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Especially for Athletes Podcast — 132 episodes

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177. Just Take the Next Step with Guest Hunter Rasmussen

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176. Southern Utah University Gymnast Kendall McGuire

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175. Associate Athletic Director of Mental Health for BYU Athletics, Braden Brown

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174. Tanner Wall, BYU Safety and Las Vegas Raider

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173. The Mental Game That Separates Great Athletes | Bryker Hurdsman

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172. Are Parents Stealing Their Kids' Self-Esteem? | Character Is Built Through Struggle

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171. Sports Are a Tool… Don't Be a Tool

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170. Seek to Be Your Best, Not the Best

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169. Be Patient: Every Athlete Develops on a Different Timeline

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168. Kevin Love and the Courage to Ask for Help

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167. Anchored Where Your Feet Are with Ty Detmer

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166. Dream a New Dream

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165. The Fine Line Between Average and Good

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164. Grit, Preparation & Leadership with Brandon Doman & Justin Miller

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163. Professional Golfer & BYU Standout Keanu Akina

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162. Former Utah Tight End Cole Fotheringham

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161. Record Setting College QB Justin Miller

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160. Former Brigham Young University Basketball Coach Tim LaComb

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159. A Conversation with BYU Wide Receiver Cody Hagen

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158. All-Pro NFL Safety and New England Patriot, Brenden Schooler (Repost)

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157. Navy Linebacker Marcus Bleazard

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156. Former Division I player and coach Alli Bills

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155. Episode #155 — Featuring Former College QB & Coach Paul Peterson

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154. World-Class Tumbler Ashley Matern on Triumph and the Power of Not Giving Up

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153. Ashton Lunt on Resilience, Recovery & Why You're More Than Your Sport

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152. BYU Cheerleaders Ammon & Aislee on Time, Trials & Taking Your Shot

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151. Breaking Free from Distraction: How Coach Jaicee Roden Helps Her Athletes "Win the Hour"

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150. Utah Jazz Forward George Niang on Embracing Your Role & Building Resilience

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149. Utah Tech Softball Coach Randy Simkins

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148. Lessons from the Locker Room with Brandon Doman

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147. Sam Merrill on Confidence, Work, and Being a Great Teammate

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146. Doug Meacham on Perspective in Sports and Life

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145. Believe You Belong: Beating Imposter Syndrome and Mastering Self-Talk

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144. Process Over Outcome: Lessons from Steve Nash, James Clear, and Real-Life Sports

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143. Lessons from NCAA Gymnast Taylor Christopulos (2025 Nissen-Emery Award Winner)

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142. Lessons from Charles Barkley on Taking Responsibility

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141. Resilience, Leadership, and the Power of Competing: Lessons from Ally Gomm

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140. Responding to Bullying: How Athletes Can Lead with Empathy and Action

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139. How to Respond When You Get Cut: Resilience and Dreaming New Dreams

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138. Greatness on the Other Side of Boring" with BYU Football's Connor Pay

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137. Lessons from Coach Kelvin Sampson Postgame Interview

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136. Leaving a Legacy: Lessons from Alex and Brian Zettler

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135. Seek to Bless, Not Impress: Dabo Swinney on Letting Your Inner Light Shine

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134. Drew Brees on Resilience: Embrace Your Role and Build a Winning Team

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133. Compete Without Contempt: Setting the Standard for Fan Behavior

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132. Win the Hour: Why Consistency Beats Motivation

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131. Put Down the Cool, Pick Up Kindness: The Power of Likability Over Status

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130. Resilience: Lessons from Tragedy and Triumph

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129. Compete Without Contempt: Navigating Rivalry and Adversity

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128. Win the Hour: The Power of Planning with Dr. Sheldon Martin

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127. Seek to Bless, Not Impress: A Conversation with Abby Cox

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126. Resilience: Coach Diljeet Taylor

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125. Compete Without Contempt: The Eric Weddle Approach to Team Success

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124. Win the Hour: Investing Time for Success

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123. Stanford Soccer Player Duncan Jarvie

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122. Former College Lacrosse Player and current Lacrosse Coach Melissa Nash

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121. Where Should I Put My Energy?

