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Speaker 2: Three, Wow, Where's the time Gone? I am chatting with

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Speaker 1: six or eight hours and I had pneumonia, so they

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Speaker 1: and it was like the longest I've ever been out

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Speaker 1: of gymnastics because I've never had injuries that have kept

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Speaker 1: me out for a long period of time. I've never

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Speaker 1: whole career of gymnastics, I've never had a surgery or

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Speaker 1: So it was just it was. It was hard. It

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Speaker 3: Well, let's get back to it.

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Speaker 2: So, starting off an Olympic year with back to back

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Speaker 2: COVID pneumonia and then feeling just I mean, as of

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Speaker 2: those two things for anyone wouldn't be like a complete

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Speaker 2: just sitting here shaking my head thinking about how frustrating

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Speaker 2: that must have been. I would assume at this point,

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Speaker 2: aside from Jonas and your immediate family, it probably really

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Speaker 2: helped to perhaps talk to like a therapist or a

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Speaker 2: sports psychologist about what you were dealing with.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I did. I had Clay, my mental trainer, and

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Speaker 1: he's from Utah, and he reached out through us through

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Speaker 1: social media and was just like, hey, I don't know

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Speaker 1: if you've ever had one before, but like I'd love

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Speaker 1: to help you, you know, going back into your elite career,

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Speaker 1: and if there's anything you want help with or anything

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Speaker 1: that I can do, just let me know. So we

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Speaker 1: decided to use him, and you know, we have our

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Speaker 1: YouTube channel, so he thought it'd be cool to share

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Speaker 1: with other athletes that need help because I realized how

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Speaker 1: much it was helping me, and so we're like, we

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Speaker 1: wanted to share this with others. So we did a

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Speaker 1: little YouTube video about it, and he worked with me,

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Speaker 1: you know up until the Olympics, which was really cool,

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Speaker 1: and he gave so many things that just really helped.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I've had different mental trainers before and

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Speaker 1: coaches that have talked to me, and sometimes I feel

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Speaker 1: like there's stuff just kind of messing me up, getting

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Speaker 1: in my head. But we really focused on things that

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Speaker 1: I needed and that I could work on and talk

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Speaker 1: to him about, even if I just vented to him

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Speaker 1: about you know, my coach was doing this or I'm

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Speaker 1: struggling with this. For me, it was just you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes I got a vent. You know, Jonahs sometimes doesn't

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Speaker 1: get it. It was nice to have him be able

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Speaker 1: to help me, you know, go back and think, you know, okay,

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Speaker 1: well maybe our coach was thinking like this for this reason.

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Speaker 1: And he did also really help me be able to

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Speaker 1: talk to my coaches more. You know, I used to

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Speaker 1: be so scared to talk to my coaches and that's

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Speaker 1: something I've really had to work on in building that

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Speaker 1: relationship with my coach and you know, being able to

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Speaker 1: go up and tell her like I just can't physically

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Speaker 1: do this today, and that's okay, you know, because I

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Speaker 1: didn't want to get hurt. I didn't want to do

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Speaker 1: something stupid. So I think that's the most important thing,

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Speaker 1: is building that relationship with your coach. So he definitely

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Speaker 1: helped me in so many different ways, And I really

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Speaker 1: recommend it for all athletes because I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes you know, even though you know you can do

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Speaker 1: what you can do and you've done it for so long,

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Speaker 1: and I thought I wouldn't ever need that, but having

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Speaker 1: that help and learning different things to help me get

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Speaker 1: through those things is what, you know, made the whole

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Speaker 1: picture come together and you know, help me make that

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Speaker 1: last push through that last year. So I think it

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Speaker 1: is very important and every athlete, every athlete needs it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean beyond every athlete, I would say, I

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Speaker 2: feel like obviously talk therapy and all of its different

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Speaker 2: forms can be so helpful for so many of us.

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Speaker 2: I'm also sure that it probably helped you navigating a

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Speaker 2: lot of the criticisms that you were receiving. Talk to

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Speaker 2: me about how you've been able to keep.

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Speaker 3: Your peace, perhaps let's call.

