#SPEAKYOURTRUTH! Podcast (#SYT!)
Mental, emotional, and spiritual health are vital to an athlete's success. So why aren't we talking about it MORE!? Welcome to #SPEAKYOURTRUTH! Podcast, the BEST podcast destigmatizing mental health in sports! Your host, Samarie Walker, is a former D1 and professional women's basketball player who struggled with mental illness and sucidality during her career. Her goal is to educate the public on how mental health issues impact athletes' careers and lives. Explore the conversation of mental health in sports with Samarie and her guests by subscribing now!! https://anchor.fm/samarie/subscribe
Episodes
December 11, 2021 • 28 mins
Dr. Matthew Raidbard, author of Lead Like a Pro, is back! I love having recurring guests on the show!! Matthew opens up to us about an experience he had as a coach with a player who was struggling with their mental health and how Matthew felt he failed to show up for the player in that moment. What's most beautiful about this story is Dr. Raidbard's willingness to learn and grow from this situation. He's constantly seeking ways to ...
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December 4, 2021 • 54 mins
Myles is BACK for part 2. This time we're talking about the expectations of Black athletes from their family, peers, community and team. https://anchor.fm/samarie/subscribe Website: speakyourtruth.live || IG & Twitter: @syt_podcast || Myles' IG: @myles_coston
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November 27, 2021 • 62 mins
Kasten Spethmann is what I call a Wild Woman. She does and says what she wants when she wants. Kasten ain't afraid of nothin'! She's a risk taker. She's confident and outspoken. And she doesn't let anything get in the way of her getting shit done! Kasten quit Nike at the age of 22 and hasn't worked for anyone else another day since. She now helps other athletes become entrepreneurs through coaching and courses. https://anchor.fm/sa...
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November 20, 2021 • 41 mins
Skyelar Cribbs is a post-graduate cheerleader and poli-sci major at Portland State University. She's already writing policies for politicians and nonprofits, including her own, LiveAgainFreely. Skyelar talks to us about balancing school and sport (PLUS everything else she's involved in), how body image in cheer heavily impacted her own life, as well as her personal experience with suicide that inspired her to found LiveAgainFreely....
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November 17, 2021 • 8 mins
Dr. Matthew Raidbard is a former Men's college basketball coach and athletic administrator, head of Raidbard Sports Leadership Consulting, and author of Lead like a Pro-which is on sale now! Dr. Raidbard shares his upbringing in the Chicagoland area (as y'all know, MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD!!! If you haven't yet, go visit! 🍕🌭🌆), as well as how growing up in such a diverse environment prepared him to coach and work with dive...
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November 10, 2021 • 12 mins
Greg Graber is a mental performance coach, educational leader, the author of Amazon bestseller: Slow Your Roll- Mindfulness for Fast Times, and a keynote speaker. Graber has worked with the LSU Tigers, Memphis Grizzles, Hilton Worldwide, and many more! In this episode of #SPEAKYOURTRUTH! Podcast, Greg explains the importance of high-level mental performance for athletes and entrepreneurs. https://anchor.fm/samarie/subscribe Website...
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November 3, 2021 • 72 mins
Myles Coston is a former college baseball player at Fresno State, North Carolina State, & Holy Names University in Oakland, CA, where he is now obtaining his master's degree in Counseling Psychology! Myles credits his growth as a young man to his high school, De La Salle. He says the all-boys school not only prepared him to be the best student-athlete he could be, but also the best man he could be. Myles shares with us how he start...
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October 27, 2021 • 19 mins
Naya Tapper is a USA Rugby Olympic Team member and from what I keep hearing, the best female rugby player in the world! All I know is you couldn't pay me to stand in front of Tapper on the field--coming from the person who thinks they can do anything! I really enjoyed my conversation with Naya, talking about her childhood, involvement in sports growing up, and how she got into rugby. She knew she was talented in the sport, but neve...
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October 20, 2021 • 68 mins
Jason Gant is a Athletic & Behavioral Health Consultant (ABC) with a specific interest in mindfulness as a proactive tool and skill. He directs the mindfulness programs at the AAU, JC & NCAA levels of basketball. A 3 sport walk on at Cal, (MBB, volleyball & track & field, Jason smoothly integrates practice, experience and know-how. Jason developed and designed the first Youth and Teen Mindfulness Stress Reduction & Relaxation (YTMS...
