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!

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.

In this episode we talk about how athletes can reprocess trauma to heal and train their nervous system for improved mental health and performance

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!

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.

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.