women could be sports writers because she’d never seen a woman in sports journalism.
- Jane’s advice to raise your hand and say yes to keep your career moving forward.
- How she keeps seeking out challenges in her work to stay engaged.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Dr. Stephanie Di Stasi about choosing to focus on work you love and where it feels like you can have the most impact.
Dr. Di Stasi is an Associate Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy at The Ohio State University and a Research Scientist at the Sports Medicine Research Institute at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. As an athlete with an interest in the biomechanics of the human body, Steph initially started out on a clinical PT pathway before talking with a mentor and deciding to go back to school for her PhD. During her time as a PhD student, she fell in love with teaching and research and combined them into her current academic career.
We talk about:
- Choosing to focus on work you love and where it feels like you can have the most impact rather than trying to do it all.
- The importance of mentorship, peer relationships, and being thoughtful with giving and receiving feedback.
- Getting rid of the mom guilt by sharing your excitement about work with your kids.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to professor of sport administration Dr. Erianne Weight about improving your weaknesses.
Erianne is a professor at UNC Chapel Hill where her research and work focus on joining the not-all-that-different worlds of athletics and academics. A former heptathlete herself, Erianne knows what kinds of lessons student-athletes learn on the field and is shining a light on the prejudices that keep athletics out of academia. Early on in her career, Erianne tackled her fear of public speaking with the same kind of deliberate practice she had mastered as an athlete until it became one of her strengths.
We talk about:
- How Erianne followed her passions in her career and now can look back and connect the dots in unexpected ways.
- Erianne’s deliberate work to improve her weaknesses.
- Reframing imposter syndrome as the logical outcome of pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zones.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m asking you who are you outside of your job.
Because I believe that:
1 – We should be more than our jobs, that we are more than our jobs, and our jobs don’t define us.
And...
2 – Having hobbies and a life outside of work is part of what helps us actually do better at work.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to the Senior Director of Special Projects for Athletes Unlimited, Nicole Pawlak, about knowing when to pivot.
Nicole is a global brand marketing expert who has fashioned a career throughout the world of sports. Currently, she’s the Senior Director of Special Projects at Athletes Unlimited, a new venture in professional sports leagues. Nicole is a former D1 athlete who brings her athlete mindset and a tenacious and competitive spirit to her work. Interested in the psychology of business, Nicole got her MBA in marketing and management and combined that with her love of sports to create an incredible career journey working with sports foundations, professional teams, consulting, and her most recent position with Athletes Unlimited.
We talk about:
- The art of pivoting in your career and when it’s time to jump to the next thing.
- The importance of listening to yourself and showing up as your authentic self.
- Getting scrappy, staying open, and refusing to give up.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to coach and Paralympian Stephanie Wheeler about going where you’re valued.
Stephanie is the head coach of the women’s wheelchair basketball team at the University of Illinois. An alum of the program herself, winning three national championships, as well as being a two-time Paralympic gold medalist, Stephanie is no stranger to success. Despite her success, she has still faced discrimination and is one of the few women head coaches, and one of the very few head coaches with a disability, in a sports world that continues to be dominated by men. After leading Team USA to a gold medal at the Rio Paralympics as the head coach, Stephanie decided to focus all her energy on coaching her team at Illinois, where she could live out her values in an environment that supported her as a whole human being.
We talk about:
- How you can’t do what you can’t see and Stephanie’s journey from first meeting a woman athlete with a disability as a teenager to becoming an athlete herself, and then a coach and mentor to other athletes like herself.
- Why defining our values helps us to create identities outside of our jobs and sport.
- Stephanie’s ongoing work to overcome internalized sexism, ableism, and homophobia and divest from the voices that don’t matter.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Assistant Professor of Athletic Training Dr. Kate Jochimsen about mentorship.
I’m especially excited to share this interview because Dr. Jochimsen is junior faculty, early in her career, but has so much wisdom and insight already. And it’s nice to hear from someone at this earlier stage as they are going through it all. Kate is an Assistant Professor and Director of Research for the Division of Athletic Training at West Virginia University’s School of Medicine. Kate was the first in her family to go to college, and then kept going - getting her Masters, PhD, and completing a post-doc, before taking her current academic position. Through all this, Kate is no stranger to the benefits of what good mentorship can do. She shares what to look for in a mentor, staying teachable, and the rewards of watching that relationship morph into collaborators.
We talk about:
- The extra challenges faced by first-gen college students, like herself, who need to work a little harder to find out the next steps at each turn through their education.
- Reframing choices in our careers as opportunities that are neither good or bad, but just different.
- How being a successful academic means becoming comfortable with failure and learning to separate your worth from your work.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m going to talk all about this whole “imposter syndrome” situation.
Because right now, and for the last time this year, I’m about to go live with my free live masterclass on how to build your confidence and crush your imposter syndrome. So this is where my brain is at right now. And because I’m keeping that masterclass focused on actionable steps you can take to crush imposter syndrome with time for live Q&A discussion, I thought I’d use this episode as a little warm-up to the topic. I’m going to break down imposter syndrome and it’s causes so you’ll be ready to join me live in the masterclass next week.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to athlete, author, and leadership specialist, Lisa C. Willis.
Lisa is a former basketball player, with a career spanning from UCLA to the WNBA. When an injury forced her off of the court, Lisa thought she could use her next job to replace the role of basketball in her life. She struggled through this transition before she understood that her role and identity are different. She wrote the book When the Buzzer Sounds: A guide to transition players from the court to life after sports, in order to help other athletes with this transition. Lisa also works with Nike as an apparel wear test analyst, helping to amplify the voices of athletes in the process.
We talk about:
- How Lisa stopped minimizing her accomplishments and began applying her skills as a communicator and supportive teammate off the court.
- How Lisa figured out that serving athletes mentally and emotionally caused the athletes to improve in all areas of their life as they learned to rely on internal rather than external sources of validation.
- Flipping the script on imposter syndrome and using it as an opportunity to justify to ourselves exactly why we’re the right ones to be delivering our own unique message.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Associate Professor and Research Scientist Dr. Johna Register-Mihalik about how to build a peer support system because you don’t have to go it alone in your career.
Johna works at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an Associate Professor of Athletic Training and a Research Scientist studying mild traumatic brain injury. While still in undergrad, Johna cold-emailed a preeminent concussion researcher and managed to create an internship that changed the course of her career. In addition to her academic work, Johna has served on the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina’s Board and USA Baseball’s Medical and Safety Advisory Committee, as well as pursuing active professional service in national organizations like the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and the American College of Sports Medicine.
We talk about:
- The importance of getting different perspectives and why she chose to leave academia for her first job to try something new.
- The benefit of building a peer support system of badass women and how to do it when you’re in a male-dominated field.
- The difficulty of accepting failure and feedback while separating that from your self-worth and how you believe in yourself.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to certified mental performance consultant Dr. Stephany Coakley about creating your own space.
Stephany works with student-athletes to develop mental health skills as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Mental Health, Wellness and Performance at Temple University. She also works with professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, and beyond through her private practice. On the way to where she is today, Stephany developed her craft by creating her own space, like starting her private practice during grad school so she could start getting experience working with athletes. She also worked with warrior-athletes in the military to help them develop resilience. By creating her own space, she was able to gain experience, grow, and learn, and ultimately serve her higher mission to help people realize their best lives through sport.
We talk about:
- How Stephany came to recognize the burnout she was feeling in the early part of her career and the decision to go back to school to get her PhD.
- How hard it is to break into sports and how she started her private practice to create her own space and build experience in her own way.
- Stephany’s personal mental health practices and the tools she encourages others to have at the ready in times of stress.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to physiotherapist Gráinne Donnelly about taking an unexpected career path.
Gráinne is a physiotherapist in Northern Ireland helping to change the perception of pelvic floor rehab. Initially, Gráinne planned on becoming the world’s best sports physio. But that was before she was reluctantly assigned a rotation at a maternity hospital and ended up finding her true calling in being able to serve women and their pelvic health musculoskeletal problems that were often neglected and overlooked. This unexpected career path has come full circle as Gráinne has created the first return-to-running guidelines for postpartum women and does research on keeping women active in sports. Gráinne has taken her career outside of the clinic and educates both women and health care professionals through her own podcast and online courses and speaking internationally.
We talk about:
- How Gráinne ended up in a career field she didn’t even know existed when she started physiotherapy school.
- The challenges of specializing early as a young woman and being taken seriously.
- Gráinne’s evolution from public service to private practice to starting her own podcast and creating her own courses and speaking internationally.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode it’s time to take your freaking vacation!
I’ll share the science-backed evidence showing the health benefits of vacation time, the science behind what makes for an excellent vacation, and the mindset hacks you need to help you take and enjoy your vacation time.
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I mention two other episodes in today's show, you can check them out here:
- Episode 54: Key Steps to Setting Boundaries
- Episode 76: How to Set Goals When You are Burnt the F* Out
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Stacie Grossfeld about being ready for the next challenge.
Stacie has her own orthopaedic practice in Louisville and values the independence she’s found as a surgeon employed outside of a hospital system. To keep her practice running, Stacie is continually learning new skills to stay fresh and current. She purposely avoids falling into the trap of thinking that her expertise in one field, like medicine, is enough to make her successful in another, like her businesses.
We talk about:
- How Stacie first considered a different pathway to pursue her vision of helping people and athletes return to sport before deciding that orthopaedics was right for her.
- How in order to create balance with whatever else was going on in her life, Stacie has created boundaries in her work but has also allowed them to change and adapt over the years.
- The way Stacie runs multiple side businesses and attributes her success to making sure that her focus is always on the task at hand.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Professor of Sports Leadership and Coaching for High-Performance Dr. Cathy Utzschneider about finding your why.
Cathy is a professor teaching courses on high performance at Boston College and the founder of MOVE!, a goal-setting program that emphasizes balancing athletic achievement with the challenges of everyday life. Cathy is also a world-class masters runner and has studied and written about the unique challenges of masters runners.
