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Sports introduced you to the 3 Headed Monster, and although the beast appeared to be harmless when you were younger, it now has a hold of you and your future.

I honestly could do an hour episode on this topic as it is so deeply engrained in athletics and athletes, however I kept it brief so you get the main concepts.

What now?

Awareness. The more you become aware of the beast, the better equipped you will be to slay it when it pops its ugly head(s).

You are not alone. This is a humanity experience. Yet, through the language of sports, we can better understand them and become more aware.

The ugly beast cannot hang around if you are aware and take action.

Enjoy episode 47 on Defeating the 3 Headed Monster.

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Go big or go home? Nah....

Your success in sports did not come overnight. Nor were you simply born with it. Sure your genetics and talent may have played a part in your success, however your hard work gets the bulk of the credit. This is a hurdle may former athletes need to get past, especially when crafting a lifestyle, a business, or the ideal relationship.

It's time to toss your ego out the door and do the real work that is needed to achieve the level of success and fulfillment you want in your life.

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People buy transformation. Period. If you are looking to develop a personal brand (you should be), or want more clients, or even attract an intimate partner, you need to be able to tell your story in a way that gets people to say "yes."

One of the biggest hurdles I see preventing former athletes from achieving the outcomes the want in life and business is ego. Their egos are preventing them from telling the REAL story about their life and athletic career.

Here's the deal. In the USA, we love our sports, and most people love hearing sports stories.

There are many reasons why, yet none bigger than the fact that most people didn't play sports. As a former competitive athlete, you have experienced something that most people have not. Since we hold our athletes up so high, people want to hear what it was like.

So start telling your story. The REAL story. Not the ego filtered one that protects you from looking unsuccessful, or weak, or having not "made it."

You know, the story that hits the highlights of your athletic career, then uses some lame excuse about getting injured to explain away your failure to get a scholarship, or playing time or making it to the pro's.

Give me the real story.

If you have not heard my story, go back and listen to Episode 31.

Listen in here to Episode 45 to learn 3 keys to telling your life story so that you can get the outcomes you desire in life and business.

**Huge shout out to Michelle Renee and the Verb Media Group for the opportunity to record this episode inside of a beautiful classic VW Bus in the heart of San Diego, CA. For more info on Verb visit http://verbmediagroup.com/

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Transition to life after sports looks differently for everyone. Judging whether one path is harder than the other is a waste of time. As is judging someone else by their worst moments, while having a vision for yourself in your best moments.

If it is hard for you, then it's hard for you. Most former competitive athletes struggle in some capacity. So just recognize that you're not alone...and recognize we cannot judge others because their path looks different their ours.

Yet, despite all the unique struggles we go through, often times there comes a story that puts things into perspective. What makes a story REALLY good, is the hero's journey. Finding a common ground with the character in the story and rooting for them to come out having experienced a personal internal transition.

My guest today is someone who has a story that will take you on this hero's journey. Former NCAA college football quarterback Damon West shares his story from injury to drugs, from meth to crime, and from being convicted to 65 years in prison to inspiring others to find their own personal freedom using an unlikely metaphor....a coffee bean.

Now out of prison, hear Damon's incredible story to achieving freedom, not just in society, but in his mind. The author of The Coffee Bean - A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change, Damon is a sought after speaker by many of the largest Universities, Armed Forces, and Fortune 500 companies.

Damon's mission is to help others reach their highest potential in life, by getting out of comfort zones and putting in the work necessary for growth.

I am honored to share this incredible, mind blowing, interview with you. Enjoy episode 44 of The Recovering Athlete Podcast with Damon West, it's amazing!

Learn more about Damon West:

• Website: https://damonwest.org/
• IG: @damonwest7
• Twitter: @damonwest7

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When an athlete's competitive career comes to an end, and life after sports begins, most end up doing the exact same thing....

Look for ways to make a living. For most it's getting a job, while some venture into the world of entrepreneurship.

Regardless if your last years in sports were in college or the pro's, with sports no longer taking up most of our lives, we were now free to pursue other interests; except that most of us faced "athlete identity foreclosure," and did not have other interests out side of sports.

Athlete Identity Foreclosure is when an athlete, most often unknowingly, blocks out all efforts to explore other interests outside of being an athlete.

My guest on Episode 43 of The Recovering Athlete Podcast is former University of Georgia and NFL football player, Rennie Curran.

Rennie is now a keynote speaker, author, and the CEO of Game Changer Coaching. Born in Atlanta, GA and the son of Liberian immigrants, Curran has a diverse background with humble beginnings. His experiences of overcoming many circumstances to reach his childhood dream of becoming a 3-time All American, Butkus Award Finalist, permanent team Captain, a 3rd round draft pick in the 2010 NFL Draft (Tennessee Titans) and transitioning into becoming a successful entrepreneur has given him a unique perspective on what it takes to handle adversity and maximize opportunities while having a positive impact on others.

In this episode, we discuss his unique journey from sports to starting his business before his career was ever over. Unlike many former athletes, Rennie sought to explore WHO he was and WHAT he wanted to create prior to transitioning to life after sports.

Listen to Episode 43 and learn how be intentional and create a lifestyle by design, and not follow what society says you need to do.

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Website: https://renniecurran.com/

IG: @renniecurran

Twitter: @RennieCurran53

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Before you can master you life, you have to begin by learning how to master your morning.
 
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The Athlete Void in life after sports is real. Are you aware of what the Athlete Void is?

First off the definition of "void" is: a completely empty space. Regardless of how long you last played competitive sports, do you feel an emptiness left by sports, and have yet to find something to replace it?

