1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: Confidence is something that I work on every single day. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: My Self talk is something I work on every single 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: day because I want to be unconditional in myself, you know, 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: always within, not coming from without. 5 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 2: Hey Hurdler's Emily Abadi here bringing you Episode one hundred 6 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: and seventeen of Hurdle, a wellness focused podcast where I 7 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: sit down with inspiring individuals to talk about everything from 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: their big ones to how they've gotten through some of 9 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 2: life's toughest moments. On the show, you can expect a vulnerability, motivation, 10 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 2: and candid discussions with everyone from top athletes to aspiring 11 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 2: entrepreneurs on what it really takes to follow your passions. 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 3: My mission is simple to. 13 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 2: Inspire you to be your best self, move with intention, 14 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: and have some fun along the way. Today I am 15 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: bringing you my conversation with Carrie A. 16 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 3: Walsh Jennings. 17 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: She is an American professional beach volleyball player, three time 18 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 2: Olympic gold medalist and one time Olympic bronze medalist, And honestly, 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 2: I grew up following Carrie and it was like she 20 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 2: was the example of female strength and athleticism and just 21 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: an all around boss, a household name in sports. So 22 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 2: I say this to her when we start chatting today. 23 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 2: She has been someone I've wanted to chat with for 24 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 2: quite some time now, and the opportunity came my way 25 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 2: thanks to one of her sponsors, the California Almond Board. Now, 26 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:41,639 Speaker 2: on that note, I do want to take a second 27 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: just to talk about the sponsorship side of things, so 28 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: to speak. I know sometimes it can feel a little 29 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: bit wonky when you hear buzzwords or messaging, but these 30 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: sponsors and power people like Carrie like me to do 31 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: what we want to do. And I can speak from 32 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 2: my side of things with companies like the ones that 33 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 2: you'll hear from today Athletic Greens and Beam. These are 34 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: companies that I use their products on the regular. I 35 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: truly believe in what they have to offer, and it's 36 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 2: kind of a symbiotic relationship and that they also believe 37 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 2: in what I'm putting into the world. They believe in 38 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 2: who I am as an individual, and together we can 39 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 2: do some really great stuff. So, of course, when the 40 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: Almond Board approached me about the opportunity to chat with 41 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 2: Carrie for Hurdle, it was an absolute no brainer for me, 42 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: and it's clear to me from our conversation that she 43 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: appreciates them just as much as they appreciate her. A 44 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: little insight as to what Carrie and I talk about today. 45 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: We talk about her growing up in Santa Clara. She 46 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 2: talks to me about her journey through the sport, playing 47 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: in college, going pro, and we cover not just the 48 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: highlights of her career like those gold medals, but also 49 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: the hard times. 50 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 3: We also reference quite a bit Michael Gervai. 51 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: He is a performance psychologist, someone that works with some 52 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: of the best of the best, not just athletes, but 53 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 2: top CEOs, etc. And God are the takeaways and the 54 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 2: nuggets and the pull quotes from Carrie about doing the 55 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 2: work in your strength, self confidence, coming back from failure. 56 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 3: They're all in there, and they're all the kind of. 57 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 2: Stuff that's really going to motivate you while you're listening 58 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 2: to be your best self and walk away from this 59 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 2: episode with a ton of inspiration. 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She needs 129 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 2: no introduction if you ask me, but obviously an American 130 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 2: professional beach volleyball player, a multi time Olympic gold medalist 131 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 2: and Olympic bronze medalist. I mean, the accolades are endless, 132 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 2: of course. Well, fun fact, Carrie, you were on my 133 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 2: original what I refer to as my dream guest list, 134 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: and so I'm am to be talking with you today 135 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 2: and I'm going to start us off with a fun question. 136 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 2: I once heard you say that you practice and prepare 137 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: for every single situation so that when you get on 138 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 2: the court, you're ready. And I bring that up now 139 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 2: because obviously with a pandemic, there's been a lot of 140 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: things that we have not been able to prepare for 141 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: as a nation. So what have you been doing to 142 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 2: kind of show up and handle these unforeseen times? 143 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 3: Emily? 144 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: Such a good question, And yeah, it's just a gnarly 145 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: rollercoaster of a time, so emotional, so so exciting. You know. 146 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: I think through chaos, ideally better structures and change, positive 147 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: change comes, and with a pandemic it's just sad. Yet 148 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot of healing going on as well. And 149 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: you know, the really wonderful realization for me is that 150 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: the way I've trained myself as an athlete and the 151 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: way I was raised as a human and by nature 152 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: as well, Like faith is very prominent in my life. 153 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: Personal accountability and responsibility is very very present in my 154 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: life every single day on and off the court. And 155 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: I am looking at this challenging time as a way 156 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: for me to show up and to set the tone 157 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: for how I show up in really challenging hard times. 