Erin sits down with lifelong hockey player and entrepreneur Steve Albers to discuss athlete identity, life after competitive sports, and finding lasting community through the game. Steve shares how lessons from hockey shaped his journey from adult beer leagues and youth coaching to founding Center Ice Brewery and The Hockey Card Show.

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They also explore youth-sports pressure, burnout, raising multi-sport athletes, navigating business setbacks, and why playing for the right reasons matters more than chasing championships.

“Just keep playing for the right reasons—and give back when you can.”

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University of San Diego college dancer Angela Aguilar opens up about life after competitive dance, rebuilding a relationship with movement, and finding new ways to channel the drive, discipline, and competitive energy that never left her.

Angela shares why she stepped away from her college dance team before senior year, the loss and regret that followed, and her search for a new sense of community after leaving the structured world of athletics. She explains how yoga, Pilates, adult dance classes, running, pickleball, and training for her first triathlon have helped her reconnect with her body and redefine what being an athlete means in adulthood.

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Erin and Angela also explore the emotional side of movement, the difference between healthy competition and comparison, and the challenge of building an identity beyond your sport. From missing the camaraderie of a team to becoming a dancing disco ball at a baby shower, Angela’s story is an honest and joyful reminder that your “glory days” don’t have to be behind you.

Whether you’re a "former" dancer, retired athlete, college athlete navigating transition, or anyone rebuilding a fitness routine after sports, this conversation will help you see that the athlete mindset can evolve without disappearing.

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In this episode of No Former Athlete, Erin talks with Jenny Bauer, a lifelong athlete, former DePauw women’s basketball player, All-American track athlete, attorney, coach, and multi-sport competitor.

Jenny reflects on growing up in a small Indiana town during the early days of organized girls’ sports, when softball was one of the only options available and girls’ basketball was becoming a major part of the community. She shares how she found her athlete identity through softball, basketball, volleyball, track, and cross country — and why she chose DePauw because it allowed her to follow joy and play the sport she loved.

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Jenny also opens up about life after college sports, the identity shift that came with law school, and the realization that removing sports from her life meant removing a core part of herself. From intramural teams and pickup basketball to softball leagues, coaching, cycling, pickleball, and cheering on women’s basketball, Jenny’s story shows how the athlete never really leaves.

This episode is about athlete identity, women’s sports, multi-sport athletes, DePauw athletics, life after basketball, and the truth behind No Former Athlete: you may stop competing, but you never stop being an athlete.

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