Brad Dempsey (Coach D) and Elijah Mayfield (Mayf) are two imperfect people who've had sports tremendously impact their lives. Mayf who has Down syndrome will tell you sports forever changed his life & Coach D who suffered a traumatic brain injury at 13 will tell you sports help save his.
You won't want to miss this podcast as Coach D and Mayf continue their 10 year relationship by sharing their story and the stories of others to relate, provide hope, motivate, inspire and bring out the true meaning of sports. We also have Gameday episodes talking all things Mindset & Performance.
Welcome to Episode 34 of the Mindset Sports Podcast. In this episode Mayf & I continue with the story of 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year Darrion "Mr. DC" Cockrell.
We've gone from talking survival to discussing how he has grown through his journey of playing sports while figuring out life. If you haven't learned by now Mr. DC is a positive energetic guy. Towards the end of this episode he shares with us something extremely vulnerable about himself. We all have a battle we face within ourselves and we couldn't be more excited for DC's courage and willingness to share. We need each other now more than ever.
Let's put it this way, if you are reading this you've waited to long to start listening!! Enjoy!!
14 Jan 2022
#33: TURN YOUR NEGATIVES INTO A POSITIVE
This is our 2nd episode with Darrion "Mr. DC" Cockrell. In this episode DC shares his story of being taken in by his middle school football coach's family. He continues to drop nuggets of wisdom by sharing with us all that he's been through. It's amazing how light hearted and open to share DC is. Be prepared for laughter because there's a ton of it in this one!!
4 Jan 2022
#32: FROM SURVIVAL TO TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Welcome to Episode 32 of the Mindset Sports Podcast.
In this episode Mayf and I welcome the 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year Mr. Darrion DC Cockrell. DC shares his story of growing up in survival mode. His father was a drug dealer who got murdered, his mother was strung out on drugs and his brother also got murdered.
His story of overcoming and persevering through unimaginable circumstances is a true inspiration. You'll learn how his middle school football coach became an influential figure that helped turn his life around. He will tell you that most people in the situation he was in don't make it out.
But he did and now he's making a difference!!
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