Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
Ryan Gonsalves
173 episodes
17 hours ago
Send us a text Nekoda Smythe-Davis didn’t grow up dreaming of Olympic medals. She was just a girl from a London council estate who found her way onto the mat, fell in love with judo, and kept showing up through wins, losses, injuries, and identity shifts. In this conversation, she opens up about the weight of expectations, the complexity of walking away, and the courage it takes to rebuild your life from scratch, not for the spotlight but for yourself. If you have ever had to let go of someth...
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Send us a text Nekoda Smythe-Davis didn’t grow up dreaming of Olympic medals. She was just a girl from a London council estate who found her way onto the mat, fell in love with judo, and kept showing up through wins, losses, injuries, and identity shifts. In this conversation, she opens up about the weight of expectations, the complexity of walking away, and the courage it takes to rebuild your life from scratch, not for the spotlight but for yourself. If you have ever had to let go of someth...
163: Kayla Byrne - The Art of Pivot: Basketball Dreams to Giving Back to her Alma Mater
Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
59 minutes
2 months ago
163: Kayla Byrne - The Art of Pivot: Basketball Dreams to Giving Back to her Alma Mater
Send us a text Kayla spent years chasing the dream of playing basketball overseas. She trained, sacrificed, and pushed through setbacks with the goal of turning pro. But after college, that dream didn’t happen. What followed was a quiet but difficult shift. One where she had to face the question that many athletes avoid until it’s too late: What now? In this episode, Ryan speaks with Kayla about the realities of life after sport—when you’ve put your whole identity into your game, and suddenly...
Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
Send us a text Nekoda Smythe-Davis didn’t grow up dreaming of Olympic medals. She was just a girl from a London council estate who found her way onto the mat, fell in love with judo, and kept showing up through wins, losses, injuries, and identity shifts. In this conversation, she opens up about the weight of expectations, the complexity of walking away, and the courage it takes to rebuild your life from scratch, not for the spotlight but for yourself. If you have ever had to let go of someth...
