Category: Life After Sport

Five Ways I’m Safely Losing Postpartum Weight While Nursing

August 30, 2023

August is National Breastfeeding Month where we celebrate, protect, promote, and encourage mothers along their breastfeeding journeys. Specifically, August 25-31 is Black Breastfeeding Week which is dedicated to addressing the breastfeeding disparities faced by Black mothers and promoting the health benefits of breastfeeding Black infants. I am passionate about breastfeeding and raising awareness of its … More Five Ways I’m Safely Losing Postpartum Weight While Nursing

Five Ways To Encourage The Next Generation of Female Athletes

August 16, 2023

As someone who’s life was literally changed because of sport, I will always be a proponent for inspiring the next generation of athletes, especially female athletes. Sport has opened up doors for me that I never even imagined possible, and now having a daughter, I am even more passionate about encouraging young girls to play … More Five Ways To Encourage The Next Generation of Female Athletes

ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ll be Inducted Into U of M’s Hall of Honor! 3 Useful Lessons

July 19, 2023

I was in my living room cuddling my newborn and conversing with my mom when I got the call from the University of Michigan’s athletic director Warde Manuel that something pretty cool will be happening. He informed me that I, along with five other incredible men and women, will be inducted into the University of … More ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ll be Inducted Into U of M’s Hall of Honor! 3 Useful Lessons

Three Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Live Our Lives For Others

July 6, 2023

I learned young that you do yourself a huge disservice when you are overly consumed with what people think of you, and even worse if you let their opinions affect how you live your life. It’s one thing to take heed to the advice from wise counsel, but a completely different thing to base your … More Three Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Live Our Lives For Others

Five Truths to Help Navigate Life’s Inevitable Transitions

June 7, 2023

As a 35 year old woman who has worn the hat of student-athlete, pharmacist, Olympian entrepreneur, mom, and wife, I have been through several life transitions along the way. With each shift comes useful lessons and a greater ease of approaching these transitions. Our family is adapting to our new normal of having two children, … More Five Truths to Help Navigate Life’s Inevitable Transitions

Five Ways Being An Athlete Prepared Me For Motherhood

May 24, 2023

There is a saying amongst folks tied to the Olympic movement that goes: “once an Olympian always an Olympian; never former, never past” and this resonates with me so much now that I’ve retired. Sure, I’ve hung up my track spikes and no longer dedicate several hours a day to training, but the heart, mindset, … More Five Ways Being An Athlete Prepared Me For Motherhood

Baby Porter Has Arrived! How Labor Can Differ the 2nd Time Around

May 10, 2023

Our son Jidenna Jeffrey Porter has made his arrival and we couldn’t be more grateful to God for a successful labor & delivery experience. Walking out of the hospital alive and well with my child in tow is not something I take for granted. This especially being a Black woman where the maternal health care … More Baby Porter Has Arrived! How Labor Can Differ the 2nd Time Around

The Porter Family Has Moved Again! Why & Lessons Learned

March 7, 2023

Imagine packing up the life you’ve known for 33 years in Michigan and moving to Ohio shortly after competing at the Olympics for an amazing job opportunity your husband recieved. Despite your reservations at first, you get there, fall in love with the city, the home you created, and the community you’ve built. You get … More The Porter Family Has Moved Again! Why & Lessons Learned

Married Young & Still Standing: What Has Helped Our Marriage Thrive

February 21, 2023

With Valentine’s Day having just passed and being inundated with images and messages of love, it got me thinking of my own journey with my husband. Jeff and I were college sweethearts & teammates, have been together for 17.5 years and married for nearly 12 years. During that time together we have experienced transformational highs, … More Married Young & Still Standing: What Has Helped Our Marriage Thrive

The Reasons For My Smooth Sports Retirement and Tips to Help Ease The Transition

January 31, 2023

I talk a lot about easing the transition to retirement after sport because I have many friends and former colleagues who struggled to do so. I’m a firm believer in learning from the experiences & wisdom of others to better position yourself on your journey. As an elite athlete, now very happily on the other … More The Reasons For My Smooth Sports Retirement and Tips to Help Ease The Transition