This week on Journey to June, I spoke to a fellow member of The Post, Madison Gates. Madison grew up a goalkeeper, played for the U.S. youth national team and at the University of Michigan, and now leads marketing as VP at i9 Sports.

In this conversation, we talk about what happens when an identity built on earning your place follows you into the boardroom, and what it took for her to stop hiding the athlete in her. Madison walks me through blowing out her knee at the peak of her recruiting, the teammates who rallied around her, and the stretch in corporate when she tucked her sports background away and felt herself drift. We also get into why she's so passionate about keeping kids playing, across more than one sport, without anyone needing to keep up with the Joneses.

If you've ever wondered who you are when no one is keeping score, I think this one will stay with you.

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💫 Connect with Madis on:

Visit her Website: https://www.mpoweredconsult.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madison-gates-mba/

Instagram: @madelyse

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Everything in my body said there was no way. With a trip to Portugal days away, I said yes to a last-minute free ticket to Running Man, the race-meets-music-festival in Rome, Georgia. I showed up with an Amazon tent, a Walmart sleeping bag, and no idea why I was there.

In this solo episode, I share what happened when I walked into a crowd of 1,800 strangers and asked one question: why are you here? I talk about the people I met, the words from the speakers that stuck with me, and the half marathon I walked in 97-degree heat. I also come clean about the story I let win when I quit 29029 in 2022.

It’s an episode about starting before you’re ready, deciding the next step instead of the whole mountain, and learning to be stronger than your strongest excuse.

What’s yours? DM me the word STORY on Instagram.

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Caroline Turnbull, one of my private coaching clients, spent her first two years of Division I field hockey at Lafayette sick, injured, and convinced someone else needed to fix it. In this conversation, she walks me through the junior-year shift that turned her into a leader, the torn ACL that ended her senior season, and the years after, when a diet she believed in left her severely anemic while doctors kept telling her she was fine.

What struck me most is how many times Caroline thought she had learned the lesson of listening to her body, only to have to learn it again.

Today she's the co-founder of Mobius, a fitness community app with no leaderboards, no streaks, and no metrics on display, built on the belief that all movement counts. If you've ever trusted the numbers over what your body was telling you, this one is for you.

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💫 Connect with Caroline:

Visit her Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mobiusfit/home/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-turnbull/

Instagram: @caroline.turnbulll @mobiusfit.app

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