Breaking Barriers: How to Hit Home Runs in the Mental Game Episode 38 w/ Rachel Balkovec

Breaking Barriers: How to Hit Home Runs in the Mental Game Episode 38 w/ Rachel Balkovec

Rachel Balkovec, is currently blazing an unprecendented trail for those seeking to merge their purpose with their passion. As the first female manager in afiiliated baseball ( with the New York Yankee minor league team : The Tampa Tarpons), she is bringing extreme value to the sports world. After working in strength in conditioning with both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros, she is no stranger to perseverance, mental challenges, and overcoming barriers. In this episode we discuss:

• Her upbringing and landing a Division 1 softball scholarship opporunity and underperforming due to peformance anxiety.
• Distinguising between having depression or anxiety ABOUT something vs. it being your identity.
• The intersection betwen your desire for mentorship and being a GOOD MENTEE.
• Why she learned Spanish and how it has benifitted her to go against the grain to transform sports.
• Major League Baseball : how she worked through the difficulty of becoming one of the "firsts" in her sport.
• Preparation and Confidence : how to put yourself in gamelike situations.

and so much more!

Connect with Rachel on IG : https://www.instagram.com/rachel.balkovec

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