Kensa Gunter, Psy.D. has her own private practice in sport psychology called Gunter Psychological Services – and you need to listen to the episode to learn how clever and intentional that name is! Kensa has done consulting work with the NFL, the WNBA, and NCAA DI universities. Dr. Gunter is the first Black president of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and shares her stories around representation in today’s episode.

We talk about:

• Re-defining failure as a pivot point filled with opportunity for life lessons
• Being authentic to your guiding principles
• The power of seeing, and being, representation

 
[And we talk about sci-fi/fantasy and Black Panther and Voltron! Seriously, this episode is amazing. Yes it's long, but totally worth it!]

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Kristin Belleson has a long career in association management and is currently the CEO of the American College of Sports Medicine. Previous work has included being the Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Affiliate Affairs and Membership Services for the American Osteopathic Association, and Chief Membership Officer for the Society of Gynecologic Oncology. She began her career in association management working for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.

We talk about:

• Being a leader with humility and vulnerability
• Being your authentic self
• Knowing and owning your own personal strengths

 
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Jenn Giles, RD is the owner and founder of the sport nutrition business, Eat 4 Sport. She provides clinical care working individually with athletes of all levels and abilities on fueling for their sport performance goals. 

Additionally, Jenn does consulting work in corporate wellness, clinical hospitals, and community fitness. She also does industry consulting working with the likes of NutriBullet, Kind Bars, and UCan. 

Jenn is an author and freelance writer and she recently began teaching sport nutrition as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. 

In whatever free time she has left, Jenn is a triathlete and marathoner and mom to four young athletes.

We talk about:

• How being active and eating healthy helps her feel mentally strong
• Learning from all the stops and starts along the way in building a business
• The importance of carving out time for your self-care

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Andrea Durham is an athletic trainer at the Bullis School, a K-12 private school in Potomac MD. Previously, she worked as an athletic trainer at the collegiate and arena football levels. In her work, Andrea saw a need for more mentorship opportunities and support for young minority women to be encouraged to go into sports medicine fields. So, she created the Minority Women in Sports Medicine 501(c)(3) charitable organization which offers scholarships and mentors to minority women in high school and college to help support their future career goals.

We talk about:

• The importance of acknowledging your own skills and strengths
• Stepping into your own power
• The difference between discipline and motivation

 
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Rebecca Hasson, PhD is the Director of the Childhood Disparities Research Laboratory and Director/PI of the InPACT program at the University of Michigan where she is an Associate Professor of Movement Science in the School of Kinesiology. She’s received over $1 million in grant funding for her research, which currently focuses on using physical activity to create equitable health opportunities for children. She is on the Executive Committee for the Council on Black Health and is a Past-President of the Society for the Analysis of African-American Public Health Issues.

We talk about:

• Spending your career answering the questions that keep you up at 2 in the morning
• Finding what motivates you
• Moving the needle by putting research results into action within the community

And, it’s clear to see that Dr. Hasson is an educator at heart. While we talk mostly about her career, she delivers a powerful explanation into the causes and consequences of childhood health disparities and it is clear to see how her passion motivates her into making change.

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Caroline Doty is a Sports Marketing Account Manager for Nike, overseeing the WNBA and G-League. As an athlete, she won 3 NCAA National Championships during her time playing basketball at UConn. She is still involved in the game by coaching basketball at the youth and high school level and has recently started a podcast with a friend called Dkirks and Doty, where they talk about learning, personal growth, and sports.

We talk about:

• Her love of setting goals, including the time she moved across the country with only one contact and a spare room to crash for her goal of getting a job at Nike
• The importance of building a spiderwebbed network while also maintaining a close inner circle
• The power and challenges of identity

 
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Dr. Angel Brutus is an Assistant Athletic Director, and Director of Counseling and Sports Psychology for Mississippi State University Athletics. Prior to her work with MSU she had her own private practice in clinical and sport performance counseling called Synergistic Solutions, which she continues to operate in a new way, focused on mentorship for those looking to get into the field of sport psychology. She had an incredibly unique path to get to where she is today and her list of extracurriculars is extensive. 

We talk about:

• How balance is a myth, because it’s actually a juggling act where everything has a season
• The benefits of exploration and curiosity
• The challenges of feeling unqualified that can push you forward to doing more rather than holding you back

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Cheri Blauwet, MD is the director of the Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is a former elite athlete, winning seven total medals across the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Paralympic games in wheelchair racing. Cheri has combined her dual identities of sports medicine physician and elite athlete as a member of the Board of Directors for the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

We talk about:

• Blending your unique identities into whatever career you choose
• Using early opportunities to springboard into your future
• Taking control of your own narrative for effective self-promotion

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Tes Moultin is a downhill mountain biking racer (among many other things!). 
Currently, Tes is the only woman on the Revolution Racing Team. She balances her training and competition with teaching young girls how to ride, being a full time X-Ray tech in an emergency department, and going back to school for a dual degree in Anthropology and Sociology.

We talk about:

• Being comfortable in your femininity when you’re in a masculinized space
• Turning perceived obstacles into challenges that can be overcome
• Letting go of balance and making each day one hell of a ride

 
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Amanda Ekabutr is the Director of Student-Athlete Development & the Diversity and Inclusion Officer for UMass Amherst Athletics. She co-advises the student-athlete advisory committee and is leading the 2020-2021 UMass athletics racial and social justice plan for student-athletes, staff, and coaches.

Amanda is also on the executive committee for the Atlantic 10 Conference's commission on racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. As well as being a member of the LEAD1 Association's working group on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Amanda earned her BS in Exercise and Wellness from Arizona State University and her MA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on college student services administration, education, and ethnic studies at Oregon State University.

We talk about:

• How her non-linear educational path is a strength, not a weakness
• How getting involved in your community can increase your resources and the variety of people you can learn from
• Having a willingness to be vulnerable and intentionally leading from the heart

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