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In the famous words of Bella Answeeney: YOLO. In this episode, Bella reflects on her freshman year experiences, touching on her ups and downs and advising future freshmen to be open to new experiences! Bella’s positivity and passion for life is evident throughout this episode as she continues to keep her head up even in the toughest of times, which is one reason why I respect her so much and value...

In this episode, I throw it back to a conversation recorded in April of 2024 with Alexis Mast. I was fortunate enough to call Alexis my teammate turned soul sister as we experienced our freshmen year while swimming at North Carolina State together. While we both had our fair share of up’s and downs, we did make it out the other side and have reflections to share. This episode details freshmen year...

This episode is so special!!! I bring on NC State women's basketball players Zoe Brooks and Mallory Collier to share their journey of their freshmen year. Coming into the season unranked, and ending up dancing their way to the Final Four, this duo goes behind the scenes of their record breaking season. They speak on handling the media, pressures, keeping a tough mindset, being a part of a sisterho...

In this episode, I bring in my Wolfpack teammate and fellow Colorado friend, Katey Lewicki. Here she takes us through her journey with the sport of swimming, spanning from her childhood to her choice to take an early retirement in her senior year. Katey touches on her highs and lows throughout the sport, including her huge accomplishment of qualifying for NCAA's her freshmen year. Katey touches on...

This one’s a good one! Recorded back before we left for college, I bring on my best friend and lifelong teammate Rosie Jump onto the podcast to share her story. We mostly talk about her story in swimming, leading to quitting swimming the summer of her junior year… and later coming back out of “retirement” a mere 9 months later… better than ever. This funnels into conversation about the importance...

Hey friends, it’s been a minute! I would like to welcome you back to this podcast. It’s been quite the transition to a student-athlete college transition! I needed some time for myself to reflect on my purpose towards this podcast, as well as ensuring I can bring this podcast back in a safer way. In this episode, I really just share about my life. Per request, I take you a little through a typical...

Today I steer a different way from my regular sport-related and mindset approached podcast to talk about a few topics that are extremely important to me. This episode is one I have looked forward to recording since I started this podcast! In this episode, I talk with my long time friend Kendall Hagar about disability and ableism, disability justice, inclusion, and how to shift your thought to be a...

This episode has been a long time coming, and I am excited to finally share this episode with about a month to spare before June 15th arrives!!!!! As someone who went through this recruiting process as a junior in high school, it’s a lot of work and can be extremely overwhelming making such big decisions at such a young age. I really, really hope that sharing my advice and personal thoughts and ex...

This episode has a little bit for everybody… athlete or not. Rachael takes time with Teagan to share her story as a person and elite athlete as she dives into building confidence and handling nerves in daily practice and on the worlds biggest stage, as well as touching on balancing social media, morning routine essentials, the importance of breathing, and goal setting tools. There is definitely mu...

In this episode, Teagan brings on new friend Amaris Davidson to share her wisdom on the importance of a healthy mindset as an athlete. She shares her story and insight on being a collegiate athlete, as well as important tools she uses to stay grounded and maintain a healthy mind. Amaris is ABSOLUTELY moving beyond her successes as an athlete, and whether you are a competitive or collegiate athlete...

Teagan hosts her longtime friends Max Waring and Sean Carr to discuss their high school experiences and advice for general high schoolers as well as seniors enjoying their final high school days. Further, Max and Sean talk about their college decisions, and the thought but exciting transitions between high school and college. Being the second guests on the show, Max and Sean hope you can get a few...

In this episode,Teagan brings on fast-rising swimmer and multipassionate being Jack Berube to share his story. Teagan talks of her new experience in trying out diving for her high school team, while Jack shares about quitting water polo to pick up swimming, and the importance of pursuing what makes you happiest. You can be passionate in many areas of life, so Teagan and Jack encourage you to have...

2022 is coming to a fast close- and what a year it's been! A year full of ups and downs, losing and finding herself again, Teagan describes 22 lessons from ‘22 that she will be carrying on with her into the new year and beyond. Transcript: 00:00:00-00:05:00: Introduction 00:05:00-Prioritizing yourself, You’re on your own journey! 00:14:00- Beauty in all stages of life... 00:15:49- How you talk/who...

In this episode, Teagan first discusses a bit about her podcast before diving into the history of her swimming career. She shares her highs and lows of the sport from her earliest memories of competing at 10 years old leading up to her most recent races- including disqualifying in the 400 IM at Junior Nationals! After a long story time, Teagan unpacks what it takes to overcome adversity in a sport...

Happy December! 2022 is already coming to a fast close…. Take this month to reflect on your year, your lifestyle, and who you surround yourself with. Are you on the right path to becoming your ultimate best self? Teagan explains how she will be using this month to physically, emotionally, and mentally declutter so she can enter 2023 with as much peace as possible… and she hopes you can consider th...

80% of our thoughts are negative! How you talk to yourself and others has a direct impact on your life. Going into arguably the most stressful time of year with final exams coming and constant sickness seeming to spread, it’s easy to spiral into negative thoughts. Teagan describes how eliminating negative talk on the pool deck has positively impacted herself and her teams performance and team cult...

I wanted to introduce my new podcast by sharing a little about myself, my life, my passions, and my ideas and visions for this new podcast! I seriously cannot wait get this going, and I really hope you enjoy and come back to listen!