Show Your Scars

This week Jordan talks to friend, entrepreneur, and recovering athlete Sam Weber about what she is currently going through in her ACL recovery process. Sam talks about how she is just starting to use meditation via the HeadSpace App and finding a dramatic difference in her focus during physical therapy sessions. We also talk about the importance to take care of your whole self: mind, body and spir...

In something new, Jordan takes a page out of fellow podcaster Gary Vee's book and starts really interacting with people on social media. After noticing a lot of interaction from tattooed.skier, she reaches out via a phone call to learn more about his (Shaun's) story. This is a real and raw conversation between the two as he explains how his past helped build character that he is reassuring himself...

Casey Short opens up to Jordan about the ins and outs of her injuries throughout her soccer career. She talks about how she used her phone to help motivate her, what legend soccer player wrote her a note that she still reads to today, how it feels to play for your hometown professional soccer team, and what she wants to be remembered for when all is said and done many years from now. Casey is a re...

Jordan takes us along with her on a hike up a mountain near her house where she discovers the parallels to the hike and the journey to recovery in a sports injury

Jordan talks with American Ninja Warrior Erica Cook as she currently recovers from an ACL injury she endured last year. Erica talks about her diverse athletic background, how she got into ANW, how she finds motivation in conversation with fellow athletes, and how this injury and the recovery is allowing her to learn how to be more mindful of the way she trains.

Eron Harris, guard for Michigan State basketball team, talks to us about the emotional night of his senior game this past weekend. After tearing his ACL in the game before, his coach checked him into the game and gave him the opportunity to uphold the Michigan State tradition of kissing the Spartan logo at half court. This act went viral via ESPN, FOX Sports, and other news channels as people conn...

Allyson Lem talks about recovering from a devastating knee injury following ACL reconstruction. She was torn away from her sport at 20 years old with an infection in her joint that lead to a strong mental and physical journey back to being fully Allyson again. Her journey back and her outlook for the future and why she is finally proud to Show Her Scars. **Warning: We do talk about Allyson's infec...

We talk to Ali Krieger about the highs and lows of her ACL injury recovery. She opens up about what was frustrating about return to sport, how she learned to value a different perspective while sitting on the sideline, and how her script of what happened in the following years couldn’t of been written any more perfect. She talks about her initial feelings, the hardest mental and physical battles s...

Chris Gorres, or known in the sports world as Trainer Gorres, is a Performance Coach, NASM, CPT, PES who works with World Cup, NWSL, NFL, MLS, NBA, youth, and adult athletes. He is also the co-owner of a new company called Onyx Elite. We talked to Chris about… -Why he loves what he does, including his experience and background. -His favorite books -How you can integrate back into your sport -How c...

The injury recovery process is called that for a reason: it takes time, it is small victories paired with bumps in the road that eventually get you back to the sport you love. But how can we use it to learn? Listen in as Jordan shares her ideas about how we learn in the process. 1. Learned how my body works a. Activating your glutes/hamstrings/core b. Activation program c. Fusionetics – assessment...

This weeks #scarstories takes us into the life of Jeb Brovsky as he currently is recovering from a season ending ACL injury. Jeb talks about how he uses something he found in Marcus Luttrell's book to motivate him daily. How Tim Ferris' podcasts and "Tools of Titans" has helped him explore his ability to do great things. This is our first of a few interviews with Jeb as we follow him through his r...

What is your why? Figuring out why you are doing is so important: it helps motivate you daily, make decisions to help you get to your end goal, and refocusing your mind on what is important in your journey back to full health. Get an expo marker and write your why on your mirror. DO IT! Believe me, you won’t regret looking at this every morning and remembering why you are working back to full heal...

Lauren Sesselmann is a Green Bay, Wisconsin native and a Canadian international Women’s soccer player. She played for numerous teams in both the NWSL and WPS while also taking home a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and competing in the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada . Lauren attended college at Purdue University where she played soccer and graduated with a degree in marketing and com...

Why #showyourscars? LIsten as Jordan dives into what "Show Your Scars" means to her and why she thinks it is such an important part of the healing process.

Journaling is proven to help you heal from traumatic experiences...take the challenge Jordan proposes to see first hand how it can help you with the mental and emotional battles that come up during the ACL Rehab journey.

The Prologue - Why Show Your Scars? You all are probably asking "who is Jordan Angeli and why does she want us to show our scars?" In the prologue to my new podcast Show Your Scars, I explain just that and more. I bring listeners in on pieces of my scar story, how it lead me to a space where I felt pride in my scars, and why I am here now encouraging all you to do the same. The ACL recovery proces...