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Crystal Robinson, VP of Entertainment & Activation at Palms Casino Resort, brings over 22 years of experience in marketing, special events, and entertainment. In this episode, she shares insights on mentorship, the importance of being open and present, how to pivot in your career and navigate big changes, and tips for creating a fun work environment.

Get ready for an inspiring conversation with a true trailblazer in holistic healing. Crystal Robinson is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and the founder of Crystal Moon Holistic Healing. Crystal's mission is to simplify wellness by integrating the mind, body, and spirit, but her path to this transformative work is one filled with resilience and personal transformation. What makes this episode even more exciting is the connection Crystal and I share—we both come from STEM backgrounds, with her having served as a VP of Mechanical Engineering before making the courageous leap into holistic health coaching. Through her own experiences overcoming PTSD from medical traumas and navigating mental health challenges, Crystal discovered the power of healing and turned it into a fulfilling career. Join us as we dive into her story, her holistic approach to wellness, and how she helps others reclaim their health and happiness through mindfulness, nutrition, and soul-centered coaching. You won't want to miss the wisdom Crystal shares today! Check Out Her Book: The Change: Insights into Self-Empowerment, Volume 22 https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?pa... Connect with Crystal: Website: https://www.crystalmoonholistichealin... Instagram:   / crystalmoonhealing   Facebook:   / crystalmoonholistichealing   LinkedIn:   / crystalrobinson   ✨Ready to Become a Confident & Effective Holistic Healer?✨ Become the Healer of Your Home & Your Community, WITHOUT the Need for Pharmaceutical Drugs with Harmful Side Effects, Hospitals, Doctors, or even Dentists. Learn Naturopathic Herbalism, Holistic Life Coaching, and Build a Profitable Online Coaching Business - https://www.arukah.com/certification

This week as we sit down with LeMoine and Crystal Robinson, a power couple who masterfully blend entrepreneurship with parenting. This episode delves deep into how they navigate building a business while instilling strong financial values in their children, all grounded in their deep faith.Listen as Crystal and LeMoine open up about their personal journey toward creating generational wealth and the practical strategies they employ to make complex financial concepts accessible to their kids. They share how their faith not only guides them through the challenges of entrepreneurship but also shapes the lessons they pass down to their children, preparing them to carry the torch of success and integrity.Whether you're a parent, an entrepreneur, or someone inspired by stories of resilience and determination, this episode offers valuable insights into managing life's many roles without losing sight of your values or the joy of raising a family. Tune in to discover how the Robinsons are crafting a legacy of knowledge, wealth, and faith—one heartfelt lesson at a time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Let's stay connected:Website: theparenting411.com IG: @the_parenting_411Facebook: The Parenting 411 YouTube: The Parenting 411

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Sellersville, Pennsylvania to discuss the case of Shane and Crystal Robinson, two parents living with their seven children in a rural trailer park. After a concerned neighbor called 911 after seeing two children breaking into an adjacent abandoned trailer, it's discovered that the Robinson family is hiding a dark secret within their double-wide... one filled with filth, vermin, and exotic wildlife.  Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: misery_podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Pages/Act-31.aspx https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23826410/robertson-affidavit.pdf https://lawandcrime.com/crime/mom-in-extreme-abuse-case-called-her-7-uneducated-kids-garbage-disposals-with-legs-and-surrounded-her-filthy-bed-with-animal-cages-affidavit/ https://www.google.com/local/place/fid/0x89c41f66c4b06263:0x492776d4be4c9fe1/photosphere?iu=https://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?panoid%3Dif5c_ioZrEAWlYGktf1Mjg%26cb_client%3Dlu.gallery.gps%26w%3D160%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D4.4263463%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100&ik=CAISFmlmNWNfaW9ackVBV2xZR2t0ZjFNamc%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYhXeQhYxh0&ab_channel=ABC7Chicago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKncGBobLiU&ab_channel=6abcPhiladelphia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xikjjYCIbBc&ab_channel=CBSPhiladelphia https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064967283118 https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Pages/Act-31.aspx

Kung Jaadee (jah-day) is a professional storyteller, educator and published author belonging to the X̱aayda (Haida), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nations. Her Haida name, Kung Jaadee, means ‘Moon Woman' and was presented to her at her great uncle's memorial feast by her cousin Crystal Robinson. Over the past 28 years, Kung Jaadee has performed traditional Haida legends, while also sharing vivid personal stories about her clan's survival of the smallpox epidemic, and the history and culture of her people. She has performed at hundreds of festivals, schools and Aboriginal celebrations across Canada. She is the author of the popular children's books, Raven's Feast and Gifts from Raven (selected as a Local BC Book to Read), as well as curriculum textbooks, Haida Nation: Indigenous Communities in Canada and We Are Home. Her stories have also been published in several anthologies, magazines and online publications. Most recently, Kung Jaadee worked as the Vancouver Public Library's Indigenous Storyteller in Residence. While living in Haida Gwaii, she taught X̱aad Kil, the Haida language while working with the Old Masset Village Council, at Chief Matthews School and the Haida Health Centre in Gaw Tlagee. Kung Jaadee holds a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English and minor in Women's Studies from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta. For Performance Inquiries, Click Here

It been almost a year, since the ladies had guest Crystal “C-Rob” Robinson on the show, and in that time she has had a highly enjoyed book “Finding Myself”, become the 7th player in the NY Liberty's Ring of Honor and now the new Assistant coach of the Phoenix Mercury. Despite some internet connection issues, the ladies were able to chat with Crystal for a little to get her take on her new position, the team dynamics and coming for the rest of the WNBA, to WIN! The ladies will hopefully have Crystal on again to discuss more when the internet & schedules allow lol. Mo & Mel discuss the most talked about news from Sundays Oscars, the Will/Jada/Chris Rock debacle, along with their own view points on the situation. Mel is saddened to discuss the signing of her favorite ex-Seahawk, Bobby Wagner and shocked by the “diet” of DK Metcalf. Plus the ladies discuss the latest in the Las Vegas Sports scene, new arenas being built, upcoming promotions by the LightsFC & Aviators and the continued drama of Antonio Brown. Mo & Mel have another great #Girlpower salute and the upcoming #SneakerDrops coming in the next week. You can follow Crystal Robinson here: https://www.instagram.com/crobber3/ We are #LIVE on Facebook LIVE each Wednesday through the GirlChatSports YouTube & Facebook & Twitter pages. Miss the LIVE show? Don't worry, #Subscribe to our YouTube or we can also be found on your favorite podcast app through our LinkTree link https://linktr.ee/girlchatsports and on 24/7 AM Radio Network Wednesday at 7pm PT/10pm ET. GirlChatSports is always looking for businesses or products to partner up with, send us an email, let's connect! We can't wait to hear from you! #Subscribe #Listen #Follow #Like & #Share Reach out to us on Social Media (Instagram & Twitter) or email GirlChatSports@gmail.com to give us your feedback and any topics you would like to have addressed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/girlchatsports/support

Dray Day is back with a brand new episode. This episode here a dream is fulfilled as Dray Day along with Sam Archer from SLA & Chill podcast chop it up with former WNBA player and current assistant coach of the Phoenix Mercury Crystal Robinson. ITS EPISODE TIME. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sportswaywithdrayday/support

