Pre-Zero Sports Talk 🌿

🎙️ New Episode Alert! Explore real stories shaping sports and community progress. 🏅 🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/show/4EGQpw2vQ… Join the conversation for real change! 🌱

A lot of people look successful on the outside… while privately carrying exhaustion, burnout, and emotional pressure that nobody sees. Nicole Anderson on burnout, leadership, identity, parenting, and the hidden cost of achievement culture. Episode #104 is live. 🎧 prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/succes… ▶️ youtu.be/-sq9MUWEMeU #burnout #leadership #mentalhealth

“People are scared they’ll no longer be needed.” That line from Björn Vikard stayed with me long after recording Episode #102. One of the rawest conversations we’ve had on leadership, trust, succession, sports culture, AI, and human behavior. No fluff. Just honesty. Listen and watch now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. 🎧prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/leader… ▶️ youtu.be/9OjwLmJt8xM

You can lead for years without an interior life. You can even succeed. But you won’t endure. Here’s why leadership collapses, and where it really begins, written by @SidBensala, open.substack.com/pub/sidbensala…

You can do everything right… and still lose. That is where mindset, resilience, and leadership are built. New episode with Jonathan Osborne. 🎧 Listen now → prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/grace-… ▶️ Watch the entire converation → youtu.be/37v__A-1XLg

What if success isn’t the answer? Dr. Jack Groppel on high performance, faith, and the cost of proving yourself. This two-hour conversation with host @SidBensala goes beyond sports. It explores identity, self-worth, faith, and the hidden cost of seeking validation. Episode 100 is live. Listen now → 🎧 prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/i-spen… Watch now → youtu.be/O7Y1ddeyARg

U.S. soccer has a structural problem. Participation is rewarded. Performance is not. Pay-to-play filters talent before it even starts. New episode with Alex Lubyansky, Founder of @detroitmetrofc 🎧 Watch now: youtu.be/W4qlIf_TW9k

He lost his hands. They called him disabled. He became their coach. Episode 98 with Scott Martin is live. A story about resilience, leadership, and rebuilding through sport. 🎧 Listen now: prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/play-f… ▶️ Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/yE1z4P_r3pc

What if dyslexia is not the deficit, but the school system is? Episode 97 with Russell Van Brocklen is raw, direct, and packed with real insight on dyslexia, learning systems, writing, sports, and education reform. Watch or listen now 🎧 prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/the-dy… ▶️ youtu.be/DYCvmq4vNYs

What if the future of sport depends on outsider thinking? Josephina Oji on sports leadership, sports governance, and sustainability in sport. Episode 96 is now live. 👇 🎧 prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/joseph… ▶️ youtu.be/XCAm89zpUpM

The modern masculinity crisis is real. Men feel lost, burned out, and disconnected. Maxim Shapiro on depression in men, purpose, self-leadership, and why big, scary goals change everything. Clarity comes from action. Episode 95 is now live. Listen Now: 🎧 prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/modern…

High performers don’t burn out suddenly; they decline quietly. Tom Waite breaks down the warning signs that leaders ignore and explains why capacity matters more than aesthetics. Listen 🎧 prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/your-b… Watch ▶️ youtu.be/AMrw6cClntM

Coaching fails athletes when we only teach technique and ignore identity, purpose, and trust, Angela R. Lewis explains in Episode 93. Women’s sports need equity, visibility, and leadership that builds people. 🎧 Listen to the episode: prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/angela… ▶️ Watch the full conversation with Angela: youtu.be/laW0q1Ffkc0

A porta-potty. A frustrated dad. A business empire. David Sauers turned an everyday pain point into a 50+ location franchise. Listen to how @royalrestrooms started — and what it means to lead with purpose. 🎧 Episode 92 now live: prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/rethin… ▶️ Watch the entire conversation 👉 youtu.be/hqdXaJeL8Z8

Golf is 50% putting. Most players guess. Bob Labbe measures. Episode 91 is live: 🎧 Fix Your Putting Game 🎯 Real math, real results 📘 "Putting by the Numbers." 🔗 prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/fix-yo… #GolfTips #LagPutting #Podcast

Thank you to all our listeners who tuned in to the Pre-Zero Sports Talk in 2025! After 3 years, our show was downloaded in 69 countries last year, and we hope to reach more listeners in 2026. Thanks a lot for your support. Where did you listen from? #BuzzsproutPlayback

Loss is not a flaw in sport. Weakness is not a flaw in faith. Both are built into the system to form people. New Substack reflection on failure, discipline, and return. open.substack.com/pub/sidbensala…

Suffering finds us all. But how you respond shapes everything. In this short clip, Dr. Matthew Kutz joins Sid Bensalah to discuss faith, pain, and the choice to hope when life hits hardest. 🎥 Watch the whole conversation on our YouTube channel → youtu.be/FVC87KLrcGg 🎧 Or listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here → prezerosportstalk.com/podcast/dr-mat…

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