The Examined Athlete

Clay Reichenbach
The Examined Athlete

A podcast where athletes, coaches, and experts explore ideas bigger than sport. Great athletes are special. Without question they’re unique. Their lived experiences are difficult for most of us to even imagine. However, that is not what interests us. At The Examined Athlete, we spend time exploring ways high performers are like everyone else, celebrating their victories while taking an intimate look at the challenges and setbacks we all face. Our goal is to challenge consequential ideas with love, understanding, and curiosity, allowing our guests to share their journey and take us beyond their athletic talent. We encourage individuals to share stories much bigger than sport, challenge the status quo, and lean into the messiness of human psychology. The last thing you’ll hear on The Examined Athlete is ‘shut up and dribble’. We want athletes, coaches, and experts to ‘put down the ball and speak honestly’. This is The Examined Athlete.

  1. EP 35 - Dr. Mikki Hebl (Psychologist)

    05/03/2022

    EP 35 - Dr. Mikki Hebl (Psychologist)

    In this episode, Clay speaks with Rice University’s Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychology, Dr. Mikki Hebl. Mikki is an applied psychologist whose research focuses on workplace discrimination and the ways both individuals and organizations can remediate such discrimination and successfully manage diversity. She has published approximately 200 journal articles, book chapters, and edited books. She has presented her research across the globe and often shares her expertise on subtle biases, gender issues, and ally training within organizations. Mikki has been the recipient of 23 major teaching and mentoring awards (including the prestigious Cherry Award), research grants from NSF and NIH, and several gender-related research awards. She has joined an elite few at Rice University who have been retired from winning further awards. In 2005, she was selected as the Commencement Speaker at Rice University’s graduation ceremonies, which marked the first and only time a current faculty member gave the address. Mikki is also a life-long runner, completing 74 marathons, including 1 in every state and 1 on every continent. Mikki and Clay exchange definitions of self-actualization, explore the pursuit of extremely difficult goals and challenging ourselves (including running a marathon in Antarctica), impacting and influencing others, finding progress in challenging spaces, partisan professors and their social media habits, Mikki’s ‘anti-vita’, and what Mikki is most proud of in her career.

    1h 18m
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A podcast where athletes, coaches, and experts explore ideas bigger than sport. Great athletes are special. Without question they’re unique. Their lived experiences are difficult for most of us to even imagine. However, that is not what interests us. At The Examined Athlete, we spend time exploring ways high performers are like everyone else, celebrating their victories while taking an intimate look at the challenges and setbacks we all face. Our goal is to challenge consequential ideas with love, understanding, and curiosity, allowing our guests to share their journey and take us beyond their athletic talent. We encourage individuals to share stories much bigger than sport, challenge the status quo, and lean into the messiness of human psychology. The last thing you’ll hear on The Examined Athlete is ‘shut up and dribble’. We want athletes, coaches, and experts to ‘put down the ball and speak honestly’. This is The Examined Athlete.

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