158 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a mother now, I have three kids eleven, ten, 159 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: and seven, and I cannot, you know, be crazy every 160 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: day and be an emotional rollercoaster. And so what I'm 161 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: doing is I'm acting as if I chose this. And 162 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: I really appreciate that line of thinking, because if you 163 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: act like you chose it, you take responsibility for how 164 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: you show up and situation good or bad, and then 165 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: you have the power to control it, you know, to 166 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: show up in the way you want. Whereas I think 167 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: a lot of people, and I'm seeing this with my family, 168 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: with my friends, a lot of people are feeling victimized 169 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 1: by this, totally understandably. You know, it showed up out 170 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: of nowhere, and it took away our Olympics, It took 171 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: away our school or prom or weddings like so many 172 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: amazing things, and their heartbroken by it, and they're kind 173 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: of on the defense. And so what I like to 174 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: do is to be on the offense, to be really proactive, 175 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: and to choose how I'm going to show up in 176 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: my days. And I really appreciate my upbringing and my 177 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: life as an athlete because it's trained me to deal 178 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: with uncomfortable situations and it's trained me to focus on 179 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: what I can control. 180 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 2: This truly sounds like spoken from an athlete who has 181 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 2: taken some time to think about the mental side of things. 182 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 3: Are you still working with Michael Jervais. 183 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I love him. That man is a world changer 184 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: one by you know, well, now he's scaling because he's able, 185 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: you know, thank goodness for all this technology. But he's 186 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: changed my life, my marriage, myself, my soul. 187 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 3: He's incredible. 188 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: Reflecting on your time working with Michael Gervais, would you 189 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 2: say that there's been any like absolutely breakthrough moment that 190 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 2: literally changed everything for you? 191 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: Gosh, Emily, I mean, there's just so there's so much 192 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: with him, and like with all good teachers and guides, 193 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: he just keeps guiding me deeper and deeper into myself, 194 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: you know, like, I feel very deeply, I think very deeply. 195 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: But he makes me articulate very deeply. And when you 196 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: when you talk about hard conversations, you know, usually we 197 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: have kind of our patent answers, and then he'll go 198 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 1: one under that and then one under that. I'm like, 199 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: oh my hell, I don't even have words for these 200 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: things I'm feeling. But he kind of sits with you 201 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: in silence, without judgment, and he does that, so he's 202 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: he's really shown me the power of listening because he 203 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: is an amazing listener, the power of self awareness because 204 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: he like, you know, you show up and you're like 205 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: ready to get deep, right, and you're talking about things 206 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: that either you have resentment about or fear about or doubt, 207 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: and he talks to you about it in such a 208 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: gentle way. But then he's like he checks in with 209 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: my body, like where do you feel that emotion? And 210 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,599 Speaker 1: label that emotion? You know, and self awareness, Emily is 211 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: a superpower. Like if you can train yourself to be 212 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: self aware, like gosh, my mind is racing right now. 213 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: You know, I'm going to take a deep breath or 214 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sweating right now, Like what's behind this? 215 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: Like the ability to stop and like take kind of 216 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: stock of how you feel. It just allows you to 217 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: reset and move forward powerfully. And Gervais has given me 218 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 1: that in Leaps and Bounds, and he's also taught me 219 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: that confidence comes from one place and one place only, 220 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: and it's literally the way I speak to myself. My 221 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: self talk dictates the way I show up in the world, 222 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 1: because Emily doesn't matter if you think I'm rad, It 223 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: doesn't matter if my family thinks I'm amazing and smart 224 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: and beautiful, or my husband or the fans, like, all 225 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 1: of that stuff is outside of me. And if it's 226 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: outside of me, that means the sense stable because those people, 227 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: those things, those situations have to be perfect and there 228 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: every time for me to like get the benefits of 229 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: them loving me and supporting me. But when they're not there, 230 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: if I'm relying on that, it's just I'm in shambles. 231 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: And so self confidence is something that I work on 232 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,439 Speaker 1: every single day. My Self talk is something I work 233 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: on every single day because I want to be unconditional 234 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: in myself, you know, always within, not coming from without. 