Beyond The Athlete

We help former athletes discover their purpose and create a meaningful life after sports.

Which Describes You?

I'm a Former Athlete
I'm an Institution/Team

Choose Your Game Plan

  • 1:1 Coaching

    This is for the former athlete, high-achiever, or purpose-driven humans ready to step into their next chapter with clarity, confidence, and holistic support.

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  • Life After Sports Course

    A course made to discover your purpose, build new skills, and craft a winning game plan for life beyond sports with our tried and true method.

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  • The Locker Room

    Your new team for life after sports… where growth is expected, authenticity is welcomed, and you’re never alone.

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  • Workshops

    Join us for online and in-person workshops covering a wide range of topics pertinent to YOUR life as a current, former OR soon-to-be former athlete.

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Our Mission

Beyond the Athlete is dedicated to helping former athletes create consistency, find fulfillment, and achieve meaningful goals through a transformational coaching approach blending routine changes, self-reflection, and actionable steps.

About Us

  • We coach former or soon-to-be former athletes as they navigate the transition from athlete to career and beyond.

  • We guide former athletes through a structured coaching process that includes mindset work, habit design, and weekly routine planning. You’ll get practical tools, personalized support, and clarity around who you are and what you want after sports. Our approach helps you rebuild confidence, create a sustainable lifestyle, and take action with purpose.

  • After college, we both felt the same thing: the second our sports careers ended, the support disappeared. The former athlete space was quiet, disconnected, and missing the kind of structure we were used to. So we built what we couldn’t find: a space where former athletes could rebuild confidence, routine, and direction with real support and tools that work. As nurses and lifelong athletes, we combined our backgrounds in healthcare, mindset coaching, and habit change to help others create their own version of a healthy, purpose-driven life.

Meet the Alyssa’s

Beyond the Athlete was founded by two former athletes with a mission to support others through the transition out of sports. With a combined background in nursing, coaching, and high-level competition, we know what it feels like to lose structure and drive after sport ends. Our work blends professional training with real-life experience to help former athletes like you rebuild confidence, create structure, and find direction that fits life now.

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Our Approach

  • Athlete Transition/Retirement

  • Mindset Coaching

  • Identity Creation

  • Lifestyle Modification

  • Routine Optimization

  • Visualization & Mindfulness Techniques

  • "Patient and willing to meet me where I was.""

    I reached out to Alyssa after being stuck for some time. I had finished my coaching certification and then didn’t do anything. I just kept putting it off, telling myself I wanted to start a coaching business, but just waiting. Reaching out to Alyssa was my first real action step. We meet for a consult and I was on board immediately. We started by revealing the state I was in. I was letting my perfectionist procrastination self control me, which essentially meant I wasn’t doing anything. We worked through this.

    I started stepping out of my comfort zone and posting on social media. I was resistant to change or doing anything Alyssa suggested many many times, but she was patient and willing to meet me where I was. As I started to shift my perspectives and my business started to grow we were able to dig deeper, not only working on what was good and hard with business, but also digging into what makes me me, working on self care, relationships, and all sorts of things that we’re holding me back or areas that growth would only strengthen. Every session I gained new perspective and found new ways to grow. I’m actively growing my nurse coaching business and showing up consistently for it. I truly believe I would still be waiting had I not reached out to Alyssa months ago.

    — Jerrel Alexander, Nurse Coach, Nebraska

  • "Holds me accountable!"

    “I started working with Alyssa shortly after moving to a new city and switching teams at my company. I'm a 28-year old software developer who had picked up some terrible workaholic habits over the previous three years and needed to bring back much needed discipline in my life. With Alyssa's help, I started exercising regularly again, started eating healthy and meal prepping, stopped stress eating candy, and drastically cut back on my caffeine intake. I accomplished all of these things in less than three months and have so far stuck with them (1 month and counting).

    Throughout the 3 month period, she held me accountable, made me aware of bad mental habits, and gave me life hack suggestions to meet my goals (one example is ordering groceries online to save me time on the weekends grocery shopping). I would not be this happy with my life this quickly after uprooting my life if it wasn't for Alyssa's help.”

    — S.L., Software Developer, 28 y/o, Seattle WA

  • "Truly life-changing"

    “Before starting to work with Alyssa, my life felt unfulfilled. I wasn’t able to motivate myself or figure out the right steps to make meaningful changes to my health and well-being. With the coaching sessions, I was able to figure out some healthy habits I can form, which have already been life changing. Once holding myself accountable to what Alyssa and I talked about in our sessions, I found I am now able to enjoy my free time in a more productive way that betters my mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Alyssa is a great coach because she is in it whole-heartedly. She is extremely easy to talk to and has a great balance between being a good listener and giving a little conversational guidance where it’s needed. I felt very heard in our sessions, as the action plans we would make were always pertinent to not only our discussion from that day but also conversations we had in prior sessions.

    From the plans we made and ideas we dug into together, I can happily say I am better off now than I was before working with Alyssa. I gained a new outlook on how I should be taking care of myself and an appreciation for my own ability to change my life for the better. I now feel like I am in control of my life and not the other way around! It is very easy to recognize when you need change in your life or routine but it can be difficult to actually pull yourself up to do it. For anyone who feels stuck in their current life cycle and is looking for ways to better their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, I recommend working with Alyssa. The work she does truly is life changing!”

    — Chelsea Hudson, Registered Nurse, 25 Texas