The Athletes' Journey Podcast

In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of having Sam Taylor on the podcast to share his journey as an athlete that competed for University of Oregon.

What I appreciate most about our conversation is Sam’s honesty about his mindset in college and his advice to athletes about giving everything their best effort in life.

I thoroughly enjoyed talking with Sam Taylor!

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In today's episode, I have the pleasure of having Diana Rutherford on the call to share about her journey of playing Division 1 softball for Iowa State Cyclones and becoming a real estate professional after finishing college. 

What I appreciate most about Diana is her commitment to helping her community live better lives through her efforts volunteering, coaching, and financially supporting local organizations that are making a difference.

To learn more about Diana Rutherford:

LinkedIn: Diana on LinkedIn

Website:  Realty By Rutherford

IG: Diana on Instagram

Facebook: Diana on Facebook

TikTok: Diana on TikTok

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In today’s episode, I’m talking with former athlete, professor, and business advisor Imran Haider about his journey as an athlete and how he transitioned into coaching at the Division 1 level, and later becoming a professor after playing one year in a semi-professional basketball league.

What I appreciate most about our conversation is Imran provides a tremendous perspective on life that benefits athletes, parents of athletes, and coaches help athletes build better careers inside and outside of the sport.

To learn more about Imran Haider:

LinkedIn: Imran on LinkedIn

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In today’s episode of the Athletes Journey Podcast, I am interviewing successful former collegiate athlete, podcaster, and insurance entrepreneur Cody Askins about his journey as an athlete and how he transitioned into the insurance sector while he was still a student-athlete.

What I appreciate most about our conversation is Cody is one of the best interviewers in podcasting and in our discussion, he provides a great amount of advice to athletes considering the insurance profession.

To learn more about Cody Askins:

YouTube: Cody Askins on YouTube

LinkedIn: Cody Askins on LinkedIn

Instagram: Cody Askins on Instagram

Website: Cody Askins

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In today’s episode of the Athletes Journey Podcast, I interviewed successful former D1 athlete, senior banker, and podcaster Erik Selden about his journey as a student-athlete and how it prepared him for life after sports.

What I appreciate most about our conversation is Erik’s strategies on ways we can all be successful in our lives and careers as former athletes.

To learn more about Erik:

LinkedIn: Erik on LinkedIn

Website: Selden Smart 

Instagram: Erik on IG

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In today’s episode of The Athlete’s Journey, I have the pleasure of talking with Rob Finkelstein the Founder and CEO of Alumni Direct, a platform dedicated to helping universities foster better relationships with their current students and alumni to increase donor engagement, alumni success, and the overall impact of the university. 

In my call with Rob, we discussed his journey as a student-athlete and some of the career successes that led him to launch Alumni Direct. 

What I appreciate most about Rob, is his genuine heart to help universities and former athletes live better lives.

To learn more about Rob, connect with him online:

LinkedIn: Rob on LinkedIn

Website: Alumni Direct 

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Kyle Miller is the owner and creative director at TImber Reel Productions, a content creation company based in Portland, Oregon. Timber Reel produces consistent, purposeful photo and video content that represents a company's goals and target audience. The content produced consists of commercials, photography, scripts, informative and social videos, podcasts, and much more.

Kyle was a division 1 soccer player at College of the Holy Cross where he was a 4-year starter. After graduating he traveled around the country living in Colorado and then Maine, until landing back in NJ to start Timber Reel in 2014

He started Timber Reel with the goal of producing high-quality consistent content creation for small businesses and start-ups. Understanding that a brand is not built in a day or 1 video, Timber Reel develops long-term content strategies and works with companies to develop consistent content. Kyle develops a plan to maximize content deliverables for company's and help companies grow within their budget.

What I appreciate most about Kyle is his commitment to honoring his true interests and values as well as maintaining the drive he developed as an athlete and how he applies it to his profession.

Kyle parting advice to current and former athletes is:

1) Stay True To Yourself: Focus on creating content that aligns with who you truly are as a person. People like you for who you are, and they respect it.
2) Make A Plan: Know who you are and make a plan for your branding and content online.
3) Consistency Is Key: Consistently post content that is in alignment with who you are.

Learn more about Kyle at:

IG: Kyle on Instagram
IG: Timber Reel on Instagram
Website: Kyle at Timber Reel
LinkedIn: Kyle on Instagram

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In today's episode, I have the pleasure of having Brett Lorin on the show to discuss his journey of playing professional baseball and his transition into business and podcasting after his career ended. 

Brett was born and raised in southern California where he was involved in multiple sports from an early age. He played baseball and basketball all the way through high school and considers himself a basketball guy at heart, even though he had to make the business decision to pursue baseball after high school.

What I appreciate most about Brett is his mindset that is rooted in betting on himself and being honest with the circumstances he was faced with along the way in his journey, and not only being honest but having the courage to pursue his dreams.

I am honored to introduce you to Brett Lorin. Brett’s advice to athletes is:

1)      Be Prepared: If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

2)      Ask For Help: You need to have coaches and mentors that can help you get where you want to go!

3)      Don’t Be Afraid Of Rejection: You never know who is willing to help you.

To learn more about Brett, follow him:

LinkedIn: Brett on LinkedIn

Instagram: Brett on Instagram

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In today’s episode, I sat down to talk with Alex Smagala, a former D1 baseball player turned entrepreneur to discuss his athletic journey and how, after a career-ending injury, shifted his mindset to focus on life after sports.

Alex is passionate about helping financial advisors understand how specialized mortgage products can help their clients expand their options in retirement and he is a great example of finding something you believe in after sports that allows you to have control over your lifestyle. 

His advice for current and former athletes is:

1)      Hard work can take you to heights you never imagined.

2)      A growth mindset is key in all aspects of life, you should always be learning.

3)      Network, Network, Network. Who you know not what you know rings true in life.

To learn more about Alex Smagala, make sure you follow him here:

Instagram: Alex on Instagram
LinkedIn: Alex on LinkedIn

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In today's episode, I sat down to talk with Audrey Grant, a former D1 athlete turned entrepreneur to discuss her athletic journey and the mindset athletes need to have when facing adversity during their sports careers.

Audrey majored in Communications in college and has found it to serve her well as an entrepreneur, podcast host, and voice actor.

Audrey is passionate about personal development and it is evident every time we spend time together. Her advice for current and former athletes is:

1) Never be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and leave your hometown.
2) Don't be afraid to bet on yourself, you'll be surprised how strong and capable you are.
3) Even if things don't seem to be working out right, believe it will always work out in the end in your favor. Life is happening FOR you, not TO you.

To learn more about Audrey Grant, make sure you follow her here:

Instagram: Audrey on Instagram

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