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The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe

Join us at Youth Sports Parenting Tribe, where your host, Hernan Chousa - a seasoned tennis player and sports dad, explores the dynamic world of youth sports parenting. We dive deep with thought leaders, psychologists, athletes, and others to help you become not just a parent, but a super parent. Inspired by Jim Rohn"s philosophy, our goal is to bring change to your sports parenting journey through insightful conversations and shared wisdom.

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Monday Reset #48 - Quit

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/10/05

Welcome to the 48th Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe.Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected.This week's word is Quit.One of the most loaded words in youth sports.When a child says "I don't want to do this anymore," most of us push back. We negotiate, we remind them of commitments, we tell them they'll regret it. And sometimes, that's exactly right.But there's a

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00:41:35

Kara Kalin

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/30

Kara Kalin has spent over twenty years working at the intersection of trauma, resilience, and athletic performance. As a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Certified EMDR Therapist, and Mental Performance Consultant, she brings a rare combination of clinical depth and coaching experience — having served as a coach for the Canadian National Team and worked with athletes at every level of sport.She is also the founder of Shift Change, a mental health movement dedicated to transforming how individuals and

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00:03:27

Monday Reset #47 - Belonging

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/28

Welcome to the 47th Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe.Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected.This week's word is Belonging.A talented teenager quit her club team last spring. When her mom asked why, she said: "I just never felt like I was really part of it." She didn't quit because it was too hard. She quit because she felt alone inside of it.We spend a lot of

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00:50:26

Stephen Bienko

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/23

Stephen Bienko's story starts on the field. A three-sport high school star, he went on to play football at the Air Force Academy and compete as a decathlete at Villanova University — where he held the school record in the discus. After college, he became a New Jersey State Trooper before pivoting into entrepreneurship, building and scaling multiple businesses across franchising, marketing, and sports performance.Today, Stephen is the co-founder and CEO of The 42U — a student-athlete development and

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00:03:26

Monday Reset #46 - Winning

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/21

Welcome to the 46th Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe.Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected.This week's word is Winning.We say we don't care about it. But we do — and that's okay. Wanting to win is human. The problem isn't the desire. It's when winning becomes the only language we speak at home, and second place starts to feel like failure.Kids raised in a

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00:38:58

Amit Chitre

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/16

Amit Chitre has spent decades working with Fortune 500 executives, young professionals, and senior leaders in television news, public relations, crisis management, and leadership training. Then, as a father sitting through countless introductory sessions at the start of youth sports seasons, he noticed something: nobody was teaching young athletes the skills that actually matter beyond the scoreboard.That observation became The Other Playbook — a practical guide that helps student-athletes at every

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00:03:15

Monday Reset #45 - Identity

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/14

Welcome to the 45th Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe.Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected.This week's word is Identity.Not who they are as athletes. Who they are as people.Somewhere in the intensity of youth sports, the sport stops being something they do and becomes something they are. It feels like confidence and purpose — and for a while, it is. But an

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00:37:46

Bill Taylor

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/09

Bill Taylor spent over 20 years as a championship-level collegiate head coach before a deeply challenging conflict in his career revealed a gap he hadn't expected: he didn't have the skills to manage it. That honest reckoning led him to pursue a Master's degree in Conflict Management — and ultimately to found Sports Conflict Lab, dedicated to bringing one of the most overlooked tools in sports to coaches, administrators, athletes, and families.His book, Managing Sports Conflict: Five Tools to Master

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00:03:35

Monday Reset #44 - Presence

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/07

Welcome to the 44th Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe.Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected.This week's word is Presence.Not just showing up. Actually being there.We confuse attendance with presence. We drive the long hours, sit through early practices, stand in the bleachers for every game — and still, our kids can feel completely alone out there. Because while

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00:41:33

Phoebe Tran

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/09/02

Phoebe Tran is one of Vietnam's most recognised faces in education media. As Country Manager of Crimson Education Vietnam — a role she has held for over nine years — she leads a team dedicated to transforming the education landscape and creating opportunities for thousands of students and families across the country.Beyond Crimson, Phoebe is a television host, reporter, and editor at Vietnam Television, covering culture, education, and sustainability, and is best known as the host of IELTS Face-Off

