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Love Your Inner Athlete

The "Love Your Inner Athlete" podcast, hosted by Hans Skulstad, is all about mental fitness. Hans interviews professional athletes, coaches, and all around fitness-minded individuals to hear their perspectives on the mental side of sports and athletics.

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Sep 15, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 15, 2026

    Charlie Curti: Be Malleable, or the Game Will Make You (opens the original)

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    Be Malleable: Charlie Curti on Adapting Your Game and Your Mind Charlie Curti has played pro hockey for eight seasons across the ECHL, the AHL, Denmark, and the UK — but the lesson he keeps coming back to isn't about skating or shooting. It's about being malleable. In this episode, Charlie joins Hans to talk about the identity crisis that hit him at Yale, when the offensive defenseman who'd never faced real adversity suddenly found himself in and out of the lineup. He reached out to Hans at his

  2. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    Jessica Poole: NIL Is for the 40, Not the 4 (opens the original)

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    NIL Is for the 40, Not the 4: Jessica Poole on Identity, Branding, and What Nobody Tells You What if the most important question in NIL has nothing to do with money? Jessica Poole, founder of The Poole Collective and creator of the Own Your NIL program, has spent decades inside college athletics watching athletes chase deals before they even know who they are – and she’s built her entire approach around fixing that. In this episode of the Inner Athlete Podcast, host Hans Skulstad sits down with

  3. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

    Dr. Mary Collings: 33 Years Inside Pro Locker Rooms - What Nobody Talks About (opens the original)

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    What’s the difference between studying athletes and actually caring for them? Dr. Mary Collings, official chiropractor for both the Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Stars, has spent 33 years answering that question from inside the locker room – and her perspective on recovery, the brain, and what truly separates elite performers might surprise you. In this episode of the Inner Athlete Podcast, host Hans Skulstad sits down with Dr. Mary Collings to explore how a chance encounter at a beach volleyb

  4. Episode · Aug 4, 2026

    Dave Brown: It Ends – What Every Hockey Parent Needs to Hear (opens the original)

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    What does a guy who quit hockey after Bantams, rediscovered the game in Southern California, and built a performance center from scratch actually know about developing elite athletes? Turns out – everything that matters. Dave Brown, owner of The Base Sports Performance and head coach of the Rogers Royals, has spent years watching talented kids hit invisible walls, and he’s figured out exactly why. In this episode of the Inner Athlete Podcast, host Hans Skulstad sits down with his longtime friend

  5. Episode · Jul 28, 2026

    Critter Johnson: Growing Up in Hockey’s Most Famous Family (opens the original)

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    What’s it like to grow up in one of hockey’s most legendary families – and then find your own path in the game? Chris (Critter) Johnson, assistant coach with the Minnesota Frost in the PWHL, has seen hockey from every angle: as a player, a youth coach, a college coach, and now at the professional women’s level. And the most important thing he’s learned? It has nothing to do with winning. In this episode of the Inner Athlete Podcast, host Hans Skulstad reconnects with his Augsburg connection to e

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