• Episode 15 - Coaching Relationships with Other Coaches
    Jul 25 2024

    Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada.

    This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change.

    Podcast #15 is about the relationship that coaches develop with other coaches. It delves into the nuances of coaching with other coaches and how those relationships can be positive or negative. It also takes a look at the relationships that coaches have with opposing coaches and how society has conditioned that scenario to be combative based on the great “competitive” lie.

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    23 mins
  • Preparing for the Possibility of Not Being Picked
    Apr 25 2024

    Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada.

    This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change.

    Podcast #14 is a must for players. It describes the vital difference between who you are and what you do. This podcast describes some of Helen’s experiences and her ideas about how to maneuver through that selection process with your own self worth intact.

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    15 mins
  • The Trauma of Rep Teams and Selection
    Mar 27 2024

    Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change.

    Podcast #13 is a must for players, coaches and parents who are involved in representative levels of sport where the selection process can be traumatic and leave negative self esteem blueprints for the player.

    This podcast describes some of Helen’s experiences and her ideas about how to maneuver through that selection process with your own self worth in tact.

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    23 mins
  • Episode 12 - Interview With a 15 Year Old Hockey Player
    Feb 26 2024

    Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change.

    Episode #12 is an interview with Wyatt, a fifteen-year-old hockey player. Wyatt describes his motivation for playing sports and how he got started. There is an interesting connection to the sensory regulation that results as a natural outcome from practicing the skills of hockey and the related joy he feels in those moments. He describes the influences of his coaches and his team mates and provides a surprisingly positive and mature view of sport’s value to the lives of young participants.

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    27 mins
  • Episode 11 - The seeds of abuse
    Jan 24 2024

    Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada.

    This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change.

    Episode #11 is a must hear for parents, players, and coaches. She discusses the nuances and subtleties of the seeds of abuse. She talks about what to be aware of in the environment of sport where the balances of power can tilt.

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    17 mins
  • Episode 10 - When winning is not a good thing
    Dec 22 2023

    Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been and influential creator and promoter of women’s rugby in Canada.

    This podcast speaks to the addiction of winning and the resulting self judgement that losing can contribute to our self esteem.

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    16 mins
  • Episode 9 - Interview with Nikki Clouter
    Nov 24 2023

    **This episode contains expletive language**

    Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change.

    Episode #9 is an interview with Nikki Cloutier, who has been an untiring volunteer in this community. Nikki has played rugby to high performance levels; she has coached everything from under fives to senior teams and she has been a primary contributor and administrator in the Edmonton and Alberta rugby Unions.

    Nikki discusses her love and passion for the game and the challenges that could push her to consider leaving the game. Nikki is not the only volunteer to feel this immense stress and unless this environment changes, we will soon lose the game that we have all grown to love.

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    29 mins
  • Episode 8 - Power Over and Boundaries
    Oct 25 2023

    Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change.

    Episode #8 looks at the concept of “power over” and boundaries. It discusses how players, coaches and individuals can retain their own power, while still reaching for goals and overcoming challenges. It also talks about boundaries and how to know what they are and when to use them.

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    19 mins