What's Next? You ask me what comes next for you like I have the answers. But I do not have the answers. So, let me ask you… What is it that you really want to know? Maybe what you really want to know is that you will be okay. That by this
athlete Unpacking the Identity of an Athlete Age four. I got my very first basketball and I raised it high over my head like I had just won the jackpot lottery. And from that moment on I became an athlete
exathlete Life After Competitive Sports: What did you take with you? What skills did you learn as an athlete that makes you successful today?
athleticidentity Why Not Both? You Can Have Both Chicken and Waffles I was unsure if they would go together, and to be honest, I still have doubts.” And she said back to me, “we have a saying in Spanish -por qué no los dos - why not both?” and I immediately felt relief set in throughout my whole body because I knew this to be true.
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athleticidentity Life After Sport Reflection: Going Inward with an Intention of Love Love to people is what water is to plants - Marianne Willamson from her book: "A Return to Love [https://www.amazon.com/Return-Love-Reflections-Principles-Miracles/dp/0060927488] " In the transitional space we enter into life after sport, we are provided with a generous opportunity to go inward. Going inward
lifeaftersports Emotions = Energy in Motion: The Importance of Processing Life After Sport Join Inward Athlete for our first ever closing ceremony experiential journey on Sunday, June 26th at 11:00AM Eastern Time virtually via Zoom. Register here now.
A Closing Ceremony for Competitive Athletes Dear Athlete, What happened next after you walked off the playing surface for the very last time? Whether it was leaving the pool, the track, the court, the field, the ice, etc. there was a final moment when you left for the very last time. Some of the most profound
The New Daily Practice Plan for Ex-Athletes Dear Athlete, All of your coaches had a practice plan. The practice plan set the intentions for what they wanted the team/athletes to achieve that day at practice. It then laid out the practice action steps (for example, the dreaded sprints at the end of practice) in order to
athleticidentity Grief: A Natural Response to Sports Retirement Today' post is about athletic identity and transitioning into life after sports. Dear Athlete: Did you know that grief will be a natural response to your sports career coming to an end? Any life transition requires us to leave behind parts of ourselves in order to move forward into
lifeaftersports Dear Athlete: What's Your Story? Hello athletes! Welcome to Inward Athlete’s blog. I am Dr. Jen Gellock, the creator and main contributor for Inward Athlete, LLC. For my first post, I wanted to share with you some of my story because the creation of Inward Athlete would not be possible without the experiences that
