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Jonathan Van Horn is a former dual sport collegiate athlete (basketball and soccer), athlete transition coach, and host of the SHIFT podcast. In this episode we talk about his experience playing 2 sports in College, the value of that experience on both physical development and mental, how to move away from performance / outcome based motivation, and building for life beyond sport.

Danielle Kettlewell is an Olympian in the sport of synchronized swimming. Her story takes her from what she calls being an “ordinary girl” to making the Olympic team in 3 years.

Val Whiting is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She played center for the Stanford Cardinal women’s basketball during her four years of pre-med study at Stanford and went on to be part of the ABL and then the WNBA during the early years of the league.

Akeem Haynes is an Olympic Bronze Medalist, International Motivational Speaker And Author. His sports journey took him from moving to northern Canada from Jamaica at a young age, becoming homeless, and then going on to win a medal at the Olympics.