Like-Minded

Welcome to the season 1 finale of the Like-Minded Podcast! And, what a season it has been. For the finale, we are honored to be joined by counseling & sport psychologist and sport psychology specialist for the University of Notre Dame: Jeff Ruser! Jeff enlightens us about his journey to becoming a counseling & sport psychologist as well as his research expertise in studying the overall imp...

In the second-to-last episode of the opening season of the Like-Minded Podcast, we are honored to bring on our first athlete, former BYU basketball player and current professional hooper: Trevin Knell! Trevin opens up about his experiences and perspectives on integrating mental performance and mental health work into his daily life as a basketball player and as a human being. This episode is as un...

Welcome back! We've got such a good one for y'all this week. We are joined by the Director of Mental Health for BYU athletics: Braden Brown! Braden is a former professional football player and now utilizes his recent graduate education in counseling & sport psychology to serve as a backbone of the BYU athletic department. We dive into Braden's story of how he got to where he is tod...

Welcome back, everyone! On this week's episode, we are joined by another wonderful University of Denver alum: Kaelene Curry! Kaelene is the former director of mental performance for Vanderbilt University, and now spends the majority of her time crushing it as the founder of her own private practice. Kaelene's transparency about her emphasis on a systems approach to this work is well worth...

This week's episode is a doozy. We bring in the NEW Mental Performance Coordinator for the St. Louis Cardinals: Elliot Cox! What makes this week's show different than all other episodes thus far is the depth of tangible skills and sport psych interventions that Elliot introduced us to, which was SO cool. Elliot also lets us in on what it's like behind the scenes to work in professional...

Welcome back, everyone! On this week's episode of the Like-Minded podcast, we are joined by a graduate of Michigan State University's PhD in sport and exercise psychology program, current Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, and certified mental performance consultant: Dr. Meredith Wekesser! Meredith has played a significant role in helping build the performa...

Welcome to Episode 3 of your new favorite mental performance & mental health podcast! In this episode, we are thrilled to bring in yet another University of Denver alum: Taylor Stutzman, M.A., CMPC! We had the great honor of learning from Taylor during our time at the University of Denver, as Taylor has served as an adjunct professor in the program since 2023. Taylor is also the founder and le...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Like-Minded Podcast! In this episode, we are incredibly honored to be joined by such a special first guest -- Dr. Breigh Jones-Coplin (Dr. B)! As mentioned, your co-hosts met at the University of Denver, and there is nobody better to be our first guest than our very first professor from DU. Dr. B has served, and continues to serve, as a major role model to us and to so...

What's up, everyone! Welcome to the Like-Minded Podcast, with your co-hosts Josh Zoldan and Cam Macy. In this pilot episode, we dive deep into our "why" for starting this podcast, our goals, what we hope everyone involved (listeners, hosts, guests) can get out of this experience, and much more. We also preview some of the guests that we will have on the show throughout season one, an...