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Being the Genuine Athlete
by Jure Koscak
As a former professional athlete I was always in search of “the zone.” The zone and that feeling was, and is, the peak of all performance that all athletes strive for. But often there is something missing, and it’s that something that is revealed on my podcast. I share my experiences as an athlete and life coach. You’ll discover what’s working, how to get there and how to apply these tips to your life. Join me on this journey and be the Genuine Athlete you were born to be.
Episodes
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Flow over force, a new era for female athletes - Angela R. Lewis #17
🎙️ In this episode, I had the honor of speaking with Angela R. Lewis – former professional basketball player, coach, author, and now Head of Operations at SpeakerHub. What she shared deeply resonated with me, especially her unique framework for female athlete development called the 6V Model: 1....
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Send Love Out as a Scout with Dr. Zdeslav Hrepic #16
In this deeply insightful and transformative episode, we sit down with Dr. Zdeslav Hrepic, a physicist, educator, and certified life coach, to explore the profound intersections of science, spirituality, and personal transformation. With a rich background in physics education and a lifelong…
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Iz teme v svetlobo / Za odpravit velik odpor se rabi ogromno časa in energije - Sandi Masnec #15
Resnična preobrazba zahteva čas. Si pripravljen/a stopiti na svojo pot? 👉 Od zakrčenosti do sproščenosti. Od zatrtih čustev do pristnega izražanja. Od nenehnega boja do resnične notranje moči. Sandi, nekdanji vrhunski strelec, je skozi prelomne izzive in metodo AEQ odkril, kako se premakniti iz...
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Nikad se nije pričalo o previše, uvijek o nedovoljno - Stjepan Ostruški #14 (on YouTube with eng subtitles)
You can watch the episode with english subtitles on YouTube: Being the Genuine Athlete channel. 🔍 "Kako si?"*Jednostavno pitanje, ali nosi slojeve značenja. Većina ljudi odgovara automatski— "Dobro sam." Ali je li to istina ili samo iluzija koje držimo? Mnogi se bore s kroničnom boli…
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Focusing less on results and more on feeling - Ema Burgić #13
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Ema Burgić, a divorced mother of two and a professional tennis player from Bosnia, as she takes us on her journey of self-discovery and authenticity. Ema shares her struggles and triumphs, offering a raw and heartfelt perspective on balancing motherhood…
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You cannot abuse your body endlessly. It can only take so much - Jani Brajkovič #12
Love. Optimism. Courage to confront yourself. Using the tools. To feel instead of just filling the void. Emotions. Energy. Change. Leaving the victimhood behind. Ability to relax. Efficiency. From racing to self awareness. Hope. This and much more was presented in this podcast episode with my…
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What's wrong with you? Nothing! (aka living on the autopilot) - Kenny Kiefer #11
Kenny is an amazing musician with a difficult past. He went through shit and came out on the other side like a star. We touched on his digestive issues, chronic tension and stress, headaches, pain and how all of this turned into a nightmare of anxiety, panic attacks and just pure hell living. To...
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Tijelo nakon poroda - Ivana Herceg Budić #10 (with eng subs on YT)
You can watch the episode with English subtitles on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PqsRctpu2rc Biti majka 4 djece i sve ih roditi kod kuće. Ivana ima iskustvo, a povrh toga i potrebno znanje, mudrost i empatiju kako bi vodila i pomogla ženama nakon poroda. Nositi se s posljedicama ovog čuda koje život...
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There is always a price you need to pay - Stefan Hadalin #9
Everything is possible with hard work and dedication. But is it? Only if and when you feel your body in order to input the right amount of pain and get the gain. The subjects that we touched with Stefan were deep and felt to the core, as pain is. A man with a lot of experience as a pro athlete....
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If you really want to enjoy life, you can do it literally by slowing down - Barbara & Matija #8
Tune in to get the full story of how Barbara & Matija managed to come out of being exhausted and injured. How they flipped it around by slowing down. And the last two years being a couple in a new way. Supporting each other and growing together. Now the goal is to be rested and prepared for any...
