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Val Whiting is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She played center for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball during her four years of pre-med study at Stanford and went on to be part of the ABL and then the WNBA during the early years of the league. Over the past year she has built an incredible following on TikTok through uplifting, highlighting, and supporting female ath...

Akeem Haynes is an Olympic Bronze Medalist, International Motivational Speaker And Author. His sports journey took him from moving to northern Canada from Jamaica at a young age, becoming homeless, and then going on to win a medal at the Olympics. In this episode Akeem shares some stories from his past as well as his Olympic Games experience as well as how to build a more resilient mindset, be mor...

Saana Koljonen is a former Finnish national team volleyball athlete, coach, and high performance behaviour consultant. In this podcast we talk about the sports culture of different countries, her story of dealing with adversity through experiencing a freak accident that ended her career, and practical tips for anyone looking to build confidence and mindset. Follow Saana on IG: instagram.com/saanak...

José's family came to the US as hard working immigrants with little money and even less understanding of it. Through grit and sacrifice, José earned a baseball scholarship and an education in finance. After school he entered the wealth management world, and then decided to do his own thing with the hopes of impacting the millennial generation on finance and wealth building. In this episo...

Brenna Huckaby is a 2 X Paralympic champ in the sport of snowboarding and is gunning for more gold in 2022! She made her international debut in the sport at age 19, took the next season off to have a baby, then at just 22, made her Paralympic debut (and won). Brenna's first sport love was gymnastics. Then at 14 years old, she was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer which resulted in th...

Traps (Charles Robinson) is a rugby player, gym owner, fitness & mindset coach, and America Ninja Warrior. Growing up in a rough environment, the military was his way out, however upon his return to civilian life he was homeless and dealt with severe mental health issues. Thankfully, he found fitness, which changes his life, starting with his mindset. In this podcast we talk about transforming...

Liam Donnelly is a Canadian pro triathlete, future Olympic hopeful, student & entrepreneur! In this episode he shares his daily routine managing a full course with training 5-7 hours a day, his long-term process focused mindset (key!), his experience making the transition to pro events, as well as his training, nutrition, and recovery. I was extremely impressed by Liam's process focused mindse...

Sylvie D’Aoust is a cycling coach and founder of D'Aoust Training Systems. She founded Ottawa's largest women's only road cycling club, and continue to prioritize her fitness as she balances being a mother of an athlete, young kids, and business. As a 27 yr old dog mom, I didn't feel I have the story to share and speak to parents when it comes to daily routines and habits, so In this podcast we fo...

Justin Roethlingshoefer is a former pro hockey player & CrossFit games athlete who turned his focus into helping others become elite. He takes a scientific and data based approached to everything he does, & is an expert on all things wearables & HRV (heart rate variability). Justin experienced a truth many successful people are constantly encountering. He reached the pinnacle of his pr...

Matt Comand is a high performance & leadership coach working with athletes and executives. In this episode he talks about being in the zone and getting into a flow state for higher levels of performance, how to develop a growth mindset and the importance of self-awareness + how to actually become more self aware. Follow Matt on IG: @workwithemergent Follow Nat on IG: @natalieallport Sign up to...

Buster is an award winning broadcaster and founder of Hoops Nation, Cards Nation, & Travel Nation - having built up an audience over 1M . All by the age of 20. In this episode we discuss the ins and outs of sports card investing and why athletes / sports fans may be interested in it vs regular investing, how he's building his businesses and personal brand around his passions, his 'no days offz...

In this episode 2x Olympian (and Tokyo hopeful) Liz Gleadle joins Nat to talk about their similar experiences with sleep, anxiety, and learning in 2020 as things in the World changed - and the data their Whoop bands have shown in reflection to this. We chat about why we think these data trends may be happening as well as a strategy of what we are going to do to about them to learn more and reflect...

