We are back with our 50th episode and the beginning of Season 3. We are kicking off this season talking about the topic of Identity, where our identity comes from and some of the things that directly affect our identity. We start off by asking, who are you? If you define yourself by anything thatContinue reading “Ep 50 – Finding Identity”
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Ep 49 – I went Pro with Manya Puppione
Manya Puppione, formerly Makoski, grew up playing several sports. As the youngest sister with older brothers, Manya learned early how to stand up for herself and have that self-motivation to get better. When she reached high school, Manya had to choose between soccer and gymnastics. She started doing Olympic Development for soccer and had theContinue reading “Ep 49 – I went Pro with Manya Puppione”
Ep 48 I went Pro with Paige Nielsen
Paige Nielsen is a professional soccer player, currently a member of the Washington Spirit, who just won the National Women’s Soccer League. In today’s episode, Paige starts at the very beginning and tells us what her journey through soccer has been like and what she has learned along the way. Paige grew up playing soccerContinue reading “Ep 48 I went Pro with Paige Nielsen”
Ep. 47 – I went Pro with Shereesha Richards
Shereesha Richards grew up in Jamaica playing netball. It is a sport that is similar to basketball that is played 7 on 7. She got the opportunity to go to a basketball camp at the age of 16. After the camp, she was approached with the opportunity to go to the United States and playContinue reading “Ep. 47 – I went Pro with Shereesha Richards”
Ep 46 – I went Pro with Erinn Dooley
Erinn Dooley has been a part of the gymnastics community her entire life. She began as a toddler going to mommy & me classes and then started competing as a young girl. She progressed quickly through the levels and made it to level 10, the top junior olympic gymnastics level, by the age of 12.Continue reading “Ep 46 – I went Pro with Erinn Dooley”
Ep 44 – I went Pro
Becky & Patricia introduce the last theme for season 3 in this introductory episode. In this month’s theme, I went Pro, we will be interviewing women who have made sports their career, some of them as athletes and others as coaches and administration. In the introduction, they share the stats, that only 7% of athletesContinue reading “Ep 44 – I went Pro”
Ep 43 – Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Michelle Garvin
Michelle Garvin is the Sports Psychologist for the Detroit Lions. She grew up playing a variety of sports including soccer, basketball, swimming, track, softball and volleyball. She calls herself a generalist instead of a specialist. Michelle talks about getting her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and how she discovered that she could then combine thatContinue reading “Ep 43 – Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Michelle Garvin”
Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Bailey Philbin
Bailey Philbin is currently a special education teacher and gymnastics coach. She talks to us today about the eating disorder that robbed her of much of her collegiate gymnastics career, how that impacted her for many years and what helped her to finally heal.Bailey talks about the intensity of her training as a young girlContinue reading “Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Bailey Philbin”
Ep 40 – Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Amy Park
Amy is a stay at home mom with two young boys. She is very passionate about helping other women discover how to be healthier and better versions of themselves. In our episode today, Amy shares about their journey to solving her son’s health issues. It was never anything big, but instead there were a lotContinue reading “Ep 40 – Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Amy Park”
Once An Athlete with Sarah Adewunmi
Sarah Adewunmi grew up playing lots of different sports and specifically loved to play basketball. She is currently one of the chaplains for the Washington Mystics as well as the Washington Spirit. Along with being a chaplain, Sarah is also a physical therapist for the Department of Defense and does some life coaching on theContinue reading “Once An Athlete with Sarah Adewunmi”
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