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It doesn't feel good, it only feels familiar - Urban Urbanc #7
Be ready to experience stability, wisdom and profoundness. Urban has transformed himself into a man that recognizes what is and what isn't. In this conversation he discusses the differences in between knowing or feeling your emotions. We dive into where in the body our emotions are stored. How…
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Knowing about your body's energy level - Niko Akrap #6
The most honest, sincere and vulnerable conversation I had in a long time. Niko has shown his greatness by talking about his struggles and wins in life. How he is dealing with situations, family, children, gym, clients, finances and his own shadows. The importance of being aware of your own…
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How learning to be authentic can save your life - Adrijana Mori #5
Breaking out of the people pleasing character is extremely difficult. Especially in a team sport such as female football (soccer). Well, Adrijana is making her steps to being true to herself. To release the pressure of her shoulders. Acknowledging and respecting herself. The style of playing and...
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Chronically wired but tired, because the issue is in the tissue - Tine Serazin Lisjak #4
What an amazing conversation with Tine about his evolution in life. How he made it out of the strong build muscle in a functional movement and if by need, also a soft man. If you are in sports and like lifting heavy weights, then this is the right information for you. Especially in order to…
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Embodiment - Coming from dysfunction into healing - Danijela Dragosavljevic #3
Danijela has gone through tough situations in life. And those have made her into an amazing person as she is now. Full of life's experience, helping others to maneuver between chronic pain, postpartum effects, emotional dysregulation, nerve dysfunction and disorder. It was a delight talking to…
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Change the relationship to yourself - Jure Brekalo #2
From being pressured by your own father, to becoming a loving dad as a new person. From being an athlete that hates sport, to enjoying movement and teaching others how to move healthy. From being full of rage and disgust in life, to expressing emotions in a mature and responsible way. This and…
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How can the AEQ method guide you to an effective change in life? - Nace Janezic #1
What is the AEQ method? What connection do emotions have with our body? Why is it so important to feel? How does AEQ method guide us to come out of dysfunction / toxic relationship? What is the AEQ method and how does it guide us to a better family relationships? Family. Feelings. Balance....
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#53 Lauren Ammon | It takes 3 positive thoughts to neutralize 1 negative
Do you struggle with negative thoughts? Are you in pain with tightness? Pre-competition anxiety? Do you want to relax and compete at the best level? Well then listen to Lauren. She's got it for you. Get the insights around too much hard training done and where it leads to. Be surprised by the...
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#52 Terryl Humphrey | Men are emotional as well and feel pain
Man, you need to listen to this young guy. He went through a lot in his life already and he’s barely 22 years of age. That is more than at 8680 days at the moment counting. Listen to his story of growing up with 2 more brothers and a single mom. Having no father or male figure and what made him...
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Yogi Aaron | From “My back went out” to “NO Stretching Science”
Do you want to be pain free? It is possible. Just stop stretching. And have a laughter like Aaron does. Start listening to your body and understanding the science point of view regarding beyond the range of motion. Listen to Yogi Aaron Hero’s journey and how he painfully discovered the hidden…
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Mark Ryall | Let the run come out of you
Mark Ryall is an amazing father. He wrote a book “Run daughter, run father” about his relationship, endeavours and experiences of running and coaching his daughter Stephanie. We had a lovely chat about his life and the last book. Tune in to get these hidden gems that are efficient in upbringing a...
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Michael Huber | "Hey kid, you are more than just an athlete!"
Dear athlete parents: If you need to listen to any podcast, DO LISTEN TO THIS ONE!!! Why? Because we covered several tabu themes in youth sport and explained what the hell is going on between the ears of athletes' parents. How the business industry has infiltrated and is abusing the love for…
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Chris Plourde | What is it that your soul is supposed to do in this world
Chris made my day with his explaining and expertise both on personal and professional level. He brings forth a very practical view on life. Based on his experiences and what he went through he built a family, a home and a business that contributes to the society on many levels. Take a look and…
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Dannie De Novo | To feel is a Superpower, use it
Dannie De Novo is special. Her life made her, as she positively used all of what was thrown at her, all of the adversity. She came out happy, and still does. As she says that "being happy is like a practice/training, a way of being every day"! Like an athlete trains a skill, we should be training...
