The Sideline Perspective Podcast

Meghan Duggan is a three time Olympian (winning Gold in 2018 at Pyeong Chang), a 7 time IIHF champion, and a 6 time Four Nations champion. She is currently taking the season off from her role as Captain of the US Women’s Ice Hockey team so she and her wife Gillian can anticipate and adjust to arrival of their son. In this episode, recorded in December of 2019, Meghan reflects on what it means to transition to a new role and take on a new identity in her preparation for motherhood.

Follow Meghan on Instagram: @mduggan10

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Katie was a competitive synchronized swimmer for many years before retiring from the sport to pursue her career as a dietitian. After struggling herself with her own nutrition as a recently retired athlete, Katie founded Spada Strong Nutrition LLC with the hopes of helping fellow former athletes transition their nutrition with ease in life after sport. Grounded in the intuitive eating principles, Katie focuses on helping athletes tune back into their bodies, learn how to fuel themselves for success in life after sport, and feel their best!

Read more on the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating here

Check out more about Katie:

Website: https://www.spadastrongnutrition.com
Instagram: @fueling.former.athletes

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Kikkan Randall is a lot of things - a 14 year member of the US Ski team, a mom, a cancer survivor, an entrepreneur, and, alongside Jessie Diggins, the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport of Cross Country Skiing. This episode dives into all aspect of her life and the ways in which community has supported her in skiing, in battling cancer, and now, in whatever she tackles next!

Check out more about Kikkan:

Website: https://kikkan.com
Instagram: @kikkanimal

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College graduation is a natural time to transition in many aspects of life. We leave behind our life as a student, and for many of us, it also means leaving behind our life as a competitive athlete. This seemed like the path Taylor Ng was bound to take as she wrapped up a dominant career at Dartmouth College, finishing as captain of the squad and named All-Ivy First Team for the third year in a row. As she settled into the work force however, she realized she had some unfinished business left on the court... This episode sits down with Taylor as she recounts her journey getting back into the game competitively and what it means to now be able to call herself a professional tennis player.

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This episode is a Story Session - where athletes who have written for The Sideline Perspective website read their reflection in their own words and reflect back on what it meant to process that time of transition in their lives.

Erika is a former alpine ski racer who suffered a career ending concussion during her time racing at St. Lawrence University. Her injury ultimately resulted in her decision to transfer to Montana State University where she is currently studying Nursing and coaching the ski team at Big Sky Resort. She is very involved in the sailing world in the summertime, and has been a Captain for Sail Caribbean in the British Virgin Islands and Leeward Islands for the past 2 summers, entering her 3rd summer this year. Erika's reflection is a great example of the times when unexpected difficulties can set us on new and exciting courses in our lives.

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Doug is a former downhill ski racer whose career saw him as a two time national champion, two time Olympian and World Championship medalist. His historic bronze medal in Bormio Italy was the first ever medal for a male American Downhill racer and has been celebrated with his induction to the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame earlier this year. Since his time on the slopes, Doug created ELITEAM in 1991, with a desire to pass on his winning knowledge of world class sports to future generations. He is still actively involved in every level of the ski industry as broadcaster, ski celebrity, motivational speaker, product consultant and coach.

Check out Eliteam:

Website: https://eliteam.com
Instagram: @eliteamdigdeep

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Dr. Alex Cohen is a Senior Sport Psychologist for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Working primarily with winter sports, Dr. Cohen provides sport psychology consultation and counseling for national teams, athletes and coaches at the Olympic Training Centers, at various National Governing Body training sites and at national and international competitions.

As a licensed psychologist and certified sport psychology consultant, Dr. Cohen assists coaches in creating mastery performance environments that promote psychological and physical skill acquisition and execution. He works directly with athletes to maximize performance readiness through consistent preparation, enhanced resilience, and mindful self-regulation, helping athletes to focus on the right things, at the right time, every time.

Check out the Career Thoughts Inventory

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This episode features a conversation with Ryder Stone about what’s gone through his head a week after leaving football, finishing up his last season as a professional football player for the Montreal Alouettes. He was drafted 38th overall in the 2018 CFL Draft after graduating early from Dartmouth College with an Environmental Studies degree. He played two years in the CFL, and in that time had shoulder surgery on his labrum at the end of the 2018 season and suffered two serious concussions that sidelined him for the last 4 games of his first season and over half of his last season. He's decided to step away from football due to his injuries. These are some of his first thoughts since his last day with the team.

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Shannon (Bowles) Doleac is a former gymnast who was a member of the US National Team and 9-time All-American at the University of Utah. As an undergrad at Utah, Shannon earned a degree in Exercise and Sports Science as well as Psychology before going on to get a Masters in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism from Tufts University. She has since moved back to Utah with her husband Mike and their two kids and is the Owner of Primal Peak - a nutrition blog and coaching business. We talk about her career as an athlete, how nutrition got on her radar, and what her philosophy is around a balanced life-style and diet after retiring from a competitive athlete career.

Find Shannon at:

Website: https://primalpeak.com
Instagram: @primalpeak

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Relationships run through every aspect of our time in athletics. This episode feature's Amanda McGrew, founder of Playoff Dating App and a former college basketball player from Santa Monica, California. She played for four years at the University of Rhode Island and a fifth year at Umass Lowell. She has been teaching PE and coaching basketball back home in Los Angeles for the past 9 years, and a couple years ago, she decided to launch Playoff - a dating app for current and former college and professional athletes. Her athletic career has played such a huge role in her life and her development, and she feels that finding someone who shares that life experience and mindset can truly be invaluable. Playoff currently has thousands of athletes on the platform, and Amanda's ultimate goal is to get Playoff into the hands of the athletes in the Olympic Village next summer in Tokyo!

Check out Playoff:

App Store: Playoff - Athlete Dating
Website: https://www.playoffdatingapp.com
Instagram: @playoffdatingapp

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