Skinny Singles Pickleball Podcast

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. This week on Skinny Singles, we're welcoming a very special first-time guest...Destiny's dad (aka: Papa Willy)! He's joined by Destiny's sister, Chealsey, who's back for her second appearance on the pod...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In this episode of Skinny Singles, we had a great conversation with local pickleball players Carson Wilkins and Dausen Bills about men's mental health, the challenges they've faced, and the role pickleball had play...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In Part 2 of our Beyond the Court: Recovery Stories finale, Destiny takes the lead and shares her deeply personal journey with weight, identity, and self-worth. She opens up about how her struggles may have started at a yo...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brandee Downes, PsyD—founder, lead practitioner, retired Military Master Sergeant, Police Sergeant, author, and passionate healer dedicated to helping people reconnect the mind, body,...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. Two Part Episode We close out the Beyond the Court: Recovery Stories with a raw, honest conversation between Destiny and Robert—turning the focus inward and sharing personal struggles that don’t always get talked about. In...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In this episode of Beyond the Court: Recovery Series , we sit down with Kevin Day to share his journey through alcohol addiction and recovery. What started as casual, social drinking with friends slowly progressed into som...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In this powerful episode of Beyond the Court: Recovery Stories , we sit down with George Whitney to hear his raw and deeply personal journey through addiction, homelessness, and recovery. George shares how his struggle wit...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. This episode kicks off our Beyond the Court: Recovery Stories with Nick Booth—combat veteran, father, pickleball newbie, and recovering alcoholic—who shares a powerful and honest story of struggle, accountability, and rebu...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In this episode, we sit down with Tyler Wren, owner of REV Pickleball and one of Utah’s original pickleball pros. Tyler shares his athletic background, growing up in sports, and how he was introduced to pickleball around 2...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In this episode, we flip the script and dive into the story behind Casual Dinker Pickleball with founder Robert. We talk about how the brand started, the progress so far, the lessons learned through trial and error, and th...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In this episode, we sit down with Gregory Storm, owner of Reign and Win Pickleball. Gregory is more than just an OG Pickleballer and a paddle company owner—he’s deeply involved in growing and protecting the sport. His comp...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus this year. In this episode, we sit down with Chad, owner of Utah Court Surfacing, to break down what it really takes to build a pickleball court the right way. From the type of concrete that creates the best playing surface to the pr...

Head to https://betterhelp.com/skinnysingles for 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Make your mental health and growth a positive focus thisyear. In this episode, we sit down with Dawna, the creator of the Dink Date app, to talk about where pickleball and connection collide. What started as a simple idea—helping players meet on and off the court—has turned into a mov...

In this episode, we sit down with Justin and Baylee Vicente for an honest conversation about the reality of pickleball and partnership. They open up about how "pickleball addiction" can be very real and how the sport they love has challenged their marriage at times when communication and boundaries weren't clear. From navigating time on the court to prioritizing each other and their family off the...

In this episode, Amanda and Levi Willard open up to us about what started as wooden paddles and a shared curiosity turned into competitive 4.5+ tournaments and along the way, a much stronger marriage. They open up about how they've learned to support each other when emotions run high, how their communication has evolved during pressure-filled matches, and offer their advice for what it really...

In this episode, we sit down with Brian and Mandi Lee—owners of Pickleball Academy in Utah and true OGs of the Utah pickleball scene. As high-level players and longtime partners on and off the court, they open up about what really happens when couples play together… and why some can’t. We dive into tension, communication, ego, mental health, and the compromises it takes to survive competition as a...

This week we sat down with, Justin Vicente, an Air Force veteran, law enforcement officer, and passionate pickleball player (thanks to his mother-in-law 😄). We covered a little bit of everything: What drew him to the military, why he stepped into law enforcement, and the passion that keeps him there today 👮🏾‍♂️ 🏓 How one invitation from his mother-in-law turned into a full blown pickleball obs...

This week’s episode might as well have been hosted by our guest and we’re not mad about it 😅 We sat down with Nick Peterson, Navy veteran, local dentist, and a passionate pickleball player, and he absolutely led the way in the best possible way. Nick walked us through his military journey, how that experience shaped his approach to service and connection, and how those same values show up in his...

From the mound to the military… and now the pickleball court. 🎖️🏓 This week’s guest, Jahsan Page, has lived more lives than most: former MLB pitcher, Air Force veteran, a devoted husband and father, and just an all-around great human. We talked about what drew him to serve, his passion for learning (he’s got more degrees than we could count!), and how he found and fell in love with pickleball! It...

Episode 19 kicks off our “From Service to Serve” veteran series with a powerful story from Marine Corps veteran, Alicia. After facing a divorce and job loss, Alicia found herself at a crossroads… and now she’s serving herself with grace, resilience, and chose the court instead of the spiral. Join us for a raw conversation full of courage, laughter, and the reminder that community can save us when...

In the final episode of our Dinking Through the Darkness series, we’re wrapping up October with honesty, laughter, and a few ridiculous costumes. Ritchey opens up about some of his toughest chapters — navigating marriage struggles and a difficult child custody battle — while we dig into the messy world of dating and what it really means to keep moving forward. It’s raw, real, and a little ridiculo...

After almost two months, it’s just Destiny and Ritchey back behind the mics again and somehow, it turned into our longest episode yet. In true form, we jumped from topic to topic: mental health, dating red flags, and the mindset shifts that help you push through hard things. Ritchey shares more about his childhood trauma and Destiny shares why the pickleball community means so much to her. It’s ra...

In this episode of Skinny Singles , part of our October Mental Health Series “Dinking Through the Darkness,” we sit down with Dr. Emily Bullock , a PhD clinical psychologist, to talk about mental health, the benefits of pickleball, and how the sport supports positive well-being . Dr. Bullock shares her professional insights on the mind-body connection, while we open up about our own personal exper...

We’re dedicating the entire month of October to mental health awareness because sometimes the toughest battles aren’t on the pickleball court. In this episode, we open up about our own struggles and what’s helped us find a little more balance both in life and in the game. Throughout this series, we just might share more of our individual stories… the highs, the lows, and everything in between in h...

In the final episode of our series "Into The Kitchen", we welcome back two familiar faces from The Kitchen, Kristi and Tim and we’re talking all things junior pickleball! From how the Junior Academy at The Kitchen was born, to what it really means for our youth (lessons, clinics, leagues, and more), to their shared passion for growing the game at the high school level, this episode is pa...