The Athlete Angle - Flourish in Life After Sports

The Athlete Angle - Flourish in Life After Sports

Flourish in Life After Sports Are you tired of feeling hopeless and confused on how to ”start over” post sport? Does your identity feel lost and your future uncertain? When was the last time you remember what It feels like to be passionate about something? I don’t know about you, but I remember the last game of my college career. All those years of passionately playing a sport that you’ve loved since you were a kid now coming to a close. ”NOW WHAT?” was the pestering question in my head I couldn’t seem to silence. My new reality was setting in and it felt like a whole lot of uncertainty and a whole lot of falling on my face. Hey, MC Bell here and I am so excited you joined me on The Athlete Angle. This podcast Is to serve and support your journey through your transition Into life after sports. I created this podcast to help you start to answer the question, ”NOW WHAT?”, make your future a little more certain and hopefully give you something to soften your fall. Instagram --> @mcbell96 @the_athlete_angle Connect --> theathleteangle@gmail.com

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September 9, 2023 22 mins

What is up guys! Welcome back, this is part two of my conversation with my friend Ian Miller. We covered a lot in the last episode and now we’re diving right back into it. Ian starts off with giving his thoughts on what it means to hold your sport with an open hand. We also talk about what an effective mindset looks like playing your sport now that you’re retired. He mentioned going in with curiosity and giving yourself grace when ...

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Hey what’s up guys! Welcome back…I caught up with one of my friends Ian Miller. We had such a great conversation about what it looks like to be a good beginner. As former athletes, we’re faced with this season post sport where you must learn how to adapt to doing new things. We’re coming from this expectation to master our sport which is realistic. We spent the last 18ish years of our lives honing in on our craft. But that’s not th...

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What’s up guys! Welcome back to part 2 of my story! I Had the honor of being interviewed by my interns about my story of transitioning into life after sport post soccer. This episode continues to cover topics like dealing with losing your identity post sport, learning how to take the skills your learned as an athlete and use them in a different sport (soccer to pickle ball), learning how to transition seasons well in life, to learn...

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Hey Hey! Welcome back and get ready for the first episode of season 2 of The Athlete Angle! We did something a little different this time. My interns Hannah and Lauren interviewed me about my story.

They asked tons of great questions ranging from managing the emotions that come with transitioning out of your sport to finding a new why in the gym to learning how to find friends outside of your sport.

These are lessons that I’ve pick...

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What is up guys, Happy 4th! It’s been a minute since I’ve published an episode so thanks for being patient with me! Hopefully it built the anticipation for part 2 of my conversation with Cam Dobbs. If you loved the first part of her story, you’re going to LOVEEE the 2nd part. 

Quick disclaimer, if you haven’t listened to part 1 of this conversation I encourage you to go back and listen to the previous episode first. Believe me it’l...

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What’s up guys! Welcome back, I’m so excited for you to hear this episode. I had the opportunity to talk with Cam Dobbs. Cam is a retired D1 collegiate volleyball player with a heck of story! Cam came from a family of collegiate athletes and had the privilege of playing at her dream school, University of Miami.

Freshman year of college, Cam had everything you could think of that you would want in a collegiate program…from amazing t...

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What’s up guys! Welcome back! This week’s episode was bomb…I had the opportunity to talk with Mark Scott who is a NBPA agent and founder of Crown Madison. Mark and I talk about his introduction into football, his recruiting journey, false expectations of playing at the colligate level.

We spent some time talking about how his time at SC State University changed the trajectory of his life and how that experience helped him restructu...

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What’s up y’all! Welcome back to the Athlete Angle. We are going to jump back into the conversation with Aaron Machbitz. Aaron continues to share new ways of finding moments in the in between that retired athletes can take advantage of by just being still. We discussed how after athletics, an athlete’s schedule can free up and open spaces for new things, or just time to relax! Aaron shared some amazing tips and positive advice for ...

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What’s up y’all! Welcome back to The Athlete Angle. 

On this episode I had the privilege of having Aaron Machbitz on the show to talk about the rollercoaster of emotions and challenges that came with his transition into life after sport. 

Aaron is a former Division I baseball player, pro wrestler and now mental health advocate. After losing his sister to suicide, Aaron walked through a season of loss, both in his identity as an ath...

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What’s up y’all! Its been a minute but I’m back with a great episode to kick off the new year. I talked with Vice President of Recruiting for Capstone Hospitality and former collegiate golfer, Sara Diaz. Sara shares how her exposure to golf at The First Tee impacted her career and opportunities she found herself in down the road. We discuss how golf brought her sister and her together and the role she played in her si...

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What’s up guys! Welcome back to The Athlete Angle. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 

We’re jumping back into my conversation with one of my best friends Katlyn Holmes. We continue to discuss what building a foundation looks like, why it is important to be your authentic self and how finding good community is a continuous journey. Katlyn gives us insight on how she manages her freedom as an adult post ...

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What’s up guys! Happy Holidays! Welcome back to The Athlete Angle. Today we’re chatting with one of my best friends, Katlyn Holmes. Katlyn was a collegiate softball player recruited at the top of her class. She was the starting pitcher and broke records at her high school. Colleges started recruiting her in middle school! Unreal. We dive into her origin story and what it was like to have her identity associated with s...

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What’s up guys! Welcome back to another episode of The Athlete Angle. 

I had the privilege to talk with former pro basketball player and fellow Gator, Patric Young. Patric and I talked about the importance of making friends outside of your team while you’re still in school and how this can help you gain perspective about the world outside of your sport. 

We covered how the injuries he endur...

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What’s up guys, welcome back to another episode of The Athlete Angle. This week we’re diving into Cory Camp's origin story. We talked about when he discovered his passion for swimming, the dreams he had from himself and the challenges he faced in his career and in retirement. 

We get into how his success in the pool led to a lack of confidence outside of the pool and his struggle to identify himself as m...

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What’s up guys! Welcome back to another episode of The Athlete Angle. I caught up with my friend and Athlete Transition Coach, Taj Dashaun.

 If you’re looking for some tangible advice on how to transition well post sport, save this episode!

Taj walks us through his mindset going into college football at Stony Brook University, how he managed his unmet goals…or didn’t. 

We dug ...

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Today, we’re chatting with Alex Fodera. Alex played soccer at the University of Connecticut and played pro in multiple countries.

We got deep y'all...

We talked about her career ending injury which led into a season of depression and an eating disorder.

We also talked about her passion for aerial performance and how this helped her learn about herself outside of her sport.

You’re gonna want to listen till the end because Alex gives...

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What’s up guys!

Thanks for joining me for the first episode of the Athlete Angle! I am welcoming  on a very special guest, Katie Spada.

She is the owner of Spada Strong Nutrition which is a nutrition coaching business that teaches former athletes how to fuel for life after sports. She holds a master’s degree in Nutrition from Northeastern University with a concentration in Sports and Fitness. Katie competed as an elite level synchr...

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