5 Lessons Learned in 150 Episodes!

06/13/23 • 29 min

Holy swear word! Madam Athlete has reached 150 episodes.
150.
One hundred fifty.
Pat self on the back, shed a tear thinking of all the late Monday nights in the past three years, squee with joy at all of the incredible women I've had the chance to talk to and now pretend are all my new best friends, and actual chest-tightening heart-warming glow to every single one of you out there who has tuned in along the way and supported the pod.
In today's episode, I'm sharing five of the biggest lessons I've learned from publishing 150 episodes of the Madam Athlete podcast.
Thank you for being here! I appreciate you!

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Previous Episode

Learning New Skills with Lawyer and Sports Executive Marcia Caporn

On today’s episode, I’m talking to lawyer and sports executive Marcia Caporn about learning new skills.
Marcia is currently the Head of Revenue at Credenza where she’s incorporating web3 solutions and cutting-edge technologies into professional and collegiate sports. She’s been learning new skills all throughout her career to make sure she’s ready to create change. Marcia was a two-sport athlete at Stanford who was driven to go to law school to keep other athletes from sharing her experience playing professional soccer during the collapse of the WUSA league. Later, her career took another turn when she went back to get her MBA to empower herself to understand the business on a more quantitative level.
We talk about:

The soft skills that benefit former athletes in their future careers
Asking the hard questions upfront
Multiple identities at work and at home

Next Episode

Becoming the Expert You Needed with Sport Psychologist Kara-Aretha Graham

On today’s episode, I’m talking to BPS Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist Dr. Kara-Aretha Graham about becoming the expert you needed.
Kara is currently a lecturer at East London University and a Chartered Sport Psychologist by the British Psychological Society. Her journey began during her time as a track athlete at the University of Iowa when she was diagnosed with cancer at the end of her freshman year. While she bounced back physically after treatment, she struggled mentally for months. Later, during her PhD, she was inspired to tell the experiences of NCAA women athletes as part of her thesis. While she thought she knew what she would find, Kara was still shocked by the layers of their stories and has used this to fuel her on her journey to becoming the expert psychologist she needed when she was an NCAA student-athlete.
We talk about:

The unique demands placed on women athletes and how psychology can help.
How the need to be perfect, which served us well in sports, can keep us from even getting started on projects in our careers.
Sticking to your mission, even when others don’t yet see the potential.

If perfectionism is something you struggle with as well, I’ve put together a free guide on overcoming perfectionism to help you share your unique perspective with the world. You can find it at madamathlete.com/perfectionism.