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Speaker 2: It that, despite the criticisms that have come your way,

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Speaker 2: whether it be via social media or other conventional sources

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I've had to learn the hard way. There's been

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Speaker 1: a couple of times, you know, where I've said stupid things,

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Speaker 1: which I feel like everybody does or makes mistakes, or

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Speaker 1: sometimes you say something but it doesn't need this and

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Speaker 1: people take it as that and you're just kind of like,

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Speaker 1: that's not what I meant at all. I promise. So

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Speaker 1: it does get it does get really hard at times.

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Speaker 1: But over the years, I've just realized that, you know,

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Speaker 1: like I've said, nobody really knows you, nobody knows where

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Speaker 1: you come from. And I think, you know, people have

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Speaker 1: to learn, you have to grow sometimes you to make

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Speaker 1: those mistakes to grow as a person. And if anything,

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Speaker 1: you know, I just feel like sometimes people like to

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Speaker 1: sit on social media and savrude things because it makes

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Speaker 1: themselves feel better. So if anything, sometimes when I see

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Speaker 1: a comment pop up, I kind of just laugh and

600
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Speaker 1: I'm like, well, you don't know anything, so it's just

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Speaker 1: it's just kind of funny. I just kind of laugh

602
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Speaker 1: at it and kind of make it like a joke

603
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Speaker 1: more than like, oh that's offensive where it hurts, and

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Speaker 1: I just kind of will either, you know, block that

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Speaker 1: account if they're going to say hurtful things. It's like

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Speaker 1: if you have nothing nice to say, don't say it

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Speaker 1: at all.

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Speaker 2: Like, I'm sure you didn't always have that approach though, right,

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Speaker 2: Like I'm sure you said it took you time, Like

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Speaker 2: do you remember before you maybe got to this place

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Speaker 2: where you understood more of like kind of the thought

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Speaker 2: process and why these people might be saying these things

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Speaker 2: of how you weren't this excellent at reacting this way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I got a lot of quick criticism

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Speaker 1: too because I'm not flexible, and I totally get it,

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Speaker 1: like being a gymnast, you need to be flexible, you

617
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Speaker 1: need to have execution. But it's like they don't understand

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Speaker 1: that I've worked so hard to get more flexible, but

619
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Speaker 1: my body just isn't flexible. I've tried so many things.

620
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Speaker 1: Every time I go to therapy, I go to doctors,

621
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Speaker 1: they just can't believe how my body and all my

622
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Speaker 1: joints just don't move. And so sometimes I'm like, I'm like,

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Speaker 1: I wish I could just tweet and say, like I

624
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Speaker 1: should get extra credit for being able to do gymnastics

625
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Speaker 1: without being able to bend. I'm like, now I see

626
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Speaker 1: why it's so hard for people that are like famous musicians,

627
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Speaker 1: artists like I'm just like, I don't know how they

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Speaker 1: do it. But if anything, I just had to sit

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Speaker 1: back and take the time and just say, you know,

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Speaker 1: people are gonna say mean things. It happens, you know,

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Speaker 1: I've you know, everyone talks behind people's backs, and that's

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Speaker 1: just something that you have to sit back and realize, like, Okay,

633
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Speaker 1: like I shouldn't do that. That's actually really rude, that's

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Speaker 1: really hurtful. And so sometimes I kind of just look

635
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Speaker 1: at it like that, like, you know, they just got

636
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Speaker 1: to learn from their mistakes and hopefully they can be

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Speaker 1: a better person. And I feel like, you know, this

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Speaker 1: day and age, like we all just need to come together.

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Speaker 1: Everybody needs to be nice, you know, with COVID and

640
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Speaker 1: everything going on, the world's just been crazy, and I

641
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Speaker 1: think the best thing to do is just be a

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Speaker 1: friend and just love everybody for who they are. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just I just had to take a step back

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Speaker 1: and just be like, I just I can't look at this.

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Speaker 1: This isn't worth my time. And it's really hard sometimes

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Speaker 1: not to want to respond and just be like that's

647
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Speaker 1: not that's not what it is, you know. But if anything,

648
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Speaker 1: you just got to ignore it and just move on

649
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:19,640
Speaker 1: with your day and you know who you are, you

650
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: know yourself, and you know what you believe in. So

651
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: you just got to stick up for yourself and just

652
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 1: keep being you. And for me, just helping those those girls.

