In today’s episode I interview professional windsurfer Sarah Hauser.
Sarah grew up in New Caledonia, a French Island, east of Australia and North of New Zealand. with a population of 300,000 people, She started windsurfing at 13, and knew that no matter what she had to do it as much as possible.
When Sarah was 18 she went to France for 5 years to earn her masters degree in computer science.
At 23, Sarah was now able to work for big companies, but nothing excited her as much as windsurfing. She decided to fly to Maui alone and enter a windsurfing competition. Sarah had not competed in 5 years, but she ended up getting 5th place and caught the attention of sponsors. Over the next couple years, Sarah gradually took extended trips to Hawaii. She competed in more competitions, met her future husband, and eventually made officially moved to Hawaii to pursue her dream.
Since turning pro in 2015, Sarah is a 2x International Windsurfing Tour Champion, and 3x Windsurfer of the Year.
In our conversation Sarah talks about
-the high altitude training she does on the top of 10,000 ft high volcanoes
-her strategy for when she gets washing-machined by a wave
-what compels her to ride waves that are big enough to kill her
-why she believes people connect so strongly with the ocean
-the multiple jobs she works on the island to fund her athletic career
-her tip for people overcoming their fear of getting pounded by the ocean
-the Bob Marley song she sings when she needs to calm her nerves on the waves
And more.
Enjoy my conversation with the fearless, dream-chasing, Sarah Hauser
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In today's episode, I interview World Cup Champion, US national soccer team member, Portland Thorns FC defender, Meghan Klingenberg.
When Meghan was thirteen years old, her mom pulled her out of middle school. The two of them road tripped to University of North Carolina to see the women's soccer team play for the first time. After that game, Meghan began writing letters to the head coach Anson Dorrance, expressing her interest in playing for his team.
Her dreams of becoming a Tarheel came true, and her career accelerated from there. After college, Meghan was drafted to the Women’s Professional Soccer league. She received her first call up to the full national team in 2011 and became a mainstay from then on out. In 2012, she just missed out on the Olympics roster, and went to London as an alternate. This experience created a huge paradigm shift for Meghan. She knew that if she wanted to be on the team, then she had to be different than everyone else. So she opted to head overseas to Sweden and play with some of the best players in the world.
Meghan unconventional path paid-off, and in 2015, she started every match in the World Cup, and helped the team win gold.
She currently plays for the Portland Thorns, who won the NWSL championships last season
In our conversation, Meghan talks about
-her insanely competitive family, and how a Disney Trivia game night turned into family members shunning each other for days
-her involvement with the USWNT Players Association and standing up for equal pay
-how she deals with the pressure of US national team camps
-the value she has found in seeing a therapist
-her approach for dealing with haters on social media
-how she became Edie’s (Portland Thorns head coach, Mark Parson’s daughter) special friend
And more.
Enjoy my conversation with the lively, confident Meghan Klingenberg.
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In today's episode, I read a piece I wrote titled My First Experience with Psychedelic Drugs as a Professional Athlete
"When I was a twelve year-old aspiring professional soccer player, I distinctly remember watching a commercial where a narrator sternly announced “this is your brain.” An image of a soccer ball popped onto the screen. A couple seconds later, the narrator even more fervently added “this is your brain on drugs.” A football appeared.
There was no way in hell I was going to risk losing my soccer ball.
My entire life, I viewed drugs as the devil. Until, September 25th, 2015, when everything changed.
I was driving alone to Black Butte Ranch in Central Oregon, listening to an episode of the Tim Ferriss Show podcast. He was interviewing..." to continue reading full story CLICK HERE
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In today’s episode I interview professional soccer player and Duktig brand co-founder Tiffany Weimer.
Tiffany is a goal scoring machine. At North Haven High School in Connecticut, she scored 109 goals. At Penn State University, she netted 91 goals and holds the NCAA record for most consecutive games with goals scored with a total of 17. She earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, was a Mac Herman Trophy runner up, the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year, and Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Year.
Tiffany has played professionally for 10 years with stints in Finland, Brazil, Sweden, Denmark, and the US.
In the NWSL she’s played with the Portland Thorns, Washington Spirit, Boston Breakers, and is currently with the Houston Dash.
Tiffany was the kind of kid that named her soccer ball and slept with it at night. Her involvement in soccer extends beyond the pitch. Tiffany utilized her journal degree and became the founder and Editor-In-Chief of Our Game Magazine, a women’s soccer quarterly magazine. After 5 years, she decided to part ways, and recently co-founded The DuKtig Brand which provides planners to help players and coaches to be more organized, prepared, and professional at every level.
In our conversation we talk about:
-her appearance on The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 playing soccer with Blake Lively
-the creative ways she makes money to be able to fund her career as a professional female athlete
-why she felt she went about her college recruiting process entirely wrong
-what she learned from playing overseas in Brazil and Finland
-how journaling her training sessions helps her understand herself better.
-the negative effects she believes GPS numbers and sports science has on players
-how being a practice player further improved and enhanced her love for the game
-the mental training app that she uses in the morning
And more.
Enjoy my conversation with the soccer-obsessed, journal-er Tiffany Weimer
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In today’s episode I interview Canadian national team goalkeeper and Olympic medalist, Erin McLeod.
Erin’s obsession with competing in the Olympics began at childhood in Alberta, Canada. Despite doubters, Erin was convinced it was going to happen. It did. And more.
Erin has represented Canada in three World Cups, and two Olympics, earning a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. She is now seen as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
Erin’s talents extend beyond the soccer field. She is a tattoo artist, the co-founder of the clothing line company Motive Collective, the creator of Motive Nation (providing content and resources for people striving more more), the wife of pro-footballer Ella Masar, and the mother to two chihuahuas, among many other things.
