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It’s electric, but it can also be brutal. Only one team will end their season with a win. The rest will finish with a heartbreaking loss. Having made the playoffs and won many playoff games but never a national championship as a coach or a player.  I know this all too well. That conversation after a season-ending playoff loss can be gut-wrenching. The silence in the locker room is deafening; heads down, gear still on because no one wants to take it off for the last time, the

If you’re a parent wondering what NIL means for your athlete, you’re not alone. Last weekend, I led an NIL info session for a local club volleyball program. The goal was simple: help parents understand what NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) means for their athletes. What happened surprised even the club director: parents had a lot of questions. Good ones, too. It was a reminder that while NIL dominates headlines, many families are still trying to make sense of it. So, let's ta

Why Great Coaches and Leaders Must Learn to Translate. I was working with a younger high school athlete recently and mentioned something about her personal brand. I was about to move on and explain why it’s important, but she stopped me and asked: “What’s a brand?” I paused. Not because I didn’t know the answer. Not because I was frustrated that she didn’t know. But because I realized I hadn’t explained it. I had assumed she already knew. After all, brand  is a word we hear c

Would you want your worst moments replayed on a big screen, with your whole team watching? In sports, that’s just another Monday. In a world where everything is caught on camera, most of us would rather not relive our mess-ups, especially not in front of our team. But athletes do this all the time. After every game, there’s the film review. You sit in a room, heart in a box, and watch yourself make mistakes. Then you talk about them. Not to shame, but to improve. This is the

My systems are crap right now. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it feels that way. My email inbox is a mess, my calendar...

My husband gave me a bread maker as a gift. I love it. In our house, I’m the baker. There’s something deeply satisfying about baking...

Burnout isn’t about doing too much, it’s about recovering too little. We often think burnout means we’ve taken on too much. But what if...

When athletes think about NIL, they think about opportunity. The brand deals, social media posts, maybe even a little extra cash. What...

Let’s Talk NIL (No, Really—Let’s Talk About It) I’ve been doing some serious digging in the NIL space lately, and I figured it’s time to...