How do you build a real career in the fitness industry? For many fitness professionals, longevity and advancement can be a major challenge. After meeting in the hospitality industry and working at Class Pass, Rosana Gambino and Crystal Robinson saw an opportunity to support fit pros in taking their careers to the next level. Today on The Business Side of Fitness podcast, Crystal & Rosanna chat about their brand fittly and: - Why making a livable wage in fitness is more challenging than some may think - How they're connecting talent with job opportunities at gyms, studios and beyond - Adapting business models to changing times - New tech features that enable fit pros to connect and build community in app - Plus so much more ABOUT THE HOST Vanessa Severiano has two decades of experience creating, developing and growing brands in the fitness & wellness industry. Learn more about working with Vanessa: https://www.vanessaseveriano.com ABOUT TODAY'S GUESTS fittly serves as the premier global career platform for fitness industry professionals to find life changing opportunities! fittly is a place to: * Connect with the best gyms and studios to find more fulfilling jobs and coaching opportunities * Showcase your unique brand with social streaming, video content, and badass playlists with your engaging fittly profile * Join the growing fittly community and network with thought leaders, fitness entrepreneurs, and diverse trainers of all specialties * Unlock essential tools to grow your business and secure more clients And this is just the beginning... Learn more about fittly here: https://fittly.com/ ENJOY THIS PODCAST? Please make sure to rate, review and subscribe to The Business Side of Fitness. Thank you for your support!

Faced with immense hardship, basketball was her salvation. Meet Crystal Robinson, former WNBA player & coach, who found she could control the court and, as a result, her destiny. Since leaving basketball, Crystal has partnered with incredible organizations, including Code Red and GoalFriends, to help others take control of their circumstances. “...holding yourself accountable keeps you from making the same mistakes over and over again. ...things don't happen to me, I allow things to happen to me when I make choices and decisions to do things.” Listen in for Crystal's powerful message. Read: Finding Myself by Crystal Robinson #liveyourbestlife  lizbrunner.com/live-your-best-life If you have a guest idea, or want to learn more about Brunner Communications, contact Liz at info@LizBrunner.com.

Faced with immense hardship, basketball was her salvation. Meet Crystal Robinson, former WNBA player & coach, who found she could control the court and, as a result, her destiny. Since leaving basketball, Crystal has partnered with incredible organizations, including Code Red and GoalFriends, to help others take control of their circumstances. “...holding yourself accountable keeps you from making the same mistakes over and over again. ...things don't happen to me, I allow things to happen to me when I make choices and decisions to do things.” Listen in for Crystal's powerful message. Read: Finding Myself by Crystal Robinson #liveyourbestlife  lizbrunner.com/live-your-best-life If you have a guest idea, or want to learn more about Brunner Communications, contact Liz at info@LizBrunner.com.