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Antony Mac Neil | Doing business from Sports perspective
If every business person would be like Anthony Mac Neil, then we would have a more positive world. Using the sports terminology to achieve business results to impact, influence and develop a holistic athlete person. This is the main purpose of Anthony and his Franchise for youth sports....
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Lodro Rinzler | Just Be here with Reality
A Buddhist meditation practitioner for more than 20 years, Lodro Rinzler is giving us the truth. So simple yet so deep and powerful. Being with Reality is the main focus of Lodro. Just be with what is. Accept it, embrace it and confront it if necessary. Lodro has written bestseller books, The...
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Matt Aponte | Living Limitless Life
Ladies and gentleman, Matt Aponte. We talked about the core problems athletes endure. All coming out from the baseline programming in your subconsciousness. Matt has created an amazing brainwave entrainment method that puts your brains in balance. Because when our brain is in balance we…
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Renata Porter | Volunteers - The true power of a sport organization
Volunteers are an essential part of a sport organization. Whether they are parents, kids or people who just want to help. The purpose of life is to be in service to each other, to lift other people up. What better way is there to be a volunteer in an organized environment. Renata Porter creates...
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Morry Zelcovitch | Athlete – You are designed to enjoy | Understand your brain chemistry
If you want to WIN, understand life and yourself, then you better listen to Mr Morry and use his method. The world's only and first BrainWave Engineer. Creating audio and visual stimulation, patterns and techniques that alter brainwave patterns and its chemistry. Being very depressed and failing…
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The hidden Opponent⎮Dopamine
Are you feeling that something is taking and sucking all your energy? You train hard as an athlete and you give your all. Yet you have that heavy chain pulling you back some times. Then you need to hear this episode about the Dopamine hormone. We are living in times of big change and very…
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Madeline Barlow, PhD ⎮Unbecoming of the Conditioned Athlete
Madeline is an amazing lady with a sharp mind and a healer of the heart. She is a mental performance coach at the Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania attending to the needs of 18 sport teams and their coaches. In this episode we touched important subjects and her experience with…
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The Principle of Life for Athletes
This principle is the main thing for an athlete to live by. Being young and full of energy. Using every situation to train yourself. To cleanse and heal yourself. With this you beome stronger and rejuvenated. This enables you to cope and withstand stronger energy going through you. You do want to...
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Gabriel Deieno ⎮Joga Bonito or enjoying life as an Athlete
Second episode of the 2nd Season in Being the Genuine Athlete Podcast. Tune in and listen to the wisdom of a young Brasilian college soccer player. We talked about: 1' Introduction of Gabriel 3' the affects of the year 2020 on athletes 11' knowing your shadows and overcoming them - mental game…
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Pro Athlete - Pro Wisdom
We begin the 2nd season of this podcast with an interesting subject: Professional Athlete with professional injury. That was the old way and now is the time to evolve in pro wisdom of athletes. As they are more than capable of being wise and confident. With all of the situations athletes…
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Sheriff Suma⎮Football Captain of Life
Sheriff Suma is a professional football player from Sierra Leona. He was a captain of the national team, played in Sweden, Norway, Cyprus, Turkey, Azerbaijan and now in the USA. Achieving all of this was possible while he was naturally being a genuine person. Enjoying, full of confidence, exactly...
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Jana Krivec⎮Chess Grandmaster about playing a game in life
This episode of the podcast was like a chess game. Intense and deep. With a lot of moves and different view points. Jana is an amazing person with a very profound look on life. She has accomplished a lot in chess and as well in her life studies. Her doctoral thesis and further on a book that is...
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Bill Patton ⎮ Who’s job is it to see the ball coming out of my racket?
Bill is an in-depth person with a ton of experience from the field of tennis. Coaching children and high performance athletes; he takes us in his journey. Explaining his life work and studies. Going deep into the mentality, character and emotional build up of a child with tennis. Further on...
