As an athlete, staying disciplined over break can be TOUGH. It's hard to keep grinding when you're in a different environment and everything inside you just wants to relax. There is nothing wrong with relaxing, and we need to relax and rest in order to perform at the highest level, but we also need to have the discipline it takes to stay in shape, practice our sport and eat healthy. Tune in as host and former division 1 athlete, Kasey Lovell, gives listeners 5 practical tips on how they can stay disciplined over the holidays and pursue their dreams, goals and passions with discipline and hard work.

If you like this episode, you may like these episodes:

Daily Habits to Set Yourself Up for Success: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vc59s-d05341

How to Elevate Your Game Using Imagery: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wxmvc-d4a91d

Chasing Progress Over Perfection: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2dgcg-e30ecc

Jason has a personal story and testimony of forgiveness and what it looks like to forgive someone who has hurt you deeply. Jason was formerly a producer for ESPN and is currently the director of media for Sports Spectrum, and is also an author, speaker and host of the Sports Spectrum podcast.

Chances are that at some point in your life someone has hurt you or let you down, someone has done something that wounded you deeply, so what’s our response to the hurt and pain caused by others? What does the Bible call us to do when another person hurts us? The answer is easy, forgiveness. God calls us to forgive, and even though the answer is easy, living it out isn’t. Only by God’s power and grace are we able to forgive others. Only then can we truly forgive in the way God calls us to. You are going to hear Jason dive more into what scripture says about forgiveness and how his own personal story of forgiveness has taught him what forgiveness looks like and helped him point others to the freedom that forgiveness brings.

Live to Forgive Book: https://www.amazon.com/Live-Forgive-Moving-Forward-Those/dp/0998393541

Jason's Website: https://www.jasonromano.com/

Sports Spectrum: https://sportsspectrum.com/

Today's episode is all about trials and how we face trials as athletes and believers, SO for this episode I’m bringing my husband Ben on to talk on this topic as we dive into scripture and take a look at James chapter 1 and what it says about how we should view and face trials in life. Every single one of us will face trials in life and it's not an IF we face trials, but WHEN we face trials, so I think it's important to look at how God calls us to face trials especially as athletes in the competitive and performance based atmosphere we're in. 

Skit Guys: God's Chisel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QCkBL2DfVg

A lot of athletes that play at the college level probably question their decision to play at one point or another. For some it's just a fleeting thought that quickly goes away, but for others it's a serious consideration of thinking through, "should I keep playing?" OR even, "should I transfer?" I have seen a lot of athletes struggle with the decision of quitting their sport or making a move to another school, so that is why I brought Becca Dean on to discuss this issue more in depth and give listeners some helpful insight if they are wrestling with the decision to keep playing or not.

Becca Dean is a former D1 athlete and currently designs and creates clothes and is also a part time nanny. She started her own clothing company called Foundation Clothing Co, and she is SO GOOD at what she does! Go check out an buy Becca's clothing at her Esty store or website (links below)! Also go follow her shop on social media @foundationscloco.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FOUNDATIONSCloCo?ref=shop_sugg

https://www.foundationsclothingco.com/shop

LISTEN to Becca's episode about "The Waiting Game" from season 1 HERE: https://opsoftballtraining.podbean.com/e/the-waiting-game-with-becca-dean/

Today's episode is a fun and insightful conversation about social media and how we can better navigate it, and realize that it affects us in more ways than we realize or think about. Today's guest speaker is Tori Murphy, and Tori is a former college pitcher and is married to former MLB player Daniel Murphy and they have 3 kids together. Tori also started a nonprofit called Prom Series, and their mission is “to curate a once in a lifetime experience for foster girls to build self confidence and worth. We strive to positively impact her life by providing the big league treatment.”

They are helping provide foster girls with a sense of self worth, confidence and providing mentorship to help them grow and thrive. If you haven’t heard of Prom Series before, go check out their website and follow them on Instagram (links for both included below).

I’m excited for you all to hear our conversation as we dive into the world of social media and how we can begin to navigate, use and experience it in a different way!

https://www.promseries.org/

https://www.instagram.com/promseries/

Today's guest speaker is Mo Aiken (Isom) and she is an author, speaker and former division 1 soccer player at LSU. She has written three fantastic books that you can go check out and buy at the link below. Her books are: Wreck My Life: Journeying from Broken to Bold, Sex Jesus and the Conversations the Church Forgot, and her newest book is called Fully Known: An Invitation to True Intimacy with God. 

 In today’s episode Mo hits on the topic of how you can begin to have an intimate relationship with God and what it means, and looks like, to step into true intimacy and be fully known by Him.

Go buy her newest book and check out her website HERE: https://moisom.com/fullyknown/#purchase

Follow her on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/moisom/?hl=en

We all know that injuries are usually a part of the game for athletes. If you’ve made it through your entire athletic career without an injury, that is pretty awesome and you are probably in the minority. Most athletes have probably had some form of injury ranging from something very minor that they can recover quickly from, all the way to various surgeries that take weeks or months to recover from. For many of us, injuries are a part of our athletic career and story.

Tune in as we talk to former division 1 softball player and current physical therapist, Mikayla Monteith as she talks about how we can deal with injuries and begin to take steps to heal, not only physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually as well.

Mimi had a unique athletic journey that was riddled with various injuries and setbacks, and because of that she has so much wisdom on the topic. So, listen in as Mimi shares her journey and brings wisdom, insight and tips on how you can begin to navigate your injuries and come out on the other side with a whole new perspective.

The guest speaker for today's episode is Sierra Hollister. Sierra is a nutrition and strength coach and she is SO passionate about teaching athletes what a healthy relationship with food looks like, and teaching it from a biblical perspective. We may not think about food from a biblical perspective, but if we look at scripture, it talks about food and our bodies and how we should approach and treat both. Listen in as Sierra addresses all things nutrition and how it affects us in all areas of life!