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The Fearless Warrior Podcast
The Fearless Warrior Podcast, a place for athletes, coaches, and parents who know the value of a strong mindset. Each week, join Coach AB, founder of Fearless Warrior, known for the #1 Softball Specific Mental Training Program, as she dive’s deep into all things mental performance, mindset tools, how to rewire the brain for success, tackle topics like self doubt, failure, and subconscious beliefs that hold us back, and ultimately how to help your athletes become mentally stronger.
Episodes
155 episodes
152: What Are You Willing to Suffer For? Freedom That Makes You Fearless with Aubree Munro Watson
Aubree Munro Watson is back on the Fearless Warrior Podcast, and we are so excited to share her nuggets from the Fearless Warrior Retreat from July. She has an impressive collegiate and professional softball career, winning two national champio...
151: How to Stay Confident as a Freshman with Reese Borer
Reese Borer is a senior center back for Nebraska Soccer, and her story is not the one you usually hear. She was a late bloomer from a small town who almost gave up before she ever got her shot — and committed to Nebraska just three months befor...
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150: Why Alexis Pupillo Wants You to Stop Calling It a Slump
Coach Kara and our Warriors interviewed Alexis (Lex) Pupillo, University of Alabama softball alum and professional softball player for the Florida Vibe. She was a key contributer that helped Alabama reach the 2026 College Softball World Series....
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149: Coaches: How to Build a Player Led Team with Less Drama
If you have ever told your players to "trust the process" and then realized you never actually gave them a process, this episode is going to hit differently. I walk through the exact systems I use to build player-led teams. Whether you are a hi...
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148: Training the Mental Game During Season
I had the honor of being a presenter at this year's Nebraska Coaches Association Clinic, where I break down exactly how to train the mental game during season. So if you are a coach, this episode is for you!Episode Highlights:
147: Elite Recovery - 3 Ways to Leverage Strategic Breaks
We're baaaack! After wrapping up our 5th annual Fearless Warrior Retreat, we made a deliberate decision to take a strategic break from the podcast and we are challenging you to do the same with your athlete. Coach AB and Coach Kara breakdown wa...
146: Stop Letting the Outcome Steal Your Love for the Game with Morgan Howe
In this episode, we are sharing a mentorship call from 2023 with Morgan Howe, ASU alum and professional softball player for the Atlanta Smoke. She was the first overall pick of the 2023 WPF Expansion Draft and the league's Offensive Player of t...
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145: How to Turn Failure into Feedback with Ali Newland
In today's episode, we are sharing our mentorship call with Ali Newland, an LSU Alum and professional softball player in the AUSL for the Portland Cascade. She played outfield and caught at LSU, earned the SEC Volunteer of the Year award as a s...
144: What Texas Volts Catcher, Michaela Edenfield, Wants Every Athlete to Know About Confidence
In today's episode, we are sharing our mentorship call with Michaela Edenfield, Texas Volts catcher, Florida State alum, and also known as "Area 51". She opens up about failing forward in Junior Olympic trials, why she never had a dream school,...
143: From Florida Softball to the Pro Leagues, Skylar Wallace Shares What Makes Her Fearless
In today's episode, Coach Kara and our Warriors interviewed Skylar Wallace, a professional softball player for the AUSL's Chicago Bandits and the Japan Diamond Softball League, as well as a three-time All-American, NFCA National Player of the Y...
142: The Visualization Behind One of Softball's Most Decorated Catchers, Jocelyn Erickson
We are so excited to share this mentorship call with Jocelyn Erickson, a University of Florida alum, two-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner, 2024 NFCA National Player of the Year, SEC Player of the Year, and now a professional player for the...
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141: [Cool Careers in Sports] Unapologetically You: The Real Secret to College Recruiting with Susan Forbes
Welcome back to our Cool Careers in Sports series! Susan Forbes is a recruiting advisor, life coaching certified consultant, and host of the number one volleyball recruiting podcast, the NXTVB Podcast. With over a decade of experience, she has ...
