Like-Minded

Welcome to the season 1 finale of the Like-Minded Podcast! And, what a season it has been. For the finale, we are honored to be joined by counseling & sport psychologist and sport psychology specialist for the University of Notre Dame: Jeff Ruser!Jeff enlightens us about his journey to becoming a counseling & sport psychologist as well as his research expertise in studying the overall impacts of social media use on athletes' mental well-being. We also dabbled with the state of the field and the direction we see it trending. We hope you all enjoy, and thanks for tuning into season 1! Stay tuned for information on season 2!Let us know what y'all think -- here we go!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua

In the second-to-last episode of the opening season of the Like-Minded Podcast, we are honored to bring on our first athlete, former BYU basketball player and current professional hooper: Trevin Knell!Trevin opens up about his experiences and perspectives on integrating mental performance and mental health work into his daily life as a basketball player and as a human being. This episode is as unique as it gets, where we learn about the direct impact of our work and how athletes think about and utilize the knowledge, skills, and abilities that they absorb in their work with clinicians. Let us know what y'all think -- let's get to it!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua

Welcome back! We've got such a good one for y'all this week. We are joined by the Director of Mental Health for BYU athletics: Braden Brown! Braden is a former professional football player and now utilizes his recent graduate education in counseling & sport psychology to serve as a backbone of the BYU athletic department.We dive into Braden's story of how he got to where he is today, his scope of work, and, most importantly, we discuss the similarities, differences, and integration of clinical & sport psychology. Let us know what y'all think -- let's get to it!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua

Welcome back, everyone! On this week's episode, we are joined by another wonderful University of Denver alum: Kaelene Curry!Kaelene is the former director of mental performance for Vanderbilt University, and now spends the majority of her time crushing it as the founder of her own private practice.Kaelene's transparency about her emphasis on a systems approach to this work is well worth listening to, especially for those interested in what sport psych work looks like when working with entire organizations, rather than athletes alone. We also greatly appreciated Kaelene's willingness to share about what her work and approach look like, including recent interventions she's had success with. Let us know what y'all think!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua

This week's episode is a doozy. We bring in the NEW Mental Performance Coordinator for the St. Louis Cardinals: Elliot Cox! What makes this week's show different than all other episodes thus far is the depth of tangible skills and sport psych interventions that Elliot introduced us to, which was SO cool. Elliot also lets us in on what it's like behind the scenes to work in professional sports. So much good stuff packed into this week's show. Whether you're an aspiring mental performance coach, aspiring sport psychologist, professional in the field, or one of our beloved audience members who simply enjoys the show, you're gonna love this one. Let's get to it!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua

Welcome back, everyone! On this week's episode of the Like-Minded podcast, we are joined by a graduate of Michigan State University's PhD in sport and exercise psychology program, current Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, and certified mental performance consultant: Dr. Meredith Wekesser!Meredith has played a significant role in helping build the performance, sport, and exercise psychology concentration at the University of Illinois Chicago.What we loved most about this week's episode is our ability to build on Meredith's stories about her work and openly invite any and all tangents that came our way. We greatly appreciated Meredith's transparency, vulnerability, and incredibly easy-to-see genuineness that poured out throughout the entire conversation. We can't wait to hear what you all think. Let us know your thoughts!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua

Welcome to Episode 3 of your new favorite mental performance & mental health podcast! In this episode, we are thrilled to bring in yet another University of Denver alum: Taylor Stutzman, M.A., CMPC!We had the great honor of learning from Taylor during our time at the University of Denver, as Taylor has served as an adjunct professor in the program since 2023. Taylor is also the founder and lead mental performance consultant at Waterstone Mental Performance, based in Denver, CO.In this episode, among other fruitful sport psych tangents, we discuss Taylor's passion for mindfulness and how he has turned that passion into not only helping the clients he works with, but helping mental performance consultants become even better versions of themselves, as well.We hope you all enjoy, and let us know your thoughts!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Like-Minded Podcast! In this episode, we are incredibly honored to be joined by such a special first guest -- Dr. Breigh Jones-Coplin (Dr. B)!As mentioned, your co-hosts met at the University of Denver, and there is nobody better to be our first guest than our very first professor from DU.Dr. B has served, and continues to serve, as a major role model to us and to so many others. We discuss Dr. B's background and how she got into the field of clinical & sport psychology, her work with the USA Track and Field team, the many different hats she wears, and so much more -- we had an absolutely amazing time with her on the show!We hope you all enjoy!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua

What's up, everyone! Welcome to the Like-Minded Podcast, with your co-hosts Josh Zoldan and Cam Macy.In this pilot episode, we dive deep into our "why" for starting this podcast, our goals, what we hope everyone involved (listeners, hosts, guests) can get out of this experience, and much more.We also preview some of the guests that we will have on the show throughout season one, and what you all can expect in the coming episodes.We hope you all enjoy!Take care of yourselves,- Josh & CamConnect with Josh and Cam on social media:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-zoldan/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmacy/- https://x.com/ZoldanJoshua