Wendy Jones is an American Beach Volleyball Player, Author, Podcaster, Entrepreneur, and one of the last of the red-hot power women. She is the founder of "The Optimists Journal," an intriguing site where the journals read like a novel, and the podcasts are insightful and amazing. From athletics, to medicine, to mental and spiritual health, the "Optimists Journal has it all."
Tune in, as we chat up the Olympic games, highlighting indoor and beach volleyball, a controversial call in a USA/CAN match, coaching juniors, to college to pros, calling Jeff Samuels on the phone, what separates good players from champions, dealing with losses and putting them behind you, the importance of hitting your serve, Gibb and Bourne's "honeymoon" phase, "out of system" volleyball threes, the ascension of Nuss/Kloth, the new qualifier format in Atlantic City, addressing those who 'don't see race,' understanding satire, the power of the media and how it surrounds people's lives, talking on a keyboard vs talking in-person, earning what is yours in addition to what is given, the 'centrist' made to feel like the minority, not working an collecting unemployment, what happens to your campaign donations when the election is over, affecting change on a local level, and MORE!