The Athlete Void is that large element of your life that sports took up, and without it you feel empty, lost, unfulfilled, un-successful, and a feeling that there has GOT to be something more, something greater for you in this lifetime.

Now, some athletes fill the void with drugs, alcohol, sex or other life destructing additions they use to get the HIGH they once had in sports. Most however, fall in line with what society or others say they should do like, get into coaching, get a comfy job, get married, and so on. So they do what others say thinking it may fill the void left by sports, except none of these things can fill the Athlete Void like sports once did.

To fill the void, it requires self awareness, training, coaching, hard work, belief, confidence and a playbook. All things you have done, or had, before as an athlete.

8 year NFL veteran, Greg Camarillo knows this all too well. He lived with this reality and struggled with filling the void in the new game of life after sports. Greg, a Stanford University graduate is now doing what he loves, being around sports and athletes as the Assistant Director of Scholar-Athlete Development for the University of San Diego. He is also hosts a podcast 2 Pro's and a Joe, and is a co-host of Football Night in San Diego which airs after the NFL games on Sunday nights.

Yet, it was the passing of yet another athlete due to mental health challenges in life after sports, that inspired Greg to post a tweet that quickly went viral. His message was clear, athletes struggle when their careers are over. It was this tweet that brought us together.

In this episode, we discuss Greg's athletic journey from being a walk-on at Stanford, to spending 8 years in the NFL, to his transition to life after sports. You will learn his insight and advise for filling the Athlete Void and how to make sure you are aligning what you love with what you do for a living.

You will learn this ,and much more about life after sports on episode 42 of The Recovering Athlete Podcast. We want to help more former athlete just like you, and need your help! Please subscribe to the podcast, leave your feedback, comments and your 5 star review!

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Before you can master you life, you have to begin by learning how to master your morning.
 
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What is your biggest most outrageous dream? 

Now times it by 1,000 and go make it happen.

Seem impossible? 

It may be a lot closer to a reality than you think. 

This episode is number 3 in a 3 part series with the NFL's first woman coach, Dr. Jen Welter. 

Dr. Jen is also the first woman coach to appear on the famed video game Madden 20. 

Our conversation was so rich and powerful, I had to break it up so you could digest each section before moving on to the next. 

I highly encourage you to binge listen to all three at once...

They are THAT powerful. 

In this episode we discuss how she has used her opportunity becoming the NFL's first woman coach, to help bring the game of football to girls and boys all over the country.

And in the process, inspire so many to walk through the door of opportunity. 

Enjoy episode 3 of 3. 

For more information on Dr. Jen Welter, you can visit her website HERE

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Before you can master you life, you have to begin by learning how to master your morning.
 
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What is your biggest most outrageous dream? 

Now times it by 1,000 and go make it happen.

Seem impossible? 

It may be a lot closer to a reality than you think. 

This episode is number 2 in a 3 part series with the NFL's first woman coach, Dr. Jen Welter. 

Dr. Jen is also the first woman coach to appear on the famed video game Madden 20. 

Our conversation was so rich and powerful, I had to break it up so you could digest each section before moving on to the next. 

I highly encourage you to binge listen to all three at once...

They are THAT powerful. 

In this episode we learn how Dr. Jen worked her way on to the sidelines of the Arizona Cardinals working for coach Bruce Arians and eventually onto the Madden 20 video game. 

Enjoy episode 2 of 3. 

For more information on Dr. Jen Welter, you can visit her website HERE

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Discover what one single dad, who owns a successful business, did to dedicate 2 hours each day to improve his mind, body and relationship with his kids, without missing one second of work.

Before you can master you life, you have to begin by learning how to master your morning.
 
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What is your biggest most outrageous dream? 

Now times it by 1,000 and go make it happen.

Seem impossible? 

It may be a lot closer to a reality than you think. 

This episode is number 1 in a 3 part series with the NFL's first woman coach, Dr. Jen Welter. 

Dr. Jen is also the first woman coach to appear on the famed video game Madden 20. 

Our conversation was so rich and powerful, I had to break it up so you could digest each section before moving on to the next. 

I highly encourage you to binge listen to all three at once...

They are THAT powerful. 

In this episode we begin from the beginning and learn how Dr. Jen first started playing football and eventually found herself playing on professionally on a men's team. 

Enjoy episode 1 of 3. 

For more information on Dr. Jen Welter, you can visit her website HERE

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Discover what one single dad, who owns a successful business, did to dedicate 2 hours each day to improve his mind, body and relationship with his kids, without missing one second of work.

Before you can master you life, you have to begin by learning how to master your morning.
 
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As former athletes, optimizing our performance is nothing new. We were always looking for ways to get better in sport. However, the sports mentality we learned is often based on the physical work of getting bigger, faster, stronger and ignores the inner work for true optimal performance. 

What about now in life after sports?

Are you performing at an optimal level in your business, career, health and relationships?

In episode 38 I chat with Dr. Bob Greczanik D.Ac., EAMP., better know as simply "Dr. Bob," by many NFL, NBA, MLS, and MLB teams, and countless collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes. 

By combining Eastern and Western healing modalities, Dr. Bob has discovered new ways to optimize the body’s energy system to improve performance, increase efficiency and consistency, enhance recovery and give teams the competitive advantage of having healthy players. He is also a pioneer in the arena of in-game enhancement as a Player Performance Consultant.

Listen in as we talk about how former athletes can tap into the inner and outer work to achieve optimal results with ease. 

To learn more about Dr. Bob and his work, or to connect with his team, visit The Energy Sports Lab. 

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Before you can master you life, you have to begin by learning how to master your morning.
 
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