Prince Daniels, Jr. is a former NFL running back turned high performance mentor, author and entrepreneur who lives by the mantra: “Nothing is impossible unless you truly believe it is.” His personal story is one of determination and a true-to-life testimony that anything is possible. In this episode he talks about his daily high-performance habits, wellness tips, how meditation saved his life, and...

On February 20, 2021, Greg Taylor ( www.usacancercycle.com ) will be biking the United States of America for Charity.  Partnering with the Cancer nonprofit, Chemo Noir, and its founder, Katrin Casey, he will be riding solo from Jacksonville, FL to San Diego, San Diego to Seattle, Seattle to Maine, and Maine to his home in Jacksonville. On the podcast he talks about his physical and menta...

Manteo Mitchell broke his leg halfway through the opening lap of the men's 4 x 400m prelims at the London Olympics and KEPT GOING. 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, how he dealt with the...

Ilanna Barkusky is an award winning photographer from Vancouver, Canada. Her love for the outdoors lead her to starting her career working as a creative in the action sports industry, but she has since moved to Los Angeles to pursue her entrepreneurial and directorial pursuits working with top athletes in all sports. In this conversation Ilanna shares her upbringing, inner drive, and motivati...

Ray Zahab is a Canadian Explorer, ultra distance runner and Founder of non-profit impossible2Possible. A recent recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada, Ray is an Explorer in Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. In 2015 Canadian Geographic recognized Ray as one of Canada’s Top Explorers. He has ran 17,000+km across the wor...

Identical twins & tag-team wrestlers the Voros twins talk about their childhood, breaking into pro wrestling, their training plan, what it's like being identical twins, and of course, their recent viral video fame! They also throw some questions back to Natalie around training and snowboarding. Follow The Voros Twins on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7D2AW8dQZ1jUZe1i3ks_OA Follow N...

This episode is packed with a lot of sports industry knowledge that is for anyone who is interested in sports and marketing, athletes, or those looking for an inside view on the entrepreneur journey. Danny Harris is the co-founder of GMDY, which empowers athletes and gives sports fan a better way to shop the products athletes are using in the moment. Danny talks about how GMDY is creating better s...

Ruth Hamblin is a professional basketball player hailing from a small farm town in British Columbia, Canada. Shockingly, she didn't even start basketball until the age of 15, yet went on to become a 2 x Pac-12 defensive player of the year with Oregon State, get drafted in the WNBA, play for Team Canada, and is currently playing overseas in Poland. Ruth has her eyes set for Tokyo 2021, and shares h...

Justin Rasch is an animator, director, and mover who has worked on projects such as The Spongebob movie, ParaNorman, Alien Xmas & more. He discusses the impact of his athletic and movement practice on animation, his story of becoming a high-level artist / animator and mastering his craft, as well as a deep dive into the positive and negative affects of social media - something he has personally ex...

Mikey Taylor is a professional skateboarder turned entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder of Saint Archer Brewery and President of Commune Capital. In this episode he shares his journey in pro skateboarding, how he dealt with his untimely retirement, and the ways he planned for life after sports. He also shares tips on building wealth, real estate investing and entrepreneurship. If you liked this epis...

Jana Webb is the founder of Joga - yoga for athletes. She has worked with the top athletes, teams, and organizations in sport, including the NHL, NFL,  NBA, MLB, MLS, Redbull, and the Olympics. She discovered yoga after a car crash, and quickly realized the benefits of the practice of it for athletes, however there was nothing at the time that translated the yoga method into practical movemen...

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 episode we dive into how she practices experiencing discomfort, the important of discomfort variability, some real talk about overcoming fear, as well as discussion the...

Jimmy Van Ostrand is a Canadian Olympian in the sport of baseball, a (humble) PAN-AM champ, and is currently a mental performance coach in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. In this episode we chat about the 2020 MLB season, the importance of mental performance for anyone, especially its role in baseball, as well as his own athletic journey. _____________________________________________ Don't for...