235 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 2: For those of you who might not know Michael Gervais, 236 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 2: he's a high performance psychologist. He works with a ton 237 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 2: of athletes, fortune one hundred CEOs, the whole gamut. Such 238 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 2: an interesting and brilliant guy. What I'd love to dive 239 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 2: into a little bit now, of course, is, as you mentioned, 240 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 2: the Olympics have been pushed back, So I'd love to 241 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 2: hear about what your routine looks like now with this shift. 242 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,599 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well again, thank goodness, I've been trained to be 243 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: nimble and adaptive and you know, have a healthy lifestyle. 244 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: I mean, like so many my world, my schedule just 245 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: shut down, you know, and I'm a very scheduled person, 246 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: and so it was just so gnarly to have, you know, 247 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: to go from training, you know, three trainings a day, 248 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: six hours a day to nothing for a while, and 249 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: to have all my tournaments counseled, all these things. So 250 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: it took me a while to figure out my schedule 251 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: and to figure out that I needed a schedule. And now, 252 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 1: you know, Emily, I'm just I'm doing the same things. 253 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: It's just a little with a little bit different intent. 254 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: So movement is hugely important, and every single day meditation 255 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: is huguely important, and every single day my health and 256 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: nutrition habits are just off the charts because with this pandemic, 257 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: with this virus, Like, I don't want to wait for 258 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: a vaccine, you know, I don't. I don't want to 259 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: wait for an authority to say, okay, now you're safe again. 260 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: Like I believe it's my job to support my immune system, 261 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: you know, so I can fend off these things. So 262 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: there's a huge focus on great nutrition. And that's why 263 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: I'm really proud to be talking to you today. Almond 264 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: Board my partner with California Almonds. They set this up, 265 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: and you know, it's just so important to fuel yourself 266 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 1: with beautiful, real food. And my partnership with California Almonds 267 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: allows me to like get on my platform and be 268 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: like you guys, we can live healthy lives. We can 269 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: we can feel good in our bodies. We can literally 270 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: ward off disease and virus if we choose the right foods. 271 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: Foods are medicine, and so my snacking and my you know, 272 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: my eating in general. I really had to figure out 273 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: the right balance between. I had to I had to 274 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: get more disciplined. I was snacking constantly the first two weeks, 275 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: and it was so frustrating. The goodness I reached for 276 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: healthy things like almonds, you know. So it just reminded 277 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: me that I am what I'm surrounded by. I need 278 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: to be really mindful when to go to the grocery 279 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: shore when I stop, because I don't want to have 280 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: the crap around because I'm going to reach for it, 281 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, So mindfulness is huge, nutrition is huge, 282 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: Sleeping is huge. Connecting with my people, you know, I 283 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: think a lot of people are feeling really lonely and 284 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: they miss their people. Like Thank goodness, I have a 285 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: family of five, and we all really sincerely like each other. 286 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: Otherwise this would be really, really hard. So I'm just 287 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: really again focusing on what I can control, and I 288 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: live myself truly. You know. My life is a lifestyle. 289 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: My habits are ingrained in me, and so I think 290 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: that's how I'm surviving this pandemic. And my head sound straight, 291 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: even though I am emotional and I'm kind of all 292 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: over the place. My head sound straight, my feet on 293 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: on the ground, and I'm just eager to make the 294 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: best of it. 295 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 2: Making the best of it is really just about as 296 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 2: best as we can do. I love what you said 297 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: about reaching for obviously the almonds and keeping other healthy 298 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 2: snacks around I remember when I listened to you on 299 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 2: a rich role you mentioned that you were drinking the 300 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 2: four sigmatic chaga mushroom hot cocoa. 301 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: Maybe, well, I drink every four sigmatic product all the time. 302 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 2: Aside from I mean that stuff and the almonds, what 303 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 2: would you say, are other smart things that you integrate 304 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 2: often into your diet and regular routine. 305 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you know what this is. I mean, this 306 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: is something my trainer told me, said out loud a 307 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: month ago to somebody else. He's like, you know, when 308 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: you're when you're constructing your meal, whether it's a snack 309 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: or a full on meal, the first thing you need 310 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: to think about is your protein. And that to me 311 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: because sometimes I'm just confused, you know, and I don't 312 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: know what to structure my meal around. But as an athlete, 313 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: as a high performing human, as someone who wants to 314 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: keep building muscle and supporting my entire system, protein is 315 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: obviously huge. And when he said that, Emily, I was like, duh, 316 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: Like everything I need. I need protein to every meal, 317 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: you know. And so when he said build your meals 318 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: and your snacks around protein, it was like a light 319 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: one off, and now like I just made my kids breakfast, 320 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: and they all wanted apples, and so I put I 321 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: was like, awesome, great, great fiber, great, you know, vitamins. 