1 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: Hey, Hurdler's Emily Abaudi here bringing you another installment of 2 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: five Minute Friday from Hurdle. I feel like it's been 3 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: a while since I just gave a little bit of 4 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: background on Hurdle. I started the podcast at the end 5 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: of twenty seventeen beginning of twenty eighteen. It was something 6 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: I had dreamed about for a while. I knew that 7 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: I wanted to start a podcast, but didn't entirely know 8 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: what I wanted it to be about. I knew that 9 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: my bread and butter as a journalist and a thirty 10 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: something woman living here in New York City was health 11 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: and fitness content, and I wanted to intertwine that with 12 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: my passions for entrepreneurship and female empowerment and all that goodness. 13 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: And thus, after going through a personal crisis of sorts 14 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: and sitting on my couch staring at a friend saying 15 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: the sentence, I just want to get over this Hurdle, 16 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: it all sort of clicked, and a few months later 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: Hurdle was born, and since then one hundred and twenty 18 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: eight plus guested episodes later, a podcast that started by 19 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: weekly on Mondays now launches three times each week, and 20 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: I couldn't feel more lucky to have you listening to 21 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: me through your headphones, through your speakers, or however you're 22 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: getting your podcasts. This five minute Friday segment came to 23 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: be during the coronavirus pandemic as a way for me 24 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: to continually engage with my lovely hurdlers during this unforeseen 25 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: time in a fun new way. And so if you're 26 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: new to the segment, I tell a story, I share 27 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: a thought prompt, I offer up some of my content 28 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: highlights of the week, some cool things that I am 29 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: listening to, reading, what I'm buying, etc. And that's it. 30 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: Before we get into the swing of things today, I 31 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: do want to take a moment to talk about my 32 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: sponsor Beam. 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So this week's 52 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: stick story thing, I was folding laundry yesterday which was 53 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: way too long, overdue to be done, overdue to be done. 54 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: You know what I'm getting at here? Anyway, I'm folding 55 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: laundry in my bedroom yesterday, and I was just thinking 56 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: about this time last year and what was going on. 57 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: It was a friend of mine's birthday, and I was 58 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: just reflecting on where him and I were at this 59 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: time last year. We were actually traveling at Brooks Headquarters 60 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: in Washington, and so I was thinking about everything that 61 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: was going on in twenty nineteen in September and how 62 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: crazy it was. I think about giving a talk to 63 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: an amphitheater of five hundred women. I think about running 64 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: twenty two miles this week in preparation for the Chicago Marathon. 65 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: I think about one particular date I went on to 66 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: eat Ramen. I think about going to hot yoga at 67 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: lions Den and going by myself in the middle of 68 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: a workday to go see Britney runs a marathon. What 69 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 1: else I think about? Oh, I remember signing this really 70 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: big contract to work with a brand that I had 71 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: been dreaming of working with as Emily the entrepreneur and 72 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: not Emily the journalist anyway. I mean, I think about life, 73 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: and life was a lot. But I was good at 74 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: a lot. You know, I've always kind of been good 75 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: at a lot. I prided myself on it really was. 76 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: I was good at finding some semblance of balance despite 77 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: waking up at five point thirty and running amok in 78 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: this city. I think about that time in my life 79 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: before COVID, and there have been times in the past 80 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: six months or so where I've craved that life. I've 81 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: craved the hectic early mornings and the treadmill sprints and 82 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: the you know, the disheveled scene that would be my apartment. 83 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: The night before I was getting on an early flight 84 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: with my waste suitcase on the ground, and just like 85 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: thinking about the three hours of sleep that I was 86 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: going to get and how tired I would be in 87 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: the next day I got. I craved, you know, the 88 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: excitement of big meetings in person, and like unnecessary but 89 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: necessary amounts of eye contact that feel slightly uncomfortable. I 90 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: craved using my Delta app on my phone, and of 91 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: course hugs and handshakes and high fives and and just 92 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: what was you know. I say all this because recently, 93 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: and I think maybe this goes hand in hand with 94 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: Real the book Mindset by Carol Dweck, which was Hurdle's 95 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: book club pick for this month. I realize that I am, 96 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: despite missing that stuff and reflecting on that time in 97 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: my life, not saying that with this idea that it'll 98 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: never get back to being that way, but just I 99 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: feel really grateful that this year hasn't been like that. 100 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: And don't get me wrong, I mean this year has 101 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: been hard as all hell, so hard, but if this 102 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: year didn't happen this way, I wouldn't be who I am. 103 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: And a lot of amazing things have happened. I've had 104 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: a big year personally and professionally, and I do understand 105 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: that it's my quote unquote growth mindset that makes me 106 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: think of this year this way and reflect on it positively. 