Kylie Hein
Episode 323
7 APR 2025
She not only competed in both college and high school in volleyball and dance, but coached volleyball for multiple schools over a ten-plus year period and still hosts volleyball clinics, in addition to playing the sport both recreationally and for an annual fundraiser. In her younger years she played four other sports as well. On the faith side, she has a Master’s in Ministry and is a certified Catholic mindset coach. In June she will graduate with a spiritual direction certification. She also hosts a podcast, runs workshops, and does Catholic speaking events.
Notable guest quotes:
“I am a cradle Catholic. My mom was a beautiful Catholic role model for us. She took us kids to Mass every single week. My dad… had a very deep knowledge of scripture and so I think that was where I connected to the Lord with my dad, was, he knew scripture stories that as a Catholic, I was not well-versed in.”
“A door opened for me and volleyball that I never anticipated, and that was to play college volleyball. So that just gave me a new outlet that I didn’t even know that I needed or wanted. And it really excited me. I was going to go to a large four-year university and at the last minute decided, no, I’m going to take advantage of the scholarship opportunity at the small Iowa University to play volleyball and off I went. And that has been impactful, ever since.”
“I had lost this love for the game that I once had, and I didn’t think I was going to do anything with it. But again, the hand of God. I had a professor who was the president of a very large Catholic school in the area and was able to get a teaching position at this wonderful Catholic high school and, part of the teaching position, along with it came a coaching position in volleyball.”
“My faith was not the center of my life at that time, leaving home and being at a university where I wasn’t surrounded by a lot of other Catholics and the ones I was surrounded by were not always practicing it. They weren’t living it and neither was I. And so, I really fell away from God in that time.”
“I was prioritizing other things, whether it be volleyball or school or chasing achievements, and we know we’re not going to operate at high capacity. We’re not going to see the beautiful fruit of God when we aren’t walking in His will.”
“Looking back at all these hidden gems that the Lord gave me that I did not see at the time.”
“I started again after the season using Louis de Montfort’s full prayers, the whole works, and I made that consecration. And the profound shifts that happened in my spiritual life were so great.”
“My last year as a head coach, we used to have, on gamedays, we’d either go into the chapel to pray, or if a priest was available, he’d do like a short homily and just kind of inspire the girls a little bit. We’d pray before we got on the bus, or we’d go to our game.”
“I was in adoration one night. Again, I never felt like I had this very deep connection with Mary, but that moment was so profound. I knew Mary’s voice speaking to me. It was very clear.”
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