What The Hell Do I Do Now?

Bailey Ness is a former collegiate athlete who competed in cross country and track and field at both the University of Minnesota and Colorado State University. Bailey stayed busy after college where she founded Nesscessity Creative, a company that specializes in creative marketing and branding services, helping businesses and individuals craft authentic and impactful brand stories. Her passion for...

Alex Wilson, a former NCAA gymnast, spent years training with the singular goal of excelling in competitive sports. She made her way to Arizona State University. But when her gymnastics career came to an unexpected end, she found herself at a crossroads, questioning what to do next after dedicating her entire life to one path. In this episode, Alex shares her journey of navigating life beyond gymn...

Celeste Utley grew up in California, where her passion for athletics and fitness took root. She went on to compete in shot put and discus for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos' Track and Field team, gaining valuable experience and discipline. After college, Celeste transitioned into the fitness industry, where she now works at Traverse Fitness. Currently living in Denver, CO, she is also pursuing her M...

Susannah Anderson joins the pod this week, sharing her experience following collegiate soccer career and graduating from Elon University. Susannah grew up playing soccer in Jacksonville, FL before she moved up to North Carolina to pursue her collegiate soccer career. After graduating from Elon, she made her way to New York (with a few stops along the way) where she currently lives instructing yoga...

Conar Ehring joins us this week to discuss his experience rowing in college, transitioning in and out of the corporate world, and some of the hobbies that they have picked up. Conar lived in Texas before attending the University of Delaware. After school, Conar had a brief stint in Alaska before moving back to Dallas, TX, where he continued his love for fitness and found a new love for coffee. Con...

We had Mary Alex England and Annie Kelly join us to share their experience running in college and then competing after college as professional triathletes. They met at the University of Mississippi before Annie transferred to the University of Colorado. Following their collegiate career, they both ended up on the same “squad”, training and competing in triathlons all around the world. We discuss t...

Gracie Anderson Freyer walks us through her experience as a college rower, and how she utilized her career ending injuries to learn new things and find different passions and hobbies. We discuss the feelings of shame, guilt, relief, and navigating unexpected outcomes at a young age. Gracie shares the knowledge that she has acquired to try and help anyone going through a change or transition in the...

Zach Adler joins the podcast this week to discuss his experience playing soccer at Columbia University. Zach, originally from Tappan, New York, shares how he got to Columbia and how he utilized his college experience to prepare himself for after he was done playing. Zach currently lives in Breckenridge, CO, where he has taken up new hobbies like mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, and backpacki...

David Freeman joins us this week to discuss all the places that running has taken him. David started his track and field career as a sophomore in high school with the sole purpose of using it to stay in shape for football. He ended up excelling in track and field, and went on to run at the University of Kentucky, and then competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, representing Puerto Rico. Following h...

Veronica Alvarez is a pioneer and an absolute trailblazer for women in sports. She joins us and educates us on the sport of baseball, shares her background playing baseball and softball, and gives us an overview of how she got into the coaching career she is in now. Veronica is the current manager of Team USA Women’s Baseball as well as the Coordinator of player development for the Latin American...

Greg Shannahan, a retired professional baseball player, shares how he is navigating life after his baseball career. Throughout this conversation, it is obvious how much of his day to day still utilizes the major lessons he learned from baseball. Greg speaks to his experience with injuries, navigating the “no’s” and learning what role baseball plays in his life now and going forward.

Marcus Brown is a Newberry College graduate, playing for the Wolves Football Team throughout their time at Newberry. Marcus shares things he learned during football, and how he still utilizes these skills. We discuss preparation, leadership, and the importance of a schedule. Marcus currently owns a gym in South Carolina, and shares the path that lead him to where he is at now. If you would like to...

Cameron Smith, a California native who made his way to Colorado, shares his experience with collegiate and professional football. Cam discusses his unique transition out of sports, his interests both during and after retiring, and the things he is continuing to learn about himself. Following his career at the University of Southern California, Cam was drafted to play for the Minnesota Vikings. Cam...