Crystal Robinson is a retired professional Basketball player and coach who's played the highest level in the Women's NBA. Today, she's a thought leader in the space of conscious leadership, mental health, and diversity. In sharing her life and professional lessons Chrystal talks about: Growing up in poverty in rural Oklahoma and learning to deal with poverty and racism while dealing with her own sexual identity. How Basketball became her coping mechanism. How learning to deal with life's challenges helped build resilience in her career. After writing her book, “Finding Myself”, she admits she still hasn't found herself and continues to learn. Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services Find out more about Chrystal below: Finding Myself Book: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Myself-Crystal-Robinson/dp/1777573726     Full Transcript Below   Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker.   Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you   And a special guest on today's show is Crystal Robinson. She's an American basketball coach and former Women's NBA, All-Star. And she was the first black woman to be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Now, after chronicling her life's lessons in her book, Finding Myself, she's now an ambassador for the LGBTQ Community, but before we get a chance to meet with Crystal, it's The Leadership Hacker News. The Leadership Hacker News Steve Rush: In the news today, we explore how diversity and inclusion has evolved and diversity education started in the sixties, so it's nothing new to us. And over time we would have all become aware of how it's evolved to take into consideration inclusion. And while many think that diversity and inclusion are the same thing, they're not. Diversity is the act of creating community, comprised of people with varying backgrounds, creeds, ages, differences, and inclusion is finding a way of making sure that all of those people feel really valued in what they do and how they behave. Wait, where did equity come from? Well, it's always been there. In recent years, diversity and inclusion issues have been bolstered by the addition of the concept of equity and unlike equality, which focused on providing equal resources, regardless of context. Equity actually focuses on the process of just being fair. Equality is treating everyone the same. Whereas equity is about achieving the same benefits, even if it means that everyone receives different, there's still fair and justified treatment and experiences. Regular listeners will know that we love the difference that makes the difference. And that's because all humans are different. We all have components of our identities that are both seen like race, gender, identity. And then there are hidden things like our mental health or disability or sexual orientation, and whether you're willing to admit it or not, we all come from different backgrounds and we hold multiple interconnecting identities and biases that show up in our relationships and our workplace. Research also shows that higher levels of diversity may lead to increase conflict and misunderstanding. And often because we struggled with accepting and celebrating our differences. Inclusion doesn't mean that we can just pretend those differences don't exist. It means that we can acknowledge those differences and take advantages of differences to create diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities that we work and live in. And therefore, we now arrived at our current incarnation, this essential tool that features equal and equitable attention on diversity, equity and inclusion. And as I reflect on this, a single piece of the puzzle missing could create an incomplete picture. Diversity is the heart of different voices in any conversation. Inclusion is uplifting, validating and hearing each and every voice and equity as a manner in which we amplify those voices. So, the leadership hack is dead simple. When you're thinking diversity and inclusion, think everyone everywhere, and do you have equity? Not equality. Making sure the right treatment for the right people, the right places at the right times means that we all get to benefit from diverse and inclusive behaviors and diverse and inclusive communities. That's been The Leadership Hacker News, I would love for you to share anything that's on the top of your agenda, so get in touch. Start of Podcast Steve Rush: Crystal Robinson is a special guest on today's show. She's a retired professional athlete and coach who's played the highest level of basketball in the Women's NBA. Today, she's a thought leader in the space of conscious leadership, mental health, and diversity. Crystal, welcome to The Leadership Hacker Podcast. Crystal Robinson: Thank you for having me. Steve Rush: So, let's just start by calling out a few of your kind of credits to your name. So former WNBA player and coach, named an all American by the WBCA, you earn a rookie of the year award and an ABL All-Star, you've been indicted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, indicted into the NAIA Hall of Fame, drafted overall sixth by the Women's NBA. Now author, coach, and ambassador for the LGBTQ community. Wow, that's not a bad backstory. Crystal Robinson: Yeah, I've had a pretty fun and exciting life. Steve Rush: Now, it hasn't been always that smooth sailing to be fair, has it? So, I know from the last time that we met, you grew up in rural Oklahoma. Having had a really kind of tough upbringing, having to navigate some poverty, a lot of racism issues, and then having to deal with and come to terms with your own sexual identity along that, on the journey, I guess. So just tell us a little bit about how early life really was for you. Crystal Robinson: Overall, I guess, at some point in life, you know, I was just a poor kid growing up happy, you know, you don't know you're poor until you learn you're poor, but lots of struggles, but I think everybody in life has struggles. I think in my book, I write about them, but that's really, for me not wasn't the focus of my life. I think I wrote about those struggles basically for people to understand that that are commonalities with all of us. We all have struggles, but just kind of how we end up dealing with them, determines where we end up in life. Steve Rush: Yeah, wise words, is often the case, isn't it? Crystal Robinson: Yeah. Steve Rush: You know, often, most people are faced with adversity of some kind, but it's a reaction to that adversity that makes the difference. And clearly, you know, you face into those really well because you ended up as a professional athlete. So, tell us a bit about the journey of how you ended up in baskets ball? Crystal Robinson: Both my parents were college basketball players. I was just something, they were both all Americans that I was an innate. I was born with a great ability and five years old; they gave me a basketball goal and I started playing on it and fell in love with it. Then the rest was kind of history after that. So, I just excelled, I played basketball all the time. Basketball became a place for me to take out my anger and anything that I wasn't feeling good about. It was a place for me to, you know, just release all of the negative feelings that any negative feelings that I had. Steve Rush: And having the foundations of using basketball if you like as a bit of a coping mechanism, most people will use some form of coping mechanism to deal with some adversity, but there is a different level of coping when you turn into being so good at it. You become recognized in your country as being the elite in your sport. Tell us a little bit about when that kind of pivotal moment happened for you when you became a pro basketball player? Crystal Robinson: It's so funny, you know, there was no professional women's basketball whenever I started playing basketball, you know, we were young girls. We didn't have the ability to look and say, hey, I wanted to be in the WNBA one day. So, you know, I just played all the time. I play with my guy cousins and overall goal was to be as good as my best cousin and things just kind of snowballed from there. Then I ended up being recruited by every college in the country. The town I grew up in, it's a population of about 400 people. It's called Stringtown, Oklahoma. So, you start having people from all over the United States coming to watch you play basketball and offering you scholarships. I'd say at that point, I thought I was pretty good and believe, but I don't think it wasn't until, you know, hindsight after your career, you kind of evaluate and see where your skillset fit in to your professional career. Steve Rush: Yeah, and you've told the story through your book, which is just an amazing read, called Finding Myself and tell us a little bit about how you decided to put your stories down into pages for others to read about? Crystal Robinson: I wanted it to be interesting, one, because, even though I've been a basketball player, I'm not Kevin Duran or Stephan Curry or no one with a big name like that, putting your story down for other people. It was about, you know, helping people, helping people see that. One thing, there's few things that we all have in common. Like it doesn't matter what color you are, what race you are or how rich you are, nothing matters. We're all going to encounter obstacles. Some of them make us stronger. Why does it make some of us stronger, and some of us not? You know, some of us suffer. So, I think that lots of people that are suffering feel alone, but just putting those stories out there that we all suffer at times. It's just about, you know, figuring it out. The perspective on how to navigate it. Steve Rush: Was there an element for you as well, as you wrote the book and you put all the stories down and into kind of words and stories, was there a little bit around another bit of therapy going on there for you at the time as well? Crystal Robinson: Honestly, it was all therapy going on there. Steve Rush: Yeah. Crystal Robinson: Honestly, to tell you the truth, I went to therapy and I was told to journal and I didn't set out and write a book like, oh, I'm going to write a book. I started journaling and just writing things that bother me, things that made me feel good, things that just, I don't know, things. And after seven or eight journals later, I felt better. And I sent and all of it to one of my friends that writes for the Amsterdam News in New York. And she said, this would be a really good book. You should organize it. So that's kind of how the book journey started. It wasn't that I just sat down to write a book. It just kind of happened. I probably have stories together and then put it in book form. Steve Rush: I would love to get into some of the stories if you are okay with that, because there were some really inspirational things that happen to you that we can all get some life lessons from. I remember the time that you talk about it in your book, when you were playing little league baseball, your dad turned up at a game to watch you, he was blind drunk. And despite that, you kind of played a brilliant game. What happened for you in that process and how did you use that as a positive? Crystal Robinson: I think in those moments, you don't ever feel like it's a positive, I think, but for me, I think that it taught me perseverance, you know, and at an early age, I had to figure out how to, you know, really just walk with my head, held high, even though everybody in the town knew that my dad was a big drunk. But my dad was a very functioning drunk. He worked, he went to work at times, you know? I think that taught me, first off, you know, the people who are going to care are going to care. At that point, I think I started to learn to not care about what other people thought, you know, some circumstances we were put under, we don't ask for them. We just have to learn how to deal with them and cope with them. Steve Rush: I would imagine that taught you a huge amount of resilience. Crystal Robinson: Yes. Steve Rush: Not just that occasion, but many occasions like it, I guess. Crystal Robinson: Definitely resilience. And I think that just in life, anybody who wants to make it, or just to be successful in life, it takes resilience. I'm sure when you started this podcast, it wasn't easy. You have to get people to come on, you know, you have to get all this things together, and I'm sure there's many, a times that you go through things you might want to quit, but you're resilient enough to know the benefits of it down the road, or you have a foresight to keep going. That's the best way to say. Steve Rush: Absolutely, yeah. And some of that kind of resilience, I guess, was also born about, through your experiences in high school. And I also remember reading in the book that when you were playing high school basketball, you came acquire a bit of, you know, racial slurs and verbal abuse. In that environment, you know, how do you deal with that when you're trying to focus on playing a game? Crystal Robinson: Oh, man. My stance on this has changed so much over the years, just recently in my hometown, I was racially profiled and pulled over, basically taking the jail for no reason until they realized who I was. Then they tried to let me go after like six hours of wasting my time. And I said, no, so they trumped up a charge. And it was just a lot, like, it just kind of changed my stance on just how I am. I think that the racial environment in the world right now has everybody on edge. And I think that I find myself having to go back to a lot of that stuff and a lot of the teachings and a lot of the way that I used to feel, just because of the place that the world is in now and the experiences that I've had. Steve Rush: That's really interesting. You you're most talking as if at one stage in your life or your career, you thought you'd got through that, but it seems to almost have another resurgence. Crystal Robinson: Well, I would say that, I would probably say that I didn't experience a lot of racism as a young kid. I did once or twice in my life, but I live in rural Oklahoma where there's no, we still bury people in black cemeteries and white cemetery. So, racism is definitely alive and well. Steve Rush: Wow. Crystal Robinson: You're really good at sports and you really good at things. You know how it is, people overlook that. And then at the back end of my career, you know, people change, times change and some young cops pull me over and don't know who I am and they just proceed to search, the car, I'll all this stuff because I have my dreads down. And then when the speaker of the house representatives and the judges are called in, like, what are you doing? And at this point I'm a voice. I'm a voice that can bring some attention to it. And it was just a lot, so my stance on that, I find myself, I won't say in prayer, but really having to check myself and think about that a lot more now, just because I feel the world is racially charged right now. Steve Rush: Yeah, it is. I sense that as well, right. And here I sit as a white caucasian guy who has had no racial issues to deal with per se, right? Yet, I still feel there is that racially charged tendencies. In fact, there is this terminology, isn't there? For people who are of my ethnicity called white fragility, where, you know, we're not having the conversation because we're almost afraid to. What's your spin on that? Crystal Robinson: For me, the people who are on that side, people like you, you shouldn't have to carry that burden, it's just like the Taliban. There's a certain amount of people with money that are racist, but everybody has to pay the price for that. Do you understand what I'm saying? Steve Rush: Absolutely. Crystal Robinson: Just like certain amount of my population that might be thugs. That might be certain things, but all of us have to pay the price for that. But those people are louder than people like you. Steve Rush: Yeah. Crystal Robinson: Heard more, and I think that when people stop having that fear and stop feeling guilty, you have nothing to feel guilty about, you know, but I think a lot of Caucasian people have a feeling of guilt and stand on the sidelines because I've had to really reconcile some of my friendships because I feel like some really powerful people stood on the sidelines and are standing on the sidelines that could expose this. And it would stop, but they have no interest in that because they're not boat rockers. They keep going the way it is, it doesn't matter that they hurt my career for no reason. Steve Rush: The whole kind of racial tension that exists today seems to be far louder than it ever has been. And I remember, so I grew up in the outskirts of London, very diverse community, lots of different ethnicities in my community. I didn't even know there was a racial issue until I probably hit high school, right. So, at what point do you think we're going to actually have a face into this and deal with it or do you think we could ever deal with it? Crystal Robinson: I think that there's a group of people that doesn't want it to change. It'll take a lot of bravery on a lot of people's parts for it to change. For some reason in society, there always has to be someone getting stepped on. I don't know why that is. I saw something on the news the other day, not the other day. I saw it maybe today scrolling through on Instagram. And I saw where Mexicans were showing up down there, given the Haitian people water and food, lots of things that they were providing for those people. And I was just thinking it's always the downtrodden that show up first because, no one's more, you know, trying to cross the border or get into the United States or do, you know, more than Mexican people. So, for them to be down there helping the Haitians, it was amazing to me. Steve Rush: Yeah, awesome. I think the more we can celebrate that and promote that, then the better it will be, right? Crystal Robinson: You're saying it so good. What you just said, what you said was basically, media publicizes the bad things. There's not enough said about things like. Steve Rush: That's very true. Crystal Robinson: They keep us at odds because that's what you see. And I shared that story simply because, you know, I said, it's not enough good things being shown in the world today. There are good things happening, so. Steve Rush: Hallelujah to that, yeah. So, as you were growing your career in basketball, and as you becoming more successful, not only had to deal with the racial slurs, but internally there's stuff going on for you, as you were trying to work out your own sexuality and having feelings for the same sex. Tell us a little bit about how you dealt with that kind of confusion and managed to come to terms with that and move forward in your life? Crystal Robinson: Very sloppily, to able to figure those things out. I knew I was different; I knew it wasn't accepted. I knew I lived in the Bible bell. I did go to church, and how are you supposed to be when everyone tells you your whole identity is something that you're going to hell for? I mean, you know, it was a lot at that time. That's all I could say. I didn't really have anybody to talk to. I just went with it. But at a certain point, I just, you know, I think that you get to the point to where either I have one life to live, I'm going to live at the best way I possibly can. And the people who want to be friends with me will be friends with me and the people who won't want. And that's just life in general. Steve Rush: Yeah. Crystal Robinson: I think that once you break it down to, you know, that simplicity of that, no one likes anybody a hundred percent of the time and no matter how good you are, some people are still not going to like you. Steve Rush: It got so bad for you at one state though, you were seriously thinking about taking your own life, right? Crystal Robinson: Oh, yeah. Steve Rush: That doesn't get any deeper than that, does it? Crystal Robinson: On more than one occasion, I