Telling a Story Through Research with Sports Sociologist Andrea Bundon

07/19/22 • 58 min

On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports sociologist Dr. Andrea Bundon about telling a story through research.
Andrea is an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of British Columbia where she studies the intersections of sport, physical activity, health, disability, and social inclusion. While a grad student, she began guiding visually impaired skiers and served as a guide at the 2010 and 2014 Paralympics Games. This experience shaped her research and the rest of her career.
We talk about:

How Andrea quickly found that athletes with disabilities are always advocates, just by participating in sports, and that this work can take many forms.
While at the Paralympics, she saw fewer women than men participating and this drew attention to the loopholes and lack of pathways that keep women out of sports.
Identifying and working on tasks that are most important and not just focusing on tasks that are the most urgent.

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How Andrea quickly found that athletes with disabilities are always advocates, just by participating in sports, and that this work can take many forms.
While at the Paralympics, she saw fewer women than men participating and this drew attention to the loopholes and lack of pathways that keep women out of sports.
Identifying and working on tasks that are most important and not just focusing on tasks that are the most urgent.

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How to Define Success for Yourself

Welcome back to another special episode of the Madam Athlete podcast! On the second Tuesday of the month, I take a deep dive into a career-related topic, and on today’s episode I’m talking all about how you can define success for yourself and why it's so important.
Here's the thing...
Most of us get our definitions of success from others. From society, from external expectations, from history, from a patriarchal white male, cis-gendered, hetero, ableist prism.
But what if you defined success for yourself?
Based off your own unique values, your own unique mission & vision, and your own unique goals?
What would that look like?
Listen to today's episode where I shine a light on how to define success for yourself, why it's important, how it ties into getting after your goals, and share some personal examples.
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Finding Your Why with Professor of Sports Leadership and Coaching for High-Performance Cathy Utzschneider

On today’s episode, I’m talking to Professor of Sports Leadership and Coaching for High-Performance Dr. Cathy Utzschneider about finding your why.

Cathy is a professor teaching courses on high performance at Boston College and the founder of MOVE!, a goal-setting program that emphasizes balancing athletic achievement with the challenges of everyday life. Cathy is also a world-class masters runner and has studied and written about the unique challenges of masters runners.

We talk about:

The important moment when Cathy learned that the most important part of any physical goal is to figure out what the goal means to the individual and why they’re pursuing it.
The crucial role of rest and reflection in the process of goal achievement.
How transition periods in our lives present us with the greatest amount of uncertainty but also have the greatest capacity for creativity and growth.

You can find the show notes and more resources at https://madamathlete.com
And if you're interested in setting some new goals for yourself, click here to sign up for my free mini-course and challenge on how to set effective goals.
Keep an eye out for new content or let us know what you'd like to see next by following us on social:
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Facebook: @MadamAthlete
Twitter: @MadamAthlete