653
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 1: It's social media is hard. I think a lot of

654
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: people struggle and I've struggled, you know, with the way

655
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 1: that social media is. And it's just like I just

656
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: want to post, you know, positive things, and hopefully other

657
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: girls can take that and you know, feel that positivity

658
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 1: in their life as well.

659
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 3: Yeah.

660
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,720
Speaker 2: And I mean you're not just talking about social media

661
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 2: in terms of Instagram and Twitter. You have like a

662
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 2: massive YouTube following. Talk to us a little bit about

663
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 2: what it was like for you to kind of get

664
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 2: into that platform and what it is that you like

665
00:30:58,560 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 2: about it.

666
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: Yeah. So I've always wanted to start a YouTube channel.

667
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: It was just hard because so I know how to

668
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: edit videos because I've gone to school for communications and

669
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 1: journalism because I want to do sports broadcasting. I took

670
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: a video production class and I just hated editing. So

671
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 1: I was like, I don't even know where to start

672
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,959
Speaker 1: with this. I don't know who to hire for an editor,

673
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: and like there's just so much that goes into it.

674
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 1: So I kind of pushed it off. I wanted to

675
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 1: start it in college and you know, kind of show

676
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: people what the college scene is like and you know

677
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: what we do behind the scenes. Never happened. And then

678
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 1: when I got married. My husband when he was younger

679
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: and his friends would make like funny videos and so

680
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: he would edit them and he was actually like really good.

681
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: So he was like, if we start a YouTube channel,

682
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: I'll edit, I'll do it, Like, let's do it. This

683
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: will be so fun, like let's document your journey. And

684
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 1: so I was like, okay, we'll do it. And it

685
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 1: was kind of hard at first. I didn't realize how

686
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: hard YouTube was, and it's so stressful because you know,

687
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: to keep getting that following, you need a post two

688
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 1: to three times a week, and I'm just like, I

689
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 1: have so much going on in my life that is

690
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: just really hard. So we tried to stick with once

691
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: a week. Sometimes it would be like every two weeks,

692
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 1: and currently it's like once a month. But we've had

693
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: the holidays and I went on tour and we've I

694
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,560
Speaker 1: just kind of needed a break. I needed a break

695
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: from social media. I just I just don't like hatching

696
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: to post all the time. I'm just like, I just

697
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: want to live my life. I want to be in

698
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: the moment and enjoy it and not have to worry

699
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: about I gotta get a picture, I got to document this.

700
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: Like I get people want to see that and they

701
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 1: love that. But at the same time, I'm like, I

702
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: just want to live my life. So it's been kind

703
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: of hard. But YouTube's just it's been a blasts. It's

704
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: really sad because you know, I started the YouTube to

705
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: do documenting my journey to the Olympics. Jonas was in

706
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 1: the gym all the time filming me moving my mat.

707
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 1: It was just a blast. And so now we're trying

708
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,200
Speaker 1: to transition into like what do I do now with YouTube?

709
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: Because my whole YouTube was about gymnastics, and so I'm

710
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: not doing that anymore. So we're trying to come up

711
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 1: with different ways and different videos of different things we

712
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: can do. So YouTube might be a little bit of

713
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: a struggle for a little bit, but I hope that

714
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: it gets you know, going again, and I want to

715
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: I want to be I just want to be that inspiration.

716
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: I want to help people. I don't know if that

717
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 1: will ever be through YouTube, but like I just I

718
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: want to make a difference in the world. I want

719
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: to make a difference. You know, even in college gymnastics,

720
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 1: there's so many things that I feel like could be changed,

721
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: could be different, And like I said, social media is hard,

722
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: and so I just want to help people be able

723
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 1: to get through that and know that, you know, it's

724
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 1: not what it what it seems like. So who inspires

725
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: you through gymnastics. I'd have to say Sean Johnson was

726
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: always my role model, but I think like the main

727
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: person that inspires me has been my sister Chelsea. I

728
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: don't know if that sounds kind of cheesy, but I've

729
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: been able to follow in her footsteps and she's a

730
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 1: mom of four and you know she's been through it.

