Recently, NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has been a complete disrupter in terms of all things HBCU sports. Understanding that most athletes are heavily recruited from predominantly white institutions, Deion has been active in disrupting this pattern of exclusion. Using “Coach Prime” as a jumping-off point, Shaunna and Lisa discuss […]
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This past week, the Surgeon General released the “Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being”. In this 30-page framework, there is quite a significant understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace – and, the way this […]
Assumptions surrounding eating disorders, disordered eating, and underfueling are extreme. In the context of sport, we often believe that underfueling is related to the desire to lose weight. However, this week, Shaunna and Lisa crack open these assumptions and delve […]
Why is it such a personal offense to lose to a woman? This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss gender and sport and the masculine urge to outperform women. Drawing from a recent news article in which a man killed his […]
We are coming to you this week with some very exciting news!! Kelly O’Mara, a mutual friend of Shaunna and Lisa, professional Triathlete, and editor and chief of Triathlon Magazine, has started her own weekly newsletter called “Triathlonish”. This week, […]
Perfectionism can be exhausting, especially in endurance sport. Athletes expect to have the *perfect* race. With the upcoming Ironman World Championship race in Kona, it’s essential to understand what perfect is. And how does this idea of “perfect” exclude certain […]
Doesn’t inclusion mean including everyone regardless of their perspective? So, what do we do when people who express exclusive positions argue we are no longer walking the talk because we exclude them? These challenges to inclusion initiatives continue to present […]
As you all will likely have heard by now, Queen Elizabeth II has died. While the whole world is talking about this, we thought we would too. Right now, many folks have questions surrounding how we should react to this […]
We made it 100 episodes!! For the 100th episode, Shaunna and Lisa dive deep into the feeling of being offended. They analyze both the reasons people may feel this emotion, as well as the linguistic roots of this word. Further, […]
This week, we celebrate Shaunna’s one-year anniversary of starting out on her own as a DEI Consultant. Quitting her job, and taking on Entrepreneurship as her full-time gig, Shaunna tells us about the challenges she’s faced along the way – […]
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