STUCK IN THE PAST

The Salty Pastor · Oct 29, 2026 · 17m

Carli Lloyd was 21 years old when her coach told her plainly: you're strong, but you're mentally weak. You're lazy. You don't push yourself. Your character is poor — you make excuses and find people to blame. You always have a reason things aren't working out, instead of focusing on what you can do to change that. Her response in her memoir is worth reading twice: he had just shredded her, and somehow she was fine with it. It was almost as if she had been waiting for someone like this her whole life.

That's what being honest with yourself actually opens up. Not shame — clarity. The freedom to…