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00:03:22

Monday Reset #43 - Tension

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/31

Welcome to the 43rd Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe.Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected. This week's word is Tension. Not the kind that announces itself. The kind that builds slowly. It creeps into households after a practice that landed wrong or a conversation that didn't go well. Everyone manages everyone else's mood. No one says anything. And your child

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00:34:17

Dr Douglas Casa

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/26

Dr. Douglas Casa's story starts in 1985, when he was a 16-year-old athlete who collapsed mid-race from a life-threatening exertional heat stroke. The quick action of an athletic trainer saved his life — and that moment became his life's mission.Today, Dr. Casa is one of the most respected voices in sports safety in the world. As CEO of the Korey Stringer Institute at UConn — named after the Minnesota Vikings player who died from heat stroke during training camp — he has dedicated his career to

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00:03:09

Monday Reset 42# - Silence

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/24

Welcome to the 42nd Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe. Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected. This week's word is Silence. Not the uncomfortable kind. The intentional one. We fill every gap — practice drives, walks to the field, and post-game rides — with advice, corrections, and breakdowns. We mean well, but all that noise robs our kids of the chance to hear

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00:46:22

Gayatree Dipchan

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/19

Gayatree Dipchan is a registered British Psychological Society psychologist, NLP coach, hypnotherapist, and behavioral consultant with over two decades of experience working across NGOs, international organizations, and private consultancy — in the Caribbean, the UK, Norway, and the United States. Her work spans trauma recovery, leadership development, and behavioral change, with a particular focus on how our early experiences shape the way we respond to pressure, relationships, and challenge

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00:02:34

Monday Reset #41 - Consistency

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/17

Welcome to the 41st Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe.Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected. This week's word is Consistency. Not theirs. Yours. We expect it from our athletes — show up, do the work, perform on the hard days. But there's another consistency that rarely gets talked about: who you are as a parent, game to game, win to loss. Are you the same

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00:44:33

Dr. Kelli Uitenham

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/12

Dr. Kelli Uitenham is a nationally certified medical speech-language pathologist, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, and Assistant Clinical Professor at Northeastern University. As founder of Brain Talk Foundation, she has dedicated her career to raising awareness about concussions, TBI, and CTE in athletes — bringing that conversation into schools, athletic programs, and families nationwide.We talk a lot about performance in youth sports. We don't talk nearly enough about what repeated head

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00:02:48

Monday Reset #40 - Sacrifice

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/10

Welcome to the 40th Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe. Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected. This week's word is Sacrifice. Yours. And whether they know about it. You wake up early, miss dinners, and spend money you sometimes don’t have on gear, travel, and camps. You do it without thinking twice because they love this sport, and you love them. But when

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00:33:43

Dr. Indira Couch

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/05

Dr. Indira Couch — or "Indi," as she likes to be called — is a globally recognised expert in leadership, engagement, and culture coaching with over 30 years of experience helping individuals and organizations achieve peak performance. As CEO of ActionEDGE TT and a certified ActionCOACH, she has built a reputation for simplifying complex challenges and unlocking the potential in the people she works with.Her core belief is simple but powerful: too many people settle for mediocrity when they are

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00:02:39

Monday Reset #39 - Words

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/08/03

Welcome to the 39th Monday Reset for Sports Parents — a short reflection inside The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe.Each Monday Reset brings you one word, one idea, and one mindset to help you start the week calm, clear, and connected. This week's word is Words. They last longer than any game ever will. Your child is collecting words right now, building their inner voice sentence by sentence. The sentences spoken by the people they love most become the voice they hear when things get

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00:32:34

Miro Gladovic

The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe ·

2026/07/29

Miro Gladovic's journey in sport is anything but ordinary. Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, he began as a professional soccer goalkeeper before his playing career ended prematurely — leading him to reinvent himself in a way few have. In 1997 he became Australia's first accredited FIFA Players' Agent, and at the time the youngest in the world, going on to broker international transfer deals worth tens of millions of dollars and represent players at clubs like FC Barcelona and Bayern

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