1 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Emily Abadi here you are listening to five 2 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: Minute Friday from Hurdle. Oh my goodness. I had a week. 3 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: I had a week that candidly was full of a 4 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: lot of frustrating moments. By the end of the day 5 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, I was just like, what is happening here? 6 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: It's like often we hear that quote unquote bad things 7 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: come in threes, and I believe that by the end 8 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: of Wednesday, I was at at least five things that 9 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: weren't exactly stellar. And one of those things this is 10 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: a PSA for anyone who may be wearing a long 11 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: dress this summer, don't do it while riding a city bike. 12 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: Because after having a bit of a rough day, I 13 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: decided that I was going to take myself out to dinner. 14 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 2: And I got to. 15 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: The street via bike that the restaurant was on, and 16 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: about half a block away, my dress got tangled up 17 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: in the gears of the bike. I had to drag 18 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: the bike off to the side because the wheel couldn't 19 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: spin because my dress was in the gears. I'm connected 20 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: to the bike. A friend of mine that lived a 21 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: half a block away came, then her husband came with 22 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: scissors and cut me out of the bike. 23 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, like, these. 24 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: Are the kinds of things, and I am just like 25 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: raising my fists at the universe, and I'm like, what 26 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: did I do to deserve this this week? But I digress. 27 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: So fast forward to Thursday morning. I am up quite 28 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: early because I am heading to Eugene for the Olympic 29 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: Track and Field Trials, and I want to get in 30 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: my workout before I get on the plane. 31 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: And so I go do my workout. It feels great. 32 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: I'm running back and it feels like a movie montage. 33 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 1: I'm running. The run feels effortless. I feel like a 34 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: soft breeze coming at me from the west. And in 35 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: this moment, the endorphins really hit and I realize that 36 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: all the things that I've been so stressed about, not 37 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: that my feelings aren't or weren't valid, they were entitled 38 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: to all of the fields. But I realized in this moment, 39 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: during this really wonderful running scene, that everything is right. 40 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: And so often when you're wrapped up in the thick 41 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: of a situation that is not as you had hoped, 42 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: it is natural to spiral a little bit, to let 43 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: the things pile on, to feel as if there is 44 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: no winning. But what I realized in this moment was 45 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: that not only is everything fine, but really the things 46 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: that I was just so beyond about, like life is 47 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: going to be okay. I am okay, and these things 48 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: again my feelings, they are and they were valid, but 49 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: there's so many bigger things in life. And I needed 50 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: that moment because it really did feel like things were 51 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: piling up. It really did feel like I was underwater 52 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: that I couldn't really breathe. And I finally stopped after 53 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: having my movie moment near the front of my building, 54 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: and I took a deep breath, and I just remember 55 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: that it's all going to be okay. 56 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: It's all going to be okay. This is why we 57 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: work out right, to. 58 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: Remind ourselves that we are both capable, that we can 59 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: do hard things. I also work out because I like 60 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: the way that it feels in my body. I love 61 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: wearing workout clothes. They're comfortable, you get the vibes. It's 62 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: not that serious anyway. My thought prompt for you this 63 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: week is what are you maybe overdoing for yourself? What 64 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: is one thing that you can let go of today 65 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: that you will be better for Give yourself permission to 66 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, what is one thing that you can 67 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: let go of today that you will be better for? 68 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: And now a listener question. 69 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 3: Hi Emily, I'm Kate from Kentucky. I'm new to the 70 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 3: podcast and loving it, but was hoping you could go 71 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 3: back a little bit. What encouraged you to start the 72 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 3: podcast and why do you keep going? 73 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: First of all, thanks for being a new hurdler. 74 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: Please anyone that's listening to this, the more hurdlers the better, 75 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: So share it with a friend, share it on your 76 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: social media, just spread the good word. I started Hurdle 77 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: because I was in the midst of a difficult personal 78 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: hurdle and I was sitting on the couch with a 79 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: girlfriend and I said the words, I just so desperately 80 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: want to get over this hurdle. 81 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: And it was in that moment. 82 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: I had an idea for a podcast previously, but when 83 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,559 Speaker 1: those words came out of my mouth, I knew kind 84 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: of exactly where I wanted to go with it. I 85 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: knew that it would be my opportunity to talk to 86 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,239 Speaker 1: people within the health, wellness fitness space. And I knew, 87 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: at the time I was a freelance journalist, that it 88 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,239 Speaker 1: would be my opportunity to own something that I didn't 89 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: have to pitch other people my ideas that hurdle could 90 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: be my thing. And so when I checked and no 91 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: one else had a podcast under this name, Immediate trademarked 92 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: it and then I ran with it. And so it 93 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: started off as a bi weekly podcast at the very 94 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: top of twenty eighteen. Now it comes out twice a week. 95 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: At one point it came out three times a week. 96 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: I've got listeners in two hundred and twenty plus countries, 97 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: and so many of you that have reached out to 98 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: me and connected with me and loved what it is 99 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: that I'm creating, and it just it truly means the 100 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: world to me. Why I keep doing it is because 101 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: I know that no matter how big or small it is, 102 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: I have the opportunity to leave an impact. And creating 103 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: this show has enabled me to do so many other 104 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: things that excite me. The hosting, the moderating, the facilitating. 105 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: It has encouraged me on my journey of education. I'm 106 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: still a certified trainer and a run coach, and a 107 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: certified professional coach and a Level one Precision nutrition coach, 108 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: and I get all of this continuing education because I 109 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: want to make sure that I can speak to the 110 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 1: people that come on the show, not only with my 111 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: own level of knowledge, but all so to make sure 112 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: that what they're telling me is safe so that I 113 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: can then bring it to you. So again, the why here, 114 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: The why is because it feels right and it feels good. 115 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: And as long as it keeps feeling right and good 116 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: and I have the opportunity to help someone somewhere, I'm 117 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: going to keep hurdling, and I hope that you do too. 118 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: I'm over at Emily a Body and at hurdle podcasts 119 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: on social Another hurdle conquered. 120 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 2: Catch you guys, next time.