The Fearless Warrior Podcast

Coach AB, Amanda Schaefer
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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.

  1. 143: From Florida Softball to the Pro Leagues, Skylar Wallace Shares What Makes Her Fearless

    1d ago

    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 Year, and three-time All-SEC First Team selection at the University of Florida. She opens up about self-talk, the transfer decision that changed everything, and why the six inches between your ears matters more than anything else on the field. Episode Highlights: The importance of embracing pressure as a privilegeThe ANTs framework — how to identify and squish automatic negative thoughts Why surrounding yourself with the right five people is one of the most important decisions you will ever make as an athleteWhy being terrible at basketball made her a better softball playerWhy self-talk is not something you master once Connect with Skylar: IG: @skylar.wallace Ready to join Fearless Warriors and train the mental game? See details below or message us the word WARRIOR on our social channels. https://www.skool.com/fearlesswarriors/about More ways to work with Fearless Warrior Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior ProgramBook a One on One Session for your AthleteBook a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or OrganizationFollow us on Social Media Facebook @fearlesswarriors.orgInstagram @fearlesswarriorInstagram @fearless.coach.abX @CoachAB_YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching

    43 min
  2. 142: The Visualization Behind One of Softball's Most Decorated Catchers, Jocelyn Erickson

    Jun 24

    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 Chicago Bandits She sat down with Coach Kara and our Warriors for a raw, honest conversation about visualization, identity, team culture, and what it really means to get over yourself and play for something bigger. Episode Highlights: Getting hyper-specific in visualization practice is exactly what prepares you for big game momentsWhy thinking about your teammates instead of yourself actually makes you perform betterThe ACL and double meniscus injury that sidelined her for almost a full year, and why she says she is grateful it happenedHow surrounding yourself with the right people is the fastest way through the hardest seasons of your careerThe one thing she would tell her younger self about time, presence, and never taking a practice for grantedConnect with Jocelyn: IG: @joceyerickson Ready to join Fearless Warriors and train the mental game? See details below or message us the word WARRIOR on our social channels. https://www.skool.com/fearlesswarriors/about More ways to work with Fearless Warrior Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior ProgramBook a One on One Session for your AthleteBook a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or OrganizationFollow us on Social Media Facebook @fearlesswarriors.orgInstagram @fearlesswarriorInstagram @fearless.coach.abX @CoachAB_YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching

    30 min
  3. 141: [Cool Careers in Sports] Unapologetically You: The Real Secret to College Recruiting with Susan Forbes

    Jun 17

    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 built a career around one powerful idea: athletes should be in the driver's seat of their recruiting journey, and the right program wants who they actually are and not who they think they need to be. Episode Highlights: Why trying to be who you think coaches want you to be is one of the fastest ways to end up at the wrong programThe "world's best peach" analogy that will completely change how your athlete thinks about rejection in recruitingHow optimal performance states connect directly to recruiting Why NIL is not just about money and how athletes are already building bridges to life after sport Her one piece of advice: your success is inevitable as long as you do not give upConnect with Susan: IG: @hey.susank Podcast: NXTVB Podcast More ways to work with Fearless Warrior Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior ProgramBook a One on One Session for your AthleteBook a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or OrganizationFollow us on Social Media Facebook @fearlesswarriors.orgInstagram @fearlesswarriorInstagram @fearless.coach.abX @CoachAB_YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching

    32 min
  4. 140: [Cool Careers in Sports] Matt Woods with Motor Preferences Experts Explains Movement Science

    Jun 10

    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 based on an athlete's unique, natural movement patterns. If you have seen the colored tape on catchers' chest protectors at college games, or spotted those side-by-side mechanical case studies on social media, that is Motor Preferences in action. Episode Highlights: The aerial vs. terrestrial framework and how two completely different pitchers can produce elite results with the same pitching coachWhy the mental flow state and physical Motor Preferences are more connected than most coaches and parents realizeHow finding your natural movement profile gives athletes their battery back and frees up mental energy for what actually mattersWhy the best cue is the one the athlete comes up with themselves and what that means for coaches and parentsWhy separating your identity as an athlete from your identity as a person was the mindset shift that changed everything for Matt Connect with Matt and Motor Preferences Experts: Website: motorpreferencesexperts.com IG: @motorpreferencesexperts More ways to work with Fearless Warrior Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior ProgramBook a One on One Session for your AthleteBook a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or OrganizationFollow us on Social Media Facebook @fearlesswarriors.orgInstagram @fearlesswarriorInstagram @fearless.coach.abX @CoachAB_YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching

    28 min
  5. 139: [Cool Careers in Sports] From Fearless Warriors to Minnesota Twins Mental Performance with Hana DeGuzman

    Jun 3

    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 it actually takes to build a career in sports psychology, the difference between mental health and mental performance, and why open-mindedness is the superpower that changed the entire direction of her life. Episode Highlights: The real difference between mental health counseling and mental performance coaching Why athletes do not have to wait until something is wrong to seek out eitherWhy motivational self-talk alone is not enough, and what instructional self-talk actually sounds like in the momentHow she discovered sports psychology as a junior in college by simply Googling how to be a better softball playerThe leadership lesson she learned her senior year that she still thinks about as a coach and practitioner todayConnect with Hana: IG: hana_deguzman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanadeguzman/ More ways to work with Fearless Warrior Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior ProgramBook a One on One Session for your AthleteBook a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or OrganizationFollow us on Social Media Facebook @fearlesswarriors.orgInstagram @fearlesswarriorInstagram @fearless.coach.abX @CoachAB_YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching

    44 min
  6. 138: [Cool Careers in Sports] The Bold Move That Landed Kaylee Dellert Her Dream Job at Rawlings

    May 27

    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 inside scoop on what it really takes to build a brand voice that an entire community loves, how she noticed a gap as an intern and ran with it, and why the hardest season of her career was also the most important one. Episode Highlights: What a week in the life actually looks like when the World Series, AUSL season, and major bat launches all hit at the same timeThe story behind building distinct brand personas for Rawlings and Easton What it is like designing signature gear with pros like Jocelyn Alo and Kenzie Hansen and bringing their personal brands to lifeWhy her toughest year in college, with no teammates and no road map, was the direct reason she landed her dream jobHer real advice on connections, never burning bridges, and why the softball world is smaller than you thinkConnect with Kaylee: IG: @kaylee_dellert You can also follow the brands she leads: Rawlings Softball: @rawlingssb Easton Fastpitch: @eastonfastpitch More ways to work with Fearless Warrior Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior ProgramBook a One on One Session for your AthleteBook a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or OrganizationFollow us on Social Media Facebook @fearlesswarriors.orgInstagram @fearlesswarriorInstagram @fearless.coach.abX @CoachAB_YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching

    26 min
  7. 137: [Cool Careers in Sports] What Savanna Collins Wants You To Understand about the Fear of Failing

    May 20

    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 putting yourself out there with smaller opportunities is exactly what prepares you to shine on the biggest stage. Episode Highlights: How being a coach's kid and a weather girl in fourth grade put her on a path she never had to second-guessWhy she said yes to the smaller and unpaid opportunitiesThe mindset shift of not taking yourself too seriously What pro softball looks like in five to ten years and why expansion is priority number oneHer best advice for any young person who wants to start right now without waiting for permissionConnect with Savanna: IG: @savvyco Website: https://www.savannacollins.com/ More ways to work with Fearless Warrior Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior ProgramBook a One on One Session for your AthleteBook a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or OrganizationFollow us on Social Media Facebook @fearlesswarriors.orgInstagram @fearlesswarriorInstagram @fearless.coach.abX @CoachAB_YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching

    36 min
  8. 136: [Cool Careers in Sports] From OU Softball to ESPN Analyst: Nicole Mendes’ Mental Game Advice

    May 13

    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 Olympics, and now a softball analyst for ESPN, Nicole is proof that the mental tools you build on the field will follow you everywhere you go in life. Episode Highlights: What being homeschooled and practicing alone taught her about self-motivation and disciplineThe moment Patty Gasso told her to relax, and why it still took years for that lesson to actually sink inHow the Olympics impacted her mental gameThe mental technique she uses to stay neutral after mistakes How one phone call to Amanda Scarbrough launched her ESPN career Connect with Nicole: IG: @nicole_mendes__ Ready to join Fearless Warriors and train the mental game? See details below or message us the word WARRIOR on our social channels. https://www.skool.com/fearlesswarriors/about More ways to work with Fearless Warrior Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior ProgramBook a One on One Session for your AthleteBook a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or OrganizationFollow us on Social Media Facebook @fearlesswarriors.orgInstagram @fearlesswarriorInstagram @fearless.coach.abX @CoachAB_YouTube @fearlesswarriorcoaching

    39 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    Coach AB, Amanda Schaefer
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    146
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Fearless Warrior Podcast
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