
The Focused Athlete
It takes more than just technical skills and expertise to be a high performing athlete or coach. It takes being able to identify and understand how your emotions affect your performance. Sarah Kivel, Emotional Intelligence Executive Coach and Founder of eiFOCUS™, interviews elite coaches, athletes and leaders in organizations, to learn how they use their emotions to help them succeed in their sport (and in their life). Each episode contains tools on how you can learn to become more focused and present so that you can begin to let your emotions work for you instead of against you.
Podcasting since 2021 • 18 episodes
The Focused Athlete
Latest Episodes
S2 Episode 2: Establishing team values and embracing adversity with Tracy Joyner
In this episode, Sarah talks with Tracy Joyner, head coach of University of Oregon women’s soccer. Tracy shares her philosophy on leadership, the power of team values, and how consistency in everything you do leads to success. She also opens up...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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S2 Episode 1: Being Your Authentic Self and an Empathetic Leader with Danette Leighton
In this episode, we talk to Danette Leighton, 30-year sports industry and corporate executive with experience serving both men’s and women’s professional and collegiate sports leagues and teams, as well as current CEO of the Women's Sports Foun...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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18:53

Episode 16: Managing obstacles and emotional control with Michelle Brown
In this episode, we talk to Michelle Brown, Second Degree Black Belt, Bok Fu Do and CEO Gumsaba Fitness and Hit with Power. Michelle talks about how martial arts has impacted her as a leader and athlete. She talks about the importan...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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18:03

Episode 15: Body love and awareness for peak performance with Shayna Hammond
In this episode, we talk to Shayna Hammond, gymnast, collegiate softball player and CEO. Shayna talks about being in tune with her body and the importance of body love. She talks about the importance of being able to express and rel...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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21:27

Episode 14: Role modeling and leadership performance with Karima Wesselhoft.
In this episode we talk with Karima Wesselhoft. Karima is a leader in Education and she was a collegiate softball player. Karima talks about the importance of role modeling, self awareness, and connecting with others…
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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