We talk about:
- The important moment when Cathy learned that the most important part of any physical goal is to figure out what the goal means to the individual and why they’re pursuing it.
- The crucial role of rest and reflection in the process of goal achievement.
- How transition periods in our lives present us with the greatest amount of uncertainty but also have the greatest capacity for creativity and growth.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports sociologist Dr. Andrea Bundon about telling a story through research.
Andrea is an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of British Columbia where she studies the intersections of sport, physical activity, health, disability, and social inclusion. While a grad student, she began guiding visually impaired skiers and served as a guide at the 2010 and 2014 Paralympics Games. This experience shaped her research and the rest of her career.
We talk about:
- How Andrea quickly found that athletes with disabilities are always advocates, just by participating in sports, and that this work can take many forms.
- While at the Paralympics, she saw fewer women than men participating and this drew attention to the loopholes and lack of pathways that keep women out of sports.
- Identifying and working on tasks that are most important and not just focusing on tasks that are the most urgent.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking all about how you can define success for yourself and why it's so important.
Here's the thing...
Most of us get our definitions of success from others. From society, from external expectations, from history, from a patriarchal white male, cis-gendered, hetero, ableist prism.
But what if you defined success for yourself?
Based off your own unique values, your own unique mission & vision, and your own unique goals?
What would that look like?
Listen to today's episode where I shine a light on how to define success for yourself, why it's important, how it ties into getting after your goals, and share some personal examples.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Sport Psychologist for the LA Rams, Carrie Hastings, about doing what you love.
Carrie is a licensed clinical and sports psychologist who has her own private practice in addition to being the team sport psychologist for the LA Rams. Through her work, she helps athletes at all levels sharpen their mental performance skills while also evaluating their relationship with their sport. By doing what she loves, Carrie helps athletes get back to doing what it is they love.
We talk about:
- The ways that a sports psychologist could have helped Carrie in her own athletic career and how she seeks to fill that role for current athletes.
- How taking detours early in your career can help you define your mission and vision and provides you with skills that transfer to the next step.
- How Carrie’s working to normalize taking care of your mental health, not just in the NFL, but in youth and high school sports as well, setting up a new generation with good habits.
As we talk about in the episode, knowing and defining your values helps you make sure your work is in alignment with your values - which means getting to do work that you love. I created a free exercise to help you identify your personal values so you can start taking ownership of your career ASAP.
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Hello new or loyal fan of the podcast!
Let me start by saying thank you for listening to the 100th episode!!!
This episode is going to be real. My honest thoughts, beliefs, values. I’ll talk about what led me to start the podcast and where I want it to go in the future. And I will be talking about women’s rights so let me just say up front so there is no confusion – women’s rights are human rights. I’ll also check in on title IX, on what some past guests are up to now and share a call to action with you. This might be the most blunt and real I’ve been on the podcast so far, and you’ll hear about that and why that makes me uncomfortable. But, like I’ll talk about, it’s important. Oh, and I swear. Because I swear. So that will be happening too.
Enjoy!
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Olympian and coach Leah Stancil about serving your mission.
Leah is the current head coach for Tulane swimming and diving and one of just two Black woman head coaches in DI swimming. As an athlete herself, Leah competed for her home country of Barbados in two Olympics, reaching the finals in 1996. Leah always knew that she wanted to help athletes overcome their struggles and found that coaching gave her the chance to do just that while working one-on-one with swimmers on the frontlines of her sport.
We talk about:
- How Leah realized that her impressive resume would be viewed differently if she were white or a man.
- When Leah was diagnosed with breast cancer before her second year as head coach, she was fortunately told to focus on her health. She both relied on her husband for support and learned to delegate to her coaching staff.
- Leah tries to recognize the “yeah, but” moments in her self-talk that keep her from appreciating her day-to-day accomplishments.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m asking you if you're ready for change and sharing a specific framework to help you tease out where you might be getting stuck moving forward in whatever new direction you're aiming for.
Here's the thing...
Your brain doesn't actually like change.
It wants to feel pleasure, avoid pain, and keep things easy (like stuff it already knows how to do).
So change is hard!
I'm talking about Dilts' Logical Levels of Change in today's episode which is a framework for personal development (and change), that can help you identify where you need to make in order to have the biggest impact on getting after your new goal.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to cyclist and fellow podcaster Elizabeth Emery about shining a spotlight on women’s sports.
Elizabeth is the host of the podcast Hear Her Sports where she interviews women athletes and is helping to redefine and expand the coverage on women’s sports. She’s a former professional cyclist and national team member who knows firsthand the additional obstacles placed in front of women athletes. Elizabeth’s also no stranger to embracing multiple identities. In addition to being a cyclist and podcaster, she is also a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown in museums and galleries throughout the US.
We talk about:
- How Elizabeth turned her favorite part of the day, commuting to work on her bike, into a professional cycling career.
- Wondering what would have happened in her own sports journey if she had had more women role models with careers in sports.
- Shocked by the number of her early guests who shied away from calling themselves athletes, Elizabeth has come to embrace the term and the power it provides.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Physiatrist and Founder of Sports Equity Lab Dr. Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu.
Yetsa is a sports physiatrist and assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and an adjunct associate professor at Yale School of Public Health. She is the founding director of the Sports Equity Lab, which focuses on dismantling inequalities in sport while amplifying sport’s role as an agent for positive change.
We talk about:
- How learning to direct your focus to multiple pursuits can add meaning to your work.
- Applying skills learned through sports, like how to pivot and adapt, to everyday life.
- Yetsa’s advice to cherish and prioritize unstructured time as a way to create a sustainable, meaningful life.
At the end of the episode I shared the free resource I created to help you define your values so you can make sure that you're doing the work that matters to you, no matter what your job or job title is.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Social Justice Educator, Researcher, and Coach Dr. Jen Fry about teaching with love.
Jen has spent her entire career in higher education, transforming from a collegiate volleyball player to a coach with multiple master's degrees to an academic studying the intersection of race and athletics. Throughout her 15 years as a coach, she met her athletes with compassion and understanding while modeling what it looked like to navigate life’s challenges. She just finished her PhD in sport geography, likely making her the first Black woman sport geographer in the world.
We talk about:
- The teachers and coaches who shaped Jen’s teaching philosophy.
- When Jen made a career move outside of collegiate athletics, she found that so many of her skills from running a volleyball program transferred seamlessly.
- Jen used the sum of her previous experiences to guide her research during her PhD and finish it in only three years.
At the end of the episode I shared the free resource I created to help you define your values so you can make sure that you're doing the work that matters to you, no matter what your job or job title is.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Paralympic Skier Staci Mannella about fighting injustice.
Staci is a two-time Paralympian who was born (and remains) legally blind due to achromatopsia. An avid athlete, Staci started skiing at 4 years old and was the youngest member of the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Alpine ski team at 17. Staci also took up horse racing and was a Division I equestrian athlete. Along the way, Staci had to fight for the rights and resources that most of us take for granted. Having advocated for herself and others with disabilities through the legal system, Staci is now supporting athletes with disabilities as an academic researcher.
We talk about:
- How Staci needed time to accept that even though she didn’t achieve exactly what she wanted to athletically, that this experience opened up plenty of doors in other areas of her life.
- Staci’s incredible legal battle for appropriate accommodations as an undergraduate.
- Her current work as a PhD student that addresses the gaps in knowledge in the psychology and sociology of individuals and athletes with disabilities.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking about how to be proud of yourself.
It is important to be proud of yourself and I'm talking about a positive pride instead of a toxic pride. And yes, I explain the difference!
The benefits of being positively proud of yourself include improved self-worth, self-respect, mood, and overall sense of well-being.
I walk through some of the reasons it's hard to learn how to be proud of yourself and share several steps you can take to get past those barriers, find your self-worth and pride, and start practicing being proud of yourself right away.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Phatho Zondi about carving your own path.
Phatho knew from a young age that her mission was to serve athletes and she’s carved out a path unlike any other. She’s worked with athletes at every level of competition and found ways to use sport as a tool for social change. She recently served as the CEO of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa and, with a keen sense of who she is and her own strengths, now takes on projects as an independent consultant to promote transformation in sport science.
We talk about:
- The barriers she faced as a young Black woman physician in South Africa that helped her realize that she could only show up as herself.
- Phatho knew her mission was to serve athletes and their health and she’s done so at every scale, from the one-on-one level to the institutional level.
- She advises everyone to know the difference between aligning to the expectations of others and being the author of your own story.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Sport Psychology Professor Dr. Lindsey Blom about showing up as yourself.
Lindsey is the current president of the Association for Applied Sports Psychology (AASP) and a professor of sport and exercise psychology at Ball State University. Her work focuses on using sport for social change to promote peace at the individual, community, and international levels. From the outside, it looks like Lindsey has pursued this path with laser-sharp focus, but she always had some doubts on the inside. It wasn’t until much later on that Lindsey realized the full value of showing up as her full self in her career.
We talk about:
- How Lindsey learned to recognize her own strengths and passions, just like she had done with students and mentees, and show up as her true self in her work.
- How prioritizing your own self-care includes accepting when others need to prioritize their own self-care as well.
- How Lindsey overcame the feeling that she or her research were not good enough and stopped comparing herself to others.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports medicine physician and Head of Content for gWell, Dr. Rebecca Breslow about letting your career evolve with you.
Rebecca’s journey has been anything but straightforward. From studying art in college before going to med school to later leaving medicine only to return after running an injury prevention business for runners, Rebecca has always chosen the path that best reflects what’s right for her at that particular moment in life.
We talk about:
- How Sarah defined her values and used them to guide her through every twist and turn of her career.
- The parallels of embracing the uncomfortable both in sports and in life to meet goals and pursue new opportunities.
- Her focus on the process, rather than the result, led to her current role with gWell, where she can help share information on the many facets of sports medicine with a wide audience.
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking about giving yourself permission.
The quick summary is that women are socialized to seek permission from others and to value other people's opinions more than our own. This can lead to self-doubt and guilt and anxiety and I'm not having that!
