Running Meets You Where You Are | with Roberto Mandje | Ep. 162

Running Meets You Where You Are | with Roberto Mandje | Ep. 162

This week I sit down with Olympian, coach, and father of three Roberto Mandje, and what struck me most wasn't the résumé — it was how he talks about being stronger than he ever gave himself credit for.  Roberto grew up between Barcelona, West Africa, and the U.S., raised by a single mother who never once told him what he couldn't do, and he carried that into a twelve-year running career that peaked at the 2004 Athens Olympics, lining up in the 1500m next to the very runner whose poster hung on his bedroom wall.  In this episode, we talk about what it actually feels like to stand at that start line, what running alone in the woods still teaches him that a desk never will, and how becoming a father — and, more recently, walking away from the organization he'd spent a decade helping build — forced him to ask what he's actually building his life toward now.  This one is about identity that doesn't collapse when the structure around it changes, and about what it means to leave every place, and every person, a little better than you found it. ——— 💫 Read the Full Reflection:  https://liveyourjune.substack.com/ ——— 💫 Connect with Roberto: Visit his Website: mandjecoaching.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertomandje/ Instagram: @robertomandje ——— 💫 Join the Soulstigator Movement! ➡️ Take the Motherhood Survey: https://forms.gle/ozuRfLMwYubq9PdPA ➡️ Free Clarity Call: DM Me “CLARITY” on IG @wendyposillico ➡️ Visit our website: liveyourjune.com

You Don't Lose Your Drive, You Lose Your Structure | with Abiola Wabara | Ep. 161

This week I sat down with Abiola Wabara — a former pro basketball player, national champion, and now the founder of Globall Life, a platform built to help athletes navigate life after sport.  In this episode, we get into her childhood in Italy as the daughter of Nigerian parents, the culture shock of trading Rome for Waco, Texas, and the ten-year pro career that followed.  But the real conversation starts after the ball stops bouncing — when Abiola describes googling her own master's degree because she had no idea what to do with it, driving Uber with her resume in the passenger seat, and the panic attacks she didn't even recognize as panic attacks.  This is a conversation about what happens when the structure that built you disappears, and what it actually takes to build a new one. Abiola's answer might surprise you: it starts with letting go of your ego. ——— 💫 Read the Full Reflection:  https://liveyourjune.substack.com/p/what-we-do-with-not-knowing ——— 💫 Connect with Abiola: Visit her Website: www.globalllife.com OR www.artbyabiola.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abiolawabara/ Instagram: @Globall_Life ——— 💫 Join the Soulstigator Movement! ➡️ Take the Motherhood Survey: https://forms.gle/ozuRfLMwYubq9PdPA ➡️ Free Clarity Call: DM Me “CLARITY” on IG @wendyposillico ➡️ Visit our website: liveyourjune.com

Beyond the Scoreboard: Rebuilding Identity After Sport | with Jill Muhe | Ep. 160

This week on Journey to June, I sat down with Jill Muhe — a former Division I and professional beach volleyball player who spent a decade grinding on the AVP tour before becoming an athletic trainer, a college head coach, and now a career consultant for athletes navigating life after sport.  Jill and I talk about growing up playing basketball with the boys, the identity crash that comes with retiring (more than once), and a reframe that stopped me in my tracks: athletes don't lose their drive when sport ends, they lose the ecosystem that was quietly supporting it the whole time.  We get into what actually happens to a high performer who's grinding without a coach, a team, or anyone celebrating the small wins, and why the real question isn't "why did you play" but "why did you stay." If you've ever felt like your motivation disappeared overnight, this conversation will help you understand what really happened — and how to rebuild. ——— 💫 Read the Full Reflection: https://liveyourjune.substack.com/p/why-did-you-stay  ——— 💫 Connect with Jill: Visit her Website: https://www.jillmuhe.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillmuhe/ Instagram: @jillmuhe Substack: https://jillmuhe.substack.com/ ——— 💫 Join the Soulstigator Movement! ➡️ Take the Motherhood Survey: https://forms.gle/ozuRfLMwYubq9PdPA ➡️ Free Clarity Call: DM Me “CLARITY” on IG @wendyposillico ➡️ Visit our website: liveyourjune.com

From Hustle to Harmony: Redefining Success | with Amy Pierre-Russo | Ep. 159

This week on Journey to June, I sat down with Amy Pierre-Russo. Amy spent a decade in HR before becoming a life and business coach, and she built something she calls Hustle to Harmony.  Instead of the scale — which just makes you feel like you're failing the second one side gets heavier — she thinks of it as a pie. You only get 100%. Some seasons work takes 60, some seasons your kid needs 60. That's not imbalance. That's just life. We went deep into her own story too. Amy lost her mom when she was six, and was raised by her dad, who made the choice not to bring anyone else into the house full-time. I asked her what that absence taught her, and what it's like now raising her own son knowing what that gap felt like as a kid.  We talked about the guilt of leaving for work trips, the small rituals that make it easier, and this idea of surrender — that you don't have to make peace with hard choices, you just have to give yourself grace around them. This one stayed with me. If you've ever felt like you're failing at the "balance" thing, I think you'll feel a little lighter after this. ——— 💫 Read the Full Reflection:  https://liveyourjune.substack.com/p/on-the-myth-of-balance ——— 💫 Connect with Amy: Visit her Website: https://www.coachingwamy.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachingwamy/ Instagram: @coachingw_amy Free Resource: https://coachingwamy.start.page ——— 💫 Join the Soulstigator Movement! ➡️ Take the Motherhood Survey: https://forms.gle/ozuRfLMwYubq9PdPA ➡️ Free Clarity Call: DM Me “CLARITY” on IG @wendyposillico ➡️ Visit our website: liveyourjune.com

5 Years of LYJ & What My Daughter Saw | with Josi June | Ep. 158

Five years of Live Your June. One conversation with the girl it's named after. In this episode, I sit down with my daughter Josephine June — now 13 — to reflect on what it's actually been like watching me build this movement. What shifted. What she absorbed. What she hopes comes next. We recorded this the week of the Fourth of July. My dad's favorite holiday. It felt right. Take the mother-daughter survey — link below. I read every one. ——— 💫 Join the Soulstigator Movement! ➡️ Take the Motherhood Survey: https://forms.gle/ozuRfLMwYubq9PdPA ➡️ Free Clarity Call: DM Me “CLARITY” on IG @wendyposillico ➡️ Visit our website: liveyourjune.com