322 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: Let me put some natural almond butter so you can 323 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: have the protein, you know, to offset that blood sugar spike. 324 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: And so just things like that are really really helpful 325 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: to me. You know, when I go shopping, I literally 326 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: I work as hard as I can to avoid the 327 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: inside aisles, you know, I shop on the perimeters, which 328 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: again it's just real food. I want to ingest and 329 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: digest real food because that's where the nutrients are. You know, 330 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: it's processed when it's in a package, so yummy, so amazing. 331 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: They just have to put other things in their preservatives 332 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: to keep them that way. And I don't need that 333 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: in my body. Yeah, so I just I choose healthy basically, 334 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: you know, and I look at it as I want 335 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: to feel good and it's an exciting thing and I'm 336 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: learning the healthy swaps that I can do in my life, 337 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: you know. But nutrition is hugely, hugely important. My snacking 338 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: is really important. I didn't realize I was a grazer, 339 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: you know, And so every week, you know, when I 340 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: do have time to meal prep, I do make really 341 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 1: healthy snacks. We have our almond balls that we make 342 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: that are energy bites, you know, with the protein and 343 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,439 Speaker 1: which things that are going to like prepare me to 344 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: go and have a great workout, or go and help 345 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: my kids and their zoom calls. For school, I mean, 346 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: let's not talk about homeschooling. I will lose my mind. 347 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: I'm such a bad teacher. And then entrees. You know, 348 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: I just I eat my protein, I eat my greens, 349 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: and everything is for performance and everything is for feeling good. 350 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: And I want my kids to live that way. So 351 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: I need to be a good role model. 352 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 2: You know, nutrition is such an important part of your 353 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 2: life these days, as well as you know, being a 354 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 2: stellar athlete and training. When you were growing up, I 355 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 2: know you were born in Santa Clara. Was athleticism a 356 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 2: really important thing? Were you an active kid? 357 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 3: Oh? 358 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: My goodness, gracious, yes, Well my parents are both athletes. 359 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: My mom played three sports at Santa Clara University. My dad, 360 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: you know, played basketball and some for basketball and baseball. 361 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 3: He's a stud. 362 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: The group their parents were studs, So I just it 363 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: was unavoidable, you know, I think in my DNA, I'm 364 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: part I'm just like part of it, part of the 365 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: data is you're a competitor. 366 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 3: You have no choice. 367 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: I was raised, it was just we were just constantly playing. 368 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: You know, I have a billion cousins. We all grew 369 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: up around each other. 370 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 3: I have. 371 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: You know, I'm one of five kids, and that was 372 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: our life. Our life was faith, family in sports. And 373 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: fast forward now I'm forty one, I have kids on 374 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: my own, and my life is faith, family in sports, 375 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: and it's rat So when did you first get into volleyball? Then? 376 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: You know, I played everything growing up. When I found volleyball, 377 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: I was just head over heels in love and I 378 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: was ten in the fifth grade. And I continue to 379 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: play every single sport. When I got to high school, 380 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: I played basketball and volleyball. And I'm a really big 381 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: advocate for multi sport athletes. You know, I'm sure you're 382 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: well aware of it, but there's so many young kids 383 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: who are starting to work for a college scholarship when 384 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: they're ten years old, and therefore they're specializing and only 385 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: doing one sport three sixty five, twenty four seven, And 386 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: that's just it makes me sad. I fully understand, and 387 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: I understand the rationale. To me, it's just flawed, you know, 388 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: and to me, the best of the best in any realm, 389 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: but certainly in sports are the athletes who are utility players, 390 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: you know, who have a very well rounded knowing and 391 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: mastery of the game, not just one little dimension. And 392 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: so I really appreciate that I played a lot of 393 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: sports growing up, but volleyball, Emily, like, prior to volleyball, 394 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: I thought I was going to be the first girl 395 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: in the NBA. I thought I was going to be 396 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: the first major league pitcher, and then I found volleyball, 397 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: and I was just like, no, this is what I 398 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: want to do. 399 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 2: You went to Stanford on a volleyball scholarship. When you 400 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 2: were there, do you think I'm definitely going to take 401 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 2: this pro or did you think this is something I'm 402 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:05,479 Speaker 2: going to do in college? 