So in today's episode I talk about the useful tool of giving yourself permission. Because you are in charge of your thoughts, your decisions, and your actions. And it's time to start tuning in to your inner voice and your personal opinion of yourself.
I even created a fun little permission slip you can use to help remind yourself that you're the boss and the only authorized signature that matters is yours.
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Today, I’m talking to Oiselle’s Leader of Corporate Development and Family Medicine Physician, Dr. Sarah Lesko, about honoring your values while changing careers.
Sarah is trained and practiced as a family medicine physician before making the leap to a career outside of medicine. Before leaving medicine, Sarah got back into running after watching the ‘08 Olympic trials. Two years later she met the founder and CEO of Oiselle, a running apparel company, by and for female athletes. Eventually leaving medicine, Sarah’s work with Oiselle expanded and she found a better way for her to serve. Through her work with Oiselle, Sarah is able to utilize her training in medicine and public health to support women and girls in sport at every level of competition.
We talk about:
- The twists and turns of her career in sports, medicine, and public health before she found a job where she could bring it all together.
- The multiple identities she created throughout her career and the resilience they’ve provided.
- How defining your values and vision for your career can help you find the right fit.
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Today, I’m talking to the Portland Trail Blazers’ Senior Vice President of Innovation & Technology Christa Stout.
Christa played 5 sports in high school and 3 in college. She has traveled internationally doing development work and has seen the value of sport for social change. Because of a persistent interest in corporate social responsibility, Christa decided to go to business school. As a generalist trying to find her future career, a professor advised her to list out exactly what she was looking for in a job. By considering the qualities she needed in the workplace instead of the job title, Christa found exactly what she was looking for working in professional sports, working first with the Portland Timbers and now the Portland Trail Blazers.
We talk about:
- How taking advantage of every opportunity that came her way in international development, gives Christa more skills than she could ever list on a resume.
- How taking the time to define her values and the qualities she needed in her workplace helped Christa find great jobs after business school.
- The importance of keeping a growth mindset to continue learning the ins and outs of every task as a generalist responsible for leading specialists in their fields.
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Today I’m talking to orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Jothi Murali-Larson.
Dr. Murali-Larson is one of the 6% of all orthopaedic surgeons who are women. Jothi is an orthopaedic sports medicine and trauma surgeon who built her own practice when she found that a traditional big group practice wasn’t working for her. With all of her experiences being mentored by strong women in orthopaedics, and in going out on her own, she pays it forward in her work with the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedics Society.
We talk about:
- The benefits of having women mentors in the male-dominated world of orthopaedics.
- How Jothi set up her own practice and found the autonomy within medicine that she was looking for.
- How she’s grateful to help shape the next generation of women orthopaedic surgeons by paying forward the guidance she’s received.
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Today I’m talking to sport therapist Dr. Becky Clark.
Becky is a mental performance consultant, sports diplomat, and licensed psychotherapist. She was a multisport athlete in college and beyond, and a 3x Deaflympian winning multiple medals with USA Deaf Women's Volleyball. Today, Becky continues her work on the international stage as a sports diplomat, helping countries find connections and start conversations through sports.
We talk about:
- The importance of having a robust network of support at every stage of life as well as that one person you can lean on to sort out life’s challenges.
- How the athlete mentality can push people to achieve the unimaginable but also presents a challenge after the competition when the question on everyone’s mind is “what’s next?”
- The challenge of accepting our triumphs without dismissing them and the importance of taking time to feel emotions during big transitions.
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On today’s episode I’m talking about building self-confidence and maintaining that confidence while working in a male-dominated field and being constantly bombarded with patriarchal messaging.
Here's the crucial summary... having true self-confidence has to be internal. It depends on the thoughts you are telling yourself about yourself. It cannot depend on external validation. I talk about the mindset shift and thought work to help make it happen even in the face of constantly being told you don't belong or that you're not good enough.
This is the kind of coaching I provide in the Women's Career Transformation Academy. The next session doesn't open until May, but if you're ready to build your confidence and take ownership of your career, sign up on the waitlist so you don't miss out!
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Today I’m talking to sports medicine physiatrist Monica Rho.
Monica is the Chief of Musculoskeletal Medicine at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She also serves as a team physician for the US Women’s National Soccer Team.
We talk about:
- How Monica’s mission has been to take care of and listen to female athletes ever since she was a young athlete athlete who felt like her injuries were dismissed.
- How finding the right training environment at any point in your career includes finding mentors who are invested in your development.
- Monica's unique opportunity to serve as an ambassador for If/Then, an organization looking to provide female role models in STEM to young girls.
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Today I’m talking to sports psychologist Lisa Lewis.
Lisa is a licensed psychologist with her own practice where she often helps athletes with complicated problems beyond their sports performance. Her mission is to help her clients uncover what motivates them, but it took her years to figure out that motivation was her focus and her mission all along.
We talk about:
- How when things didn’t go as expected out of college, Lisa took advantage of unique opportunities which were later valued by her doctoral program.
- How Lisa grew her sports psychology practice from something she did one night a week into her main business while still leaving plenty of time to take on other projects.
- How she’s a self-described “decathlete in psychology,” and keeps many different irons in the fire by teaching, running continuing education classes for people in the fitness world, and consulting for a tech start-up.
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Today I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Shelley Street Callender.
Shelley is a team physician and Chief of Sports Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at Mercer University. While she was training in internal medicine and pediatrics, Shelley never thought that sports medicine was in her future. That all changed when she started working with a local high school girls' basketball team. Many years later, she’s working as a team physician and helping to encourage the next generation to get after their dreams.
We talk about:
- The encouragement from her family and mentors that helped her pursue a career path she had never seen before
- How following her passion at every turn led her to where she is today.
- Finding a home and a support network within AMSSM and the honor of serving as a board member.
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On today’s episode I’m talking about how the practice of clearly articulating your values is one of the very first steps to taking ownership of your career. Too often we have our head in the sand, or we're hustling through all the work, and we don't stop and take a look around to see if what we're doing is in alignment with our values.
Because knowing your values, and being in alignment with your values at work, can improve job satisfaction and happiness. And with the rates of burnout and all around misery right now... this feels VERY important!
To help you out, I created a free exercise to help you identify your personal values so you can start taking ownership of your career ASAP. I’ll walk you through the simple steps to clarifying your key values so you can take a quick gut check on how your current job situation is aligning with your values (if it is) and start thinking about what changes you can make to achieve better alignment, which will help you feel better within that job.
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Today I’m talking to Georgia Tech's Director of Sports Medicine Carla Gilson.
Carla is the Director of Sports Medicine at Georgia Tech, where she has spent her entire career starting out as an athletic trainer. While it might seem like a straight shot from athletic trainer to her current role, Carla didn’t always see herself working in the world of athletics in the first place. She graduated college with a degree in business but began working as a student athletic trainer and fell in love with serving student-athletes in a role where she could have a huge impact. Over the years, Carla’s found that she uses her business skills to manage both the student-athlete experience and the business side of sports medicine.
We talk about:
- Seeking opportunities to grow
- Comparing yourself to yourself
- Following gut feelings
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Today I’m talking to career coach Gladys Garcia Neroda.
Gladys is a consultant and coach helping people and organizations to grow. Starting with her first job out of college, Gladys knew her work needed to match her values. She always wanted to make the world a better place and found she could help others to develop the professional skills she had learned. She eventually found her way to Coaching Corps where she found that helping kids access sports taught them so many of the skills needed in life. Gladys also shares the incredible story of her year-long personal sabbatical that led her to consider her true self rather than the persona she used to put on in the workplace. As a result, Gladys now runs her own consulting business in a way that’s true to identity.
We talk about:
- Being yourself to yourself
- Asking if your dreams really belong to you or someone else
- Teaching and mentoring
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Today I’m talking to Paralympic triathlete Amy Dixon.
Amy is a visually impaired professional triathlete and a member of the USA Paratriathlon National Team. When Amy was in college, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that caused her to progressively lose her vision. As circumstances have changed, Amy has always pivoted back to her passions, first as a student, then as a professional sommelier, and finally as a world-class triathlete. She is a nine-time ITU World Paratriathlon Event Medalist and competed at the Tokyo Paralympics. Amy is continuing to train for the 2024 Paris games while working to inspire the next generation of triathletes.
We talk about:
- Being resilient and figuring things out as you go along
- Multitasking and prioritization
- Passing on the knowledge we learned the hard way
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On today’s episode I’m talking about how to set goals when you are in the midst of exhausting and soul-crushing burnout. Because even though it's January and New Year's Resolutions time, I am seeing women everywhere talk about how they are too tired to care and just don't have the motivation to get after it, or they want to pick a word of the year and just cannot. So I'm going to go there! These particular goal-setting skills are useful for anyone at any time, but are even more important when you're exhausted and feeling disconnected from your work.
And, to help you kick things into gear, I created a free download of 50 ideas for small goals that are great to start off with when you're struggling with burnout. They're fun little ideas that can help you build some momentum and energy and have a nice side benefit of helping you manage the symptoms of your burnout at the same time!
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On this episode I’m talking to Carole Oglesby, Marjorie Snyder, and Deborah Slaner Larkin, the creators of the Oglesby-Snyder Grant for Equity and Cultural Diversity through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Carole, Marj, and Deborah have been leaders in women’s sports for decades, with careers stretching from academia to advocacy to C-Suite positions. They’ve helped change the perception of women in sports by conducting and sourcing compelling research and using that data to tell the story. Their research and advocacy showed that women and girls were just as interested in sports and helped drive changes at all levels of participation. This new grant, named for Carole and Marj and brought to life by Deborah, seeks to fund researchers and their work on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We talk about:
- The progress made for women in sports and the obstacles we still face
- Being brave and getting out of your comfort zone
- Building support networks
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to lacrosse coach Kristen Stuckel.
