Who Are You When Your Athletic Career Ends?

What happens when the sport that shaped your identity is suddenly gone? In this deeply personal episode, Rachel Blogg shares why Imperfectly Human is entering a new chapter with a focused mission: helping athletes navigate life after sports. Drawing from her work as a therapist and mental performance coach, as well as her own experience recovering from a life-changing injury, Rachel opens up about the emotional challenges that come when competition ends and the next chapter begins.

She explores the identity loss that can follow retirement, injury, graduation, being cut from a team, or simply aging out of a sport. Rachel reflects on her own journey through depression after an injury forced her away from endurance racing, and how she slowly rebuilt her life by redefining movement, purpose, and self-worth. She also shares what listeners can expect moving forward, including conversations with current and former athletes, coaches, sports psychologists, and other professionals who help athletes thrive beyond competition. This episode is a reminder that your greatest strength was never your sport—it has always been the person underneath the uniform.

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