felt like that, you know, but I won't say it's because of the way people treated me, it's because I just wanted to fit in. I didn't want it to be different. I didn't want this; I didn't ask for it. It's just who I was. Steve Rush: Yeah. Crystal Robinson: I was born this way. Steve Rush: And you still live-in rural Oklahoma. How have things changed for you? Are you more accepted by those same people? Have they become less bigoted and more educated? Tell us what that fell like for you now? Crystal Robinson: I wouldn't say that. Oklahoma is still about 25 years behind the rest of the world, you know, I have a group of people that are very educated. They travel, they do a lot of things and they don't have no problems with it, but there's always going to be a group of people who will have a problem with it, but won't say it out loud. They might talk behind their back and stuff like that, but I don't spend any energy worried about those people. Steve Rush: Good, and also you can see it and spot it, can't you? Because there'll be little micro behaviors and micro language you'd spot, perhaps because you've had more experience of it than some. And therefore, you can make those choices, right? Crystal Robinson: I think that for me, you know, being a professional athlete people that don't even like you, still will come up to you and ask you for an autograph, you know, that's just a kind of a part of the thing. I just kind of take it for what it's worth, you know? And I think that's one of the strengths that people should work on building is not really caring what other people think, you know, and living your life to the best of your ability for you. Steve Rush: That's really that easy to say though, right. But you've been in the public eye, you've been featured on TV. You've been, you know, press would have followed you. And that's got to take some toll when that's adverse commentary, right? Crystal Robinson: Yes, it's different. I tell you; I really took a completely different stance and approach as a pro athlete. I kind of immersed myself with the fans. They all knew who I was. They spent time with me. If they saw me, be like, oh, hey Crystal, I was around so much that they left me alone. I didn't put a barricade between me and them to set myself apart to where they wanted to be around me. If you understand what I'm saying. Steve Rush: Yeah, definitely, so, yeah. Crystal Robinson: I gave them access, like after games, I might stay two hours and sign everybody's autograph. And that way, when they see me with my family, it's just, hey Crystal and they keep going. You know, I think that that's one of the things that was just different about me. I love basketball. I love what I did. I was blessed to be able to do it, but that's just what it was. It was a great talent. It doesn't really change or sets me apart from people, on the fact that I had some really great experiences. Steve Rush: I love the way you've approached that, by the way, because many people in the public eye aren't accessible and actually become less accessible because of their publicity and their public figure. Whereas actually, I wonder if some of our pro sports people and actors and other people in the public eye, if they gave more of themselves to their fans and their public, whether or not they'd actually have much more of a peaceful life anyway. Crystal Robinson: Well, you know, that is true. I agree with that. But at some point, some of these fans are not normal, right? I mean, I had a teammate named Debbie Black, this man had a whole sex change and change his name to Debbie White and sat outside and he stopped her. Steve Rush: Oh dear. Crystal Robinson: There is some danger to it. Steve Rush: Sure. Crystal Robinson: Oh, and you know, when you get a certain level, like I'm not a star to that point to where people are wanting anything like that, other than the autograph. But, you know, for some people, it is definitely dangerous. As little as I am, I just was, you know, it was inducted into the New York Liberty Ring of Honor. And a media person made up a bunch of lies and tried hard to tell me they wanted me to be in a documentary and all this stuff. My publicists kept telling me this stuff, but she didn't have no credentials. So, a lot of the big things that she should have, so it just didn't make sense to me. And she was not legit. So, stuff like that definitely happen. Steve Rush: So, when I read your book, one of the things that struck me was there were, you know, paragraph after paragraph, there was real crappy experiences, lots of abusive relationships, lots of adversity, but on every occasion, you managed to find it in yourself to kind of lift above that and keep positive. Just for those listening to this who maybe are struggling to find themselves like you did. How did you manage to just keep that positivity? Crystal Robinson: I think it's probably sheer, what's the word I'm looking for? Just the fact that I don't ever like to give other people control over me. I can't be anybody's victim. So, I had to figure out a way to persevere and persevere in a way that I was still whole. I wouldn't say that I found myself. I think I'm still finding myself every day; we grow and we change, but, you know, I didn't want those experiences to control my life. And I think that when you get stuck in places, those experiences control your life. Steve Rush: Yeah, I love that. Was there a particular time though for you, as you were coming to terms with who you are today and the great work that you do now, where you thought, yeah, I'm happy, I'm content. I've found myself for now. When was that moment? Crystal Robinson: I would say I haven't. Steve Rush: Oh, great. Crystal Robinson: I definitely different. There're people who have the same jobs for 50 years. And I applaud them to be able to do that, but I'm not that kind of person. I'm the kind of person who I was great at sports. I mastered something in the business world, thought leadership world now, and I'm trying to master that. I'm pretty comfortable being uncomfortable. And for me, the experiences in life is not, I don't want to be at the same job for 30 years. I want to experience as much as I can. So, lots of people look at that and they say, oh, you're not settled, or you don't do this, or you don't do that. But you know for me, that's how I choose to experience life. Steve Rush: That's fabulous, and the reality is of course, for those people who are comfortable and aren't in control, probably aren't actually growing as much as those that are restless and are comfortable being uncomfortable. Crystal Robinson: I would really agree with that statement. I think that, you know, young ages at sports, I went away from my parents and stayed for long periods of time to be able to play basketball. And then I went to Europe, I played in Europe for eight years. I have had so many different kinds of experiences in so many different countries. And to me, that's what life's about. Like, I don't have no opinion about Italy. If I can't go there, I spent four years there. I live like the people, you know? And to me that's where I found value in life. Steve Rush: Yeah, can you knock up a great Italian pasta dish though? Crystal Robinson: Oh, I can make, pasta, actually my own tomato sauce. Steve Rush: Awesome. Crystal Robinson: So, I lived in Italy. I actually had a translator my first year. And then the second year I was there, I stayed in that country for four years. One of my teammates was going to college to learn English. So, I helped her with English. I had a Spanish background, so it just kind of came together. And then by the end of that year, I was completely fluent. So, I loved Italy and most countries that I did play in, I just really tried to understand their culture and at least learn enough words to be able to live like them. Steve Rush: Empathy is everything. So, you had a super pro career, then you coached pro basketball. So how much of that experience in your sporting life is now shaping your approach when you coach others? Crystal Robinson: Well, I think that leadership is leadership. Like as a player, I was a leader on the team and I think that as a coach, I have the opportunity, you know, we kind of were trailblazers. There was no WNBA. We started something and these young players are figuring it out, you know. When I played, there was no free agency. Now there's free agency. True free agency, where girls can go out and get their own endorsement deals. The league owned all our likenesses. So, we couldn't shop our names around. So, there's so many things that I still have a hand in with the younger generation, helping usher this end for them and help them make decisions that I still am highly involved in, in basketball. Steve Rush: That's great. So, on the basis, you're still finding yourself, which I love by the way, what's next for you? Crystal Robinson: What's next for you? We will see, I took a year off of work to promote this for basketball. To promote my book and who knows next year, I could end up back in basketball. But I only want to be back in basketball in an head coaching basis, just because it's a lot of work at the pro level. You don't really have a life; coach has a life because the assistants do all the work. Steve Rush: But you've earned that even the ability to be able to pass on that knowledge and to help guide, and actually also helps other people lead in that space as well, doesn't it? Crystal Robinson: How much public speaking as I can possibly do. I like to influence, so those are probably the two things that I would end up in. I'm already public speaking. I do a lot of that. Next month, I'll start doing a lot more of it. But eventually I'm sure basketball would probably call me back into it. Steve Rush: Is it a bit of a drug for your, basketball? Crystal Robinson: It used to be. Now is a completely different challenge. Now it's a challenge of convincing people. As the head coaches about psychology, you have all these great players. Convincing them to give up seven shots and give up a $50,000 potential bonus to help your team win. Like it's all psychology of moving people. And to me, that's a great challenge. It's easier to do things than it is to get people to do them. So, I'm still very driven towards perfection and figuring that out. And I think that, you know, as an assistant coach, most of the time I've been hired, it's been because of my ability to problem solve and my ability to keep the locker room good. So, I'd like to try that from a head coaching angle. Steve Rush: Cool, look forward to seeing you on the WNBA circuit soon then. Crystal Robinson: Yes. Steve Rush: Yeah, awesome. So now I'm going to turn the lens a little bit. Crystal Robinson: Okay. Steve Rush: Now you talked about leadership as a player and as a coach and having been a thought leader in your space as well. I'm going to ask you to try and think of, to distill all of those great leadership learnings that you have. And to narrow those down into your top three leadership hacks, what would they be? Crystal Robinson: My top three leadership hacks. The first one, probably be, treat people how you want to be treated, you know, being relatable. I think that one of the things that I've learned as a leader now with this younger generation, if they don't relate to you, you can't convince them to do anything you want them to do. It's going to be a fight and struggle with everything, you know, being relatable. Second thing I would say is, I was recently told by someone that I went into business with, you know, I'm a partial owner of a business and he told me, you can't tell people what to do if you don't know what to do. So, I suggest you get down there on the bottom level and learn what to do. So, I think, know what your employees are, what the people you're leading have to do. So, you can go back to relate to them, to help them along to be able to do it a better way. And then I would say, make sure everyone, it's not input. Everyone has to feel valued, you know, as a head coach in sports, you have this always a balancing act, you know, of treating everybody the same, but then you have players that score 30 points and you have player the score, no points, being able to make them feel important, no matter what their role is, I think is something that a leader should be able to do. Steve Rush: Yeah, that's great advice. It's not all about scoring goals, isn't it? Crystal Robinson: Yes, not all about that. I'm telling you, the best teams I've ever played on. It was a bunch of mediocre players who completely knew their roles and work together to make it happen. And it takes good leadership, and for me, I was in college, I could average 65 points a game, but in games where I could score 10 points and we could still win, I'd give my teammates their opportunities to shine. So, when I take over games, they, got out the way and they were very conducive to what we were trying to do. Steve Rush: The next part of the show Crystal, we call it Hack to Attack. So, this is typically where something in your life hasn't worked out well. And we know already having learned some of the stories from you already in this short conversation and having read your book, you've had a bunch to choose from, but maybe if there was one experience in your life that was perhaps at adversity, but you now use that specific advent for something that's positive in your life or work, what would be your Hack to Attack? Crystal Robinson: I was drafted into the American Basketball League and I was almost the last pick taken because I ended up leaving the NCAA school and going to a really low-level school, but I was still beating everybody at a high level. The American Basketball League where I was rookie of the year, and I was first team, all everything, it folded after two years. And I had no idea what I was going to do with my life at that point. I had a teaching degree, but I didn't know exactly what I was going to do. And then I got drafted in the sixth overall pick in the WNBA. Through that time period before that happened, I had gained some weight. I've kind of given up and whenever the WNBA came into play and I was the sixth overall draft, it just changed my life and my outlook on everything. And in terms of, you know, I almost given up hope, like I had been given this gift of basketball, and it would just snatch from me. I just made up my mind that, no matter what happened to WNBA, if anything ever happened, I was going to land on my feet and have a plan and be ready to go. Steve Rush: Yeah, and sometimes it's just being available and open to coincidence as well, isn't it? Crystal Robinson: Yeah, it is. Steve Rush: Sometimes when you're driving so hard to achieve things, you don't often see what else is going on around you. Crystal Robinson: And not being prepared for it. Steve Rush: Yeah. Crystal Robinson: You know, I just thought it was going to last, you get caught up in that euphoria, just wasn't prepared for it. When I retired from basketball, I retired at a very early age. I retired at the age of 34. I probably could have still played for four more years. But I knew basketball wasn't what I was going to do forever. I'd done everything I could possibly do in it. And my body was sore, so I retired. Steve Rush: Yeah, get out of the top. That's what it's about, right. So, if you could go back and meet Crystal at 21 and give her some advice, what would be your words of wisdom to her then? Crystal Robinson: I think my words of wisdom would be, always be kind and never give up, even when you don't see a way, don't stop. That would be my advice to my young self. Steve Rush: very profound, and indeed your pussy cat like that. Crystal Robinson: She just got closed and now she's making noise to get out. Steve Rush: So, Crystal. Your book by the way, is a fantastic read. So, any of our listeners who want to get their hands on a copy of Finding Myself, where's the best place for us to send them to? Not only get a copy of your book, but to learn a little bit more about the work you do now? Crystal Robinson: Amazon.com or go to susanhum.com. It's a thought leadership platform where I speak for a foundation called Still Rose. I'm also on the board of a foundation called Code Red, it's a foundation. It's a lot to that foundation. One of them is sex trafficking. And one of them is school shootings. We designed an app that schools don't have surveillance systems in them, but this app goes on teacher's phones. And if in a situation like that, it turns into a surveillance system, it's route it to a private company. And then I'm on a foundation of a board of Go Friends. You can also go to gofriends.com and read things about me. And basically, we go into prison systems, female prison systems, and we teach goal setting to try to help them when they get out of prison, hopefully they can stay out of prisons. Steve Rush: You're doing some fantastic work, honestly, from the journey you've been on, the adversity you've been through to now still being in the service of others. I just wanted to drop my hat and say, thank you. And thank you for being part of our community here on The Leadership Hacker Podcast. Crystal Robinson: No, thank you so much for having me. These are the podcasts that I love. I would much rather prefer to talk about this stuff than basketball in general. So, thank you for having me. Steve Rush: It's our pleasure. Thanks Crystal.         Closing   Steve Rush: I genuinely want to say heartfelt thanks for taking time out of your day to listen in too. We do this in the service of helping others, and spreading the word of leadership. Without you listening in, there would be no show. So please subscribe now if you have not done so already. Share this podcast with your communities, network, and help us develop a community and a tribe of leadership hackers.   Finally, if you would like me to work with your senior team, your leadership community, keynote an event, or you would like to sponsor an episode. Please connect with us, by our social media. And you can do that by following and liking our pages on Twitter and Facebook our handler there: @leadershiphacker. 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Book: Finding Myself Click Here Crystal Robinson, a women's basketball coach for the Dallas Wings, retired WNBA player, and NAIA Hall-of-Famer, who wrote an upcoming memoir entitled Finding Myself. Here is an outline of her 13 years of experience in coaching: At the high school level, Crystal was a coach at McAlester (2009–10) and Atoka (2015–16), in her native Oklahoma. At the college level, Crystal was a head coach at Murray State College in Oklahoma (2010–13), and an assistant coach at Utah State (2013–14) and Texas Christian University (2014–15). Finally, in the WNBA, Crystal was an assistant coach for the Washington Mystics (2007–08), Seattle Storm (2018–19) and Dallas Wings (since 2019). Join us at Teachhoops.com Check out our Sponsors HERE Mention Coach Unplugged and get 350 dollars off your next purchase Basketball Clinics Basketball Clinic How to coach basketball basketball clinic 2020 Coach Unplugged Basketball drills, basketball coach, basketball workouts, basketball dribbling drills, ball handling drills, passing drills, shooting drills, basketball training equipment, basketball conditioning, fun basketball games, basketball jerseys, basketball shooting machine, basketball shot, basketball ball, basketball training, basketball camps, youth basketball, youth basketball leagues, basketball recruiting, basketball coaching jobs, basketball tryouts, basketball coach, youth basketball drills, The Basketball Podcast, How to Coach Basketball, teachhoops.com high school hoops keyfivecoaching.com key5coaching.com high School hoops High school basketball basketball drills youth basketball drills teach hoops basketball coaching podcast Basketball coach podcast Basketball Immersion basketball coaching podcast basketball podcast High school hoops podcast basketball coach podcast basketball coach unplugged podcast how to coach basketball

