Blooming is a life experience (or a series of experiences) that we all have at some point. It’s inevitable. What separates the good from the great, however, is the active choice we make to continue blooming. Read more about how to track your blooms in 2023.

Although it has been a challenging year, I have tried to best focus on the tiny “blooms” in my life. Blooming is a life experience (or a series of experiences) that we all have at some point. It’s inevitable. What separates the good from the great, however, is the active choice we make to continue blooming.

We’re excited to get back into our routine of interviewing and recapping next month. Before we do that, though, I thought it would be good to revisit some of the lessons learned from our guests across the first 30 episodes. They came from various backgrounds -- personal and professional -- and each of them brought a unique perspective to the show.

I’m bringing them to you in bite-sized chunks (10 at a time). Without further ado, here are the lessons we learned from guests 21-30 on #thebloompod🧅.

We’re excited to get back into our routine of interviewing and recapping next month. Before we do that, though, I thought it would be good to revisit some of the lessons learned from our guests across the first 30 episodes. They came from various backgrounds -- personal and professional -- and each of them brought a unique perspective to the show.

I’m bringing them to you in bite-sized chunks (10 at a time). Without further ado, here are the lessons we learned from guests 11-20 on #thebloompod🧅.

We’re excited to get back into our routine of interviewing and recapping next month. Before we do that, though, I thought it would be good to revisit some of the lessons learned from our guests across the first 30 episodes. They came from various backgrounds -- personal and professional -- and each of them brought a unique perspective to the show.

I’m bringing them to you in bite-sized chunks (10 at a time). Without further ado, here are the lessons we learned from the first 10 guests on #thebloompod🧅.

Impostor syndrome does not discriminate. Its effects can be felt by just about anybody at just about any time - in the context of academia, athletics, social settings, etc. Whatever the setting, you name it, impostor syndrome has been there.

Although it has been a challenging year, I have tried to best focus on the tiny “blooms” in my life. Blooming is a life experience (or a series of experiences) that we all have at some point. It’s inevitable. What separates the good from the great, however, is the active choice we make to continue blooming.

Have you ever wanted to do something new, but you just kept putting it off until someday? Maybe you wanted to write a book. Or create a blog. Or start a podcast. Or organize your closet. Or fix that pesky leak in your bathroom sink. If you’re like me, then it always comes down to the opportunity cost of time spent.

Every December, 64 NCAA Division I volleyball programs embark on a journey. A journey that ends 63 seasons with goals unfulfilled, and ONE season with the picture perfect ending. In 2011, my team was one of the 63 with goals unfulfilled.

Thanks to social innovations like Timehop, we’ve gained the ability to travel back in time via the interweb on a daily basis. I was reminded recently of my time as a student-athlete at the University of Illinois, and more specifically, of a team meeting where we discussed vulnerability.

I was reading an article recently about 10 necessary skills we don’t learn in college. As someone who works student career development, I usually agree wholeheartedly with this kind of article. However, as I started to read the reasons, I started to realize something: I had learned the majority of these skills in college because I was a student-athlete.