Through it all, Erin has an insatiable hunger to grow, learn, evolve, and inspire.
In our conversation, Erin talks about
-how her obsession with Wayne Gretzky and the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles spurred her art career
-the influence her art has on her goalkeeping
-what it was like living and playing in Jakarta, Indonesia as a child during the riots
-the risk scale, created by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, that she uses to rate her days
-her interaction with Lebron James at the Olympics
-why her third ACL tear served as an opportunity to fall in love with the game again
-the period-tracking app that she uses to enhance her performance on the field
And more.
Enjoy my conversation with the creative, never-ending learner Erin McLeod
In today’s episode, I interview Adele Jackson Gibson. Adele is a Crossfitter, sports model, and editor for The Players Tribune editor, (one of my favorite sports athlete news sources because it provides stories that come directly from the athletes, told by the athletes, as opposed to the media skewing their stories)
Adele played goalkeeper at Duke University. She then attended New York University and earned a masters degree in journalism. After college, Adele discovered crossfit and fell in love with how it allowed her to test her limits and give purpose to her workouts. As you’ll hear, Adele is not afraid to be herself and is constantly pushing her boundaries.
In our conversation Adele talks about:
-why she shaved her hair off and moved to Japan
-how crossfit gave her confidence to embrace her muscular, sprinter-type body
-her experience entering a Miss America beauty pageant and how she was treated different based on her physical appearance
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-why she believes that it’s a misconception that you need to work hard
-how modeling influences her confidence
-why she believes no one should have to worry about money EVER
-the book that changed her entire perspective on life
and more.
Enjoy my conversation with the insightful, growth-seeking Adele Jackson Gibson
In today's episode I read a piece I wrote reflecting upon the realization that I had 11 days left to spend with my dog out of his entire life, and how acknowledging death has allowed me to process being released from the Portland Thorns.
Death is one of the few things in life that is 100% certain. It’s unavoidable. Yet we treat it like it's not just the elephant in the room, but the largest tyrannosaurus rex of the kingdom. It’s as if we think that acknowledging it will somehow bring us down faster.
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In today’s episode I interview Mexico national team goalkeeper Bianca Henninger. Bianca attended Santa Clara University and currently plays club soccer for the Houston Dash. Growing up, Bianca was a frequent member of the youth U.S National Teams. In 2010, she received the US Soccer Young Female Athlete Award. She recently made the switch to the Mexico National team. Bianca is a fierce competitor on the field, but very easygoing and lighthearted off of it.
In her free time you’ll find Bianca cheering on her hometown Bay Area teams, walking up and down streets snapping photos of business signs, eating pizza, and obviously more.
In our conversation Bianca talks about:
-the strategy she employs to get through tough workouts
-the importance of finding the balance that’s right for you
-the deep connection she has with her two creative brothers, whom are a filmmaker and singer/songwriter
-the effect stress has on your play
-what spurred her decision to switch from the U.S to the Mexico national team
-how she calms her over-active mind, which she claims could be a television show
-why living in Houston has forced her to change her fashion style
-her affinity for business signs (she’s cool with Universal signs too, but she’s a BIG FAN of the business signs)
And more.
Enjoy my conversation with the balance-seeking, sign-loving Bianca Henninger.
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In today’s episode I interview professional softball player and founder of Be The Momentum Emily Allard. Emily played college softball at Northwestern and continued on at the professional level with the Chicago Bandits, where her team has won two back to back championships. Emily is currently coming back from a concussion injury and is refreshingly open about her feelings of hopelessness and uncertainty of returning to play in the future. I really appreciated Emily’s rawness.
In our conversation Emily talks about:
-how childhood bullying led her to fall in love with softball
-where she gets the motivation to keep coming back after battling injuries for 6 years
-why none of her teammates want to stand behind her in the autograph line
-the Chicago Bandit’s team culture that let them to back-to-back National Pro Fastpitch championship titles
-the most unexpected and best place she traveled to with @BeTheMomentum, a slapping program where she coaches across the country and empowers kids on and off the softball field
-the gut-wrenching pain of not feeling like a part of the team while being injured and how she manages those feelings
-her morning routine that must involve a Starbucks run
And more.
Enjoy my conversation with the high-spirited, kid-loving Emily Allard.
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In today’s conversation, I interview former professional soccer player, broadcaster for the Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League, and ACL Club founder, Jordan Angeli.
Jordan tore her ACL twice while at Santa Clara. She recovered and entered the professional level in her best form, earning herself multiple US National team call-ups. During her first game of the second season with the Boston Breakers, Jordan tore her ACL for the third time.
Somewhat unexpectedly, and three years later, Jordan opted to make another comeback playing with the Washington Spirit and Western New York Flash. In 2015, she opted to walk away from the game on her own terms.
Jordan is now pursuing her passion on the other side of the lines, as a broadcaster. She also runs the ACL Club, a club that provides support and resources for athletes recovering from ACL tears. I highly recommend checking out her website and her podcast Show Your Scars, where she interviews professional athlete about their own acl stories.
In our conversation Jordan talks about:
-why she proudly trained with a U11 girls team during her comeback form her 3rd ACL tear
-the goal she envisioned scoring in the World Cup with her fellow Colorado Rush Lindsey Horan, and how it came true in a different fashion
-what it was like being a 6 year senior at Santa Clara
-tools she used to help her manage her emotions while coming back from injury
-the hike that spurred her decision to walk away from playing professional soccer
-her go-to hairstyle for broadcasting
And more.
Enjoy my conversation with the passionate, connection-seeking Jordan Angeli
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