Reina Iizuka is the first woman to play Canadian University football. In this episode we talk about growing up playing with the boys, her recruiting and college experience, being a woman in sports, her ACL recovery, transition to pro rugby, nutrition and more!
Author Archives: Nat
01
Apr
Apr
As part of The Female Lead’s ‘Disrupt Your Feed’ research, showing how influenced we are by who we follow and the images we see on social media, Natalie was listed as a positive role model to follow in the sports category, along with athletes like Serena Williams, Chloe Kim, and others!
01
Apr
Apr
In this episode Natalie talks about stress management, leveraging stress, finding (or not finding) balance, as well as looking at life like sport seasons.
27
Mar
Mar
Sophia Jensen is an 8x world champion in canoe and 2024 Olympic hopeful for Team Canada. In this podcast we talk about body image as a female athlete, eating for performance, her training schedule and experience trying to qualify for Tokyo 2020(1) amidst all the lockdowns, how she manages her mental health on the road, and tips to stay motivated and keep pushing for your dreams.
19
Mar
Mar
If you’ve been doubting yourself lately, whether it’s in sports or life, I hope this episode can help.
12
Mar
Mar
From challenging biases, to actionable advice, this podcast is meant to be a guide on how to actually support women in sport, from a woman in sport.
04
Mar
Mar
In this episode we talk about how athletes can reprocess trauma to heal and train their nervous system for improved mental health and performance
25
Feb
Feb
This week’s episode is all about failure. Especially with the Olympics now finished up, I wanted to talk about the concept of failure and failing at things. Hopefully this can reframe or perhaps shift your perspective on the concept of failure, whether that is an athlete in sports, or in other aspects of your life!
18
Feb
Feb
In this episode Nat shares her experience with fear as a former winter sport / action sport athlete, how we can lean into fear, how trauma can cause fear and how we can better bounce back from experiences when our fears become reality, the relationship between fear and flow for high performance (sport and life), and how to push your comfort zone without too high a level of fear.
11
Feb
Feb
In this episode Nat shares her experience with fear as a former winter sport / action sport athlete, how we can lean into fear, how trauma can cause fear and how we can better bounce back from experiences when our fears become reality, the relationship between fear and flow for high performance (sport and life), and how to push your comfort zone without too high a level of fear.