731
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: You know she helps me. I can call her whenever,

732
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: and you know, she always knows the right things to

733
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: say and what to do. So I'm just super grateful

734
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: for her and her experiences and you know, her journey

735
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: that has helped support mine to get to where I am.

736
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 1: So she's been my biggest cheerleader, my lucky charm. So

737
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: she's inspired me.

738
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 3: You mentioned the Gold Over America Tour.

739
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,800
Speaker 2: What was it like to jump into that straight after

740
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 2: coming home from the Olympics.

741
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: It was really hard. I remember when I was signing

742
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: on a tour. I met with the whole crew at

743
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: Olympic Trials after the first day of competition, which was

744
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 1: kind of crazy because I was like, I didn't want

745
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: it to be a distraction, but at the same time,

746
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: I knew I wanted to do it, so I was like, well,

747
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: let's just talk because they were all there. So I

748
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 1: went and met with them, and I was super excited

749
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 1: and wanted to do it, and I knew when the

750
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 1: time came around, i'd be like, I don't want to

751
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: do it just because the whole if I went to

752
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 1: the Olympics and with everything going on, I was just like,

753
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: I'm just going to be exhausted and I'm still gonna

754
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,879
Speaker 1: have to be doing gymnastics and traveling. And I did

755
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 1: a little bit of the Kellogg's Tour after twenty sixteen,

756
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,359
Speaker 1: and I didn't do the whole tour, but I did

757
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: like nine cities and I was exhausted, so I kind

758
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 1: of knew what to expect, but I was like, this

759
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: is going to be thirty five cities in a month

760
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: and a half. Usually the Kellogg's tours three months long.

761
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: You do maybe three shows a week with the With

762
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 1: the Goldover America tour, we did five shows a week,

763
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 1: two days off, so it was just a lot, but

764
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun. I met one of

765
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: the dancers, Alexa. I me and her became really good friends.

766
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: And she lives in LA right now, but she's from Utah,

767
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 1: so she comes here a lot. They were just here

768
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: for Christmas, so it's really fun getting to see her

769
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,800
Speaker 1: and just making all those memories. And the last show

770
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 1: definitely hit me hard, just because I was like, I'm

771
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: basically retiring now. I mean, you can never say never.

772
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,719
Speaker 1: Who knows if I'll make a comeback. Not saying I am,

773
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: but you just never know. But I I just got

774
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 1: so emotional. I was like, this is all coming to

775
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 1: an end. And I made the Olympic team, I made

776
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: all my goals I could check off the list, you know,

777
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: and I'm here on the tour just getting to enjoy

778
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: it now. Just getting to live my life, having some

779
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: fun and having all these people come and watch us

780
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 1: was just it was just incredible. I'm like, we have

781
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,439
Speaker 1: a story to tell. I'm so glad that they came

782
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 1: and that they all enjoyed it and got something from it.

783
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 1: You know, all of us, you know, have our own

784
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 1: stories and our own experiences, and we got to tie

785
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: it all in and share it with the world. So

786
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 1: it was it was incredible and I wish I could

787
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: relive it, not maybe be with twenty girls every day,

788
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 1: but it was, it was. It was so cool. I

789
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: don't know if you've got a chance to see it

790
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 1: or see anything on social media, but it was. It

791
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: was incredible, so super grateful I got the opportunity and

792
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,359
Speaker 1: the opportunity that they asked me to be a part

793
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,359
Speaker 1: of it. So it was fun.

794
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 2: You mentioned checking off all of your goals. When you

795
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 2: think about like what's to come, what excites you Right now.

796
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: It's so hard. I feel like I'm really lazy right now.

797
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: I'm like I just want to like sit, it's okay.

