Leaving the Olympics, Embracing Fear, & Choosing Life with Carli Lloyd

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🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Carli Lloyd is an Olympic medalist who spent seven years playing with the United States Women's National Volleyball Team. However, after her first Olympic games and two years into training for her second Carli made the decision to walk away from the national team, from the olympics, from everything she had worked for. You might be thinking, Why? Well today, and for the first time ever, Carli is opening up intimately about this decision and the powerful realizations she’s had about herself, life, and purpose along the way. Many of you have probably heard the term "more than an athlete," well Carli is one of the most beautiful examples of that phrase. We talk about past trauma, dealing with suicide and suicidal thoughts, the challenges and downfalls of competitive sport, allowing ourselves to feel, and what it means to SHOW UP AS YOURSELF!

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0:00.0	And that was a big part of my decision to walk away from the national team.
0:04.2	Like for me to truly love all of me, I had to make a choice that didn't make sense to 99% of the world.
0:12.0	But to me, it was the choice I had to make.
0:17.9	Hey everybody and welcome to RealPod. I'm Victoria Garrick, former D1 athlete and mental health
0:23.6	and body image advocate. Every Wednesday I'll be bringing you awesome guests, weekly inspiration
0:29.3	and the realest conversations around everything and anything. Now let's give real.
0:37.4	Hello, welcome back to RealPod. Thanks for tuning in. Whether it's the morning, the middle of the day,
0:44.7	the evening, I hope that you're doing awesome. We have a very, very special guest for you today.
0:51.0	Her name is Carly Lloyd. Not only has she accomplished many incredible feats as an Olympic
0:57.2	medalist and a former seven year member of the USA Women's National Volleyball team, but she's
1:03.0	currently on one of the most difficult journeys one could face. And that is the journey inside
1:08.1	herself. At the ripe age of eight years old, Carly started lifting weights. She excelled as a child
1:13.9	athlete and would soon become a standout volleyball player at the University of California Berkeley.
1:18.8	So shout out Pac-12 conference. And then she pursued a professional career competing on the United
1:25.5	States, most competitive stages and the world's most competitive stages. She won a bronze medal in
1:31.7	Rio. And after that, began training for a second quad in hopes of the 2020 Olympic Games. However,
1:38.9	two years into that quad, Carly made the decision to walk away from the Olympic national team.
1:45.2	From everything she'd worked for and from the hopes of getting another medal. You might be thinking
1:51.9	why? Well today and for the first time, Carly is opening up intimately about this decision and the
1:58.8	powerful realizations she's had along the way about herself, life, and purpose. Many of you have
2:06.0	probably heard the term more than an athlete and Carly is truly one of the most beautiful examples
2:11.4	of that phrase. I can't wait for you all to hear from her today. Let's dive into this episode with
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