Today’s a little bit of a special episode for me and I’m excited to end the year on this personal note. Coach Stuckel is the head women’s lacrosse coach at Muhlenberg College, and she was my coach! I was a freshman at Muhlenberg during her first year there and she recruited me as a walk-on who had never played before in order to be able to field a varsity team. Don’t worry, we go into that story in the episode! I have personally learned so much from Coach (and you’ll see, I have a near inability to call her by her first name!), and being able to interview her for this podcast has only made me realize how much more I learned from her than I even realized. She really did inspire me and set an example of what it means to be a strong, competent, and capable woman leader who cares about the young women she works with. Ok, back to her history… while Kristen was a two-sport athlete in college, she didn’t graduate with plans to coach professionally. Instead, she made the leap to coaching a few years after college when she was recruited by her coach and mentor, and she never looked back. As a coach, Kristen makes sure that her athletes learn how to grow and adapt on and off the field.
We talk about:
- Helping women to excel in their lives beyond sports
- Exploring all parts of the job early in your career
- Staying in touch with your mentors
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Today I’m talking to sports psychologist Dr. Erin Haugen.
Erin works with athletes of all levels to address not just their performance concerns but their overall mental health. From the outside, it looks like Erin always knew that sports psychology was the destination but it wasn’t until after her postdoc that she started working with athletes. Erin tested and loved many different aspects of psychology before finding her home in sports psych. She shares how that training gives her the tools and perspective to meet her athletes where they're at to treat the whole person.
We talk about:
- Following the twisting & turning career path approach
- Being an athlete and working with athletes
- Growing into leadership roles
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On today’s episode I’m talking about all things self-promotion. Ok, wait! Before you give up on this episode because you think bragging is gross or it makes you uncomfortable… give me a chance and I promise it will be worth it! The thing is, we have to be our own best self-advocates. Bosses are busy, colleagues are busy, teams are all flickering on the edge of burnout. It’d be nice to think that if you put your head down and got the work done and did good work, that people will notice. That you’ll be recognized and rewarded. But you know I always keep it real with you and that’s just not how life works. You’re out there doing amazing things and you deserve to be noticed and recognized. So in this episode I’m going to give you the secrets to graceful self-promotion. I’m talking about the art of promoting yourself that doesn’t make you feel like a jerk or a slimy salesperson. And that gives you tools to avoid the double bind women who self-promote can find themselves in.
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Today I’m talking to Olympic rowers Kristi Wagner and Dr. Gevvie Stone.
Kristi and Gevvie are US national team rowers who teamed up to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the double sculls. While they found themselves lining up against the best in the world this past summer, neither one initially had their sights set on the Olympics back when they finished their collegiate rowing careers. Instead, Kristi’s path involved navigating injury, expectations, and the pandemic to make her first Olympic team. And Gevvie balanced full-time rowing with her medical training for years, taking time away from medical school and residency to make three Olympic teams and win silver at the 2016 Rio Games. Both women use the lessons of perseverance that rowing taught them in order to inspire others, both in and out of the sport.
We talk about:
- Putting your career on hold to pursue a dream
- Being driven by a love of the sport
- Jumping in before you feel like you’re ready
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Today I’m talking to the founder of Native Women Running Verna Volker.
Verna is an ultra runner and member of the Navajo nation who created Native Women Running to share and celebrate the stories of Indigenous women runners. A mother of four and a second-grade teacher, Verna first began running over ten years ago as a way to get in shape after moving to a new city. When she started sharing her progress through social media, Verna saw an online running community that failed to look like her or the other women she knew. Verna began amplifying the voices of other Indigenous women, and this grew into Native Women Running. Verna has kept building this platform, reaching recognition in the larger running community, and continues to push herself on the trail, recently completing her first 100k race this fall.
We talk about:
- Stepping outside of your comfort zone
- Prioritizing rest
- Surprising yourself
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Today I’m talking to Karol Collymore, the senior director of the Inclusive Community Portfolio at Nike.
Karol is working her dream job, but her journey to get here was anything but straightforward. After majoring in political science and working on a campaign, Karol started her career in politics where she began working in nonprofits and fundraising. Then, an unsuccessful bid for public office left Karol wondering exactly what to do next. After some work on her vision board, Karol began crafting her skills to be ready when the right job opened up. Now at Nike, Karol draws from her experiences in philanthropy and government to help non-dominant communities succeed in ways specific to each community’s needs and goals.
We talk about:
- Dealing with the expectations of others
- Talking honestly about tough experiences
- Assessing where our time goes
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Today I’m talking to Avery Niemann and Heidi Hendrick, the founders of Peak Pentathlon.
Avery and Heidi are two world-class pentathletes on a mission to create a team that puts athletes first. While both women swam in college, their journeys to the sport of pentathlon, as well as their careers, were anything but straightforward. Their idea for an athlete-focused training group was born at a training camp when Avery and Heidi saw a need and decided to start building a community. Over the past few years, they’ve grown and expanded Peak Pentathlon and aim to raise the profile of American pentathletes on the international stage. These women train for not one but five sports, and, as you’ll hear, wear a lot of hats in their organization as well.
We talk about:
- Going all-in on a new endeavor
- Overcoming the fear of starting
- Listening to your gut
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On today’s episode I’m talking about all things accountability. Being accountable is a personal decision and it’s a personal way of being. Taking responsibility for your actions is important, but it can also be a tricky spot for women in particular, and I’ll get into that balancing act. Also, we often talk about “being held accountable” or holding other people accountable, but truly, you can’t force other people to be willing to accept responsibility for their actions. You can set a strong example and create a culture that embraces personal accountability, and I go into the details on how to do to that during this episode. And lastly, I’ll talk about finding and using an accountability partner to help you get after your goals.
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Today I’m talking to athletic trainer Amanda Williams.
Amanda is a clinical athletic trainer working in a physician practice. She always knew that she wanted to be an athletic trainer, but her first jobs pushed her out of the typical high school and college settings and helped her see active people of all ages. When she was ready to take on a new challenge, she moved into a clinical setting where she sees patients alongside a physician. Amanda is on a mission to make sure that everyone, from the public to clinicians, understands and appreciates the role of athletic trainers everywhere.
We talk about:
- Finding the job that’s the perfect fit
- Defining your mission and vision
- Taking charge of your own narrative
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Dr. Rathna Nuti, a sports medicine physician.
Rathna is the founder and owner of her own sports medicine practice. She knew from a young age that she wanted to be a doctor but never anticipated that she would be an entrepreneur and start her own practice. Rathna shares the influence from mentors throughout her life that led her first to family medicine and then to completing a fellowship in sports medicine. While still early in her career, Rathna made the decision to break away from the world of corporate medicine and venture out to start her own practice. In addition to her practice, she serves as a team physician for the Dallas Stars and South Stars FC.
We talk about:
- Having mentors in your field who are a few steps ahead in the process
- Taking career inspiration from family members who know you best
- How being independent doesn’t mean going for it alone
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On today's episode I’m talking to Kendall Hanley, a hockey referee.
Kendall has officiated games at international, professional, and collegiate levels. She is a former collegiate hockey player who began her journey as a referee after graduation as a way to stay involved in the sport she loves. Kendall found a network of female referees across the country helping to get women out on the ice. Working as a professional referee is no easy task and Kendall has been creative in finding ways to support herself and her family while moving forward in her career. It all paid off when she was one of the first four women selected to officiate an NHL prospect tournament.
We talk about:
- Pursuing a passion even when it can’t be a full time career
- Building support systems
- Appreciating the game from the other side
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Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking about the comparison game. Only, it’s not really a game, because it’s not fun and there is not a lot of winning if you’re playing. The idea for today’s episode came about when several of the women in my Women’s Career Transformation Academy brought up their struggles with comparison. That they struggle with comparing themselves to other women they feel are further along in their career. That they are in fact comparing themselves to these other women constantly and always feeling like they come up short. And it’s miserable! So, on today’s episode, I’ll be sharing what science tells us about comparing ourselves to others and what you can do to stop engaging in the comparison game and to take back your confidence.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Abby Chin, a sports journalist and the Celtics sideline reporter for NBC Sports Boston.
When the pandemic hit and the NBA shut down, Abby found herself out of a job and at home with her two young children and with plenty of time to think about her identity. It was clear to her that she wasn’t done with TV and made her way to being quickly rehired as a studio host for NBC Sports at the start of the next season. She’s back on the Celtics’ sideline this season and loving it. Abby has also covered the 2018 Winter Olympics and works as a journalist and reporter for Comcast Sportsnet New England.
We talk about:
- Being a visible woman in sports
- Having multiple identities outside of our jobs
- Learning to advocate for ourselves
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Dr. Kate Ackerman, a sports medicine physician and endocrinologist.
Kate is an incredible force in sports medicine research, specifically helping to close the gap in knowledge on female athletes.
She shares her journey, from a collegiate rower who didn't become interested in medicine until later on in college to a leader in the field of sports medicine. Studying what interested her, Kate completed not one, but two fellowships in endocrinology and sports medicine in addition to a masters of public health.
Her unique background set her up to be chosen as a leader of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. A former national team lightweight rower herself, Kate now serves as a team doctor for USRowing and is the chair of the USRowing Medical Commission.
We talk about:
- Communicating your vision to help get others on board
- Having hard conversations for the health of an athlete
- Building support systems for the times you feel like you’re in it alone
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Dr. Jenny Hunnicutt, the owner and founder of Hunnicutt Writing and Consulting, LLC.
Jenny earned her Bachelors in Athletic Training, and continued along a research route, earning a Masters in Sports Medicine and a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation sciences. After working as the sports medicine research and education coordinator at Emory, Jenny felt there was still something missing in her career. She took time off to listen to herself and realized it was the writing that was her true passion. So she took a leap and started Hunnicutt writing and Consulting where she works with research teams, businesses, and professionals all over the world in the fields of sports medicine and orthopedics. Now she’s writing, editing, and consulting on her own terms.
We talk about:
- Listening to yourself to figure out what you want in life
- Embracing multiple identities as a strength (Jenny’s include research writer and promotor of the sport of pole dancing among other things!)