798
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: I want to say it's okay, but then I kind

799
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: of feel like I'm not productive and it's so hard

800
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: because my every day I'm you know, doing something seven

801
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,319
Speaker 1: hours a day, and I'm just like now, just like

802
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 1: don't know what to do with myself. But at the

803
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: same time, it's like awesome, Like I just kind of

804
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: want to sit and stare at the wall and do

805
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: nothing like that sounds fun to me. I'm like, is

806
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,720
Speaker 1: that weird? But I mean, I'm going back to school

807
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: to finish my senior year, so a little bit stressed

808
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 1: about that. But I mean, I've been doing so many collaborations,

809
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: working with my agent, doing some fun things that I've

810
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 1: always wanted to do. I just came out with a

811
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 1: dress with Ide Citykill. I'm coming out with a leotard

812
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 1: collection with Ozone, which is coming out this month. There's

813
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: just so many fun opportunities that I've wanted to do

814
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 1: for a really long time. So it's really cool to

815
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,760
Speaker 1: see all my dreams come true and that they're happening

816
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 1: and I can bring them to life. So it's just

817
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: been it's been fun. So we'll see what the future brings.

818
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm going to school for sports broadcasting. We'll

819
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 1: see if I decide to do that or not. I

820
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 1: also would like to start my own company of some

821
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,240
Speaker 1: sort down the road. I want to start a family,

822
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 1: so hopefully the next year. So I'm excited.

823
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 2: There's absolutely nothing on your to do list. Maybe I'll

824
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,720
Speaker 2: go into sports broadcasting, maybe I have a child.

825
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: Maybe yeah, maybe maybe maybe we'll see I know.

826
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, well, I mean, yeah, I don't blame

827
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 2: you for wanting to sit around and look at the

828
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 2: wall for a little while and meet Aside from traveling

829
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 2: all over the place, to finally be still, I'm sure

830
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 2: is like one large exhale, but also probably a little

831
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 2: bit unsettling at the same time.

832
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, you finally.

833
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 2: Have the opportunity to like sit down with thoughts that

834
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 2: you probably hadn't had moments or time to truly process

835
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 2: before this point.

836
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,720
Speaker 1: It's fun. It's fun to not stress. I just remember

837
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,799
Speaker 1: like waking up and wanting to throw up, or like

838
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: I would want to sleep intill like nine or ten

839
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,280
Speaker 1: o'clock because it got my mind off of thinking about

840
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: the day or what was going on, you know, that

841
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: week if I was going to camp or going to

842
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,719
Speaker 1: a meet, and it was just it just made me

843
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 1: feel so sick, and I was just like, it's weird

844
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 1: not having that like hover over me anymore. Like I

845
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,280
Speaker 1: just I feel so good. It's like a nice stress reliever.

846
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: I just feel I feel good. I haven't missed gymnastics yet,

847
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 1: which I'm surprised. I feel like maybe once college season

848
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 1: starts an Elite season starts back up. I'm sure I'll

849
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,319
Speaker 1: miss it a lot more, but like right now, I'm

850
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: just like, this is great. Like I've waited so long

851
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: for this moment to just enjoy life, go on vacation

852
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: because I've done twenty years of gymnastics. Haven't had the

853
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,879
Speaker 1: time to do that. So now I get to live

854
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 1: my life. So it's fun. I love it.

855
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I mean not for nothing, but to have

856
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 2: this time to home back in and focus in on

857
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 2: your relationships, its probably really special.

858
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: Oh it's so fun. I mean, I feel like this

859
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: is the time me and Jonas really get to spend

860
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: time together because we got married in twenty nineteen, November

861
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, right before COVID happened, so we were lucky

862
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: on that, but of course, you know, we were stuck

863
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,359
Speaker 1: with each other inside the house and I was doing gymnastics.

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Speaker 1: I feel like we really haven't had that time to

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Speaker 1: like bond and get to enjoy being married. It's just

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Speaker 1: been like stressful the whole time. So I don't know,

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Speaker 1: it's just been so great. I'm loving it. I love life.

