Forged Youth - Legacy Within
Forged Youth: Legacy Within
What if the conversations you needed most as a teen athlete were finally being had—openly, honestly, and with purpose?
Forged Youth: Legacy Within is the podcast that equips youth athletes (ages 12–24), their parents, and coaches with the mental tools, emotional resilience, and life insight to rise above the noise and grow into strong, intentional human beings.
Each episode features real, raw conversations with professional athletes, CEOs, and cultural leaders sharing what they wish they knew when they were younger. We unpack topics like mental grit, overcoming adversity, identity beyond sport, and building a life of purpose—even when things fall apart.
Hosted by former elite athlete and mental health advocate Mariel Nichole Anderson, this podcast is your companion through the messy middle of chasing big dreams—and becoming someone even bigger in the process.
Because you weren’t born to just survive sport. You were made to be forged by it.
Forged Youth - Legacy Within
Season 1 Episode 46: "The Alchemy of Men": Alex Terranova on Redefining Strength, Healing, and Holding Space
This isn’t just another podcast episode. It’s an unmasking.
Formerly known as Probably Important, we’re now Forged Youth: Legacy Within—a space where transformation isn’t just talked about, it’s lived. In this episode, Mariel sits down with coach, retreat leader, and modern alchemist Alex Terranova to explore the raw terrain of what it means to be a man in emotional evolution.
Alex talks candidly about the grief of infertility, the unexpected healing found in men’s retreats, and what happens when we stop avoiding pain and finally sit in the fire. It’s a conversation that swirls with authenticity, courage, and the kind of wisdom that doesn’t come from textbooks—but from living through the things that almost broke you.
🔹 What made a retreat of 14 men burst into collective tears
🔹 The untold cost of toxic stoicism in men’s lives
🔹 How infertility cracked open something deeper
🔹 Reframing anger and sadness as signals—not weaknesses
🔹 Why being “too much” is actually the beginning of healing
Whether you’re someone who’s carried the weight of silence, or someone who loves someone who has—this episode is your invitation to feel, to see, to heal.
