Hahnacity

In the  Season 4 Finale (Episode 7)  of  Hahnacity the Podcast , we’re joined by  Savannah Kamau  and her mother,  Tracy Adams —two generations of gymnasts whose shared journey through sport has shaped their identities, their relationship, and the way they now show up for others. Savannah began competitive gymnastics at just six years old, spending a decade navigating the beauty, intensity, and ch...

Athletes Empowered: In Episode 6 of  Hahnacity the Podcast , we’re joined by  Amelia Cline, Abby Spadafora, and Melanie Hunt  from  Athletes Empowered —former athletes turned advocates who are working to make sport safer, healthier, and more human for the next generation. Drawing from their lived experiences in gymnastics and sport systems, Amelia, Abby, and Melanie share how their personal journe...

In this episode of  Hahnacity the Podcast , we sit down with  Isaiah Neil , a former University of Alberta Golden Bears football player who turned his own struggles into a mission to support youth mental health. Behind the strength and toughness expected of a student-athlete, Isaiah was navigating challenges that forced him to rethink what resilience really means. Stepping away from football becam...

In this episode of  Hahnacity the Podcast , we sit down with  Denise and Kurt Palmquist , the parents of former professional soccer player  Blake Palmquist , who joined us in Seasons 2 and 3. Denise and Kurt reflect on what it means to support a child chasing a professional dream—while also building a life rooted in creativity, partnership, and resilience. From entrepreneurship and career transiti...

In this episode of  Hahnacity the Podcast , we’re joined by  Shai Goodman —athlete, coach, scholar, and advocate working to make sport a space where everyone can thrive. A former four-year NCAA athlete and team captain, Shai holds a Master’s degree from UC Berkeley in the Cultural Studies of Sport and Education, where her research focused on LGBTQIA+ athletes in nature sports. She is a Certified P...

Bring your favorite beverage! Come join Laura and Joy, as they talk about integrity, boundaries, evolution, and what is takes to give up people pleasing. Are you or someone you know a “people pleaser”? If so, what do you (or they) need to let it go? Work with Joy Hahn Silva Millora: www.instagram.com/with_joy.hs/ Work with Laura Hahn-Segundo Collins, LCSW: lcollinslcsw.com, @theathletepsychotherap...

Our first guest is Andrew Rohrbach, a former professional baseball player who was drafted in the 9th round by the Colorado Rockies and knows firsthand what it takes—mentally and physically—to compete at the highest level. After stepping away from the game, Andrew earned his Master’s degree in Sport Psychology from Long Beach State, where he worked with Division I athletes across multiple sports an...

Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH is a policy-based reparations specialist, with a background in public health and domestic policy. A former White House Fellow and visiting professor of history at Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Makini’s work focuses on reparations to Black and Indigenous people in what is now the United States. By centeri...

Capri Richardson has a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. She is a licensed professional counselor associate, supervised by Angela Bulls LPC-S. She earned her bachelor’s in psychology and a minor in Dance from the University of Montana, where she excelled as a member of the Women’s Volleyball Team, garnering accolades such as Big-Sky Player of the Week and Sec...

Part II of Marianna Williamson's story. Marianna is a mom, mental health advocate, nonprofit professional, and former elite gymnast whose personal experience led her to her calling of supporting athletes through difficult transitions. Work with Joy Hahn Silva Millora: www.instagram.com/with_joy.hs/Work with Laura Hahn-Segundo Collins, LCSW: lcollinslcsw.com, @theathletepsychotherapist Music by...

Marianna Williamson is a mom ,mental health advocate, nonprofit professional, and former elite gymnast who brings both personal experience and professional expertise to supporting athletes through difficult transitions. Starting gymnastics in her hometown of Joplin, Missouri, Marianna's athletic journey took her to the U.S. National Gymnastics Team in the mid-90s, where she proudly represented...

Returning guest, Blake Palmquist, shares his powerful journey from soccer star to mental health advocate. After chasing professional dreams from Bozeman to Valencia, Spain - only to have 22 years of untreated anxiety and depression cut his career short - Blake returned home feeling lost and without identity. He found new purpose creating resources for athletes struggling with mental health challen...

Darlene is a single mom raising her son Manny in New York City. Originally from Northern California, she moved to NYC to pursue a masters in social work at Columbia university and met Laura in school. She is currently a clinical trainer for an evidenced based model supporting adolescents and young adults across New York State and has a mental health and supervisory private practice. On her spare t...