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Speaker 2: You're kind of touching here on something that you learned

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Speaker 2: about I would argue a lot sooner than most, and

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Speaker 2: that is exercising boundaries that make sense for you. The

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Speaker 2: thing about boundaries is that oftentimes we either put them

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Speaker 2: up or don't put them up because we're trying to

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Speaker 2: people please, or just do what we feel like we

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Speaker 2: quote unquote should be doing. But for you, going after

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Speaker 2: such a massive goal, you really had to exercise your

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Speaker 2: boundaries very early on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Isn't that kind of crazy to think about. I'm like,

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Speaker 1: at such a young age, we have such great discipline,

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Speaker 1: and I just feel like I'm so much more mature,

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Speaker 1: which is kind of cool. I feel gymnastics really matures

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Speaker 1: you at such a young age. Yeah. I just feel

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Speaker 1: like ever since, you know, I started to lead gymnastics

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Speaker 1: and went to the Corollas ranch, it was just kind

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Speaker 1: of like whipped into shape. Knew what I wanted, knew

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Speaker 1: what I needed to do, knew I needed the rest.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean, again, you're talking about from such

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Speaker 2: a young age. It's just the experience now. I mean,

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Speaker 2: twenty years of doing anything will legitimately teach you the most.

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Speaker 2: So to be at this point in your career where

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Speaker 2: you have had all these opportunities and been able to

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Speaker 2: learn all of these lessons has truly been I'm sure

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Speaker 2: something that in the long run has been so advantageous

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Speaker 2: for you. Right now, if someone was to go to

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Speaker 2: your social media, of course they would see that you're

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Speaker 2: an Olympic silver medalist, a twenty year gymnast, someone with

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Speaker 2: over five hundred thousand followers. But when you look in

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Speaker 2: the mirror, what is it that you see looking back

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Speaker 2: at you?

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Speaker 1: I really like that. That's a good one. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, even this morning, just getting

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Speaker 1: ready for this podcast, you know, just reflecting on the

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Speaker 1: girl that I've grown up to be. It's just been

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Speaker 1: it's been amazing. It's amazing to see, you know, that

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Speaker 1: little girl that was working every day, crying, wanting to

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Speaker 1: give up, and she kept pushing and even you know,

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Speaker 1: with those hard days, she didn't want to quit. She

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Speaker 1: kept going in and was able to conquer the world

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Speaker 1: she went through and she did it and she never

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Speaker 1: gave up and she keeps working hard for her dreams.

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Speaker 1: And that's just pretty cool to see. You know, through

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Speaker 1: my childhood, everything that I was able to do is

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Speaker 1: just it was incredible and I'm so proud of myself

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Speaker 1: and being able to achieve the Olympics and make it here.

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Speaker 1: Just very happy with myself and couldn't be prouder.

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Speaker 2: A strong woman looking back at you in the mirror

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Speaker 2: for sure. Final question here, right now, you have an

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Speaker 2: opportunity to offer the Mikaela who is at the end

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Speaker 2: of the trifecta, the bone spur, the COVID, the pneumonia.

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Speaker 2: She feels like she is totally knocked down time and

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Speaker 2: time again. You have an opportunity to offer her one

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Speaker 2: piece of advice looking back on that time right now,

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Speaker 2: what do you tell her?

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Speaker 1: It's going to be hard and the best thing to

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Speaker 1: do is have love from your friends and family to

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Speaker 1: support you, because whenever you have those hard days, that's

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Speaker 1: what's going to make it easier. And you know, without

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Speaker 1: my friends or family, I don't think I would have

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Speaker 1: been able to do it. Not even without my husband

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Speaker 1: pushing me keeping me going, I think I would have

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Speaker 1: quit many many times. So having that love and that

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Speaker 1: support from your family will help you go a long way.

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Speaker 2: So grateful for your time today. I love to hear

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Speaker 2: a little bit more about your journey, Mikayla. How did

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Speaker 2: the hurdlers follow along with you? How do they keep

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Speaker 2: up with you? Give me all your details.

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Speaker 1: You guys can follow me at Mikayla Skinner twenty sixteen

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Speaker 1: on Instagram and Mikayla Skinner on Twitter and Facebook, and

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Speaker 1: with our YouTube channel just Mikayla Skinner. So follow me

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Speaker 1: along my journey. Hopefully it's still as exciting as a

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Speaker 1: silver medal, but he can keep in touch with me there.

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Speaker 2: I'm over at Hurdle Podcast and at Emily Abadi another

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Speaker 2: Hurdle conquered.

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Speaker 3: Catch you guys next time