You know that buzzer beater feeling? When it comes down to the wire and at the last min, you hit the shot, submit the assignment, win the race, whatever it is, you succeeded. Today's guest knows this feeling all too well. The last year of her college basketball career at VCU consisted of zero plans for the pros. Although it was a dream, the WNBA, started in 1996 was only 14 years old at the time and it wasn't realistic. Until her friend put a bug in her ear about playing professionally in other countries! That was it, the buzzer beater moment,  her plans changed and she succeeded. So, 10 years of professional basketball and PHD later, D'andra is here to give us all the wisdom about how to prepare for life after sports.

Topics covered:

- International sports vs. USA sports

- The effects of transitioning athletes

- The thing that is more important than your school education

- How to start preparing NOW

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One of the biggest challenges we face in life after sports, ironically, is the motivation to exercise again! Today guest, Hannah Ford, shares how her health spiraled out of control after her sport was over. It took a BIG wake up call for her to realize she needed to make a change, she has now taken control of her weight and has relearned what it means to take care of herself. Her passion for the last 2 years is personal training other former athletes on their path to loving exercise again. Follow Hannah Here: 

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Have you ever felt overstimulated, unable to focus and struggling to bring your mind back to a calm state? Today's guest, Mackenzie Flynn shares her out-of-body, life changing experience with ONE breathwork session. As a former athlete herself, she understands the emotions that sports require and swears by this ONE method for setting her day up for success, in all seasons of life. 

TOPICS: 

Introduction to Breathwork.

What you can expect to feel after one session.

Common misconceptions about meditation

Disconnecting from the everyday craziness.

The reason we struggle to focus.

Celebrating yourself in this season of life.

Embracing CHANGE.

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Tim Kontos, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist in his 24th year at VCU as the Associate Athletic Director of Sports Performance & Student Athlete Wellness. September 2018 until June of 2021, Kontos oversaw the Sports Medicine, Sports Nutrition as well as Sports Performance departments. A firm believer in leading by example, Kontos retired from a long career of powerlifting, and saw the need for structure in life after sport. In January of 2021, Tim started Kontos Strength (soon to be Find Your Strength), an online coaching program which specializes in helping former athletes reach their next BIG goal through strength  because strength isn’t just measured in a number.

Today you will learn: 

- How to focus on the Long Term Goal.

- What a long term goal may look like outside of sport. 

- How to find fulfillment where you are.

- Tim's action items for future growth

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Today we are speaking with Andrew Belcik, former D1 Baseball Player at Notre Dame University. He is one of the many athletes that had their senior year taken from them by Covid-19. However, he did not allow this to come between him and his dream of being a professional baseball player. As an athlete with NO plan B, he continued on to play at the University Of Houston post Covid-19. He is now one year out of sport and is navigating all of the challenges thrown his way. 

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Bridget Belcik grew up in Tampa area and had been swimming her whole life up until Feb of 2017, when her college swimming career came to an end. She was a 2 time captain on her college team and after working in the corporate world for about 2 years after graduating, she decided to go all in on a new business. After 3 years of finding her true niche, brand changes and putting true blood, sweat and tears into what is now ALOHA PRINTING, she is here to tell us all things she has learned and the reality of being a business owner!

In this episode you will learn:

• What to consider when starting your business
• What characteristics transfer from sport to business
• The ugly of owning your own business
• Striking a balance between working and living
• How to separate your time with family for success

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Welcome back to another episode of The Lifeletics Podcast. Today is the FIRST Solo Episode with host Megan Reuter. On todays episode, I share my upbringing and how I got into swimming. I dive into where I went once I was done with my sport, how I eventually got back into working out and WHY I did. I share my why behind Lifeletics and what I commit to you all!

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Today we are speaking with Colby Thibault. She played collegiate soccer at Johnson and Wales university, graduated in 2018 and has been pursuing her passion of Culinary Nutrition ever since. She is a trained chef, registered dietitian, certified personal trainer and is a business owner focusing on coaching former female athletes.

In this episode, we will talk about:

-What does the word "balance" really mean?

-Biggest struggles with food after sport.

-Colby's hardest part of transition.

-The downside of athletic gratification.

-Eating on the go.

-Body Positivity vs Body Neutrality. 

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IG: @former.femaleathlete.nutrition

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Today we welcome Maddie Kane! She is West Texas A&M Track Alumni and recently graduated with her degree in Sports & Exercise Science with her masters in Exercise Physiology and is becoming a Sports Performance specialist. After college, she took a gap year, thinking she would pursue her passion of Physical Therapy, however, after working as a PT Tech, she realized this was not the path for her. She missed coaching people, I missed the energy and passion that athletes had. Through questioning identity and questioning her path, she took a leap of faith and started her own online personal training business. The mission of her online coaching business is to guide female athletes in their fitness and health journey after sport.

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IG: maddiekane09

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Erica Quam is a leadership guru. After swimming all four years at the Big 10 School, Indiana University, she spent five years as the assistant women's coach at Southern Methodist University with the legendary Steve Collins. She then spent nine seasons coaching in the Pac-12 conference as the Head Women's Swimming coach at Washington State University. Over her career she has worked with Olympic medalists, NCAA All-Americans, and guided close to 200 young men and women along their collegiate athletic careers - in the sport of swimming. In 2011, Erica started her business coaching coaches! She is truly living out her passion of helping coaches become better leaders to their athletes, which in turn, creates better athletes.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How to get leadership experience without the leader role.
• The importance to have hard conversations with your leaders.
• How to deal with healthy conflict.
• When NOT to address conflict with your leaders.
• How to overcome the self-doubt of a new career.
• How to set clear expectations, and stand up for them.

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