Book: Finding Myself Click Here Crystal Robinson, a women's basketball coach for the Dallas Wings, retired WNBA player, and NAIA Hall-of-Famer, who wrote an upcoming memoir entitled Finding Myself. Here is an outline of her 13 years of experience in coaching: At the high school level, Crystal was a coach at McAlester (2009–10) and Atoka (2015–16), in her native Oklahoma. At the college level, Crystal was a head coach at Murray State College in Oklahoma (2010–13), and an assistant coach at Utah State (2013–14) and Texas Christian University (2014–15). Finally, in the WNBA, Crystal was an assistant coach for the Washington Mystics (2007–08), Seattle Storm (2018–19) and Dallas Wings (since 2019). Join us at Teachhoops.com Want to Get a Question Answered? Leave a Question here Check out our other podcast High School Hoops Check out our Sponsors HERE Mention Coach Unplugged and get 350 dollars off your next purchase Basketball Clinics Basketball Clinic How to coach basketball basketball clinic 2020 Coach Unplugged Basketball drills, basketball coach, basketball workouts, basketball dribbling drills, ball handling drills, passing drills, shooting drills, basketball tryouts, basketball coach, youth basketball drills, The Basketball Podcast, How to Coach Basketball, teachhoops.com high school hoops keyfivecoaching.com key5coaching.com high School hoops High school basketball basketball drills youth basketball drills teach hoops basketball coaching podcast Basketball coach podcast Basketball Immersion basketball coaching podcast basketball podcast High school hoops podcast basketball coach podcast basketball coach unplugged podcast how to coach basketball