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October 13, 2021 • 32 mins
Kristeena Alexander is a former Division 1, WNBA and overseas professional basketball player, former D1 coach from Staten Island, New York, and is currently a mentor, entrepreneur, as well as a business manager. Kristeena says her time as an athlete prepped her for what she does today, guiding athletes and former athletes on their journeys. My favorite thing I learned about Ms Kris was her gratitude for her family, friends, coaches...
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October 6, 2021 • 38 mins
My manz Roen McCullough is one brave dude! At the start of his senior season of college football at The Ohio State University, he chose to medically retire from football. Roen says though this is by far the toughest decision he's ever had to make, he knows it's the best one. His happiness, mental health and physical health are his priority. I wish I had his wisdom and bravery at his age! McCullough credits his family and their supp...
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September 29, 2021 • 48 mins
Stephanie Sapienza, former Canadian soccer player, sits down with us to chop it up about post-athlete depression, "coming out," and body image, especially after sport. I love when I have light, positive, and sometimes even fun conversations about mental health. This was definitely one of those! Subscribe, rate and review!
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September 22, 2021 • 23 mins
Jessica Gordon is a certified Rapid Transformational Therapy Hypnosis Practitioner who works with athletes and entrepreneurs, aiding them in the transformation of their minds, leading to better performance. Jessica tells us about how connecting with our inner child is literally the answer to all of our problems and shares how her journey as an athlete lead her on the path to becoming a therapist and hypnosis practitioner. Subscribe...
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September 9, 2021 • 55 mins
Whitney Ashley is an Olympic Track & Field discus thrower. I am so grateful to have her on the show and excited for you to hear her story. Whitney shares her experience with the faulty Olympic Committee this year, working through identity and confidence issues as an adult woman, and how she found the strength to not only #SPEAKHERTRUTH, but to live it as well! Anyone who has struggled with identity issues because of their skin colo...
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September 4, 2021 • 60 mins
Dr. Valentina has become a super popular guest of #SPEAKYOURTRUTH! So many people have called me to express their thoughts about the series. Even some future guests bring her up in their interviews! In this episode we discuss the good ol bible. She explains how the bible is essentially Black history and tells of the disgusting ways slaveowners and whites today use(d) the good book to justify racism and slavery. If you ain't ready, ...
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September 1, 2021 • 29 mins
David Karasek is a former Olympic Swimmer who competed in London in 2012. He says he stumbled across the opportunity to compete in the Olympics when his former coach at the University of Virginia encouraged him to take the chance since his college competition times were so close to those required to qualify for London that year. Karasek, who is now a performance coach for athletes and entrepreneurs, had no idea what mental skills t...
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August 25, 2021 • 30 mins
Dr. Delice Coffey is a former local, national, AND WORLD RECORD holding powerlifter turned clinical and sport psychologist. Dr. Coffey explains to us why she mainly works with basketball and football athletes + how she got into the field of psychology in the first place! She also gets into the importance of mental health for athletes, examples of how she works with her clients, as well as some advice for current coaches dealing wit...
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August 18, 2021 • 37 mins
What’s up #SPEAKYOURTRUTH! listeners? It’s that time again! Back for part four with Dr. V! Today we get into journeying to a better mental health. We discuss self-care practices that have helped us as well as some of Dr. Valentina’s clients, and we do our best to destigmatize therapy in this one episode! It’s going to take more than that but it’s a GREAT start! Thanks for tuning in and we hope you enjoy! Get in touch with Dr. V!: @...
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August 11, 2021 • 48 mins
Take a ride with me and Dr. V as we continue to navigate mental health and racism. Racism is now recognized as a public health crisis due to the racial and ethnic disparities in our healthcare systems, school systems, housing and employment. People of color typically have limited access to healthcare for several reasons. Listen to Dr. V explain more! Get in touch with Dr. Valentina!: @drvalentinapsyd on IG/drvalentinapsyd.com; Get ...
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August 10, 2021 • 34 mins
Taneka joins us again and I'm so grateful! I forgot we were recording the podcast for a second 😂 Self-awareness is a huge topic of discussion on today's episode. We also get into the importance of friend groups and what it means to have quality over quantity. Taneka and her friends are SUPERSTARS! Excited for you guys to listen!
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