Pre-Zero Sports Talk
Pre-Zero Sports Talk is a sports leadership podcast exploring high performance, coaching, athlete development, sports business, faith, purpose, innovation, sustainability, clean progress, and life beyond the game.
Hosted by Sid Bensalah, with over 30 years of global sports industry experience, the podcast brings honest, long-form conversations with athletes, coaches, leaders, founders, innovators, and changemakers.
This is not only a podcast about sport. It is about what sport reveals about people, how we lead, how we handle pressure, how we pursue meaning, and how we build lives, teams, and communities with purpose.
Through real conversations beyond the game, Pre-Zero Sports Talk explores leadership, performance, faith and purpose, identity, resilience, human potential, athlete well-being, coaching culture, community impact, sports governance, clean progress, sustainability, technology, innovation, and the future of sport.
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Athlete to Entrepreneur: Resilience, Loss, and Leadership | Kandace Kalin
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How do you rebuild your life and career after loss, grief, and professional setback?
In Episode #89 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Kandace Kalin, former elite synchronized swimmer, founder of O2 Sports Insurance, and purpose-driven entrepreneur.
Kandace shares how competitive sport shaped her discipline, structure, and resilience, and how grief, wrongful termination, and personal loss pushed her to rebuild her career with deeper purpose.
This episode explores athlete-to-entrepreneur transformation, female leadership, sports insurance, women in business, resilience after loss, identity after athletics, mental health in the workplace, parenting, purpose, and building a mission-driven company that supports athletes and communities.
Full episode details: https://prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/from-setback-to-ceo-kandace-kalins-playbook-for-rebuilding-after-loss/
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