What happens when you grow up performing for everyone but yourself?

Aly Breathe grew up in Russia chasing a promise she made to her dad at six years old — to stand on an Olympic podium. That promise drove everything: the dancing, the swimming, the gymnastics, the tennis, the exhaustion. On the outside, she was doing it all. On the inside, she didn't even know she was allowed to have her own opinion.

In this conversation, we go into the real cost of that kind of pressure — on the body, on identity, on the way we eat, the way we speak, the way we move through the world. Aly shares her own path from performing-for-approval to what she now calls embodied coaching — the difference between understanding something intellectually and actually letting it go at a cellular level.

Aly's work is the kind that gets rid of chronic pain, restores sleep, and yes — helps people get pregnant. The results sound wild until you understand why they happen.
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In this final episode of the Olympic Series, I reflect on what it meant to start chasing a dream when I was 10 years old — long before I understood the pressure, sacrifice, identity, and uncertainty that would come with it.

After sitting down with Olympians, elite athletes, and high performers throughout this series, one thing became clear to me: performance can shape you, but it can’t fully define you.

This conversation is about identity under pressure, borrowed belief, resilience, the environments that shape us, and what happens when the thing you built your life around changes or disappears.

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If this resonates, I’d love to hear from you—DM me “CLARITY” and let’s talk about what’s really going on underneath.
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Jarrod Shoemaker spent years competing at the highest level of sport — Olympian, World Championship competitor, World Series winner — but this conversation went far beyond results.

What stood out to me most was how honest he was about pressure, identity, and the mental side of performing when expectations rise.

We talked about the moment he realized he was holding himself back by thinking too much… and how one conversation after a race changed everything. We talked about trusting preparation, the anxiety that comes with elite performance, learning how to adapt, and the difference between approaching success vs. avoiding failure.

But what I loved most was hearing how he still chases growth today — not through medals, but through adventure racing, connection, challenge, and being fully present without the noise of the world constantly pulling at him.

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In this episode, I sit down with Olympian and author Cassidy Krug, who competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in diving and is the author of Resurface. Cassidy shares her journey from growing up in a family of diving coaches to performing on the world’s biggest stage—and what it took internally to get there.

We go beyond performance and into the real work behind it. Cassidy opens up about the pressure, the fear, and the moment she realized she had to change how she related to it in order to compete freely. From shaking on the diving board in her first international meet to standing at the Olympics without fear, her story reveals what it actually means to train your response under pressure. 

But what makes this conversation different is what came after. When Cassidy retired, she found herself trying to recreate the same “one thing at the center” structure in her career—only to realize it didn’t bring the same fulfillment. That shift led her to explore identity in a deeper way, expanding beyond a single role into writing, motherhood, and a more multi-dimensional life.

This episode is about more than the Olympics. It’s about what happens when you’ve built your life around one thing—and how you begin to redefine yourself when that chapter ends.
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💫 Read the Full Reflection: https://liveyourjune.substack.com/p/you-can-still-go-all-inwithout-losing 
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Next week on the Olympic Interview Series I'm talking to Cassidy Krug—a 2012 Olympian in springboard diving. 

After that conversation, I kept coming back to one thing—she’s still performing at a high level, but there’s a lightness in how she shows up. And it made me realize something I’ve been seeing in my own life and in the people I work with:

We don’t struggle because we care too much. We struggle because we’ve tied our identity to the outcome.

In this episode, I unpack that shift. From what it actually means to “train for pressure” to how this shows up not just in performance, but in leadership and parenting, and what I’m learning in real time with Josi about letting go of control and stepping into leadership instead.

As you listen, I want you to ask yourself: Where am I trying to control the outcome… instead of preparing for it?

If this resonates, I’d love to hear from you—DM me “CLARITY” and let’s talk about what’s really going on underneath.
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There’s a version of success we all chase—the one that looks incredible from the outside. Making the team. Reaching the Olympics. Getting there. But what happens when that moment doesn’t give you what you thought it would?

In this episode, Cal Bouchard— a former Team Canada basketball player who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and now works as a leadership coach— takes us inside the reality of chasing something for over a decade—only to feel lost when it’s over. 

This episode is about the pressure we place on ourselves, the moments we miss because we’re so focused on getting it right, and the courage it takes to come back—not to prove something, but to experience it differently.
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💫 Read the Full Reflection: https://liveyourjune.substack.com/p/the-part-no-one-talks-about-after
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I hear a lot of people talking about what it takes to get somewhere—the work, the sacrifice, the commitment—but almost no one talks about what happens after. 

In this solo episode, I step into the space that follows the end of something you built your life around: The silence, the loss of structure, the moment when performance is gone and identity is left exposed. At some point, we all face a transition where who we’ve been no longer fits, and there’s nothing clearly waiting on the other side. 

I share my own experience of walking away from golf, feeling lost, and confronting the question most people avoid: who am I without the thing?

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This episode is part of the Journey to June Olympic Series—where I’m breaking down the real patterns behind elite performance. Not just what it looks like on the outside, but what’s actually happening underneath it.

In this episode, I break down one of the most consistent patterns from my Olympic series conversations: borrowed belief—the moment someone else sees something in you before you see it in yourself.

This isn’t about “building confidence.”

It’s about understanding:

•  Why belief often starts externally 
•  How environment shapes identity faster than willpower 
•  And why being in the right room changes what you think is possible 

Because borrowed belief isn’t the end point. It’s the entry point.
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🔗 Listen to the full episode with Kaitlyn: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-the-path-gets-taken-away-the-olympic-series-ep/id1665777594?i=1000758815139
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What happens when the thing you’ve built your entire life around… ends?

In this episode, I sit down with Gabriel—an Olympian who did what most people spend their lives chasing. He committed fully, stayed in it, and reached the highest level.

But what stood out most wasn’t just what it took to get there…

It was what happened after.

We talk about identity, pressure, and the reality no one prepares you for—when the structure, the goal, and the version of yourself you’ve known for years is suddenly gone.

This conversation isn’t about performance.

It’s about who you are when the thing that defined you… no longer does.

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This week on Journey to June, I’m talking about a moment I don’t think gets enough attention—the one right before things start to work. The moment where there’s no proof, no clarity, and nothing around you confirming that you’re on the right path.

This episode is part of my Olympic Series, where I’ve been sitting down with elite athletes and unpacking what actually happens beneath performance. One of the clearest patterns I’ve seen across every Olympian I’ve spoken to is this: they all take action before it makes sense.

In this episode, I share how this has shown up in my own life—choosing golf at 30 and becoming a mother on my own—decisions that didn’t make sense on paper but felt undeniable. I also break down that internal pull—the idea or feeling that keeps coming up—and how our nervous system reacts to it with fear and uncertainty. This isn’t just about mindset; it’s about learning to move even when it feels uncomfortable and unfamiliar.

If this resonates, I also wrote a deeper breakdown in my Substack, where I walk through how to actually take that step when you don’t have the full plan. Check out the full post below.
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