About Us

Deeper Purpose strives to support and inspire our growing community of past, present, and future athletes in discovering what their purpose is outside of their athletic careers. 

Our founder Madison Stenslie, found it hard finding her identity and worth following her medical retirement after almost two decades of playing the sport she loved. In her words, "I hadn't realized how much I had put my worth and identity into soccer my entire life, but it's what most athletes do. Our sports become who we are and how we identify. We put our worth and value into sports and into the successes that we have within them. Soccer was who I was and how I carried myself. With having to retire I found myself in dark places not knowing what else I had to offer without having the title of an "athlete”. I questioned what my purpose and worth were. Deeper Purpose has been created to support and encourage athletes of all ages and levels to understand their purpose in life is much more than what they can do for their sport and their identity isn't solely based on their athletic careers. Being an athlete only adds to the human beings we were before the sport and who we are during and after it. We are worth more than the jerseys we wear and our purpose is greater than our athletic abilities. I want to use my story and experience to help others and inspire athletes and other human beings around me to find their 'Deeper Purpose' that goes beyond their athletic careers."

We are worth more. We are more than just athletes. Our value is not measured by our successes on the field. We hold a Deeper Purpose within.