Closer Mentality

Episode 43 brought on New York Yankees' minor leaguer Chase Illig to talk about his experience getting drafted in 2019, how minor league clubhouses handle sport psychology, and the impact of the new MiLB housing protocol.

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Former Team Canada track & field athlete Teagan Rasche joined Episode 42 to talk about how the sport took over her adolescence and college career, the individual sport mindset, reaching out for help, the college transfer portal, and representing her national team twice.

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Episode 41 welcomed Paralympian Ali Jawad on to talk about his experience being born without legs and choosing a sport like powerlifting through which to excel. We work through each of his run-ins with the Paralympic Games and what it finally felt like to reach the podium.

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In Episode 40, I worked through the impact of perfectionism on elite athletes, how to switch the perspective from surviving to thriving, and what it takes to redirect motivation styles into a more positive direction.

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Jesse Bradley, whose professional soccer career includes stints in Minnesota, Scotland, and Zimbabwe, came on Episode 39 to talk about his experience with professional soccer, playing internationally, the psychology of the goalkeeper position, and the trials and tribulations of living in an area of the world ripe with malaria.

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In Episode 38, I worked through the impacts of social loafing on team cohesion and efficiency, as well as how morale can be heightened when positions are cross-trained.

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Katie Shaffer came on Closer Mentality's 37th episode to talk about the difference between applied and clinical sport psychology, her work at IMG and Springfield College, and how to channel and nurture the areas of a student-athlete's self-image untouched by athletic participation.

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I'm thrilled to be joined on Episode 36 by Joce Camarra. She's a BMX rider who had made a name for herself as one of the only women in BMX, and by becoming the first woman ever to complete the open loop run. I loved sitting down with her and talking about her life before BMX, setting records, and how bikes have cultivated her emotional coping strategies.

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Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CSW joined me for Episode 35 of Closer Mentality. She's the Mental Health and Sports Performance Specialist for the United Soccer League's Oakland Roots, and came on to talk through her experience working with athletes whose cultures don't appreciate emotional vulnerability. She also shared what preceded her transition from social work to mental skills training, as well as the little things she does to reinforce positive mindsets in the athletes she works with.

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In Episode 34, late model race car driver Christian Rose joined me on the podcast. He worked through his experience finding racing, his introduction to the industry, how to fund this part of his life, and the strides that NASCAR has made to ensure that its drivers are mentally and physically safe.

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