This episode is about succeeding against the odds, and persevering through extremely challenging times. Crystal Robinson is a tremendous athlete. She is a multiple award winning, barrier breaking, hall of fame professional WNBA basketball player, she is considered the best player to ever come out of Oklahoma. Crystal took her basketball IQ and translated it into coaching for the WNBA and transforming college and high school programs. Crystal has written a new book, called Finding Myself – It's a memoir of her life. Through Crystal's journey, she has been able to draw courage from adversity, overcome major challenges in her life to achieve a high level in her sport and career, and she is a role model and leader for girls in sports. 

This is an interview with Crystal Robinson, a former PRO basketball player and coach.  She discusses her new book, “Finding myself" and reflects on the challenges she had to face in early life. She talks her journey towards finding love within herself and from others through  acceptance, speaking freely and the importance of not hiding from her true self.   EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSCrystal talks about how she avoided judging anyone.Crystal answers the question about coming out of hiding and removing the shame factor.Crystal speaks about acceptance.Crystal discusses dealing with her anger and fueling it into achieving excellence in sports.Crystal answers the question about choosing friends and accountability. KEY POINTSStand up for who you are and stay true to yourself.There is a difference between passion and anger and anger should be used as fuel and  channel the anger towards sports.Find friends who will be there for you and be honest enough to tell you when you are wrong. The distinction between healthy boundaries and staying away from people to protect her vulnerableHer strategies of how to attract the most supportive and loving people into her life.    Connect with Crystal Robinson:Buy Crystal's book "Finding Myself" InstagramFacebook WebsiteConnect with The Steel Rose Movement with Susan Hum!WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

