What's up, players! Y'all, buckle up, because this week Rachel sits down with Yvette Hollingsworth.

Yvette is an Emmy Award-winning producer (she'll downplay it, so Rach won't let her) with CBS Sports, HBO, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros on her résumé. Now she's running the show as Director of Content Production at New York Road Runners, just in time for Marathon weekend. Oh, and she founded Mother's Ball. Grab the tissues, y'all. We warned you.

They get into how Yvette hustled a job at the YMCA at 14 (allegedly not legal, we love her for it) to buy her own sneakers, tried to walk on at UNC Charlotte and got handed a manager clipboard instead, then came to New York to act and got scammed.

Scammers, Rach has a message for you, and it's not cute. Yvette takes them behind the scenes of the Super Bowl LV spots "Stand By Me" and "Before Jackie" with Viola Davis, and explains why she walked away from a big check to learn scripted TV on the set of Power.

They celebrate how Mother's Ball is getting moms back on the court. You're not just a mom, you're a BALLER

Let's get into it!

Follow Yvette: @VIBRANT_VETTE
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What's up, players! Y'all, this week Rachel sits down with Kaitlin Donahoe. Kaitlin is a partnership sales queen at Fenway Sports Group, a former college basketball coach, a three-sport All-American (she won't brag on herself, so Rach does it for her), and the reigning paddle tennis champ of Pittsburgh. And no, it is NOT pickleball. Don't play.

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They get into how Kaitlin went from coaching D3 hoops to the Saints and Pelicans to the Pittsburgh Penguins. She shares the 30-60-90 day plan that got her hired and how she built the 84 Lumber LIFT panel from scratch. Then she explains why she's not buying the imposter syndrome hype. Plus, they talk about advocating for yourself, walking into a room full of men like you own it (because you do), and keeping the door open for the women coming up behind you. The table is big enough, y'all. Let's get into it!

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What's up, players! Our second guest is Liz Beecroft. She's a psychotherapist, a sneakerhead, a NASCAR convert and a proud Disney adult. She's also the woman behind Nike's Air Max 270 React "In My Feels," the first sneaker built around mental health, which sold out in under a day.

Liz grew up a multi-sport athlete in small-town Pennsylvania. She dropped her orthodontist plans after one too many 8 a.m. organic chemistry classes, and her own experience with anxiety and ADHD led her to become the therapist she wishes she'd had as a kid. Today her practice, Mental Sesh, works with pro, Olympic and retired athletes through referral networks with teams like the Mets and Phillies, and with partners from Nike to Moleskine.

Rachel chat about:
- How to find a therapist who fits ("shop around, it's like dating")
What actually happens in an athlete's therapy session (spoiler: sometimes it's Birkin bags)
- Why your stats aren't your self-worth
- How athletic identity holds up when the career ends
- The mental health coloring book Liz made with NASCAR's John Hunter Nemechek

Real, funny and a little chaotic in the best way. Send it to the friend who needs to hear it.

Find Liz at:

@lizbcroft

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