- Finding a community of women in the Women’s Career Transformation Academy
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On today’s episode I’m talking all things professional development. What it is. What it really is, or what it should be! Because I believe, that professional development starts with personal development. It must be intentional. It starts with your purpose and your mission and grows from there. And true personal or professional development helps you grow as a person, beyond simply learning new knowledge. Personal development keeps you engaged and interested and is a vital component of having a healthy and fulfilling career.
I talk about:
- Moving beyond knowledge-focused continuing education
- Putting personal development first, like leadership skills, having difficult conversations, time management...
- Being intentional with your plans for personal and professional development
- Both formal and informal ways to get after your own development goals
I also give a sneak peak at the Women's Career Transformation Academy, my online course and community for women working in male-dominated fields to build confidence in themselves and take charge of their career journey. Registration is open for a limited time, click here to learn more and take the first step towards feeling confident in owning your career!
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On today’s episode, I’m talking to Jen Dary, a career coach for new managers.
Jen is an entrepreneur and the founder of Plucky, a leadership coaching and consulting firm. Through her work with Plucky, Jen helps people move forward in their careers in new roles. While she never started out with plans to work in business, following her own interests led her to working first in non-profits and then to the human side of technology companies. She then took a huge risk to start her own firm, Plucky, to reach people on a broader scale. Now celebrating Plucky’s eighth anniversary, Jen continues to listen and guide as she helps managers learn their new roles through her program So Now You’re a Manager.
We talk about:
- transitioning careers to find fulfilling work
- the cancer diagnosis that deepened her appreciation for people doing their best work
- setting up each week for success
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Emily Altier, Head Swim Coach with Peak Pentathlon and Colorado Athletic Club.
Emily grew up on the pool deck and her first swim coach was her own mom. She initially thought she’d go into sports accounting, but during an NCAA post-graduate internship, she looked into opportunities to stay involved with coaching and changed her career path. As a coach, Emily has worked with collegiate, high school, middle school, and club athletes. She’s had a winding path and cobbled together multiple opportunities in order to succeed, including work as an underwater video voice over specialist!
We talk about:
- Having an impact when you love what you do
- Making quality a habit
- Never giving up on what you see as the next step for you
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Katie Holmgren, Director of Program Services for USA Hockey.
Katie is a former hockey player who’s had a career in and out of sports and for the last decade has made her way back to hockey working for USA Hockey. In her currently role, Katie provides local youth hockey associations with growth and governance resources. She was initially hired as the Coordinator of Adult Women’s Hockey before being promoted to Manager of Adult Hockey and then promoted again to Director of Program Services. Earlier in her career she worked with the Iowa Stars, Nashville Sounds, and the Colorado Rockies.
We talk about:
- Doing good work, wherever you are
- The power of networking and building relationships
- Being a mentor and representative for other women to look up to
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Grab your copy of my latest FREE guide on how to prepare yourself for your next negotiation!
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Alex Sinatra, a lawyer and entrepreneur.
Alex is the CEO and Founder of Your Potential for Everything, which is a strategic sports consulting business specializing in helping women and women-owned businesses in the sports & esports industries gain clarity, confidence, and grow their businesses. She has been an in-house counsel for a famous sports family, a multinational company, and most recently, a professional sports team. Besides all of that, Alex also has a podcast, and is a published author, and was the first female hired by the NFL Wire sites of USA Today as a contributing editor.
We talk about:
- Being a “multipotentialite,” which is a modern-day renaissance woman
- Marketing yourself and asking for what you want
- Negotiating with confidence
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Grab your copy of my latest FREE guide on how to prepare yourself for your next negotiation!
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It's the second Tuesday of the month so I'm taking a deep dive into setting boundaries.
We know that blurred boundaries or poor boundaries, particularly between work- and home-life, are linked to an unhealthier lifestyle, decreased happiness, increased resentment, anger, and burnout. And we also know that healthy boundaries lead to a sense of empowerment at work.
So today I'm talking about what boundaries even are, why they're important, the different types of boundaries, how to figure out your boundaries, and how to communicate your boundaries.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Dr. Deb Roche, a sport psychologist.
Dr. Roche always knew she wanted to go into psychology, and her experiences in her training helped lead her to sport psychology. She started her career with an interesting position as the Assistant Director of Student Services for Athletes at the University of Delaware which gave her an incredible foundation to her career. She left to start her own business, Counseling and Sport Psychology Services, and more recently added part-time work at HSS as a member of their Women’s Sports Medicine Center.
We talk about:
- The benefits of jumping in before having every single detail worked out
- Networking to build your business and your practice
- Setting limits and boundaries
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Dana Lis, a sport nutritionist.
Dr. Lis is a registered dietitian (RD), who also has her PhD in Exercise Science, and an International Olympic Committee Diploma in Sport Nutrition. For someone who initially thought she wanted to be a mountain guide, and still spends plenty of time on the mountain, Dana has built an incredible career in sport nutrition. She started her own company, completed a post-doc, designed a sport nutrition mentorship program for Canadian Olympic sports, worked with professional cycling, and worked for two teams in the NBA.
We talk about:
- Going back to school (2x!) to level up her knowledge and career
- Finding ways to quantify your impact
- Comparison being the thief of joy
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Katrina Campbell, an NCAA DI equipment manager.
Katrina is currently the Assistant Athletics Director for Equipment, and Head Equipment Manager, for North Carolina A&T State University, where she initially got her degree in Physical Education with plans to go into sports medicine. She signed on with the Air Force for an ROTC scholarship and the military had other plans for her, and she ended up a Logistics Readiness Officer. In that role she managed a team of 169 individuals and over $20 million in military assets. Which if you can imagine, was the perfect preparation for going into athletic equipment management where she has thrived.
We talk about
- Her unique journey through the military and how it prepared her for her current role in athletic equipment
- Having an attitude of always seeing what you can do, which was especially helpful when going through breast cancer after losing her mother and sister to the disease
- How she keeps room for growth, including going back to school to get her MBA and currently going after her PhD
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The Madam Athlete podcast has turned 50!
50 episodes that is :)
On today's episode I'm taking you behind the scenes of Madam Athlete. What I've been up to, what took me so long to get started, and what I'm trying next...
And since a lot of the answer to "what took me so long" is Perfectionism, that's where I'm starting off this new episode type - where once a month, I'll be talking to you directly and taking a deeper dive into one of the many topics that come up over and over again with my guests and their careers.
I'm starting with Perfectionism today, and how setting unrealistic goals that you can't meet can cause you to doubt yourself, and then lose faith in yourself, and combining that with a lack of self-compassion, can be a vicious cycle of disappointment. And while some of us used perfectionism to get ahead in our careers, over time, it's a set up for failure and the fear of failure can stop you in your tracks.
I share one of my tips for breaking free from that vicious cycle, and if you'd like a couple more, I created a free download with my top three favorite tips to fighting off perfectionism so you can move forward with that project, that new venture, and your life.
Download your free copy and you can use emergency hack #1 right away to start making forward progress today.
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Dr. Catherine Logan, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon.
Dr. Logan spent her early career as a Physical Therapist before deciding to go back to medical school where she ultimately went into orthopedic surgery and completed a sports medicine fellowship. It’s not always an easy decision to decide to go back to school for another decade, and Catherine shares important advice about how and why she ultimately made that choice. Since then, Catherine has started her own practice, is a team physician for US Ski and Snowboard and Head League Physician for Premier Lacrosse League, and is on the Executive Board of The Chill Foundation. On top of all that, she manages to contribute to lay publications like SHAPE magazine and has her own podcast, The Sports Doc Podcast.
We talk about:
- What to consider when thinking about a career change
- Surrounding yourself with the right people who will push you to evolve
- The cancer diagnosis that caused Catherine to change her perspective and focus on what’s important
For more information about Dr. Catherine Logan, head on over to the show notes at https://madamathlete.com/
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Whitney Kailos Taylor, Entrepreneur and Owner of Strength in Light LLC and Senior Account Manager at RunSignup.
With a race director for a mom, Whitney grew up in the endurance world. She turned to running during college for the mental benefits, but kept getting stress fractures. With an interest in nutrition and training in psychology, she initially planned to go the academic route and study optimal nutrition for women athletes. But during a gap year, she got a job in the endurance industry with a tech startup that made race registration software, and she fell in love. She continued to train, and unfortunately suffered a pelvic fracture that put her on the sidelines for a long time considering her future. With additional training and certification, Whitney decided to start her own business, Strength in Light, helping to train and educate other women about optimally fueling your body for sport, and the dangers of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport.
We talk about:
•Discovering your identity when your world gets flipped upside down
•Figuring out your why
•Getting over imposter syndrome so you can make an impact
For more information about Whitney Kailos Taylor and her course, head on over to the show notes at https://madamathlete.com/
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Dr. Wendy Borlabi who is the Director of Performance and Mental Health for the Chicago Bulls.
When Dr. B started her career in psychology, she had no plans to go into sports psychology. After her first few clinical jobs, she realized she wanted a new challenge. Ultimately, she decided to go back to school for advanced degrees including a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology where she concentrated in sport and exercise psychology. Wendy has had an incredible career in sport psychology because she focused on learning her craft. While currently with the Bulls, Wendy has previously developed sport psych services at James Madison University and worked at the US Olympic Training Center in San Diego. And beyond her employed positions, Dr. B is also an entrepreneur having founded two performance consulting businesses and the non-profit Wisdom Knot which helps kids understand possibilities for future careers in sports.