The ladies had the absolute pleasure of having guest, Crystal Robinson on the show tonight! Crystal is a former #WNBA hooper for NY Liberty & Washington Mystics, Southeastern Oklahoma University alumni (and record holder), First African American inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Team USA & coach of women's basketball on all levels including the 2018 Seattle Storm Champions & Dallas Wings. Crystal has wrote her memoirs titled, "Finding Myself" and she shares her story with Mo & Mel. The memoirs go over growing up in a small rural town in Oklahoma, realizing her attraction to women by the time she was in the 3rd grade, her adventures as an "Adrenaline Junky", traveling all over the world thanks to the game of Basketball and Race & Racism throughout her journey. Needless to say Crystal has lived a life that was meant for a book, and she has shares some with the ladies some of those moments. Its a MUST Watch show! “Finding Myself” is available for preorder on Amazon here & releases on 4/27/21: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Myself-Crystal-Robinson/dp/1777573726/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=finding+myself&qid=1617857211&sr=8-2 Special THANK YOU to our Sponsor, Siberina Moore from #OneHopeWine “A lil Moore to Sip” you can shop their wine here: https://www.onehopewine.com/myshop/siberina-moore We are #LIVE on Facebook LIVE each Wednesday through the GirlChatSports YouTube & Facebook & Twitter pages. Miss the LIVE show? Don’t worry we can also be found on your favorite podcast app through our LinkTree link, also on the Vegas Sports Daily website, SNGLV Sports podcast network Saturdays at 10am PT and on 24/7 AM Radio Network Wednesday at 7pm PT/10pm ET. We can't wait to hear from you! #Subscribe #Listen #Follow #Like & #Share Reach out to us on Social Media (Instagram & Twitter) or email GirlChatSports@gmail.com to give us your feedback and any topics you would like to have addressed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/girlchatsports/support

Crystal Robinson is a former WNBA player & coach. While attending Atoka High School, she was named an All-American by the WBCA. She attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where she averaged 26.9 ppg, 10.4 rpg and 6 apg, making her the all-time Southeastern leader in points, rebounds, and assists. In both 1995 and 1996, she was named the NAIA women's basketball national tournament MVP. She has been inducted into both the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and the NAIA Hall of Fame. She began her professional career playing for the Colorado Xplosion in the ABL, which earned her a rookie of the year award and an abl all-star. When the ABL folded, she was drafted sixth overall in the WNBA by the New York Liberty. Robinson averaged 10.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 1.1 spg over 30.1 mpg during her eight-year WNBA career. In 2007, she announced her retirement to begin her career as a coach. She has been a coach for the Washington Mystics, Mcalester High School, Murray State and Atoka High School, among others. She was most recently an assistant coach for the WNBA’s Dallas Wings. Crystal is the author of a new book, Finding Myself, that shares her life journey and inspires others to learn from her experiences. If you’re looking to improve your coaching please consider joining the Hoop Heads Mentorship Program.  We believe that having a mentor is the best way to maximize your potential and become a transformational coach. By matching you up with one of our experienced mentors you’ll develop a one on one relationship that will help your coaching, your team, your program, and your mindset.  The Hoop Heads Mentorship Program delivers mentoring services to basketball coaches at all levels through our team of experienced Head Coaches. Find out more at hoopheadspod.com or shoot me an email directly mike@hoopheadspod.com Our roster of shows is growing so don’t forget to check out all our other podcasts on the Hoop Heads Pod Network including https://thrive-with-trevor-huff.captivate.fm/listen (Thrive with Trevor Huffman), https://beyond-the-ball.captivate.fm/listen (Beyond the Ball), https://coachmayscom.captivate.fm/listen (The CoachMays.com Podcast), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/players-court/id1528381758 (Player’s Court), https://bleachers-boards.captivate.fm (Bleachers & Boards), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-green-light/id1309637675 (The Green Light) and our team focused NBA Podcasts: https://cavalier-central.captivate.fm/listen (Cavalier Central), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knuck-if-you-buck/id1528874607 (Knuck if you Buck), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-305-culture/id1532785121 (The 305 Culture), https://anchor.fm/hashtaglakerpodcast (#Lakers), https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/motor-city-hoops/id1542163027 (Motor City Hoops), https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/xs-and-os-nba-breakdown/id1542743872 (X’s and O’s: NBA Breakdown), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spanning-the-spurs/id1544220371 (Spanning the Spurs), https://la-hoops.captivate.fm/ (LA Hoops), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wizards-hoops-analyst/id1547679502 (The Wizards Hoops Analyst) & https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-the-buzzer/id1551416845 (At The Buzzer). We’re looking for more NBA podcasters interested in hosting their own show centered on a particular team. Email us info@hoopheadspod.com if you’re interested in learning more and bringing your talent to our network. Take some notes as you listen to this episode with former WNBA player & coach Crystal Robinson. Website - WWW.TALKPLUSTELL.COM Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crobber3/ (https://www.instagram.com/crobber3/) Visit our Sponsors! https://www.drdishbasketball.com/ (Dr. Dish Basketball) Mention the Hoop Heads Podcast when you place your order and get $300 off a brand new state of the art Dr. Dish Shooting Machine! https://aryse.com/ (Aryse) Use code HoopHeads to get 20% off... Support this podcast

Join Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli Podcast as we welcome back the incredible Crystal Robinson. If you haven't had the chance to listen to the first interview, we encourage you to do so. She talks about her WNBA career and upbringing before being arrested in the middle of our podcast as a result of what we believe to be another example of racial profiling by the police of Atoka, Oklahoma. She spent a night in jail and was charged with nothing but having her bright lights on. She continues to defend her name to this day. Crystal, despite her abysmal mistreatment, extended an olive branch to the police department asking for a public apology and they have refused. Crystal talks about her new memoir, Finding Myself, published by Talk + Tell and how because of her experiences, good and bad, her inner resiliency, and playing sports helped saved her and why she's so passionate now about paying it forward. She's a motivational speaker and has an unbelievable vibe. She shares her insight into Tom Brady which may surprise some of you, expresses how proud she is of the player of the WNBA, and answers the questions to our very famous rapid fire, "This or That" segment of the podcast. Special thanks to our sponsor, SportRx.com. And don't forget to check out the WSF President's new clothing line at PSKColletive.com or at Walmart.com. Remember, your voice matters when fighting systemic racism. Read a book, acknowledge your white privilege, watch a movie about institutional racism, call your local or state representatives, and/or have a conversation with someone that doesn't look like you so that we can change the economic, educational, police, and prison narratives that currently need to be changed in this country, especially regarding the disproportionate number of people incarcerated for non-violent crimes like marijuana. Please mask up, remember Black Lives Matter, peace... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-sports-deli/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-sports-deli/support

The Rising Coaches Podcast presents Crystal Robinson.

