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Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
Former professional footballer Ryan Gonsalves dives deep into the unique challenges and triumphs of transitioning from elite sports to fulfilling careers. Through candid conversations with athletes, the Career Clarity Podcast explores their inspiring journeys, uncovering lessons on identity, resilience, and reinvention. Whether you're an athlete or simply seeking inspiration for your next chapter, this podcast will empower you to unleash your second wind.
Ryan Gonsalves transitioned from…
Episodes
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
203: Michael Puplampu - How Athletes Train Their Inner Voice For Life After Sport
Send us Fan Mail Michael Puplampu was 12 when he lined up for his first athletics race. He sprinted all the way to the finish line thinking he'd won, only to…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
202: Hannah Altman - The Injury That Changed the Direction of My Career
Send us Fan Mail Hannah Altman first got into swimming at seven years old because she wanted to escape the bullies at the shallow end of the pool. What started…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
201: Vivien Olatunji - The Grief That Comes With Leaving Sport
Send us Fan Mail For years, Vivien Olatunji's life revolved around athletics. She represented England at under-20 level, was called up to the GB under-20 relay…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
200: Desleigh Owusu & Finn Alexander - The Career Question Most Athletes Avoid
Send us Fan Mail Ryan sits down with triple jumper Desleigh Owusu and former Australian sailing team athlete Finn Alexander to explore two different stages of…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
199: Ronald Clark: Leaving Pro Basketball and Why I Started Planning My Exit 4 Years Early
Send us Fan Mail Ronald spent 12 years playing professional basketball across Europe, but he knew the game couldn't last forever. Rather than waiting until…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
198: Dr Misia Gervis - “Football Is What You Do. It’s Not Who You Are”
Send us Fan Mail What happens when an athlete has spent most of their life being valued for one thing, and suddenly they can’t do it anymore? In this episode…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
197: Cathleen Santoso: Being Good Enough to Go Pro, But Choosing Something Else
Send us Fan Mail For years, Cathleen Santoso had a clear goal: play professional golf. She represented New South Wales and Australia, played college golf at…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
196: Dr. Halaina Winter - From Australian Ballet To Doctor Of Psychology
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Halaina Winter spent eight years with the Australian Ballet after leaving school at 15 to pursue the career she had trained for most of…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
195: Ambika Pande: From Professional Tennis Dreams to Finding a New Identity
Send us Fan Mail For most of her life, Ambika Pande knew exactly how to introduce herself. She was a tennis player. She represented India internationally…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
194: Tyler Edwards - Life After Sport and Letting Go of Perfection Without Losing Your Drive.
Send us Fan Mail What separates great athletes when physical ability alone is no longer enough? In this episode of 2nd Wind, Ryan speaks with sport and…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
193: Neil Mann - From Electrician Apprentice To Football Pro: and How to Give Back
Send us Fan Mail Neil Mann didn’t have the perfect path into professional football. He didn’t get the scholarship. He didn’t get picked when it mattered most…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
192: Matthew Hodgson - From Pro Basketball To People Performance Advisor
Send us Fan Mail Matthew Hodgson spent his entire career knowing he had the ability and never quite trusting it. The moment basketball was gone, so was…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
191: Jack Oujo - How A Released Umpire Built Financial Independence Through A Written Plan
Send us Fan Mail Jack’s career didn’t end on his terms. It ended with a letter. No warning. No backup plan. No income. Just a moment where everything he had…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
190: Joe Davis - Why Most Athletes Feel Lost After the Game
Send us Fan Mail Joe thought he knew what life after football would look like. He had the degree. He had the plan. He had a clear next step. But the reality…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
189: Josh Allan - From Yorkshire to Toronto: How Sport Can Shape Your Life and Career
Send us Fan Mail Josh Allan thought he had it figured out. He was fast. Really fast. Running national-level 400m times. Training with some of the best athletes…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
188: Brad Stanton - From World Champion to Reinvention, Burnout & Building Again
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Brad Stanton shares his raw, unfiltered journey from world champion fighter to entrepreneur, coach, and founder of a new…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
187: Carolyn Anderson - You Did Everything Right… So Why Doesn’t It Feel Like Enough?