107 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: But I have been able to grow a lot of 108 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: been able to make some really important, valuable connections. I've 109 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: been able to walk away from some things that I'm 110 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: not exactly sure I would have had the guts to 111 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: do otherwise. I've had some wins in my work. I've 112 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: had some growth with the podcast. I've been able to 113 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: set boundaries that literally in my life I have never 114 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: ever been successful at setting before. And yeah, like it's different, 115 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: But what I've come to understand and really appreciate lately 116 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: is that different isn't bad. It's just that it's different, 117 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: and lately, honestly, different just makes me feel pretty lucky. 118 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: And So my prompt for you this week is, what 119 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: is one thing that happened in the past month that 120 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: you did not expect but you're better for Again, what 121 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: is one thing that happened in the past month that 122 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: you didn't expect, but you are better. For Highlights of 123 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: the week, links to all of this goodness all are 124 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: in the show notes. Listen my good friend Ali Feller 125 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: Ali on the Run episode two seventy nine with Justin Grinwald. 126 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: I adore Ali. We text often, We've been on each 127 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: other's shows before, and I really loved her interview with 128 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: Justin this week. He's a doctor, he's an ultrarunner, he's 129 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: an avid chaser of the commonly adored fkt's that's Fastest 130 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: Known times, and he's also known as the husband to 131 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: the late Gabe Grinwald, who passed away last year after 132 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: a lengthy battle with rare cancer. Justin gets really vulnerable 133 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: in this episode, and I love Ali's interview style and 134 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: how she asks him tough questions and allows him to 135 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: take his time to get to his thoughtful, open, honest questions. 136 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: And I'm so grateful for their conversation because I think 137 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: it's important he opens up about finding love after loss 138 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 1: and what's going on in his life. And I just 139 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: highly encourage you all to definitely give it a listen. 140 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: Next up, listen, I can't believe I'm saying this out loud. 141 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: Dynamite by BTS. Okay, So here's the thing. I am 142 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: not a BTS fan, not at all, but they are 143 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: certainly culturally relevant if you haven't heard of them. They're 144 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: a K pop band with an insane obscene amount of 145 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 1: fans and this is their first new song that's in 146 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: full English, and so I just feel like it's got 147 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: a big energy. People are all about it and right now, like, 148 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: if there's something that can bring this heightened mood to 149 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: the masses, why not. Okay, highlight sign up one million 150 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: miles for justice. Y'all were here for phase one of 151 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: this challenge and it is back and the Hurdler's team 152 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: is back in full force. We had over one hundred 153 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: people sign up and donate in the first phase of 154 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: this challenge, and now it would mean the world to 155 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: me if we could come together and do it again. 156 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: You can walk, you can run, you can bike, you 157 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: can earn these miles however you want. This time around, 158 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: the proceeds are going to the Children's Defense Fund, which 159 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: is a national child advocacy organization that works to uplift 160 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: all children of color. 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I've got a 170 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: lot of links for the things that you guys are 171 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 1: messaging me about over on Instagram. If you do not 172 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 1: follow Hurdle on Instagram, please make sure to do so. 173 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: It is at Hurdle Podcast and I am also over 174 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: at Emily a Body also. I would be remiss not 175 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: to mention, as today is the anniversary of the September 176 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: eleventh attacks, that my heart, being a New Yorker, is 177 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: here and with all of the families that lost loved 178 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: ones on that day, I say it often stronger together. 179 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: I'm grateful for this community. I am here for this community, 180 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: and together we can do hard things. Another hurdle conquered. 181 00:11:54,559 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time. I