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120. Navigating Life After the Spotlight with Max Hall

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119. Super Bowl Champion and Utah State Great Robert Turpin

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118. Utah Valley University Wrestling Coach Adam Hall

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117. Analysing a Survey of E4A Certified Athletes

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116. Insights from 18-Year NFL Veteran Lee Johnson

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115. University of Utah Great and NFL Player Britain Covey

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114. Beyond the Field: Zac Dart's Triumph Over Injury and Mental Health Challenges

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113. All Pro NFL Safety and New England Patriot Brenden Schooler

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112. Long-Time Coach and AD Cody Valdez

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111. Stephen H. Covey

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110. Professional Golfer Daniel Summerhays

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109. BYU Great and Current NFL QB Jaren Hall

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108. Inspiring Stories and Tips of College Drill Team Dancers

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107. Reframing Daniel Summerhays

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106. World Champion Wrestler Ben Kjar

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105. Chasing Gold: A Conversation with Olympic Hopeful Bradley Nicol

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103. Softball Coach Payton Day

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102. E4A Golf Invitational Advice

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101. Celebrating 100 Episodes

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100. BYU Golfer Zac Jones on Resilience and Success

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Round Table Deep Dive Exploring the E4A Principles - Panel 2

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Round Table Deep Dive into E4A's Principles

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Dr. Sheldon Martin

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Win the Hour

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Air Force Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Nicole Heyn

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From College to Professional: Olympic Swimmer Rhyan White

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NBA Basketball Player and College Great Kyle Collinsworth

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First Lady of Utah Abby Cox

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Drug Addiction and Sports with Max Hall (Repeat)

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Former Utah Governor Gary Herbert

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Winning the Hour, Participation Trophies, Women's Sports and More

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Professional Golfer Daniel Summerhays

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Head Football Coach of Snow College Zac Erekson

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College Football Coach Joe DuPaix

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Major League Baseball All-Star Wally Joyner

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Resilience and Goal Keeping

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4 Steps to Making Goals That Stick

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Sports, Social Media, and Mental Health

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Alli Bills on Mental Preparation, Being a Great Team Captain and More

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Creating Service Opportunities for Our Young People

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First Lady of Utah Abby Cox Interviews Dustin Smith

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Three Perspectives that Teach Resilience

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Olympic Swimmer and World Champion Rhyan White Part 2

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Olympic Swimmer and World Champion Rhyan White Part 1

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The Relationship Between Effort, Talent, and Resilience

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Suicide Prevention and Intervention With Dr. Sheldon Martin

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Would Saban Want You on his Bus?

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This One is for You Runners: Pushing Through the Darkness with Diljeet Taylor and Julie Sumsion

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Jeff Ginn on How Youth Coaches are the Most Well Intended Liars on the Face of the Planet

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A 9/11 Tribute and Story of Great Sacrifice, Patriotism and Resilience with Jordan Stevenson

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Back to School Message: Helping Our Kids Make Goals

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Zero Tolerance for Poor Treatment of Referees - Round Table Discussion w/ Brian Attridge and Dr Sheldon Martin

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How Can Sports Help Us Build Resilience w/ Mason Sawyer

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Helping Young Athletes Grow Without Destroying Them With Criticism

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Using Sports to Help Raise Victors Instead of Victims

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Within Team Bullying and Teasing

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Don't be a "Me-Monster" (w/Guest Cameron Stewart)

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Don't Make Youth Specialize in Sports Too Soon

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Sportlight the Book...A Preview

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Getting The Most Out Of Your Summer, Helping The Most Vulnerable People, and The Cyclical Blessing of Helping Others

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Managing Anxious Feelings During Ingame Situations

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Leading With Passion and Not Just Filling A Seat

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Continuing to Challenge Ourselves When the Spotlight Turns Off with Guest Alli Bills

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How can coaches, parents and teammates help protect children and prevent abuse?

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Are you a Thermometer or a Thermostat

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Drug Addiction and Sports with Max Hall

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The Reasons and Some Remedies For Apathy

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Having a Plan to Be Your Best

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How Can we Help Youth Handle Losing in a Way that Fosters Growth

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Bullying, how can athletes, parents, and coaches help eliminate it?

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Taking Social Risk in Order to Do Good

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Desi Lomax - What Can Athletes Do To Help Eliminate Racism?

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How Can We Help Our Children and Athletes Be Elite Teammates?

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The Relationship between Talent and Work Ethic

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A Trip down Memory Lane - Eric Weddles Super Bowl Postgame Interview