Live Your Dance Episode 1: Making Dreams a Reality with Pro Volleyball Player Christina Speer

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In this episode you will learn...

  • How a two-week trip to Europe turned into 5 years of professional volleyball playing

  • How she became a triple major in college

  • The importance (and benefits) of taking your eduction into your own hands

  • What it’s like to take a BIG leap (knowing no one, diving into a new culture, not speaking the language), and how she made it happen

  • How she sustains a professional athletic career and a high level of excellence in her craft daily

  • How she overcomes her own doubts and limits

  • How in one summer, her team went bankrupt, restructured, and gathered resources in the nick of time in order to be able to play in the next season

  • How she learned German and is now trilingual (German, English + Spanish)

  • The importance of reading (she has read over 990 books on her Kindle alone!)

  • How she defines the magic of volleyball, and what about the game captured her love for the game

  • The importance of focusing on her teammates

  • Who and what inspires Christina

  • Who she turns to in hard times

  • What it’s like to see people paying for a poster of herself, and to see a photo of herself on the side of a bus

  • What’s next for Christina

  • Her definition of “Living Your Dance"