140: [Cool Careers in Sports] Matt Woods with Motor Preferences Experts Explains Movement Science
Welcome back to our Cool Careers in Sports series! In this week's episode, I interviewed Matt Woods, who is part of the Motor Preferences Experts team, the first and only performance company in the US specializing in a science-backed system bas...
139: [Cool Careers in Sports] From Fearless Warriors to Minnesota Twins Mental Performance with Hana DeGuzman
Welcome back to our Cool Careers in Sports series! Hana DeGuzman served Team Fearless from 2021-2025 and is now serving as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant at Premier Sport with the Minnesota Twins. In this episode, Hana unveils what i...
138: [Cool Careers in Sports] The Bold Move That Landed Kaylee Dellert Her Dream Job at Rawlings
Welcome back to our Cool Careers in Sports series! This week, I interviewed Kaylee Dellert, the Softball Marketing Manager at Rawlings Sporting Goods, where she manages marketing for both Rawlings Softball and Easton Fastpitch. She gives us the...
137: [Cool Careers in Sports] What Savanna Collins Wants You To Understand about the Fear of Failing
We are diving into another episode of our Cool Careers in Sports series! This week, Savanna Collins, Senior Reporter for the AUSL, pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to build a career in sports media. She shares why failing and putt...
136: [Cool Careers in Sports] From OU Softball to ESPN Analyst: Nicole Mendes’ Mental Game Advice
This episode features one of the most decorated and dynamic voices in softball today, Nicole Mendes. A two-time national champion and three-time WCWS All-Tournament Team selection at Oklahoma, Olympic athlete with Team Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo ...
135: [Cool Careers in Sports] Comparison and Mental Resets with AUSL Director of Photography, Jade Hewitt
In this week’s episode, we break it down with Jade Hewitt, Director of Photography for Athletes Unlimited and the AUSL. Jade works exclusively in women's sports and made history as the first official photographer for a Topps trading card deck f...
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134: [Cool Careers in Sports] What a ESPN+ Broadcast Director, Karis Hudgins, Wants Your Daughter to Know
Welcome to our brand new series on Cool Careers in Sports! Karis Hudgins is a student sports broadcast director at UNC Greensboro, where she directs live ESPN+ productions for Spartan Sports Network, and recently went viral for giving the world...
133: How the Mental Game Got Taryn Kern Her AUSL Golden Ticket
We are pulling this one from the archives because Taryn Kern just received her AUSL Golden Ticket! In this original interview, she opened up about the mental game that made it all possible and what she was still learning. We can't wait to watch...
132: Build Her Confidence: 3 Easy Challenges To Try This Week (that have nothing to do with softball)
Why does my daughter crush it in practice and completely fall apart in the game?Coach AB and Coach Kara are giving you 3 Easy Challenges To Try This Week (that have nothing to do with softball)Episode Highlights:<...
131: She Got Her AUSL Golden Ticket: Sydney Stewart's Mental Approach for Success
Sydney Stewart just made history. Jennie Finch walked onto the field at Arizona and handed Sydney her AUSL Golden Ticket, making her one of only 17 collegiate players in the country guaranteed a spot in the professional draft. When we first rec...
130: Torn ACL to First Team All-Conference: Campbell Petrick's Mindset Shift
Campbell Petrick is not just a guest on today's episode — she is a Fearless Warrior mentor and two-time retreat leader who has shown up for our athletes in a big way. Currently a senior pitcher at Midland University, Campbell brings radical hon...
129: Leadership With Less Drama: Knowing The 3 Voices with Janet McCormick
In this episode of the Fearless Warrior Podcast, I sit down with Janet McCormick, a Mental Performance Coach, to explore what truly separates good athletes from great ones. We dive into the hidden mental barriers athletes face, why “working har...
128: The Mindset Required to Compete at the Elite Level with Jenna Lilley
We are diving into the archives today and going back to 2020 with Jenna (Lilley) Weisberg, a retired professional softball player. She is an alum for the University of Oregon and Team USA. Jenna opens up about the mindset required to compete at...