403 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: Well, you know, I just I didn't think about it. 404 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: I just my life has been so awesome and just 405 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: that it keeps unfolding as it should. You know, there's 406 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: not a lot of premeditation of about what's next. And 407 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: I feel like I live my life so honestly and 408 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: like I can't do anything fake, Emily, Like I can't 409 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: force something, I can't do something today that I hope 410 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,199 Speaker 1: turns into something down the road. You know, I just 411 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 1: I need to do things authentically, and so I think 412 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: the fact that I live my days so truly, it 413 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: just keeps leading me to like my heart's desire and 414 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: to what's next. In high school, you know, I love volleyball, 415 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: and my parents would take me to Stanford games and 416 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,479 Speaker 1: I'd go watch and I walk the campus and that 417 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: planted that seed and then I, you know, I worked hard. 418 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 1: I got that scholarship, and you know, something else came 419 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: knocking at the door, just because I think I was 420 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: living so honestly and I was living out my heart, 421 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. And so now with volleyball, 422 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 1: just every time, I just keep leveling up, and there's 423 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: no more levels to go in my competitive career and 424 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: I've been doing it for twenty years. So I'll segue 425 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: to something else, you know, which I have a company 426 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: called P fourteen forty, which I will be in the 427 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: natural segue. But I'm not even thinking about that, you know, 428 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: I'm just living my life. 429 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 2: After you started playing in college, was there a specific 430 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 2: moment or in an event that made you decide like, 431 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 2: I've got to keep running with. 432 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: This well, I think just my true love for it. 433 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: You know, people can talk to me, they're like, Carrie, 434 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: why are you still going? 435 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 3: My goodness? 436 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: Like it's almost greedy at this point, you know, And 437 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: I'm just like, well, what do you want me to 438 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: cut off this love affair that I is still going strong? Like, 439 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: that's not fair. I would feel just so sad if 440 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: I gave up something prematurely, because on paper, it's been 441 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,719 Speaker 1: twenty years, you know. And so I'm just keep following 442 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: my heart and I just have I still have big 443 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: goals and dreams with what I'm doing. And I've said 444 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: this in so many interviews and it's so my truth. 445 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: It's like, two things keep me well, Three things keep 446 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: you me going in the game. My love for the game, 447 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: my sincere love for the people I've been surrounded by, 448 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: the relationships that I fostered has been incredible. The best 449 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: part of this time civilion, and then the personal growth 450 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: that I get, you know, because every goal that I'm 451 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 1: trying to strive, I have to become the person capable 452 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: of attaining that goal, and whether I fall short or not, 453 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: it almost doesn't even matter because I'm becoming something more 454 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: and better and that's the gift of all these things. 455 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: That's why it's so important to have something to aim for. 456 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: You know, if you don't have anything to aim for, 457 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: we're kind of like, Okay, I'll do this and this 458 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:35,439 Speaker 1: and this. But if you know what you're going for, 459 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: it's your system, your mind, your spirit like organizes itself 460 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: and organizes the life outside of ourself to help you 461 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: do that. And it's so cool. 462 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 3: You mentioned personal growth, you mentioned falling short. 463 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 2: I think a lot of people when they chat with you, 464 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 2: they probably immediately go to that bronze medal. But my 465 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 2: question for you really is, if you think about your 466 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 2: career thus far, and you mentioned twenty plus years, here 467 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 2: is a specific instance that was quote unquote a failure 468 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,959 Speaker 2: that really just launched you into a better understanding of 469 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 2: who you are and what your strengths might be. 470 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: Oh well, what a good question. You know that bronze medal. 471 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: People actually don't want to talk about it because I 472 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 1: think they don't want to hurt my feelings. 473 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 2: Really, I would think that that like when people talk 474 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 2: about winning and losing, so to. 475 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 3: Speak, they're like, well, there was that one bronze medal. 476 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: I know, but it's like the secret in the closet, 477 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: which is crazy. 478 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 3: I might be projecting on them. 479 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: That could totally be my issue because it was for 480 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,479 Speaker 1: a while, for a while, you know, when we won it, 481 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: I was so happy. I was so proud because, honestly, 482 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 1: and I'm at that point again, I was It was 483 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: the hardest thing I've ever done as an athlete, to 484 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 1: literally get your heart ripped out of your chest, to 485 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: fail on the world's biggest stage. The way I framed 486 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: it was that it was my fault that I, you know, 487 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 1: had the worst game and I took our team out 488 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: of it. And the way you frame challenges and failures 489 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 1: like oh my gosh, it sucks up, it sets up 490 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: your road to healing from that failure in learning. And 491 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: so I really put myself in a hole there but 492 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: to win and to like have to be everything that 493 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: I try to teach my kids to be, you know, 494 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: have high character. If you get knocked down, believe in yourself, 495 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: get back up. It's not always going to be easy. 496 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: You always just fight and fight and fight, and that's 497 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 1: the gift of sports. And so April and I did 498 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: that and we triumphed, and it was gnarly and it 499 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 1: was so beautiful. For two years after that, Emily, I 500 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: was in a tailspin, like every time, oh my gosh, 501 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 1: every time I played, I stepped in the court, I 502 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: played in fear. Every time I step in the court. 