We talk about:
- Learning your craft
- Challenging yourself
- Being consistent
For more information about Dr. Wendy Borlabi, including links to her foundation, Wisdom Knot, head on over to the show notes at https://madamathlete.com/
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On today’s episode, I’m talking with Emily Jaenson, the General Manager of the Reno Aces, a AAA Minor League Baseball team associated with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
When Emily was hired as the Aces’ GM, she was the first woman GM in Minor League Baseball in 20 years. It’s a fitting position for a woman who first learned how to score baseball games at 5 years old with her mom. Like most of our guests, Emily did not have a straight-line journey in sports to get to her current position. She started off thinking she’d go into athletic training and then pivoted into marketing. Her first job was in ticket sales with the Chicago Bulls. And through several twists and turns, including leaving sports for the non-profit world, she continued to learn and grow along the way, and consistently worked to be so good that no one could forget her. That work paid off and ultimately earned her the GM position. And now she’s using her position to help support other women in sports through her podcast and her work in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in baseball.
We talk about:
- Being the storyteller of your own journey
- Choosing opportunity and growth instead of comfort
- How having it all is possible because it is also self-determined
For more information about Emily Jaenson, including links to her podcast and LinkedIn profile, head on over to the show notes at https://madamathlete.com/
If you're looking for more guidance in building your own career identity and taking control of your career narrative, sign up for the Women's Career Transformation Academy waitlist, and you'll be the first to know when the Fall session opens up!
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Nicole Batista is the founder and President of the CT Chapter of the Society for Public Health Education. She is a certified exercise physiologist and focuses her work on encouraging health and wellness through prevention efforts. She spent several years working with Special Olympics Connecticut as a Coordinator of Health and Wellness among other jobs and opportunities and is about to embark on a new position right about the time this podcast episode comes out.
We talk about:
- The benefit of having a clear why
- Having strong mentors who don’t tell you what to do, but help you figure things out
- When things don’t work out right away, it’s not a failure, it’s a first step
For more information about Nicole Batista, head on over to the show notes at https://madamathlete.com/
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Alyssa Vaniman is currently an athletic trainer at Arizona Western College where she’s also an Adjunct Faculty in the department of Physical and Wellness Education. At the same time she is going back to school to earn her Doctorate in Athletic Training (DAT) at Indiana State University. Over the pandemic, she co-founded Latinx Athletic Trainers to help provide support and representation for Latinx ATs.
We talk about:
- Having grit when your journey isn’t linear
- Building a network of allies
- Setting goals in alignment with your values
For more information about Alyssa Vaniman, head on over to the show notes at https://madamathlete.com/
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Dr. Jess Bartley is the Director of Mental Health Services for the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee. In this newly created role, Dr. Bartley is responsible for the development and implementation of mental health services and programming for Team USA.
Prior to this, Jess was a behavioral health consultant and staff psychologist for the University of Denver where she is also a clinical assistant professor in sport and performance psychology.
Jess has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is also a Certified Mental Performance Consultant with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Dr. Bartley shares the mentors who helped her along the way, the interrelationship of mentors, colleagues, and friends, and how to communicate with a potential mentor.
We talk about:
- Becoming the resource you once needed
- Supporting your own mental health
- Starting a new job when it’s also a newly created position
Enrollment is now open for the Madam Athlete signature program, Women's Career Transformation Academy. Doors will close on May 27, 2021 so sign up now!
To hear more about the course and take it for a test spin, you can sign up for my FREE and LIVE Masterclass onhow to Crush Your Imposter Syndrome.
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Jodi Logsdon is a 2-time Sports Emmy Award Winner who is the leading editorial voice for productions across CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network in her role as News Director and Coordinating Producer.
Prior to joining CBS Sports, Jodi spent 12 years at ESPN, ultimately overseeing the daily newsgathering operation that supports ESPN’s studio productions and other platforms.
In addition to her Emmys, Jodi has been recognized as a Cynopsis Top Women in Media, a Game Changer by Sports Business Journal, and one of Big Lead’s 40 under 40 Behind the Scenes in Sports Media.
We talk about:
- Raising your hand for new opportunities
- Taking your seat at the table
- Having confidence and knowing your value
And as of today, May 18, 2021, the cart is officially open on my new online course, Women's Career Transformation Academy. Doors will close on May 27, 2021 so sign up now!
To hear more about the course and take it for a test spin, you can sign up for my FREE and LIVE Masterclass on how to Crush Your Imposter Syndrome.
https://madamathlete.com/masterclass
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Dr. Stephanie Kliethermes is a biostatistician who helped develop the Collaborative Research Network for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine in her role as the Research Director for AMSSM. In this role she is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
In addition to helping coordinate collaborative sports medicine research across AMSSM, Steph’s personal research focuses on the application of statistical methodology and design to sports medicine topics such as health and well-being in youth, endurance sports, and adaptive sports.
Steph herself is an endurance runner, Girls on the Run Coach, and a former 3-sport Division III athlete.
After I nerd out about math for the first few minutes of this episode,
We talk about:
- Going for the position even when you don’t check all the boxes
- Making room for yourself every day
- How to handle imposter syndrome
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Diana Cutaia founded Coaching Peace in 2012 to help leaders and organizations create positive and safe cultures that empower their members to lead with empathy and understanding.
Prior to founding Coaching Peace, Diana was the Director of Athletics and Sport-based Initiatives for Wheelock College. She has also been the head women’s basketball coach at several colleges including Norwalk Community College where she brought the program to national standing, ranking #1 in the New England region and among the top eight in the nation.
We talk about:
- The power of mentors and being seen as your authentic self
- Leading through service and investing in the process rather than the outcome
- What to do when you find yourself in a toxic work environment
The first book we're going to tackle for the Madam Athlete book club is Mindset by Carol Dweck. It's a great tie in to what Diana shares in today's episode.
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Dr. Nailah Coleman is a Sports Medicine Pediatrician at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Nailah is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Currently, she’s on the Board of Directors for the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine where she is Chair of the Membership Committee and a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion task force.
We talk about:
- Advocating for yourself by speaking in the language of those to whom you are talking
- Seeing challenges as opportunities to change tactics
- The importance of persistence
We also have a great discussion about her love of reading and recommendations of self-improvement books she’s recently enjoyed. Stick around for the end of the episode where I announce the new Madam Athlete book club!
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Taylor Gross is currently the Manager of Program Services at USA Hockey where she works to help promote the growth of the sport.
Previously, Taylor was the head Women’s Hockey Coach at Midland University, and prior to that, the Co-Head Coach of the 19U AAA Colorado Select Girls Hockey Association.
Taylor played college hockey at UConn and then transferred to Penn State where she was the inaugural captain of the Penn State Women’s Hockey Team and won the CHA Sportsmanship Award during both of her seasons there.
We talk about:
- Having belief in yourself and the confidence to ask questions
- The importance of great mentorship and sponsorship
- Getting rid of perfectionism and not letting the fear of failure hold you back
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Teena Murray is currently the Vice President for Athlete Health and Performance with the NBA Sacramento Kings. Previously, she was the Director of Sports Performance at the University of Louisville where she also helped to create their graduate program in strength and conditioning. Teena has been a consultant with USA Hockey, including working with the Women’s team that won Silver at the 2010 Olympics. Her career as a strength and conditioning coach started at Cornell and then UConn.
We talk about:
- Creating your own luck
- Building allies when starting a new position
- Developing your own advisory board to support you in your career
For more information about Teena Murray, head on over to the show notes at https://madamathlete.com/
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Kensa Gunter, Psy.D. has her own private practice in sport psychology called Gunter Psychological Services – and you need to listen to the episode to learn how clever and intentional that name is! Kensa has done consulting work with the NFL, the WNBA, and NCAA DI universities. Dr. Gunter is the first Black president of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and shares her stories around representation in today’s episode.
We talk about:
- Re-defining failure as a pivot point filled with opportunity for life lessons
- Being authentic to your guiding principles
- The power of seeing, and being, representation
[And we talk about sci-fi/fantasy and Black Panther and Voltron! Seriously, this episode is amazing. Yes it's long, but totally worth it!]
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Kristin Belleson has a long career in association management and is currently the CEO of the American College of Sports Medicine. Previous work has included being the Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Affiliate Affairs and Membership Services for the American Osteopathic Association, and Chief Membership Officer for the Society of Gynecologic Oncology. She began her career in association management working for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.
We talk about:
- Being a leader with humility and vulnerability
- Being your authentic self
- Knowing and owning your own personal strengths
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Jenn Giles, RD is the owner and founder of the sport nutrition business, Eat 4 Sport. She provides clinical care working individually with athletes of all levels and abilities on fueling for their sport performance goals.
Additionally, Jenn does consulting work in corporate wellness, clinical hospitals, and community fitness. She also does industry consulting working with the likes of NutriBullet, Kind Bars, and UCan.
Jenn is an author and freelance writer and she recently began teaching sport nutrition as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University.
In whatever free time she has left, Jenn is a triathlete and marathoner and mom to four young athletes.
We talk about:
- How being active and eating healthy helps her feel mentally strong
- Learning from all the stops and starts along the way in building a business
- The importance of carving out time for your self-care
For more information about Jenn Giles, RD, head on over to the show notes...
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Andrea Durham is an athletic trainer at the Bullis School, a K-12 private school in Potomac MD. Previously, she worked as an athletic trainer at the collegiate and arena football levels. In her work, Andrea saw a need for more mentorship opportunities and support for young minority women to be encouraged to go into sports medicine fields. So, she created the Minority Women in Sports Medicine 501(c)(3) charitable organization which offers scholarships and mentors to minority women in high school and college to help support their future career goals.
We talk about:
- The importance of acknowledging your own skills and strengths
- Stepping into your own power
- The difference between discipline and motivation
For more information about Andrea Durham, including links to her charity organization, Minority Women in Sports Medicine, head on over to the show notes...
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Rebecca Hasson, PhD is the Director of the Childhood Disparities Research Laboratory and Director/PI of the InPACT program at the University of Michigan where she is an Associate Professor of Movement Science in the School of Kinesiology. She’s received over $1 million in grant funding for her research, which currently focuses on using physical activity to create equitable health opportunities for children. She is on the Executive Committee for the Council on Black Health and is a Past-President of the Society for the Analysis of African-American Public Health Issues.
