Finding The Way with Ryan Lavarnway
Ryan Lavarnway has played ten seasons of Major League Baseball, starred on Team Israel in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and was a key player for Israel in the 2020 Olympics. On paper, his career seems like a success, but it has been anything but smooth sailing. He has been called up and sent down from the major leagues 26 times. His drive to keep up the fight is why he has found so much success on the field. The grind never stops and neither does he.
Ryan refuses to believe that the success of sports stars and Olympians is purely physical talent or God-given ability. He thinks the biggest differentiator is what happens between the ears. In ‘Finding the Way’ he is talking to the best of the best to learn how they win their own internal battles to get the best out of themselves on and off the field.
Every Tuesday, tune in to hear Ryan’s interviews with elite athletes and mindset coaches to learn about what makes them tick and how they have overcome obstacles in their careers on their way to finding success.
Learn more about Ryan at https://ryanlavarnway.com/
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 39
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
#37 – Bennie Fowler | Football, Mentorship, and Teammates
Bennie Fowler is a Superbowl 50 champion, an 8-year NFL veteran and a former Michigan State Spartan.
In this episode, Bennie talks about his football career, seeking mentorship and navigating life’…
#36 – Julie Kliegman | Writing, Tenacity, and Identity
Julie Kliegman is an author whose work has appeared in many major publications. Her first book, Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes, was released in March of thi…
#35 – Kathleen Quinn Votaw | The Workplace, Camelot Moments and Comparisons
Kathleen Quinn Votaw is a two-time author, speaker and award-winning CEO of TalenTrust.
In this episode, Kathleen talks about her work as an author, building humanity in a work environment, buildin…
#34 – Geoff Miller | Parallels, Concentrations and Communication
Geoff Miller a mental performance coach and founder of Winning Mind, the management consultancy focused on organizational development and performance coaching
In this episode, Geoff discusses the di…
#33 – Adam Mendler | Connections, Individuality and Leadership
Adam Mendler is a world-class leadership advisor, a teacher of graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA and host of Thirty Minute Mentor, the top-rated leadership podcast in which he interviews A…
#32 – Kate Good | Language, Tolerance and Recalibrating
Kate Good is a former world-class athlete turned mental performance coach. She employs the principles and techniques used by the world's top athletes to help her clients achieve peak performance.
I…
#31 – Dr. Linda Haack | What Ifs, The Zone and Learning Styles
Dr. Linda Haack is a clinical psychologist, specializing in sports psychology. Throughout her career, she has worked with professional athletes, teams and top performers including surgeons, the FBI a…
#30 – Matt Smith | Mental Strength, Imposter Syndrome and Entrepreneurship
Matt Smith is an entrepreneur and English professional footballer playing as a striker for Salford City F.C.
In this episode, Matt talks about the importance of mental strength and hard work while …
#29 - Miranda Holder | Responses, Guidance, and Inner Views
Miranda Holder is a former endurance athlete who was on the path to the USA national rowing team. After shifting away from that path due to health concern, she turned to becoming a leadership and per…
#28 - Carson Tueller | Identity, Worth, and Games
Carson Tueller is an active LGBTQ+ and disability advocate, motivational speaker, writer and personal coach.
In this episode, Carson talks about reframing identity, external pressures and his breakthr…
#28 - Betsi Flint | Beach Volleyball, Communication and The Olympics
Betsi Flint is a six-time AVP Beach Doubles Volleyball Champion and mother that is currently trying to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In this episode, she talks about her introduction to beach …
#27- Kaitlin Sandeno | Competition, Records and Passions
Kaitlin Sandeno was a former competitive swimmer, a two-time Olympian and a four-time Olympic medalist. She is now the national spokesperson of the Jessie Rees Foundation, a motivational speaker and …
#26- Joelle Rabow Maletis | Ballet, Control, and Performance
#2- Joelle Rabow Maletis | Ballet, Control and Performance
*WARNING: This episode contains discussions of eating disorders.*
Joelle Rabow Maletis was a professional ballet dancer and competitive ball…
#25 - Kevin Youkilis | Moneyball, Consistency, and Growth
Kevin Youkilis is a 10-year MLB veteran, a three-time MLB All-Star and two-time World Series Champion.
In this episode, he shares baseball stories like the origin of his nickname, “The Greek God of …
#24 - Jonathan Fader | Coaching, Listening, and Connecting
Dr. Jonathan Fader help pro athletes, firefighters, highwire walkers and everyday people develop their mental fortitude through performance coaching. His group practice, SportStrata, has also worked …
#23 - Sebastian Little | Alignment, Leadership, and Vision
Sebastian Little was a football player and psychology student at Yale and is now a leadership and performance coach.
In this episode, Sebastian explores his healing experience from restricted self-ex…
#22 - Andrew Keily | Triathlons, Adversity, and Mindset
Andrew Keily was an All-American swimmer and water polo athlete at The Ohio State University, and now is a professional Ironman racer. He’s raced over 20 Ironmans with times granting him a career-hig…
#21 - Dan Grunfeld | Legacy, Perspectives, and Balance
Dan Grunfeld was an All-American at Stanford, a professional basketball player in the European leagues for eight years, and is now an accomplished writer whose publications can be found on Sports Ill…
#20 - Michelle MACE Curran | Courage, Habits, and Failure
Michelle Curran flew in the Air Force for thirteen years, was a major and has received an Air Medal and an Air Force Commodification medal. Today, she is an motivational speaker and author.
In this e…
#19 - Stu Singer | Maturity, Principles, and Self-Awareness
Stuart Singer is a sports psychology consultant who has worked with a number of collegiate basketball athletes, as well as NBA and WNBA players.
In this episode, Stu talks about the connection between…