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I used to believe that… How Beliefs affect our life and how to shift them.
I used to believe that I have to win in order to be accepted, in order to fill in that lack of love. I used to believe that I need to worry a lot in order to be responsible. I used to believe that I need to just work hard and harder and the win will come for sure; quantity over quality. I used to...
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Zuzana Zlochova ⎮ For the Love of Tennis
Zuzana is a professional tennis player on WTA, ITF tour. She has invited us into her life with stories that happened to her on the road. The love for tennis that she has is remarkable. And this love brings her through many of the challenges that she faces on the tour. Thank you for being genuine,...
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Ego equation
This episode is all about the ego equation. How our ego identity overcomes us with expectations and other tricks. This is happening in order to fulfill the greatest ego desire. To suffer. In order to avoid this is necessary to understand our ego and its tricks. So enjoy in the episode and book a...
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Sofia Shapatava ⎮ The harsh truth about tennis life
Sofia Shapatava is a #professional tennis player on the #WTA & #ITF tour. She has won 27 tournaments in doubles and 2 in singles. The challenges she encountered on her tennis journey are for a book story. All the #adversity coming from a former Soviet Union country Georgia have made her who she…
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Gregor Ficko ⎮ How to create the environment in a tennis club
Gregor Ficko is a manager / tennis coach / organizer of tennis clubs, academies. In this #podcast he shared his #tennisexperience and his approach to a few very specific topics: #parentsintennis, competitiveness vs professionalism and how to organize a high functioning tennis club. 1' intro of...
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Nicola Geuer ⎮Professional tennis player presenting her journey
Professional tennis player Nicola Geuer presents her journey on the WTA tour. How she developed and expanded her approach to life through adversity in tennis. Her studies, branding, commentating, being involved in charity and making the best out of it all. Accepting the challenge to compete in…
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Dr. Michael Hartle ⎮ Why is prevention so important for athletes - a chiropractors view
Dr. Hartle has explained in detail his #chiropractic practice. His #experience with #athletes and how their #mind is the biggest enemy. How to coach athletes and their mind to get the most out of it and not get injured. Use of #visualization and understanding the distinction between your body and...
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2nd part How important is personal development in sport by WTA tennis coach Izo Zunic
WTA professional tennis coach Izo Zunic goes even deeper in this second part of our call. Expressing his emotions and understanding about life, tennis and choices we make. We are both excited about what the future holds and are being ready with our attitude. Especially eager transmitting it to...
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1st part How important is personal development in sport by WTA tennis coach Izo Zunic
Being the Genuine Athlete podcast guests a WTA professional tennis coach Izo Zunic. He shares his experience and wisdom he gained through his life. Touching the most important character building ideas for a genuine athlete. To be a fulfilled person and live happy, joy and with purpose.
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Guest Milan Kocic sharing his Awareness 2nd part
Second part fo the interview with Milan we get more into his journey and how he sees himself in the future. Thank you Milan for you experiences and for sharing them with us.
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Guest Milan Kocic sharing his Awareness 1st part
Milan is a professional football (soccer) player. He has traveled to many countries by playing football. In these years he needed to develop a sense of higher awareness in all the circumstances that he has found himself in. With this current pandemic situation going on he shares his awareness and...
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Light at the end of this tunnel
How important it is to train your mind now? And your emotions and feelings. Very important, because this period of a lockdown too shall pass. We can win when this is over. Or we can stay the same. It is up to our wisdom scale level that we implement.
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The best time to train yourself is Now
Now is the best time to train yourself. Your mentality. Your fitness. Your emotions. To relax from all of the stress that happens in the competition. How many times have you said to yourself and others that you wish that time would stop. Well. Now time has stopped. And now is the best time to…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
As a former professional athlete I was always in search of “the zone.” The zone and that feeling was, and is, the peak of all performance that all athletes strive for. But often there is something missing, and it’s that something that is revealed on my podcast. I share my experiences as an athlete and life coach. You’ll discover what’s working, how to get there and how to apply these tips to your life. Join me on this journey and be the Genuine Athlete you were born to be.
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Jure Koscak
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