503 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 1: You know. I used to look at the athletes being like, okay, 504 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,679 Speaker 1: I know your weakness. Here here, here, I can you know, 505 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: I see you, I respect you, but I'm going to 506 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: go after you. But the way I framed it after 507 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: that is like, oh my gosh, I've been so exposed. 508 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: I'm so weak, like they all know. And it was 509 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: just so not me and it was so confusing. And 510 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: what I came down to is that I just didn't 511 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 1: realize that I had wrapped my entire identity on winning. 512 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: Not that I wont everything before, but in the world's 513 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: biggest stages, like when it was like crunch time, I 514 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 1: won and we won, and every every team win, you know, 515 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 1: I stepped up and I did my job, And this 516 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: was one situation where I didn't, and I felt like 517 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,239 Speaker 1: it was all my fault. And so I really had 518 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: to come to grips with like it shook me down 519 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: to my foundation, and I did a lot of work 520 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 1: with Gervebe. I had to forgive myself. I had to 521 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: talk about the shame that I felt. And this is 522 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 1: all for sports, you know, like imagine like and which 523 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: is my life. Like I'm not trying to demean sports 524 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: because this is everything to me, but imagine you know, 525 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: screw ups in life, like we are so mean to ourselves. 526 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: And so the self love part of everything, you know, 527 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: I talk about mindfulness and self love and sitting in 528 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 1: stillness and a lot of people think it's woo and flufy, 529 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: and I'm like you, guys, you don't understand, Like, if 530 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: you help self love, you can handle you can handle anything, 531 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: any failure because you know you can learn and grow 532 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,479 Speaker 1: through it. If you sit in stillness, you can always 533 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: return to the moment, which is your point of power. 534 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 3: You know. 535 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: These things that seem so flufy are like leading edge 536 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: laser sharp weapons that I can use. And so I've 537 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 1: needed a lot since Rio, and I think the gift 538 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: of Rio is that it did. It humbled me and 539 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: I had to go deeper into myself. And at this 540 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: point now, even on top of everything with the pandemic, 541 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: it's like, I want to go out there and just compete. 542 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: You know, I know what I want. I want to dominate. 543 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 1: I want to win that gold medal, but that even 544 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: causes stress and pressure, right, And Gervais he taught me 545 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: he's like Carrie, instead of talking about a big moment, 546 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: instead of talking about the pressure that you feel, you know, 547 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: when it's thirteen all in game three, He's like, just 548 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: look at it as this is a competitive moment. And Emily, 549 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: when he said that, I was like, that is so genius, 550 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: because I know, if I know anything in life, I 551 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: know I'm a competitor and I'm born to compete. And 552 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: competing is just all about giving your best to what's 553 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 1: in front of you. And I can do that with 554 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: the best in the world in any sport, male, female, 555 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: whatever you got, And so that's what I'm really I've 556 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: learned that since Rio and with this pandemic. You know, 557 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: we were so ready for Tokyo, but we were kind 558 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: of pissed off and like almost wanting to be done, 559 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: but so excited the journey. But you know, when you 560 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: want something too bad, you can suffocate it. And now 561 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: I think the gift of this pandemic is that we're 562 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: just gonna be grateful and we're gonna go out there 563 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: and press play and be playful. I want to be 564 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: playfully joyfully dominant. That's like my goal. I want that combination, 565 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: and now I think I think that's possible as we 566 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:18,479 Speaker 1: go into Tokyo. 567 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 3: What aside from volleyball right now excites you, I. 568 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 1: Mean, growing up, you know. I just I'm really getting connected, 569 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: Like I live in my spirituality every single day, and 570 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,959 Speaker 1: I'm just understanding myself more and feeling closer to my creator, 571 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: my children and seeing their you know, souls thrive and 572 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 1: their minds grow and their curiosities lead them into themselves. 