Finally, a sport community built for YOUR body, identity, and life.
Join the Skadi Collective where female, LGBTQ+, non-binary, and everyday athletes build personalized mental skills through monthly challenges and a community that tackles the questions mainstream sport culture ignores.
Lock in Founder Member pricing for life
(ends July 31)
You've Been Looking for This Community
Now, you’ve found it!
This isn't just another mental skills program. It's a research-backed community created specifically for female, LGBTQ+, non-binary, and everyday athletes building approaches that work for YOUR body, identity, and life.
For athletes who are done with advice that assumes there’s only one path. Ready to build personalized mental performance skills with expert guidance and a community that truly gets it?
This is where you belong.
One-size-fits-all mental training doesn't work.
Sound Familiar?
You've tried mental skills from books or courses, but couldn't adapt them to your specific circumstances
Generic "just visualize success" advice doesn't work. You need help building approaches for YOUR nervous system, schedule, and context
You're tired of advice that assumes you menstruate predictably, have abundant resources, fit neatly into binary gender categories, and face the same barriers as elite athletes
You want practical guidance, not lectures you'll bookmark and never watch
You've asked training questions in Facebook groups and gotten shamed or policed responses
You Don’t Have To Figure This Out Alone Anymore
Here's what no one tells you: most sport psychology research studied cisgender male athletes, then assumed the findings applied to everyone.
The reality? Your hormonal reality, your identity, your caregiving responsibilities, your access barriers, they shape performance in ways generic advice ignores. And trying to adapt those one-size-fits-all approaches on your own is exhausting.
This is a community where your experience is valid, your questions are welcome, and you have expert support every step of the way. If you’ve ever felt like sport science forgot you exist, we see you. You belong here.
💬 Private Community Where You Belong
A safe, moderated space to practice your monthly challenges, ask questions without judgment, and connect with athletes who share your lived experience.
A simple monthly roadmap with workshops, expert sessions, weekly check-ins and prompts, guided activities, and community support
Safe, moderated spaces to connect with athletes who share your lived experience.
🏥 Disability & Chronic Health Concerns
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Athletes
💪 Athletes in Larger Bodies
🙌🏻 Pregnancy, Postpartum, & Perimenopause
📣 Coaches
And more!
Real conversation and support: With conversations mainstream sport culture avoids
Everything you need to learn, revisit, and apply, on your schedule:
Skadi Master Class (9-week mental performance fundamentals)
The Mindful Comeback (injury recovery program)
Ultimate Guide to Race Day (race prep and anxiety management)
Skadi Athlete Summit Recordings (~30 expert presentations)
All previous workshop recordings and challenge materials
How the Collective Works
Your month-to-month game plan, with structure and support built in.
Every month, you follow a simple 3-step process (Learn, Practice, and Refine with expert and community support the whole way.)
Build your personalized approach
Each month, Dr. Erin Ayala guides you through creating your version of that month's challenge. You leave with a concrete game plan adapted to your body, sport, and life.
Plus continued support from Dr. Ayala and the entire Skadi team in the community.
Practice with community support
Building mental skills requires practice. Through activities and prompts throughout the month, you’ll practice your approach.
Share what's working (and what's not). And get support along the way when it gets messy to refine based on real experience.
Dig deeper + learn from experts!
Each month, experts will join us in the community who understand diverse athletes and cover topics to enhance your experience and knowledge on the topic.
You’ll even have a chance to ask all your burning questions!
You build a comprehensive mental performance toolkit adapted to your reality inside a community that understands and supports you!
Pre-race routines that calm YOUR nervous system. Fueling strategies that work for YOUR body. Self-talk that doesn't tear you down. Personalized skills you actually use.
Who’s Guiding You
Dr. Erin Ayala (she/her)
PhD, Licensed Sport Psychologist, CMPC
Dr. Ayala is a published researcher in sport psychology with expertise working with diverse athlete populations. She's also an endurance athlete who's navigated injury, sport culture, and the gap between textbook advice and real-life application
We cite peer-reviewed research AND tell you the sample size, who was studied, and what's missing. When research on diverse athletes is limited, we say so.
Learn from our vetted community of specialists who understand that bodies, identities, and contexts differ: PTs, dietitians, sports medicine physicians, researchers, and coaches.
We actively build a community where all bodies, identities, abilities, and backgrounds are welcomed and supported. We hold ourselves and our community accountable to these standards.
This is what you’ve been looking for…
✅ Monthly challenges with structured practice activities, prompts, and community support
✅ Monthly live expert sessions (with Dr. Ayala and experts on the monthly theme)
✅ Private moderated community with special interest channels
✅Complete course library ($450+ value)
✅PLUS a community of athletes and experts who get it!
Join the Waitlist!
Be the first to hear when the Collective doors open!
Sneak Peek at Challenges inside the Collective
Find your “Why”
[July 2026]
Stay in the game by answering the big question: Why you do your sport?
Navigate the Pain Cave
[August 2026]
How to keep going when your brain says to give up.
From Exhaustion to Balance [September 2026]
How to go from restless exhaustion to sustainable balance!
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We’ve designed the Collective to fit into your training schedule, not take over it. Monthly challenges take 10-15 minutes per week. Live sessions are recorded if you can't attend. The community is asynchronous, so you engage when it works for you. The resource library is self-paced. This is built to fit your life.
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Every strategy we teach is research-backed, and because you'll experiment to find what works for your unique circumstances (rather than following rigid formulas), you're more likely to sustain the practices long-term. This is skill-building grounded in sport psychology research, not motivational fluff.
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Given the digital nature of this community, we do not offer refunds.
That said, we’re happy to answer any questions before you sign up to help you make sure this community is the right fit for you. -
Not at all! If you train regularly and care about improving, you're serious enough. We welcome all athletes, even those who don’t consider themselves athletes. What matters is your commitment to growth, not where you fall on someone else's definition of "elite.”
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Yes. This community centers female, LGBTQ+, and non-binary athletes because research has historically focused on cisgender male athletes, leaving gaps in how we understand performance across different bodies and identities. You'll learn approaches that broaden everyone's understanding of performance.
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You can get information for free, but you can't get expert guidance adapted to YOUR situation, live Q&A’s where you ask follow-up questions, applications tailored to YOUR body and identity, or a vetted community with enforced safety standards. We're providing ongoing support as you build mental performance skills that actually work for your life.
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We provide evidence-based frameworks, expert guidance, and diverse perspectives, then you decide what to try. The goal is to help you discover what works for YOUR unique situation, not prescribe a one-size-fits-all formula.
Join Athletes Who Are Done With Generic Advice
You've invested in coaching, gear, and training plans. Your body is ready.
But your mental game shouldn’t hold you back.
Find your community in the Skadi Collective — Founding Member Rate ends July 31!