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dose of perspective
Share Your Story Series: Keeping a grip on reality, changing perspective, and prioritizing yourself– getting the help and taking the time...
Apr 28


JUST SAY YES
Share your story series: Braving and navigating the ‘post grad experience’, drowning in job applications, and my biggest lesson through...
Mar 27


ALL-AMERICAN TO “NARP”
Share Your Story Series: Supporting yourself, supporting your coaches, & transitioning from student athlete to just student My name is...
Mar 12


THE EMOTIONAL ONE
Share your story series: Discovering oneself outside of sport, learning emotions are okay MY NAME IS TORUN MCGILLIS & THIS IS MY STORY DI...
Mar 11


KEEP GOING
Share your story series: Rolling with the punches, having to adapt, then adapt again… and the reward of unwavering resilience. “Sometimes...
Jan 16


A SENSE OF SELF
Share your story series: Appreciating the grind & rediscovering your ‘why’ “It wasn’t just about the medals or the times but about the...
Oct 7, 2024


YOU DON’T HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT
Share your story series: Unseen symptoms, learning to slow down to move forward, & building a support system “You can still be all you...
Sep 17, 2024


MORE THAN A DIAGNOSIS
Share your story series: Defining the future, getting vulnerable, & building a community. Dealing with a setback is hard enough, finding...
May 9, 2024


AN UNEXPECTED SETBACK
Share your story series: Unexplained illness, tested faith, & new found gratitude Life is full of curveballs. The lesson behind them is...
Apr 21, 2024


MY EATING DISORDER
Share Your Story Series: Living abroad, perfectionism & coping with life outside of sport My name is Quintin bullen & this is my story D1...
Oct 30, 2023


THE INJURY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
Share your story series: Injury & Identity “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against...
Oct 14, 2023


LOUD AND PROUD
Share your story series: Transferring, Coming Out, & Discovering a New Purpose You know how sports movies aren't really about sports at...
Sep 21, 2023


Q&A: Kristen Vacca
Share Your Story Series - Mini: taking action My name is Kristen vacca & this is my story. Volleyball Player McKendree Universit 1: Tell...
Sep 13, 2023


YOUR LIFE IS WORTH LIVING TOO
Share Your Story Series: It's okay to ask for help “It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again.” - Vince...
Aug 31, 2023


WITH LOVE, FROM GERMANY
Share Your Story Series: Overcoming injury & keeping hope alive "An injury is not just a process of recovery. It’s a process of...
Aug 28, 2023


I'M HUMAN TOO
Share Your Story Series: navigating college sports We often put athletes on a pedestal. We glorify them. We expect them to perform. We...
Aug 23, 2023


THIS WILL NOT DEFINE ME
Share Your Story Series: Running with Lyme Disease "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be...
Jul 17, 2023


WHO AM I WITHOUT BASKETBALL?
Share Your Story Series: Injury and Identity. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -...
Jun 9, 2023


Q&A: Wilde Germano
Share Your Story Series - Mini: Keep the faith "When an underdog wins, they win for everybody, because somebody gotta come through that...
Feb 9, 2023


LIVING THE DREAM
Share Your Story Series: What Happens When Our Dreams Don’t Live up to Our Expectations We often think that gratitude cannot exist at the...
Jan 26, 2023
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