573 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: That's really beautiful. You know. I'm really excited for our 574 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: world right now, even though I know it's so gnarly 575 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: and there's so much going on. I just I really 576 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: I've lived it. I've lived rock bottom lifting me up, 577 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 1: you know, and I have burnt my house down and 578 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,719 Speaker 1: rebuilt it better. And so I think that's where our 579 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,959 Speaker 1: world is. That certainly here in America, I believe that's 580 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: where we're at. And I know there's so much, you know, 581 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,199 Speaker 1: the toxicity and the negativity is so loud, but I 582 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: look around and I see so much good and so 583 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: much unity, and that's what's going to lead us forward. Powerfully, 584 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 1: and I want to be part of that light movement. 585 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: You know. Gosh, it's like one person who has a 586 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: positive message is like a million times stronger than one 587 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 1: hundred people with a negative message, you know. And I 588 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: see so many kind of light workers and healers and 589 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: leaders in the world, and I'm so excited. 590 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 3: On the day to day front right now. 591 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 2: I mean you had mentioned I think three different practices 592 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 2: or something earlier in our conversation, So what does it 593 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 2: look like for you now? 594 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: You know, it's just there's always so much opportunity. Like 595 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: I've had so many injuries in my life, and my 596 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 1: mum always just saidkay, there's opportunity here. There's opportunities Dad, 597 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: tools to your toolkits. So we take it one day 598 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: at a time. We have like things planned like three 599 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 1: weeks out where our kids could get excited about, and 600 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: that kind of takes the pressure off of the pressure 601 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: of the moment. You know, there's always something to look 602 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: forward to. But the day to day is it's really basic. 603 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: You know. For me personally, I start every day with mindfulness. 604 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: I sit in meditation for fifteen minutes, I do my 605 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: gratitude journal, and I write my thoughts. You know, writing 606 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: makes me smarter and it holds me accountable and I 607 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: can kind of flush out my thoughts and where I'm at. 608 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: You know. The family wakes up around six thirty and 609 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: we have a rad breakfast together. You know, it's really fun. 610 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 1: The kids are always so alive and awake and happy 611 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 1: in the mornings. And then usually between nine and three, 612 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: like my husband and I, Casey and I are doing 613 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: the business. You know that we ran that we run 614 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: P fourteen forty. We're training, we're training with our kids. 615 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: We're playing one on one in the backyard. But we're 616 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: doing mostly you know, business stuff between those times and 617 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: after that, it's just a free for all with our family. 618 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: This is such a great time because it's like we're 619 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: in a fish bowl with our family and our kids 620 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: and their little mirrors like I when I'm messing up 621 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: or when I'm being too casual with my you know, 622 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 1: my snacks that I reach for if I'm eting too 623 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: much junk, or if I'm on my phone too much, 624 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: or if I'm grumpy, like I get immediate feedback on 625 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: their little faces and it makes me better, you know. 626 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: And this is such a time where our kids are 627 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: looking to us for leadership and guidance, and that's really 628 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: inspiring to me. You know, it makes me better, It 629 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: makes me more thoughtful because the best leaders in my 630 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: life it's like Mike Truvak. He doesn't tell me how 631 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: to do it. He guides me as I figure out 632 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: my way, you know, and he leads by example. And 633 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: I want to be that way for my children, with 634 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: my husband, and certainly for the world. 635 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 2: Definitely. And I'm totally with you on the writing things 636 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 2: down note. It's like a cornerstone for me of my 637 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 2: morning routine. When you think about some of the best 638 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 2: advice that you have been offered in your career, what 639 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 2: do you think about? 640 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: You know, I just keep coming back to personal accountability. 641 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: To me, personal accountability is the antidote, antidote to chaos, 642 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: you know. And I feel like there's the tendency is 643 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: just we you know, we're all we're all victimized by 644 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: life in life to different varying degrees, and you know, 645 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: and there's so many blessings even when we're in those 646 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: challenging places. But I just I I keep coming back 647 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: to the fact that if I can show up in 648 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: my days, show up in every situation and act like 649 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: I chose it. I can therefore master the situation and 650 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: master the moment. And again, I don't want. I don't 651 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: want anything outside of me to determine my fate or 652 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: determine to determine my happiness or the way I show up. 653 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,719 Speaker 1: And so for me, I'm really working on that, like 654 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: just to just to focus on what I can control, 655 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: you know, and to be the change I believe is 656 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 1: necessary and to be to set the tone I think 657 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,239 Speaker 1: will help the situation. Like Mike GERVEI, at the end 658 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: of every podcast, he's like, finished this sentence. It all 659 00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: comes down to blank and for so long, and I 660 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: still believe this. I would say love, right, Love is 661 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: behind everything in my life, even the fear and the doubt. 