The Journey Beyond Sport Podcast is a series of conversations between Olympic and national level athletes about what it's like to transition out of sport. Anyone who loved sport or dedicated time to sport will find this podcast relatable and insightful.
In this episode, I chat with former Dinos & Calgary Stampeders Quarterback, Andrew Buckley. After a stellar varsity career that included three Hardy cups and two Hec Crighton trophies, Andrew was drafted to the CFL. He played two seasons with the Calgary Stampeders before he announced that he was leaving professional football to go to medical school. We chat about how he balanced school and sport, the medical school admission process and what skills from sport will help him succeed as a doctor.
Body image and finding a healthy relationship with food is one of the hardest aspects of athlete retirement. When you stop training, your body changes and athletes often feel tempted to diet to "get their body back". In this episode, I chat with registered dietician and synchronized swimmer Katie Spada about why athletes are at risk of developing unhealthy relationships with food, how they get drawn into extreme dieting and what you can do to break free of the fight with food. Check out Katie's instagram page @fueling.former.athletes
In this episode, Kyle Shewfelt takes us through the chapters of his sport journey, which includes the incredible success of 3 Olympic Games and an Olympic title, but also challenges like burnout, injury and post-retirement depression. He shares the ups and downs of discovering what his life outside competitive gymnastics would look like and provides tangible advice that athletes can apply including the importance of detraining, positive self-talk, job shadowing and managing your own expectations about life beyond sport. Kyle's book "Make it Happen" comes out in Spring 2021.
Chris Cook had a long and successful career as an Olympic sailor. He finished 5th at the 2008 Olympic Games and is now a real estate agent in Toronto. We discuss his Olympic journey, how he got into real estate and what he learned from this time as an athlete and coach. He has combined his experience as an athlete and a realtor to create a company called Athlete Influencer. Chris is honest, insightful and shares a story that both retiring and current athletes should hear.
Amanda is a master of transition in sport. She ran track, dabbled in bobsleigh and skeleton, made Team Canada for football and is now chasing a standard in Olympic lifting. Amanda speaks candidly about losing her dad and how that fuels her desire to leave a legacy in sport. While Amanda doesn't know if she'll ever retire from sport, that's not stopping her from pursuing her career aspiration of becoming a sports broadcaster. She also takes us through winning a car on the Price Is Right and trying out for the WWE!
In this episode, I chat with Neville about overcoming the odds to become a 3x Olympian in Bobsleigh. Despite the heartbreak of not getting an Olympic medal, Neville explains the importance of remembering where you started in life and not just focusing on one or two moments in your sport career. Now retired, Neville is a speaker, performance therapist and coach.
Jeff is a 5x Canadian National Champion, Pan Am Games Medalist & 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials winner. After an impressive sport career, Jeff and his friends went on to co-found Skip the Dishes and their most recent venture Neo Financial. Jeff shares his journey of falling short of international Olympic qualification, being an Olympic training partner instead of competitor and how sport has helped him as an entrepreneur.
Gen Morrison is a 5x CIS champion, 2x World University Champion, Pan Am Games Champion and World medalist. We battled it out for world team spots from 2012-2016 and ended up meeting in the finals of the Canadian Olympic Trials. We talk about the moment when my Olympic dream became a reality, which is also the moment when Gen's Olympic dream ended. Gen's journey to separate her self worth from sport allowed her to find peace in arguably the hardest moment of any athlete's career.
Monique Sullivan is a 2x Olympian and 3x Pan Am Games Gold Medalist in Track Cycling. She is an Engineer and now works in management consulting. We talk about her 9 year journey to finish her undergrad degree as she balanced her Olympic career, how she uses the psychological training she learned as an athlete in her job, not feeling okay after the Olympics, articulating the athlete skillset, new hobbies and so much more!
In this episode, I chat with Brittany Rogers: 2x Olympian in Gymnastics, dog lover, University of Georgia grad and just all around cool gal. We talk about the challenges of leaving sport, the perks of life on the other side and how she is coming to terms with her retirement. You can follow Brittany on Instagram: @brittyrogers
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