EPISODE SUMMARY
Professional athlete. BigLaw partner. Entrepreneur.
Most people spend their lives trying to become one of those things.
Dr. Angela Kerek became all three.
In this conversation, we unpack the surprising lessons she learned about performance, identity, reinvention, and sustainable success—and how those lessons led her to create ActiveGiving, a company turning movement into measurable impact.
This is a powerful conversation for founders, leaders, and ambitious professionals navigating their own next chapter.
We talked about…
- How Active Giving transforms movement into environmental action
- Lessons from transitioning out of multiple high-performance careers
- Why Success without self-awareness can become an endless chase
EPISODE NOTES
Dr Angela Kerek is Co-Founder of ActiveGiving, a performance and engagement platform that turns movement into measurable impact for people, organisations, and the planet.
She is a former professional tennis player, ex-BigLaw partner and finance lawyer, and now a mindset and performance coach for founders, executives, and leaders.
After 18 years advising on billion-euro transactions in high-pressure legal environments, Angela transitioned into entrepreneurship and coaching, integrating lessons from elite sport, law, and leadership.
Today, she helps high performers train mindset like a skill, navigate identity transitions, and build sustainable success without burnout. She is the author of Winning Inside and speaks globally on performance, leadership, reinvention, and sustainable high achievement.
LINKS
Website:
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelakerek
Free resource:
The Make It Happen Workbook is a free tool that helps high performers turn intention into action. It guides users to clarify priorities, overcome overthinking, and build simple, consistent steps toward sustainable performance without burnout.
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Music credit: Vittoro by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
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