Sparta Chicks Radio: Mindset | Confidence | Sport | Women

Meet Sara Gross, advocate for, and storyteller about, women in sport on Sparta Chicks Radio this week

#040: Richelle Olsen on Comparison, Body Image & Cycling to Mexico

Meet round-the-world ocean sailor and mum, Abby Ehler.

You'll meet busy mum and ultra-marathon runner Jo Bailey on Sparta Chicks Radio this week.

Meet professional boxer Stacey Copeland on Sparta Chicks Radio this week.

Meet Carin McCoy this week. Body Positive Athlete, age group runner and triathlete and a busy mum of two boys.

Meet the 2x Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Champion Rhiannan Iffland on Sparta Chicks Radio this week.

Meet Sarah Davis ahead of her attempt to become the first woman to paddle the length of the Nile.

You’ll meet Jessica Douglas - the 3 x Solo 24 Hour Mountain Bike World Champion, mum, cycling coach and cancer survivor - on Sparta Chicks Radio this week.

Karley Cunningham has a diverse background and a unique perspective. From growing up in a gender-neutral household, figure skating to racing a mountain bike at a national level, she has develooped a unique perspective on the female brain, what she calls “female hesitation” and the way gender (and specifically our conditioning) affects our mindset and our success.

Amanda Batty is a professional downhill mountain biker race based in the US. She is an outspoken advocate for women in sport and a vocal critic of the cycling industry, In this conversation we discuss how cycling helped her find her sense of self and self-worth, that fear is healthy, why it’s important to remember why you are riding and what you want from the sport, how she handles the fear associated with crashing and why she shares her deepest darkest secrets and fears about body image online.

Natalia Cohen is a member of the Coxless Crew, the first fours boat (and all-female team) to row, unsupported, across the Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world). The journey, which took 257 days at sea, is documented in the film "Losing Sight of Shore".

Lisa Tamati is one of the world’s most experienced ultra marathon runners, especially when it comes to racing in hot conditions. She’s competed in over 130 ultra marathons, traversed almost every desert in the world, cycled through 20 countries, run the length of New Zealand for charity and is a successful businesswoman, running coach and New York Times best-selling author. She also suffers severe asthma, broke her back at 21 and struggled with self-doubt and self-esteem throughout much of her younger l

Chloe Chick is the Founder of Sisu Girls, an organisation I love and support that is dedicated to the empowerment of girls through sport and outdoor adventure in order to foster bravery, resilience, determination and self-confidence in them. Chloe founded Sisu Girls in 2014 after seeing her daughter Olive start to show signs of a lack in self-confidence in certain situations (including being intimidated by boys in the playground or not wanting to play “boys” sports).

Our first return guest, Kirrily Dear, is about to set out on a mammoth challenge - The Run Against Violence in 2017 will take Kirrily 1,300km / 807 miles throughout remote and regional Australia over 19 days on a mission to raise awareness and start conversations about family violence. This time we talk about how she has prepared, mentally and physically, for such a demanding and challenging event, her powerful and profound new perspective around comfort zones and the Run Against Violence itself