Lauren and Episode 104's Makeda Declet have THE THRILL OF THEIR LIVES talking to former WNBA player Crystal Robinson, the pod's first professional athlete! Crystal grew up in Oklahoma in a racially segregated town of only 425 people, yet still had the wherewithal to come out to her mother in the third grade. She discusses the early days of the WNBA when being out was largely shunned, and shares a harrowing story of getting racially profiled in her hometown just months ago. Also, her upcoming memoir!

Crystal Robinson A former WNBA player and coach during a live podcast with The Sports Deli was racially profiled pulled over and later arrested and jailed over a suspended license and possession of THC. She has a medical marijuana card and the entire situation was mishandled and an unfortunate example that displays the difference between black and white America. The first 25 minutes is our discussion about her time in college as a college sensation, her time in the ABL and WNBA, her transition into coaching, and how she believes in being part of solutions and paying things forward instead of sitting around complaining and blaming others for the challenges we face in this country. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-sports-deli/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-sports-deli/support

Today we learn all about AGA's CGFM certification! Join us as we speak with Katya Silver, Kimberly Jones, Lora Pickard and Crystal Robinson from AGA National. Here's AGA's CGFM page: https://www.agacgfm.org/CGFM-Certification.aspx

Voices From the Field brings you the stories of a diverse group of workers in older adult services. Listen, as they explain how and why they have chosen rewarding careers in our field. Voices From the Field is ultimately about the jobs of the future: More than 2 million new people will be needed by 2030, just to keep up with the growth of America’s aging population. This series is brought to you by the LeadingAge Center for Workforce Solutions.

Crystal Robinson is a life coach and is dedicated to empowering women to DOMINATE life through the enrichment of their mind, body and soul. She has a great movement! @dominatewithcrystal

Guests Lauren (@laurenj.williams), Rae (@lintpocket), and Crystal (@devil_inachiffondress) share their perspective on what it's like to be a female Detroit creative and entrepreneur in 2018. About Rae (@lintpocket) Lint Pocket was founded and created in late 2016. It is a one-person fueled company in which she incorporates hand painting with custom clothing and 90's nostalgia. Lint Pocket is whatever you reach into your pockets and grab at that moment in time, that is what you are made of. Whether it's all the money in the world or just a little peace of mind, and there's nothing wrong with that. About Lauren (@laurenj.williams) laurenjwilliams.com Lauren J. Williams is a Detroit based writer and visual artist with a passion for purposeful engagement. The integration of art and social justice work provides Lauren with a sturdy foundation to best expresses herself, while raising her voice towards the illumination of intentional living. Currently, Lauren can be found teaching figure skating in her hometown of Detroit to young girls ages 6 to 15 with non-profit Figure Skating in Detroit. About Crystal (@devil_inachiffondress) Crystal Robinson is a clothing designer currently based in Detroit. All inquiries: info.crystalrobinson@gmail.com AP Handles - Twitter: @adultingthepod IG: @adultingthepodcast

Crystal Robinson is the CEO and founder of Dominate with Crystal, a company dedicated to empowering women to Dominate life through the enrichment of their mind, body, and soul. From this platform Crystal teaches extreme life balance for the busy wife, mom, and business owner. Her practical instructions and strategies help women to improve daily focus, time management, and discipline. On this episode Crystal goes deep with her Dominate with Crystal philosophy showcasing why the word Dominate is a mantra for every area of life. Connect with us on @VetLeadBlog on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. or Subscribe, Review, and Share with the Leaders in your Communities. This Episode Brought to you by BernardBergan.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vetleadblog/support

      #HoneyHush welcomes author Crystal Robinson as she talks about her new Book "Ten Sure Ways to Move From Ex to Next"  Has Getting Over Your Ex Been Hard to Deal With? Ten Sure Ways to Move from Ex to Next, a book which was written with you in mind, that will have you moving on from the pain of a break up to a more fulfilling relationship in no time. Are You Ready for Your Next? In the 2nd Hour "Women vs Men who Gossips More?" #BattleofTheSexes   Relationships. Damn.  You get that?  Often, people can manipulate others, when they know they “got ‘em” and can make them do things they wouldn't ordinarily do under normal circumstances.  I'm sure quite a few people have been under a spell or under someone's thumb.  You got a “hank” on you and you can't break free.  Maybe Stephanie can cure  you, maybe – call in 515-605-9376.  This is one of our best shows of the week.  HONEY HUSH 515-605-9376, Cool?  You better recognize!

TEN SURE WAYS TO MOVE FROM EX TO NEXT Author Crystal Robinson joins us to discuss her new book..With ten top strategies to employ when your relationship breaks down, Crystal Robinson takes us on a journey to moving on from heartache and disappointment, to find the next best thing your life has to offer..Join us as we discuss other hot topics surrounding Men & Women relationship issues .. Other Topics Include ** The Circle of C's ** What Women Want In A Relationship ** Facts & Stats wih Vernetta Kiser This is the show on Blog Talk radio that focus on educating..elevating & motivating our listeners to a higher level of awareness & consciousness in order to Empower & Uplifting our Communities around the World. Join TEAM DLW to take part in our UNITY MOVEMENT simply by promoting 2-3 local Black Owned Business in your Community..Come on our show & SHOUT THEM OUT!!!..LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!..We're waiting to hear from you..Call in at 515-605-9376    

When I first started watching women’s basketball, many years ago at this point, one of the teams that captured my imagination and made the game so exciting was the New York Liberty, especially in the early years of the WNBA. Those teams were loaded with talent; Teresa Weatherspoon, Crystal Robinson, Sue Wicks, Rebecca Lobo, Kym Hampton, and of course Vickie Johnson. Johnson was always one of my favorites, as she always seemed to make the big plays and be in the right spots at the right times. She wasn’t a superstar but that’s what made her all the more fun to cheer for. Fast-forward a decade or so, and after the end of her career as a player and years as an assistant coach VJ as she will always be known to her fans is the head coach of the San Antonio Stars, where she is mentoring one of the youngest teams in the WNBA but also one with some extremely interesting players. In this, her first year, Johnson still has not been able to coach the starting lineup she anticipated having when selecting her roster. Kayla McBride just returned from playing in Europe, and in fact arrived on Friday, took her physical on Friday, and played Friday night in her first game. Second-year guard Moriah Jefferson still has not played after arriving with knee soreness and getting the flu. Finally, number one draft choice Kelsey Plum played in the first exhibition game before spraining her ankle and missing the first three games of the season too. Despite dropping those first three games, there has been bright spots for the Stars, and Johnson’s trademark defense, hustle, and intensity on both ends of the court. Veteran Monique Currie has been nothing short of sensational, leading the team and playing out of position wherever Johnson plays her. Young center Isabelle Harrison has been impressive at times and will continue to improve, while forward Dearica Hamby continues to impress with growth and improvement after recently having a baby. The team’