Ashlyn Harris—World Cup champion, activist, mother, and the goalkeeper with the most saves in U.S. Women’s National Team history—opens up about the reality of high-performance culture, the addiction that almost consumed her, and why she walked away from everything she built to start over. Now, she’s in a new chapter—one that includes radical self-work, protecting her peace, and an unexpected love story. In this episode, Ashlyn shares:
- The moment she realized she was living a life that wasn’t hers & what she did about it
- How Adderall addiction almost derailed her career—and what pulled her out
- The moment she realized she was living a life that wasn’t truly hers
- What it really took to leave her marriage and start over
- The price of protecting your peace—and why it’s always worth it
- The shocking truth about women’s soccer’s pay gap (and why she was done fighting)
- How her friendship with Sophia Bush turned into something more
- What the media gets wrong about their relationship—and why she doesn’t care
- The hardest lesson she learned in therapy—and the question that changed everything
- Why she refuses to settle for an “average” life (and how it shapes her relationships)
- What elite athletes and Hollywood actors really have in common
- How she’s rebuilding her life—on her own terms
- The problem with hustle culture, and why true success is about more than just winning
- Her new podcast “Wide Open” – how she named it and the one episode she thinks everyone should start with!
This is a conversation about reinvention and the radical act of choosing yourself—even when the whole world is watching.
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Listen to her podcast “Wide Open with Ashlyn Harris” produced by iHeart Women’s Sports. New episodes drop weekly on Mondays, on the iHeartRadio app and anywhere you get your podcasts.