Fundthemental Podcast

What's your "WHY?" Olivia Huffman, better known as @mentalcoachliv, is an expert with this question, and so much more! Cheng and Chloe are happy to bring you a mental coach where they discussed performance anxiety, defining individualized success, mindset development, and how to embrace failure and/or setbacks. Take a listen and get ready to lift some brain weights!

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Chloe and Cheng with @mentalcoachliv on Instagram

Cheng, Chloe, and Spanish golf player Nerea Lancho join together to talk about the international student-athlete experiences and the changes athletes like Nerea endure as she starts a new chapter of her life in the United States. How do athletes handle all of the change? Good habits. Routines. Doing things that have worked. These, after all, are the best reminders of home <3.

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Cheng and Chloe

Cheng and Chloe are pleased to invite new professional basketball player Hannah Hank from Australia to the Fundthemental Podcast! Hannah talks about actualizing a childhood dream of playing pro basketball, the impact of family support, and what her ambitions are for the future transitioning from college basketball to pro....all while remaining true to herself. Take a listen!

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Cheng, Chloe, and field hockey player Anita Planella from Santiago, Chile have an honest conversation about the experiences, lessons, and hardships of an international student-athlete's journey to play a college sport in the U.S. From ambitions versus reality, the touring process, to establishing a good relationship with coaches, Anita shares some important insight all the way from Chile. Thanks for listening!

Cheng, Chloe, and D1 golfer Eliza Baker from Australia dive into the day in the life of college athletes and how to be aware of long-term goals while in the heat of training every day. Developing an awareness for how we use our time and how we live our lives outside of the sport can be a tribute to our in-sport success, listen how featuring Eliza! Thank you for listening.

Cheng and Chloe invite professional-hopeful football player Jovany Ruiz-Navarro with origins from Puerto Rico to the show. What a ride! From maintaining core values through transition and challenge, to learning about personal performance and identity, to giving back and using non-athletic activity to mitigate the risk of pressure overload, there is certainly much to learn from this episode.

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Jovany's fitness coaching and mentorship @iamunfazedd

Jovany's nonprofit for international athletes @sportoflifeint on Instagram

Your co-hosts once again invite a fresh, new perspective to the table: German track and field athlete Paula Grauvogel. Paula tells her story on moving to the United States for athletic pursuits in college and how that changed her experience in sport. From the culture shift to learning more about how she could take ownership of her sport despite changes in her athletics, this conversation is one to take notes on! Thank you for listening.

Cheng, Chloe, and tennis player Flaminia Guidatoni from Rome, Italy have a wonderful conversation about the ability to shape our character from sport and how ultimately our success and failure shapes a worldview that makes us better people. Tune in to listen to our Italian guest's story and all of her experiences, here on the Fundthemental Podcast. Cheers!

Cheng and Chloe invite Division I football player Caleb Merritt from Missouri, US to discuss one of the many aspects of sport: the mental battle. Especially in the heat of NCAA Division I expectations and pressures. Caleb is handling it well by remembering his "why", leaning on his support networks, and finding strength in his roots of growing up with football. Listen in!

Cheng, Chloe, and Floridian golfer Deanna Confessore who recently graduated from college discuss the importance of time management in college sports, and how spending your time and taking ownership of your schedule benefits an athlete. From deciding on your type of lifestyle to fulfilling long-term passions by hours of practice, Deanna shares how important it is to have time on your side in college athletics!