Lisa Schlosberg, LMSW, HHC, CPT, RYT is a trauma informed online coach for people struggling with weight loss and overall health.  Her first hand experience with the struggles of weight and health, from childhood obesity to extreme under-eating later in life, showed her how badly the diet and weight loss industry needed to be re-examined.  After trying every diet and weight loss program in existen...

It's the season 2 finale! Laura takes a turn to answer Hahnacity community's biggest question, "What happened after your gymnastic career ended?" Work with Joy: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://withjoyhs.wordpress.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Work with Laura: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://lcollinslcsw.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Original music, "Best Wishes," used with permission by Pathfire: Nathan Collins and Sean Titone. Featured on the ⁠⁠⁠Hahnacity Spotify playlist⁠⁠⁠...

Joy Hahn Silva is the co-host of Hahnacity the Podcast, a podcast about healing through stories. She is dedicated personal trainer and nutritionist, who draws on her rich background as a former competitive elite gymnast. With over a decade of raising the next generation of athletes, her passion lies in empowering individuals of all ages. Her whole-person care philosophy emphasizes authenticity, in...

Back in the day, Alicia Velez was a monster center, considered the Shaquille O'Neil of the 5th grade CYO girls basketball team. Soon thereafter, her growth spurt ended and she pivoted to more of a Ray Allen style, hanging out at the 3-point line draining buckets. Despite being vertically challenged, she has competed in organized sports throughout her life including lacrosse, AAU basketball and col...

Sabrina Mar enjoyed many successful years as a competitive gymnast as a member of the US National Team from 1982 to 1988. She won the All-Around title in the 1985 Championships of the USA. Sabrina was a two-time World Championship Team Member (1985, 1987) and the 1987 Pan American All-Around Champion. An injury prevented her from completing the 1988 Olympic Team Trials.  She was inducted into the...

Sabrina Mar enjoyed many successful years as a competitive gymnast as a member of the US National Team from 1982 to 1988. She won the All-Around title in the 1985 Championships of the USA. Sabrina was a two-time World Championship Team Member (1985, 1987) and the 1987 Pan American All-Around Champion. An injury prevented her from completing the 1988 Olympic Team Trials.  She was inducted into the...

Blake Palmquist is a former collegiate and professional soccer player, whose 22-year career also contained years of anxiety, stress, depression, and other obstacles that would ultimately cause him to shorten his lifelong dream of playing professionally. Blake then created his own blog, Intra, focusing on mental health in athletics, creating space for him and others to share their stories. He joine...

Shelby Canino is a wife, sister, mother of two teen boys, friend, and Public Health/Infection Control Nurse for the County of San Diego.  Shelby is a former competitive high school gymnast and coach at Foothill Academy of Gymnastics, where she met Joy and Laura. The rest is history. Follow Shelby the Cookie Lady on Instagram: @shelbythecookielady Work with Joy: ⁠ https://withjoyhs.wordpress.com/ ⁠...

Ryan Sheehan is a seven-time Pan American medalist, and two-time World Championship Team Member for Canada, who came forward publicly regarding his abusive experiences in gymnastics in 2021. Since then, Ryan co-founded Gymnasts for Change Canada, testified at a Parliamentary Committee on SafeSport in Canada, and has since launched his own campaign - the Next Athlete Project. Ryan moved to France i...

Allie Tillinghast is the founder and president of Thriving Not Surviving, Inc., a 501 c 3 nonprofit corporation intended to help sexually assaulted athletes continue to pursue their athletic aspirations after being assaulted. TNS offers advocacy services, can connect individuals to legal resources, and provide monetary grants. Allie is also a former international competitive sailor and collegiate...

Rohan Piple is a Behavioral Health Specialist and one of the founders of ASVA, a wellness program dedicated to helping athletes achieve peak performance and personal fulfillment through innovative approaches, focusing on neuromuscular regeneration, re-education, and retention. A former collegiate basketball player and champion with a masters in Sports Industry Management from Georgetown University...

Cara Simkin Koch is a wonderful mom, wife, sister, friend, and nurse leader. She was also Joy's best friend and teammate at Pozsar's Gymnastics. 30 years later, we have the honor to hear her story.