We talk about:
- Spending your career answering the questions that keep you up at 2 in the morning
- Finding what motivates you
- Moving the needle by putting research results into action within the community
And, it’s clear to see that Dr. Hasson is an educator at heart. While we talk mostly about her career, she delivers a powerful explanation into the causes and consequences of childhood health disparities and it is clear to see how her passion motivates her into making change.
For more information about Dr. Rebecca Hasson, including links to her social media and InPACT programs, head on over to the show notes...
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Caroline Doty is a Sports Marketing Account Manager for Nike, overseeing the WNBA and G-League. As an athlete, she won 3 NCAA National Championships during her time playing basketball at UConn. She is still involved in the game by coaching basketball at the youth and high school level and has recently started a podcast with a friend called Dkirks and Doty, where they talk about learning, personal growth, and sports.
We talk about:
- Her love of setting goals, including the time she moved across the country with only one contact and a spare room to crash for her goal of getting a job at Nike
- The importance of building a spiderwebbed network while also maintaining a close inner circle
- The power and challenges of identity
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Dr. Angel Brutus is an Assistant Athletic Director, and Director of Counseling and Sports Psychology for Mississippi State University Athletics. Prior to her work with MSU she had her own private practice in clinical and sport performance counseling called Synergistic Solutions, which she continues to operate in a new way, focused on mentorship for those looking to get into the field of sport psychology. She had an incredibly unique path to get to where she is today and her list of extracurriculars is extensive.
We talk about:
- How balance is a myth, because it’s actually a juggling act where everything has a season
- The benefits of exploration and curiosity
- The challenges of feeling unqualified that can push you forward to doing more rather than holding you back
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Cheri Blauwet, MD is the director of the Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is a former elite athlete, winning seven total medals across the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Paralympic games in wheelchair racing. Cheri has combined her dual identities of sports medicine physician and elite athlete as a member of the Board of Directors for the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
We talk about:
- Blending your unique identities into whatever career you choose
- Using early opportunities to springboard into your future
- Taking control of your own narrative for effective self-promotion
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Tes Moultin is a downhill mountain biking racer (among many other things!).
Currently, Tes is the only woman on the Revolution Racing Team. She balances her training and competition with teaching young girls how to ride, being a full time X-Ray tech in an emergency department, and going back to school for a dual degree in Anthropology and Sociology.
We talk about:
- Being comfortable in your femininity when you’re in a masculinized space
- Turning perceived obstacles into challenges that can be overcome
- Letting go of balance and making each day one hell of a ride
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Amanda Ekabutr is the Director of Student-Athlete Development & the Diversity and Inclusion Officer for UMass Amherst Athletics. She co-advises the student-athlete advisory committee and is leading the 2020-2021 UMass athletics racial and social justice plan for student-athletes, staff, and coaches.
Amanda is also on the executive committee for the Atlantic 10 Conference's commission on racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. As well as being a member of the LEAD1 Association's working group on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Amanda earned her BS in Exercise and Wellness from Arizona State University and her MA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on college student services administration, education, and ethnic studies at Oregon State University.
We talk about:
- How her non-linear educational path is a strength, not a weakness
- How getting involved in your community can increase your resources and the variety of people you can learn from
- Having a willingness to be vulnerable and intentionally leading from the heart
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Liz Matzkin, MD is the surgical director for Women’s Musculoskeletal Health and Chief of Women’s Sports Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is also the fellowship director for Brigham and Women’s/Harvard Medical School's Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship Program.
Dr. Matzkin went to medical school at Tulane, and was the first female surgeon in both her orthopedic residency at the University of Hawaii and her shoulder and sports orthopedic fellowship at Duke University.
Liz is a team physician at the national and collegiate level and a runner herself.
She has a multitude of research publications in addition to being published in Runner's World.
We talk about:
- Reaching out to find the right mentors
- Surrounding yourself with the right people while helping to support and lift up other women as well (shine theory!)
- Writing your own story
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Ashley Bonck Wilson is currently Director of Ambulatory Clinics for Tulane Orthopedics, after initially being hired as the head athletic trainer for Tulane’s Women’s Sports Program.
Previously she worked as an athletic trainer at the collegiate/university level. She served as the athletic trainer for women’s basketball at University of Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Lamar University.
Ashley earned her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in athletic training at LSU. She went on to earn a Master's in Human Relations at the University of Oklahoma where she did her athletic training graduate assistantship.
We talk about:
- Deciding when to go after a new position
- Navigating the transition when you’re starting a new job
- The benefits of being flexible as you learn new skills
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Today is the first episode where I interview two guests in the same episode! Welcome to the Co-Head Team Physicians for the USA Gymnastics Women's National Team: Ellen Casey, MD and Marcia "Marcy" Faustin, MD.
Dr. Casey is an associate attending physiatrist at the Hospital for Special Surgery as well as associate professor of clinical rehabilitation medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. She did her Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab).
Dr. Faustin is on the opposite coast working as an assistant clinical professor, family & sports medicine physician, at UC Davis Health. She completed her Family Medicine residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at UC San Diego Medical Center.
Both Ellen and Marcy bring their backgrounds as NCAA DI athletes. Ellen was a gymnast at Penn State and Marcy competed in Track and Field at Loyola. Bringing their personal experience and love of sports has helped them in their work with the athletes of USA Gymnastics.
This episode has double the challenges, triumphs, and advice packed into the same space.
We talk about:
- The communication skills that make this bicoastal partnership work
- Using their individual strengths to optimize how they share work responsibilities
- Effectively using goals and calendars to organize the chaos
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Angela Hucles is a 2-time Olympic Gold Medal winning soccer player ('04 and '08) and 2-time World Cup Bronze medalist. In the 2008 Olympics, Angela moved into a starting position when Abby Wambach was injured, and proceeded to score 4 goals, the most of any American woman in the tournament and second most goals of any individual woman for the games.
After her professional soccer career, Angela has continued her work in sports in many other ways. She founded Empowerment Through Sport and Fueling Dynamic Leaders. She is a past-president of the women’s sports foundation and has volunteered with numerous sport-related charities. Angela is a professional speaker and works as a soccer analyst, while at the same time co-owning her own real estate firm.
After being a player in the first two iterations of professional women's soccer in the US (WUSA and WPS), she is now one of the co-owner’s of the new majority women-owned and women-led, National Women’s Soccer League team, Angel City, FC.
We talk about:
- Using every opportunity as an opportunity for growth
- Showing up with your own unique leadership qualities
- Making intentional choices
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For the last episode of 2020, I wanted to bring you a special mini-episode to finish off the year and help you get ready for 2021.
This is a little bonus gift from me to you, with another bonus gift attached as well :)
Did you know research has shown that people who set goals and work towards them lead happier and more satisfying lives? And that having an effective goal can increase your productivity even if you don't actually complete or reach your goal? Or how about the fact that writing a goal down makes you 30% more likely to achieve your goal. Did you know that?
But here's the catch. Setting the wrong kind of goal means you might not see any progress at all. Or worse, setting the wrong type of goal that you can't or don't effectively work towards, can actually make you more miserable.
So it's important to do this right!
In today's episode I talk about the importance of setting goals and share a little bit of my own experience with setting goals to help me move my career and personal life forward.
I'm specifically focusing on the prep work that needs to happen before you're even able to work on crafting an effective goal.
Finally, as my second bonus gift to you, I share a little information about a free email course I created that helps walk you through the process of creating an effective goal that will set you up for success.
So take a listen to today's episode and then sign up for the free 3-day email challenge to help you kick off 2021 with a killer plan!
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Jaclyn "Hawk" Hawkins is a hockey player turned coach turned entrepreneur.
As an athlete, Hawk won a national championship in high school and played NCAA Division 1 hockey in college, setting NCAA records and winning awards. Additionally, she played hockey professionally in Europe and played with Team Canada.
Hawk started her business, Women’s Hockey Life, in 2010 as she was finishing her professional career. On returning stateside, Hawk spent time in hockey operations before joining her alma matter, UConn, as a coach. After three years coaching, and giving birth to twins, Hawk decided to turn Women’s Hockey Life into her full-time venture. Women’s Hockey Life empowers women and girls in hockey and promotes and supports the game at all levels.
We talk about:
- The importance of perseverance
- Adapting to change
- Having a growth mindset
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Heidi Skolnik is a sport nutritionist with an incredible career. She built her own company, Nutrition Conditioning, and has been a part of the Women’s Sports Medicine Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery for over 20 years.
Heidi oversees the performance nutrition program at Julliard and the School of American Ballet and has consulted for Broadway shows (including Hamilton!). She has also worked with the NY Knicks, NY Giants, and NY Mets, in addition to working with Olympic, collegiate, high school, and recreational athletes.
Heidi has published several books and is an industry consultant for Gatorade, Kind bars, and Quaker. She has a regular presence in the national media and can be seen on television segments for the Today show and Good Morning America, as well as appearing in print for magazines such as Shape, Fitness, Vogue, and Runners World.
We talk about:
- Taking advantage of opportunities
- The importance of networking in order to find some opportunities
- Being true to yourself and your message
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Dr. Cordelia Carter is the Director of the Women’s Sports Medicine Center and Pediatric Sports Medicine Program at NYU School of Medicine, NYU-Langone Medical Center.
She is a Team Physician for the National Women’s Hockey League and the US Ski and Snowboard team. Dr. Carter will be an upcoming president of the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine society, and she has numerous research publications across a variety of topics.
After medical school at Yale, Dr. Carter completed her orthopedic residency at New York-Presbyterian followed by a pediatric fellowship at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and a sports fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital.
We talk about:
- The hidden benefits in a circuitous career path
- Being purposefully inclusive in the profession, panels, and research projects
- Discovering how perfectionism works against you and fighting against that
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Dr. Clea Tucker has a clinical Doctorate of Physical Therapy and is currently an Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at California State University, Los Angeles. Previously she worked with the Cirque du Soleil as a member of their performance team and she is an entrepreneur who had her own performance company called Synergy Performance.