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes the hardest part of any journey isn’t the outcome, it’s learning how to make peace with what actually happened. In this episode, we…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
186: Charlotte Henshaw - The Hidden Struggle Athletes Face When Leaving Sport
Send us Fan Mail Born with a disability and introduced to swimming as a child, Charlotte went on to become a Paralympic medalist in the pool before stepping…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
185: Chris Lawrence - How to Build Businesses & Skills While Still Playing
Send us Fan Mail Chris Lawrence went from debuting in the NRL at 17 while still in high school to building a business that now helps athletes keep learning…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
EP184: Will Mellors-Blair - Former Pro Footballer Turned Data Into a Playbook for Productivity
Send us Fan Mail At six years old, Will Mellors-Blair was named a child maths prodigy. By nine, he was modeling space and time on the football pitch. By…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
183: Tim Stoller: The Business Lesson Athletes Learn Too Late
Send us Fan Mail Ryan sits down with Tim, founder of Forged in Sport, to unpack what their research revealed after analyzing dozens of real conversations with…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
182: Joseph Ogacion - The Mindset of a Dual-Sport Athlete: From Two Sports to Olympic Start Lines
Send us Fan Mail Joseph Ogacion grew up in the Philippines, once averaging 0.5 points per varsity basketball game, watching the Sydney Olympics on TV and…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
181: Ben Herring - From Player to Culture-Builder: What Athletes Need to Unlearn and Relearn After Sport.
Send us Fan Mail Ben Herring knows what it's like to be knocked back, knocked out, and still come back stronger. In this episode, he shares the raw…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
EP180: Gemma Howell - Turning Pain, ADHD and Elite Judo Into a Life of Service and Strength
Send us Fan Mail In this epsiode, Ryan is joined by two-time Olympian and European judo champion, Gemma Howell. After a 25-year career that included 12…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
179: Dr. Helen Alfano - What Athletes Don’t Say Out Loud: How Wellbeing Powers Performance
Send us Fan Mail Helen Alfano has worked in elite sport for over 20 years, supporting athletes across disciplines - from judo to netball - through the often…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
178: Emily Huston - The Cliff Effect in Sport
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the only life you’ve known as an athlete suddenly stops? For many, the answer is silence, confusion, and a deep sense of…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
177 - Lloyd Ashley: I Fell Through a Ceiling And Landed a Career
Send us Fan Mail Lloyd Ashley spent years on the pitch as a professional rugby player. But what came after is just as powerful. In this episode, we sit down…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
176: Dr Zak Zafrani - Low Testosterone in Athletes: The Hidden Cost
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Zak Zafrani joins us for a conversation that breaks open a topic rarely discussed in sport: testosterone deficiency in men, especially in…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
175: Simon Cox: A Striker’s Full Circle: Football Lessons Fueling A Fitness Business
Send us Fan Mail Simon Cox dreamed of playing for Reading FC. That was the goal. And while he wore the badge early in his career, it took almost 10 years and…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
174: Jabari Smith - How He Thought Sport Was the Destination, It Turned Out to Be the Launchpad.
Send us Fan Mail Jabari K. Smith grew up believing sport would be his ticket out. He had the talent, the drive, and the stats to back it up. But when the NFL…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
173 - Charlie Hartley: How A Former Pro Cricketer Turned Frustration Into Fan-Tech Innovation
Send us Fan Mail Charlie Hartley was living the dream. A professional cricketer who’d taken out top international players. Then, just weeks later, he was…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
172 - Nekoda Smythe-Davis: Leaving Sport Broke Me, But It Also Brought Me Home to Myself
Send us Fan Mail Nekoda Smythe-Davis didn’t grow up dreaming of Olympic medals. She was just a girl from a London council estate who found her way onto the…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
171 - Laura Sidall Gave Up a Corporate Career to Chase Sport at 34, and Built a 10-Year Career in Triathlon
Send us Fan Mail Laura Sidall didn’t grow up dreaming of world championship podiums. In fact, by the time she started triathlon, she was already deep into a…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
170: Jamie Soward - From NRL Premierships to Ego and Finding Purpose in Government (and $6,000 toilets)
Send us Fan Mail Jamie Soward opens up about chasing the footy dream without a clear pathway, losing it all twice, and what it really took to reinvent himself…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
169: Rach Taylor - From Chasing Olympic Gold to Building a Life Beyond the Boat
Send us Fan Mail Rach Taylor knows what it means to sacrifice everything for one goal. She was Rach the Rower, a girl from rural Australia who made it all the…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
168: Dr Lamia Zafrani - What No One Tells Women in Sport About Pregnancy, Performance, and Recovery
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Lamia Zafrani saw firsthand what the system lacked and built a new way forward. A powerlifter, an OB-GYN, and a passionate advocate for…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
167: Abiola Wabara - GloBall Life: Building Bridges for Athletes' Second Wind
Send us Fan Mail When the final whistle blew on her decade-long professional basketball career, Abiola Wabara wasn’t just facing retirement. She was starting…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
166: Theo Brown - From Footballer to 10 Jobs in 5 Years
Send us Fan Mail Theo Brown opens up about the messy, uncertain path from elite academy footballer to non-league player, to juggling ten different jobs in five…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
