In today’s episode I interview U.S. Army lieutenant, former NFL linebacker, and motivational speaker Caleb Campbell.
I stumbled upon Caleb on instagram and was captivated by his words.
Caleb, a lifelong athlete, writes a lot about vulnerability, shame letting go, and finding where you belong in the world.
Caleb attended the United States Military Academy Preparatory School, and went on to play at West Point.
After an impressive senior season, he was drafted by the Detroit Lions. However, the day he was supposed to sign, a government policy was revoked and he had to report to the military for two years.
He attacked those two years with the attitude “I’m going to get into the best shape of my life”. After his service, Caleb re-joined the Lions. He later signed contracts with the Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs.
Although it had been his childhood dream to play in the NFL, he found himself incredibly unhappy. I love that Caleb is vulnerable about his experiences and very openly talks about his shame.
He also coined a term that I’m obsessed with: “holy frustration”-when you know something isn’t working and you need to let go but don’t know what the eff is going to happen next.
How good is that?
In today’s episode Caleb talks about:
dealing with the fear of feeling like you don’t have what it takes to reach your dreams
how putting all your significance and worth in your sport can debilitate you
obsessing with doing more and being more and why it can be a detrimental, endless battle
how he masked his own shame with ambition
how one tweet caused him to pack up everything, move to Canada and be a janitor of a church for 3 years and work on figuring out who he is and where he belongs in the world (his “holy frustration”)
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