Clea began her journey with two undergraduate degrees, a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training/Exercise Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication: Film and TV, and she earned her Clinical Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Azusa Pacific University.
Dr. Tucker has worked with performing artists such as through the Cirque du Soleil, as well as professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, and MLB, as well as Olympic athletes.
Due to some technical difficulties, we attempted to record this episode a few times. The audio is not perfect but the quality of what Dr. Tucker has to say is excellent. So please stick around and have a listen to her amazing story.
We talk about
- Using defiance to fuel a path forward and to carve a path for those following in her footsteps
- Re-evaluating goals and expectations along the way
- Refusing to carry bitterness, anger, and heavy weights that do not serve her
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Gabe Giersch, PhD was a track and field athlete in college whose love of sports and curiosity combined to send her on the path of becoming a sport scientist researcher.
Gabe completed a Masters in Exercise Physiology and a PhD in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. She's currently a postdoctoral fellow at USARIEM (the United States Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine).
Gabe’s recent research has focused on the effects of menstrual cycle hormone fluctuations on hydration. She has been the director of research and military safety for the Korey Stringer Institute, and was awarded the 2018 Young Researcher Award from Hydration for Health for her work on mild dehydration and sleep.
As an early career scientist, Dr. Giersch already has a number of publications on her resume. Rejection is part of the process when publishing research and trying to find a home for your scientific work. Dr. Giersch has excellent advice about overcoming rejection as well as developing your own writing process.
We talk about
- Fighting to advance the representation of women and under-represented groups in both the researchers as well as the research population being studied
- How having diverse experiences can provide more opportunities and a larger network
- Tips for dealing with rejection
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Dr. Bianca Edison grew up dancing ballet and spent time working in healthy policy before going back to medical school.
Currently, she is a pediatric sports medicine physician in the Children’s Orthopedic Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She’s a team physician for the LA Galaxy soccer team and LA Kings Youth Hockey.
Bianca is also a board member of the LA Chapter of the Positive Coaching Alliance and chair of the female athlete committee for PRiSM, the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society.
We talk about
- Building resilience through her experiences as a black woman physician
- Striving to be 1% better every day
- Accepting vulnerability to live courageously and resiliently
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Anna Zamora, or Coach Z, is a strength and conditioning coach at DePaul University who is also a member of the Illinois National Guard. Currently, she’s on leave from DePaul while helping to develop the Army combat fitness test as a project officer for the Guard.
Anna did not go directly to college after high school, working in a bank for 6 years before joining the military as a route to earn her college degree. After college she earned a Master's in sport management.
Coach Z has worked at Duke, Yale, UConn, and Penn State before finding herself at DePaul. Throughout it all, she has kept up her commitment in the Army, and her current position developing the Army combat fitness test truly merges two of her strongest passions.
We talk about
- Taking a non-traditional path in her education and career
- How to quickly build a support system when moving between jobs
- Building a healthy personal relationship with fitness that is not based on fitting a certain physical look or external expectation
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Catie Dann is a senior associate athletic trainer at the University of Connecticut, where her primary sport is women’s soccer. She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Kinesiology at UConn and serves as treasurer for the Connecticut Athletic Trainer’s Association.
We talk about
- Being a voice in your own profession
- How to let out frustrations and acknowledge emotions so they can go away
- How making a mistake is not a failure, but an opportunity to learn and continue to grow
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NiCole Keith, PhD, is a full Professor and the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Indiana University School of Health and Human Sciences. Her research surrounds positively influencing health outcomes through physical activity and fitness while addressing health equity.
Currently, Dr. Keith is President of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). She is also on the advisory board for both ACSM Exercise is Medicine and American Fitness Index.
We talk about:
- The challenges of being a black woman professor and first black president of ACSM
- How she developed a thick skin to stay tough instead of mad
- The importance of representation and her work to develop and support diversity
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Dr. Mary Mulcahey is an orthopedic surgeon who completed a fellowship in orthopedic sports medicine. We talked about so many important career-related topics I had trouble picking any one of them for the title of this episode!
Dr. Mulcahey is currently the Director of Tulane's Women's Sports Medicine Program. In addition to being a team physician for Tulane Athletics, she is also a team physician for local gymnastics, roller derby, and women's rugby teams.
Mary is the only female board member for the Arthroscopy Association of North America. She also serves on the editorial board for the American Journal of Sports Medicine and is secretary for the Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society.
While doing all of that, she also has over 100 publications!
We talk about:
- The benefits of having different mentors for different stages of your career
- The critical nature of having a strong network and the changes in networking
- Finding ways to contribute meaningfully while also serving your own career when considering new opportunities
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Dr. Tina Master is a sports medicine physician who went back to school to complete her sports medicine fellowship after 17 years in practice as an academic pediatrician.
Currently, Tina works at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in the division of Orthopedics, the Sports Medicine and Performance Center, and the Division of General Pediatrics Primary Care.
At CHOP, Tina helped develop the program Concussion Care for Kids: Minds Matter. Her concussion research is primarily through the Center for Injury Research and Prevention.
On her podcast episode, we talk about:
- Having humility to be a better learner after essentially going back to school after 17 years
- Putting great people on your team to help support you in your career
- How mentoring happens across multiple levels
For links to her recent publication on pupillary light reflex measures in concussion, the ACSM podcast she co-hosts, and to follow her on twitter, check out this episode's show notes:
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Maddy Evans is a former professional athlete who played five seasons in the National Women's Soccer League. She played with the Boston Breakers and the Orlando Pride.
Maddy transitioned out of professional sports by taking a job coaching for the West Chester University's women's soccer team. At West Chester University, Maddy is also an adjunct faculty member.
We talk about:
- The challenges and joy of being a professional athlete
- The difficulty of stepping away from your sport and how it impacts your identity
- How worth is found in the journey along the way in pursuit of a goal
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Dr. Lacee' Carmon-Johnson is the Director of Professional Development for Purdue Athletics as well as their Associate Director for Academic Services. She also teaches as an adjunct professor at Western Kentucky University.
Lacee' has won the NCAA Innovations in Research grant and is currently a member of the NCAA Dr. Charles Whitcomb Leadership Institute.
We talk about:
- building your network across institutions and job titles
- pursuing your own professional development
- the importance of self-care
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Athletic trainer, Dr. Samm Scarneo-Miller is currently an assistant professor and program director for the athletic training program at West Virginia University. She also works with US Lacrosse as a member of its Sports Science and Safety Committee and Research Subcommittee.
Previously Samm worked for the Korey Stringer Institute as Vice President of Sport Safety. She continues to work with KSI as a consultant.
Samm is the winner of the 2020 Connecticut Athletic Trainers' Association athletic trainer of the year award. She promotes youth and high school sport safety through the development of policies and procedures. Samm is a strong advocate for a public health approach to sport safety and the importance of athletic trainers.
We talk about:
- Turning a challenge into an educational opportunity
- Becoming involved with advocacy for your profession and the safety of your athletes
- Showing your worth and demanding respect
Show notes with links to the Korey Stringer Institute, Samm's twitter account, and a recent publication highlighting the effect of her advocacy work can be found here:
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Julie Hubbard is a physical therapist who is dedicated to helping soccer players better understand ACL injuries. As an NCAA Division I soccer player who sustained 4 ACL injuries in her career, she's used her unique experience and background to start her own business.
We talk about
- Learning about business to expand your career options
- Using your personal experience and passions to fuel your business and career
- Developing a community of mentors and peers to share knowledge and learn from one another
To learn more about her business and about ACL injury prevention and rehabilitation, head on over to the show notes for links to her website and Instagram:
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Sports medicine physician Carly Day, MD is the head team physician for Purdue University. She also currently works as team physician for the US U-20 women's national soccer team and is a member of the board of directors for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
We discuss
- Making hard decisions by jumping right in
- Having time to take a deeper dive into learning and keeping up with the literature
- Supporting diversity and representation efforts by targeting a younger population and helping them grow
For a link to her JAMA article on gender distribution among NCAA team physicians and athletic trainers, head on over to the show notes:
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Moe Butler is a strength and conditioning coach who works for the University of Connecticut as the Assistant Director of Athletics of Olympic Sports Performance.
Moe has worked with multiple NCAA Division I teams and trained over 60 All-American athletes, and several MLB and NHL draft picks.
We talk about role models and seeking mentorship, working hard for your own development, and creating your own balance.
Rosemary Ragle is the athletic trainer for the WNBA Connecticut Sun.
Previously she was the athletic trainer for the WNBA New York Liberty and spent 18 years as the athletic trainer for the UConn Women's Basketball team, during which time they won 10 national championships. Rosemary was inducted into the New England Basketball of Fame in 2015.
We discuss learning about your strengths and weaknesses, challenging yourself, and not taking anything for granted.
Katie Rizzone, MD is a sports medicine physician, college team physician, and researcher.
She is a past chair for the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society (PRiSM) and a fellow of the Bone and Joint Initiative's Young Investigator Program.
In this episode we talk about looking for a support system, practicing to get over your fears/imposter syndrome by reaching out, networking, and collaborating, and using social media to speak truth to science and amplify your voice.
Womanist Sport Changemaker Leeja Carter, PhD is an assistant professor, Fulbright Scholar, and textbook author. Her work and research centers on serving women of color in exercise and sport.
On this episode we discuss following your curiosity, building your community, and living in your purpose.
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Head women's lacrosse coach, Carol Cantele, has amassed over 400 wins, 12 conference championships, and 3 national titles in her 28 seasons at Gettysburg College.
On this episode we discuss the impact of having role models, the importance of constantly evolving, and how to be a good mentor.
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Launching August 18th, 2020! Come hang out with Madam Athlete, where your host, Giselle Aerni, MD, interviews professional women with careers in sports and athletics. You'll hear inspiring, humbling, thoughtful, and incredible stories of career journeys and life lessons from a bunch of badass women. Being a woman in sport can be lonely. Gather some encouragement and grow your own community of support right here with the Madam Athlete podcast.
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