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Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson

Empower Your Journey: Success Strategies for Life and Sports

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson

Empower Your Journey: Success Strategies for Life and Sports

Personal DevelopmentSportsMental Health

You speak to listeners interested in Personal Development, Sports, and Mental Health.

You join an NBA All-Star host who understands resilience, career pressure, and recovery.

You can discuss depression, anxiety, suicidal ideations, and the path back to purpose.

You get a straightforward interview process built for meaningful, story-driven conversations.

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About Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson

Empower Your Journey: Success Strategies for Life and Sports

Standing Above the Crowd podcast with James Donaldson is all about life success strategies for work, career, sports, relationships in order to help you reach and fulfill your potential.

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Mental-Health Audience Reach

You speak to listeners drawn to mental health, depression, anxiety, and the real work of healing.

Story-Driven Interviews

You get a thoughtful conversation shaped around lived experience, not shallow soundbites.

Credible Host Context

You're interviewed by James Donaldson, a former NBA All-Star and author who understands high-pressure performance and recovery.

Shareable Conversation Clips

You leave with moments that can support your message across your own channels and future outreach.

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Healing After Crisis

You share how you moved through depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts and found a path forward.

The turning point What support helped What recovery looks like now

Starting Over Strong

You explain how to rebuild after a setback in work, career, sports, or relationships.

Recognizing the reset Choosing the next step Staying consistent

Mindset From Sports

You connect athletic discipline, competition, and leadership to everyday success strategies.

Pressure and performance Lessons from team culture Applying sports mindset to life

Purpose And Relationships

You discuss how purpose, connection, and support systems help people reach their potential.

Why connection matters Building healthy relationships Living with purpose

How You'd Contribute to the Show

Audience Takeaways

Your episode helps listeners understand how to handle adversity, protect their mental health, and keep moving toward purpose.

Hot Topics

• How you navigated depression, anxiety, or burnout

• What helped you start over after a setback

• How sports, work, or relationships shaped your mindset

Why Trust Me

Hosted by former NBA All-Star James Donaldson

Built around his own mental health journey

Includes guests from basketball, authorship, and mental health

The Ideal Guest

You're a strong fit if you have a mental health story, a sports background, or a personal growth message that helps listeners overcome adversity and reach their potential.

Recent Episodes

James Donaldson Speaks with NBA Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore and former ABA Player Willie Davis about new documentary "Soul Power: The Legacy of the ABA"

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Apr 12, 2026

James Donaldson speaks about "Making The Most of Everyday"

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Apr 6, 2026

James Donaldson speaks about "Life Is Short"

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Apr 5, 2026

James Donaldson Speaks with Former American Basketball Player and President of the Dallas Chapter of the National Basketball Retired Players Association Willie Davis

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Apr 5, 2026

James Donaldson speaks about "How the weekend can benefit your mental health!"

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Mar 15, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd: How To Deal With Trump Derangement Syndrome

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Mar 10, 2026

James Donaldson Speaks with former NBA Player and Teammate Harold Keeling

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Mar 6, 2026

James Donaldson speaks about the courage to start over

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Mar 6, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd Podcast - The Epidemic of Loneliness

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Feb 25, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd featuring former NBA Player Kevin Loder

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Feb 25, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd Podcast Host interviews Cletus Coffey of Be The Torch

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Feb 25, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd featuring James Donaldson

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Feb 5, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd featuring Real Talk with Reginald D Podcast Host Reginald Sherman

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Feb 3, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd featuring Best Selling Author Patrick Snow

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Feb 2, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd featuring Mental Health Professional Alex Gore Talking About New Year's Resolutions

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Feb 2, 2026

Standing Above the Crowd featuring Mental Health Professional Brian Jaeger

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Dec 25, 2025

Tribute to Lenny Wilkens featuring Sonic Players from 1979 Championship Team

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Dec 24, 2025

A Tribute to Lenny Wilkens Pt. 3

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Dec 11, 2025

A Tribute to Lenny Wilkens Pt. 2

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Dec 11, 2025

A Tribute to Lenny Wilkens Pt. 1

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Dec 11, 2025

Standing Above the Crowd 16 featuring former NBA GM Pete Babcock

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Nov 7, 2025

Standing Above the Crowd 15 Featuring Best-Selling Author Patrick Snow

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Nov 2, 2025

Tribute to George Raveling Pt. 4

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Oct 25, 2025

Tribute to George Raveling Pt. 3

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Oct 21, 2025

A Tribute To Coach George Raveling Pt. 2

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Oct 11, 2025

Tribute to George Raveling Pt. 1

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Oct 9, 2025

James Donaldson Speaks with Life Coach Janice Fortman

Standing Above The Crowd with James Donaldson • Oct 9, 2025