165: Gerrit-Jan van Velze - Life Beyond the Final Whistle: Sheep, Shoes and Secondwind
Send us Fan Mail Gerrit-Jan van Velze spent nearly two decades in professional rugby, captaining clubs like Northampton Saints and Worcester Warriors. But in…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
164: Emmanuel Smith - From Superbowl LIV winner to Sales winner - You are more than your jersey number
Send us Fan Mail Emmanuel spent years chasing a dream that so many young athletes grow up holding: making it in the NFL. But behind the highlight reels and…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
163: Kayla Byrne - The Art of Pivot: Basketball Dreams to Giving Back to her Alma Mater
Send us Fan Mail Kayla spent years chasing the dream of playing basketball overseas. She trained, sacrificed, and pushed through setbacks with the goal of…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
162: Dr Chris Platts - A Better Way to Navigate Your Career After Sport
Send us Fan Mail Chris Platts spent over a decade tracking the careers of 303 young footballers. The result? A raw, honest look at what actually happens in the…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
EP161: Stewart McCully - The Truth About Life After Sport That No One Tells You
Send us Fan Mail Stewart McCully has spent his life around high performers, from elite athletes to engineers, from corporate execs to sheep shearers. In this…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
160: Tara Arthur on Letting Go of the Athlete Identity
Send us Fan Mail Tara was known for one thing: martial arts. It shaped how she moved through the world. It gave her discipline, confidence, community, and a…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
159: Sophia Parvizi-Wayne: From Anorexia to Athletics to Entrepreneurship - Sophia's Journey
Send us Fan Mail From Athlete to Entrepreneur: The Power of Multiple Identities and Empathy in Building Success In this episode, Sophia Parvizi-Wayne shares…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
EP158: Sandile Masuku - From Football to Software
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with Sandile, a former football academy player whose journey took an unexpected turn when the pandemic paused…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
157: Ed Jones II - The Big 5 Mentorship Structures & Solving Real Problems
Send us Fan Mail What happens when a former athlete takes his love for sports and turns it into a movement? In this episode, Ryan sits down with Ed Jones II…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
156: John Tarnoff - How to embrace the beginner’s mindset, mid-career navigation tips for career strategy
Send us Fan Mail What if your career isn’t over, it just needs a reset? In this episode, we’re joined by John Tarnoff, career coach and author of Boomer…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
155: Jeff "The Hornet" Horn - WBO Welterweight Champion to Teaching Respect through Bullyproof
Send us Fan Mail When Jeff Horn stepped into the ring against Manny Pacquiao in 2017, few believed the former schoolteacher could defeat a boxing legend. His…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
154: Freddie Woodword - The Quiet Identity Crisis of an Olympian
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your biggest career milestone happens at 23 and you're not even sure how you got there? For Freddie Woodword, representing…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
153: Kate Bailey PLY - From Paralympic Medals to the Classroom
Send us Fan Mail Kate takes us back to her early swimming days, competing in the Sydney and Athens Paralympics, and what it felt like to walk away from the…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
152: Tom Morton: A Tweet That Ended It All, Redefining Success After Pro Rugby
Send us Fan Mail What happens when your pro sports career ends with a tweet? Tom Morton found out the hard way. While playing rugby in New Zealand, he saw on…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
151: Josh Katz on Finding Balance: An Olympian’s Quest for Purpose Beyond Sport
Send us Fan Mail Josh Katz shares his journey as an Olympic judo athlete and the challenges of transitioning between career phases while balancing training…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
150: Matthew Lloyd - From Olympic Cyclist to Recovery Mentor
Send us Fan Mail Matthew Lloyd, former Australian Olympic cyclist and King of Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia, shares his powerful journey of transition…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
149: Danielle Jordan-Taft - The Power of Proving Yourself and Success Redefined
Send us Fan Mail From hiding handwritten goals under her mattress at age 12 to representing England in netball and later Jamaica in rugby, Danielle shares the…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
148: Jimmy Gavin - When the Ball Stops Bouncing: Navigating Life After Seven Years in European Basketball
Send us Fan Mail Jimmy Gavin’s path took him from crushing self-doubt and a life-changing health diagnosis in high school to seven seasons of pro basketball…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
147: Lexi Chambers - Defying Limits: From Amputee to World Record Holder
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Ryan sits down with Lexi Chambers, an adaptive athlete who has shattered expectations and set multiple world records—all while…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
146: Jess Borg - How the Olympic dream led to unexpected career paths and a mission to help other athletes
Send us Fan Mail What happens when an 8-year-old’s Olympic dream doesn’t pan out? For Jess, a former elite taekwondo and boxing athlete, it meant reinventing…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
145: Gavin Freeman: How Elite Athletes (and You) Can Master Decision-Making and Career Transition
Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we dive deep into the real psychology behind career transitions, decision-making, and finding your true path after sport —…
- Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves
144: Greg Philips - Your Attitude Decides Your Altitude – The Relentless Mindset of a Champion Swimmer
Send us Fan Mail Greg's journey isn't your typical athlete-to-executive story. This is about what happens when you walk away from elite sport cold turkey (for…