Working through burnout at the end of your athletic career with Sommer Denison

10/24/19 • 39 min

For large portions of her soccer career, Sommer Denison felt burnt out. She had lost her heart for the game. Much of her competitive desire went away. Overall, her positive experiences in the sport felt fewer and farther in between. Still, she kept going. That perseverance — and a twist of fate — saw her end her career in a blaze of glory. Make no mistake though...when it was time to turn her jersey in, she couldn’t have been happier to do so. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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