ALL IN with Natalie Allport

Kara Winger is a 4x Olympian, Diamond league final winner, World Championships silver medalist, PAN AM champion, American record holder, and Team USA's flag bearer at the Tokyo Olympics. In this episode she shares how loving the daily grind, embracing community, and leading with vulnerability carried her through an 18 year international career filled with highs and lows - including going 12 ye...

On this week's solo episode, Nat talks about the WNBA Canada game, an overview of the past snowboard / crossfit season and injury recovery journey, as well as the importance of safe spaces and friendships for mental health and mental support as an athlete.

Ryan Lavarnway is a recently retired professional athlete (10+ yr MLB vet, 2013 World Series Champ, Olympian, Yale alumn), broadcaster, and speaker. Ryan talks about his unlikely journey to becoming a pro baseball player, his experience in college and the major / minor leagues, playing for team Israel a the Olympics, building a winning culture and mentality, developing confidence and self belief,...

Cassie Hawrysh is a former Team Canada Skeleton athlete, media personality, and speaker. This episode begins with Cassie sharing her journey of starting new sports later in life, managing mental health on the road, and tips for anyone pursuing their dreams and then dives deep into a conversation on the reality of sport funding and what Canadian athletes go through to represent Team Canada at the h...

This week is #BellLetsTalk day and in this episode we hear from top athletes, entrepreneurs, and coaches on mental health awareness, tips, support, breaking the stigma, and much more.  Whether you're an athlete or not, dealing with mental health issues or mental illness or not, this episode provides education and awareness on how everyone is affected by mental health and how things can improv...

Top answers from our 2022 guests on their one game changer habit and what ALL IN means to them. This is a great episode to kick of 2023 with motivation and habit ideas from top athletes, authors, mental performance coaches, mindset experts, entrepreneurs and more!

Sharing some holiday reminders, my top 10 lessons from 2022, and end of year thoughts :)

Goal don't have to be permanent, and pivoting to something new isn't a failure (nor is the time you spent pursuing your original goal). In this solo episode, Natalie shares some perspective on when goals can start to weigh you down, what to do when you are feeling burnt out in the pursuit of your goal, and how to know whether it's time to push through, or move on from that goal. This is a great ep...

A full recap of my first marathon - from how running the NYC Marathon came to be, my training plan, the experience in New York, and what's next after! (Watch YouTube for Katherine Switzer speech + bts videos and photos) Running program I mentioned: www.halhigdon.com/training-programs/marathon-training/novice-1-marathon/ More content: instagram.com/natalieallport

Corey is a former NHL goalie, host of Blindsided (a Players Tribune podcast), and author. He also has OCD. In this episode we talk about: Corey's editorial in the Players Tribune in 2017 Opening up about mental health and seeking help Corey's hockey journey Sports culture around mental health & why Corey didn't share his story earlier How we can change the stigma (in and out of sport) Advice f...

From extreme asthma, to gang violence, to competing against those on PEDs - Tyree Washington has seen it all. Tyree’s teammates and competitors were involved in a major doping scandal that had world championships taken away from him due to his teammates involvement, as well as coming second in the world to someone who was doping, and then later being awarded the gold medal. In this episode he shar...

Sitting down for a raw talk about balancing your goals, responsibilities, and relationships (w. family & friends).

Connor Emeny is an ironman athlete, ultra runner, and the youngest person in the world to complete an ironman on 6 continents. He shares how he achieved his goal amidst a global pandemic, how to build mental toughness and push through discomfort, the lessons he learnt running 100km, the importance of patience, and much more.  How he managed travel and competing on 6 different continents amids...

Manteo Mitchell broke his leg halfway through the opening lap of the men's 4 x 400m prelims at the London Olympics and KEPT RUNNING. His team went on to set a record breaking time, unknown to them that he had broken his leg at the very start of the race. Overcoming adversity is not new to Manteo, which he uses to inspire others. Manteo discusses his track & field comeback, and how he dealt wit...

Brett Lorin (former pro baseball player) had his sights set on the major leagues - but after 7 years in the minors, the call never came. In this episode he shares the value of growing up as a multi-sport athlete, having the self-belief to take ownership and make a change while playing college sports, what it's really like playing in the minor leagues, and his experience not making it to the majors...

In this solo episode I speak on the importance of rest and recovery days, and my personal rest and active recovery day protocols. Whether you’re a pro athlete, weekend warrior, or not involved in sports as all - I think rest and recovery days are incredibly important, and I tend to even structure my work routine, not just training routine, with the same approach. Topics: Terminology, such as: nerv...

April Zilg is a professional paddle boarder, whose journey went from living an unhealthy lifestyle to pursuing professional sport. In this episode April talks about being patient in your pursuit of success and not expecting overnight results, how to build a strong aerobic foundation - including her experience with aerobic deficiency syndrome, and the importance of journalling. We also speak on pla...

Sports are a microcosm for society, and it's important to have diverse representation within communities like these. In this podcast I talk a bit about why I think that matters, a time where I have felt like I didn't belong, and some recent athlete examples. Follow ALL IN on IG: instagram.com/theallinproject

Dawn Fletcher is the founder of Driven Mind Training, where she works as a mental performance coach for competitive athletes primarily in the sport of CrossFit, as well as other individual, team and action sports athletes. In this (live recorded in 2020) episode we dive into how she practices experiencing discomfort, the important of discomfort variability, some real talk about overcoming fear, as...

Do you ever wish it would get easier? Well, it can, but it might take it getting harder first... instagram.com/theallinproject

Cory Camp is a former D1 swimmer, and the founder of Forever Athlete. In this episode we talked about going ALL IN with sharing your story, mindful content creation and social media use, how to make friends as an adult / in life after sports, his experience being single for 5 years, learning to love himself, and his #1 secret to happiness. Cory was also on episode 86, where we talked about being a...

Justin Su'a is a mental performance coach for the Tampa Bay Rays (MLB). He is an author, hosts 2 incredible podcasts (including a new one with Sports Illustrated), and posts daily mindset tips on Twitter and Instagram. He has worked and mentored numerous high performance and pro athletes and coaches from multiple sports, and is someone I look up to when it comes to mindset and mental performance!...

Andrea Hopelain is the SVP of Global Brand management at EA Sports and brand innovator's top 100 women to watch. In this episode Andrea shares her journey to getting to where she is now, how her soccer experience has helped her succeed in business, how she manages her energy and mental health while crushing it at work and at home, how the growth of F1 and women’s sports are impacting e-sports, her...

Feeling imposter syndrome? Same. Here are 3 steps I've been using to work through it (and no, it's not "fake it till you make it"). Resources mentioned: HBR article: https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome Brene Brown podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RGICGdqwdTVlD8N472qzh?si=31da721894344114 Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theallinproject

Dr. Ford Dyke is the Director of mindfulness based performance and health optimization at Auburn University, former team USA handball athlete, performance coach & wellness consultant. He holds a PhD in Kinesiology and a masters in exercise science. In this episode we talk about thinking before taking action, mindfulness practices, the 5 pillars of health and human optimization, how to improve...