“This experience is not changing my circumstances, it is changing me.”
Participating in college sports can build leadership skills, teamwork skills, confidence, a strong work ethic, and lifelong friendships. It can improve academic success and open up career opportunities. It is a privilege.
But there is a shadow side to performing at such a high level. Participating in college sports can also build a belief that if you work hard enough, you can be great at anything. It can lead people to believe they should be great at anything, at everything. Just put in the work.
Many women shaped by college sports carry this mentality into every area of their lives. They don’t want to fail, so they tirelessly work to keep all the things going with greatness and a willingness to sacrifice their own needs for the sake of others. They do this at work, in their relationships, in service to their communities and in their churches. But it’s not sustainable. One day, the greatness that they once loved to pursue becomes a burden they can no longer bear, and they silently level out, burn out, or give up, alone. And often ashamed.
None of us were made to be great at everything.
But for women shaped by college sports, we have been shaped to be great at putting in the work. What if you focused that strong work ethic on growing up the everything you were made to be instead of burning yourself out striving to be great at everything. Imagine that. This is what we want most for you. This is what we design our solutions to do for you. Because we know that when you grow up the everything you were made to be, you will thrive. And when you thrive, you’ll lead others to do the same. Because that’s what you do.
In what ways might you be wanting our coaching and cohort experiences to change you?
If you made those changes, what would be different for you? for your athletes?
What parts of you would you be growing up?
How important is it to you that you do the work to grow up the everything you were made to be?