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The Car Ride Home

The most important conversation you’ll ever not have.

A free guide for one of the most important moments in youth sports: what happens after the game.

The Car Ride Home guide cover, by Heather Cleaves: a view from inside a car at sunset, with the title The Car Ride Home and the line 'The most important conversation you'll ever not have.'

I put together this guide as a gift for you — for the moment that can sometimes feel like you have no idea what to say or do.

Love, Heather

What It Is

The Car Ride Home is a short, free guide for the minutes right after the game — the walk to the car, the drive home, the quiet at the dinner table. It’s not a script. It’s a different way to think about what your athlete actually needs from you in that moment, and what can wait until later.

Why It Matters

That ride home can become the best part of your athlete’s day, or the part they brace for. What you say — and what you don’t — shapes whether they come home and open up, or come home and go quiet. This guide is about helping that ride be a place they want to be.

What You’ll Walk Away With

  • 01A different way to think about the first five minutes after a game.
  • 02A few questions worth asking instead of the ones we default to.
  • 03Permission to let some things wait until later.

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