Tanner Wallace graduated from Texas Christian University in 2018 after playing soccer for the Horned Frogs for 4 years. Tanner now lives a nomadic life, with her home base in Bali. Tanner and I grew up playing soccer together in Jacksonville, FL before we went our separate ways in college. Tanner shares her story, and how she ended up where she is today. Tan is a traveling aficionado, photographer...

Isaac Currie joined us and shared his journey playing football (soccer) in the UK and in the US. Isaac is from Nottingham, England and walks us through all the places that football brought him. Isaac played in Colorado at Fort Lewis College for one year before he transferred to the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio Texas. Following graduation, Isaac pursues a professional career in t...

Hunter Fasanaro joins us this week to share his experience playing lacrosse at Quinnipiac University. Hunter graduated from Quinnipiac in 2021 with a degree in Advertising and Integrated Communications. Following school, Hunter moved to Charleston, South Carolina working in finance. Hunter also began coaching a high school lacrosse team and eventually left the finance world to create his own busin...

Rachel Elery joins us this week to discuss life before, during, and after her competitive CrossFit career. Rachel is that person you can spend hours talking with, and it feels like you just sat down. The conversation goes every which way, which is my favorite type of conversation to have. Our identities and experiences are so intertwined. Can we really talk about our athletic endeavors without tal...

Joe Kincart is an Air Force graduate, and is now serving as a pilot in the US Air Force. Joe was a pitcher on the baseball team during his time at the Air Force Academy. I found his experience unique because although he is done playing baseball, he is still within the confines and structure of the US Air Force. This is also the first episode where we had a live audience and received questions from...

Richard is a Colorado native who played football at CU Boulder. Now, he is working as a scholar relations officer, to provide grants and scholarships to people. We discussed our athletic experiences (Rich put me in the hot seat and asked me questions as well), our careers, how I got into creating a podcast, and where we are both at now. Rich’s dog, Sue, joins us as a guest during our conversation....

Cory Camp joins us this week to share his experience as a collegiate swimmer. Cory founded a company called ‘Forever Athlete’, a platform that connects athletes to help provide peer to peer support. Cory is a published author, fellow podcaster, and extremely knowledgeable. He gave us a glimpse into what his experience was during and after swimming. You can follow Cory on instagram at @corycamp and...

Hannah and Tracey join us for the second part of their episode! Zoom kicked us off not once but twice. Luckily we finished up our conversation right as we got booted. This week we talk more in depth about the importance of who you surround yourself with, how relationships can continue to grow even when they are over distance, and we finish out the conversation discussion our hottest takes. --- Sen...

Hannah Huizenga and Tracey Webster join us this week to discuss their experience post soccer. Hannah and Tracey both played at College of Charleston and are still some of my closest friends! Getting these two on the podcast has been long awaited, and I am so happy to finally have them join us. We talk about our individual experience leaving soccer, playing for fun, creating a new community, and ho...

Brendan, founder of Zama Health, joins us this week. Brendan competed on the Track and Field team at Yale University. He drew from his experience as an athlete, to create a mental health platform for the athletic community. Zama serves a wide range of populations from youth sports, to collegiate athletics, to gyms, to professional sports. Check out Zama Health here: --- Send in a voice message: ht...

Marshall Winter joins the conversation to discuss his experience as a professional skateboarder. Marshall shares how his passion turned to his job, the challenges during and after his time being a sponsored athlete, and how his involvement in the skating world brought him to where he is at now. We share our love for Colorado, different music we are listening to, our excitement to be in the final f...

Maggie Hamilton joins us this week to talk about her experience with soccer. Maggie is beautifully open and honest. She shares her story which includes: injury, college soccer, getting a new coach, saying hello to new experiences, imposter syndrome, and sometimes feeling like you have a grip on life while other times feeling like we are just floating through it. Thank you for listening y'all! If y...