Learn the Process
of Knowing Who You Are and Where You're Going as an Athlete Leader
Who is it for?
Inward Athlete Roadmap is for any athlete (high school/college/professional) preparing to make their transition to a life after competitive and organized sports.
Ideal athletes are those preparing to transition in the next few years or have recently transitioned in the last 1-5 years.
This program will help athletes gain clarity, confidence, and be prepared to thrive in all areas of their lives now and in their next chapter after sports.
What Does This Experience Include?
**Six video lessons on the pillars of: honor, identity, purpose, leadership, lifestyle, and inspired action.
**Inward mindfulness activities embedded into each pillar designed to expand self-awareness, emotional processing, and mental preparation for life after sports. Athletes will experience stream of consciousness journaling, custom Inward Audio Visualization Journeys, breathwork techniques, and specific integration steps to take inspired action.
**Inward bonus activities to create more fun, joy, and play as you navigate stressful life transitions.
**Access to a private LinkedIn page for athletes who are/have completed Inward Athlete Roadmap for peer support and professional networking opportunities.
How will this happen?
This is a self-guided go-at-your-own-pace experience. It has been intentionally designed to move athletes through an individual process as they integrate their new self-awareness as a leader at each new pillar of transformation. It is recommended to move at a weekly pace and experience one new pillar every week for six weeks. This is also information that can and should be revisited regularly for maintenance of processing emotions during the time of this life transition.
Are you ready to go inward?
Watch Dr. Jen Gellock, Founder of Inward Athlete, introduce her vision for Inward Athlete Roadmap
Pre-Party Pillar: Welcome to Your Inward Athlete Roadmap Experience
Meet Dr. Jen Gellock your guide on this journey, set intentions, and prepare for your own inward journey.
Pillar 1: Honor: Bring Closure to Your Athletic Career
You will experience tools that will help you bring closure to your athletic career. Example inward activities include writing a letter to your former self as an athlete to claim all of the things you want to bring with you and acknowledge all of the things you are ready to leave behind.
Pillar 2: Identity: Discover Your Values
You will experience tools that help you go inward to discover your values as a leader underneath any label. This pillar will leave you with a clear vision of the type of leader you are and want to be in your next chapter.
Pillar 3: Purpose: Develop Your Personal Mission Statement for Life After Sports
You will be guided on how to develop your own personal mission statement where you will connect to your greater purpose in your next chapter of life.
Pillar 4: Leadership: Discover Your Transferable Athletic Leadership Skills
You will uncover the leadership skills and characteristics you have already acquired participating in sports and learn how to transfer and articulate them as a professional in your next chapter of life.
Pillar 5: Lifestyle: Navigate Lifestyle Changes in Athletic Retirement
You will identify all of the lifestyle changes ahead of you in preparation for in this next chapter of life. From
Pillar 6: Inspired Action: Create a Plan for Thriving in Life After Sports
After completing this pillar, you will have outlined your goals, dreams, and the future for what you want your next chapter of life to look like and outline the steps to get there.
This is for you if...
- You want to learn how to honor your athletic career and take the intentional time to celebrates the years of hard work and commitment you have dedicated to your sport(s),
- You are ready to connect to a purpose and mission outside of just your athletic abilities,
- You want to connect to living a life of renewed vitality, joy, clarity, and confidence,
- You want to become more self-aware as a leader and leverage the skills you have already acquired through playing sports off the playing surface,
- You want to be proactive in developing mindfulness skills that will improve your mental, physical, and emotional well-being,
- You are feeling a lack in clarity on what happens next and you want support in navigating the unknown future,
- You are feeling unsure of who you will be when you are no longer an athlete.
- You are wanting to devote time and energy to discovering new passions outside of athletics.
- You are feeling inspired to take ownership in consciously creating your dream life in life after sports.
This Program Includes:
- Inward mindfulness activities designed to shift your mind, body, heart, and spirit in transformational ways through the six pillars,
- Custom Inward Audio Journey visualizations specifically for athletes moving through life transitions,
- Custom journal prompts specifically designed for athletes moving through life transitions,
- Peer support fostered in an inclusive environment.
Meet Your Guide Dr. Jennifer Gellock
Dr. Gellock is a former athlete, college basketball coach, college athlete academic advisor, researcher, and professor of sport management. She created Inward Athlete Roadmap because it took her whole twenties to unwind her athletic identity, learn who she was as a leader, and source her own self-worth from within. It is now her passion to support other athletes to thrive in all areas of their lives after sports. From her unique personal and professional experiences, she understands the support that is needed for athletes who are transitioning to their next chapter of life after their competitive sports careers come to an end.
Dr. Gellock's expertise in teaching and knowledge on the topic of athlete transitions has helped her design Inward Athlete Roadmap to be a transformational experience for athletes to gain clarity on who they are and what comes next in life after sports. She has taught courses in coaching psychology, leadership, sport and society, and career readiness at the undergraduate and graduate level. In addition, she has hosted in-person leadership and life after sports workshops for college athletes. She has additional certifications in curriculum design proven to help guide others through personal transformations. Outside of her formal training, she is Mental Health First Aid certified and has completed sixty hours of leadership training as a trauma informed practitioner where she has learned tools like breathwork to release stress. She currently serves in the community of Tampa Bay as a mentor for the Positive Coach's Alliance and is a member of Women In Sports and Events.
