187. Thais Reiss

Today on the podcast we chat with Sports Nutritionist, Reilly Beatty. Reilly answers a ton of your questions about how to fuel your body as a female athlete. Topics we discuss include: -pregame/training food -post training fuel -foods to help build muscle -best snacks -favorite sports drink Check out more tips from Reilly at her website www.reillybeatty.com and her IG @reilly.beatty.nutrition --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

This week on the podcast we chat with Utah Royal's Carly Nelson. Carly tells us about her transformative experience of playng overseas and why she recommends it for other pros. She also tells us about the impact of having a coach who communicates transparently with their players. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

This week on the podcast we chat with Houston Dash's Belle Briede! We chat about: finishing training and practice on a high note shifting mindset for growth  finding positives in adversity  embracing discomfort in growth  learning soccer isn’t your whole identity --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

This week on the podcast we chat with Angel City FC's, M.A. Vignola. M.A. talks to us about falling out of love with the game and falling back in love with it. She also tells us about the silver lining of her injury was discovering her self-identity outside of soccer and how to be a great teammate from the sideline. M.A. also tells us about having feelings of self-doubt and how she believes it's something prevalent in women's sports that we need to talk about more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

Today on the podcast we chat with former NWSL and USWNT player, Amy Rodriguez. Amy is now the head Coach of the Utah Royals and tells us how her experience playing as a pro has helped form her own coaching perspective. One thing Amy wants to make sure to do for her players, as impactful Coaches did for her, is care undoubtedly and have their best interest at heart. We chat about how having a Coach who believes in you can have such an impact on a player's career. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

This week on the podcast we chat with Angel City FC's Meggie Dougherty Howard. Meggie tell us about her challenging injuries last year and gives great advice on leaning on others during your injury while remembering it is part of the game and you are never alone in it. We also loved hearing how her growing confidence on the field has led her to feeling more free to express herself in her game. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

➡️Do you ever feel like it’s not ok to feel what you’re feeling? ➡️Have you ever felt wrong or “not tough enough” for feeling any of these things as an athlete? ➡️Has someone ever told you that you shouldn’t cry or be anxious? Today we chat about these topics with mental health therapist and mindfulness coach, Emily Perrin. Emily is a a former DI athlete and DI coach and helps athletes learn to feel their emotions in a healthy way. She gives great tips on all the little things (and big) athletes can do to improve their mental health! Check out Emily's website:https://www.perrinwellnessperformance.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

Today on the pod we chat with San Diego Wave's Amirah Ali! We chat about recovery, nutrition, watching more soccer and the importance of the coach/player relationship! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

Today on the podcast we chat with Washington Spirit's, Sam Staab. Sam played college soccer at Clemson and is currently a defender on the Spirit where she was nominated for NWSL defender of the year. She also has had been awarded Ironwoman for THREE NWSL seasons, which means she has played every minute of every game for the season! We chat with Sam about how she stays game ready all season on and off the field and how she shuts her soccer brain off when she's away from the game. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

Today on the podcast we chat with Rylee Foster who in 2021 was in a near fatal car accident, she was told by doctors she would never play again, after 731 days of dedicated rehab and hard work she returned to the field. Rylee tells us about why she thinks players should enjoy the moment and experiences in the present and the importance of believe in yourself especially when others don't. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support