662 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 1: Love is the bottom line. But to me, I think 663 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: a more powerful thing to do, to say, at least 664 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: right now for me, is that it all comes down 665 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:17,959 Speaker 1: to me. You know, it comes down to me. Like 666 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: I am the leader of my own life. I create 667 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: my own life, and I really want to encourage people 668 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: and empower people to look at life that way because 669 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: then literally, man, you are the captain of your own ship. 670 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: It's beautiful. 671 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 3: I love that well right now? 672 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 2: You know, if I scroll over to your Instagram, I 673 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 2: see a woman that is a volleyball player, a mother. 674 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 2: She's got two hundred and thirty seven thousand followers and change. 675 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 2: When you look in the mirror, what is it that 676 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 2: you see looking back at you? 677 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: Oh? Man, well, I'm tempted to not be nice to 678 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: myself right now? 679 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 3: Good is that the first person to say that I know? 680 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,239 Speaker 1: Well, I got I bet everyone says that, you know, 681 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: And that's why it's probably a good exercise. There's a 682 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: meditation you do where you literally close your eyes and 683 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: you talk yourself in the mirror, and it's really hard 684 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: for me. So thank you for reminding me that that's 685 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: some work I have to do. 686 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 3: You know, I'm caring. 687 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: Oh, thank you. When I look in the mirror, Emily, 688 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: I I really see a sincere human that is very 689 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: much a work in progress. And both sides of that 690 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: sentence are equally important, because I really want to be 691 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: grateful and happy and accepting of where I'm at and 692 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 1: yet always working toward better and happily. So not because 693 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 1: I feel shame or you know, I'm you know, I 694 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: just because there's always more to be and to do. 695 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: And so that's kind of where I'm at in life 696 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: right now. I really don't look in the mirrors too 697 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 1: much anymore, but you know, but I really like the symbol, 698 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: symbol symbolization of a mirror, symbolism. And you know, there's 699 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: a jeweler I love Me and Roe. They have this 700 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 1: beautiful gold disc and it's called the Tibetan Mirror, and 701 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: so there's just four dots that kind of go on 702 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: a diamond shape and they say, like, when you go 703 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: to heaven, a mirror is going to be placed in 704 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: front of you, and you're going to have your life 705 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: played out in front of you. And so we should 706 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: live our lives in a way that when we do 707 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 1: get there, we'd be proud, and you know, and so 708 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: I really appreciate that symbolism. And yeah, when I look 709 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: at a mirror, I'm grateful and I want to be better. 710 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 3: I love it. 711 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 2: Well, I'll close this out here with the question that 712 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 2: I finish off every episode. Right now, you have an 713 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 2: opportunity to give yourself one piece of advice. I'd say 714 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 2: during that hurdle moment after the bronze, when you came 715 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 2: back and you were just kind of second guessing yourself 716 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,919 Speaker 2: a lot. You have an opportunity to offer yourself one 717 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 2: piece of advice during that difficult time. 718 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 3: What do you tell yourself? 719 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:49,280 Speaker 1: Man? What a great question. I guess there's two sides 720 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,279 Speaker 1: of it. It's like, one is that failure is part 721 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 1: of it, it's supposed to be hard. And the other 722 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,839 Speaker 1: side of it is you can do hard things and 723 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 1: you'll grow from this. I think that those kind of 724 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,280 Speaker 1: couple phrases would round out how I wish I would 725 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,240 Speaker 1: have framed it. It took me two years to get there. 726 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 3: And you know what, you're still showing up and doing 727 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 3: hard things. 728 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, it's awesome, man, it's really cool. I'm like 729 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: I've done I've talked over five thousand kids and coaches 730 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 1: and parents in the past two months two and a 731 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,359 Speaker 1: half months since all this happened, and like I just 732 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: I always get to the point in the conversation where 733 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, you, guys, you can do hard things, Like 734 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 1: you know that about yourself and know that it's like 735 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 1: it's your spirit that dictates that, and that's that's your essence. 736 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: And so every time I talk to someone like I'm 737 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: talking to you, Emily, I'm talking to myself. You know, yeah, 738 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: and these things are simple, but it doesn't mean they're easy. 739 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,720 Speaker 1: And like it's like living a healthy lifestyle. It's simple, 740 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: but it does not make it easy. And that's why 741 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,000 Speaker 1: it's so important to create great habits, you know, with 742 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: your sleep routine, with your nutrition routine, with your recovery 743 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,240 Speaker 1: and you're you know, moving every day in your gratitude journal, 744 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: whatever it is. We are our habits and so we 745 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 1: might as well what we might as well make those awesome. 746 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,320 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for your time today, Carrie. 747 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 1: Oh, you're welcome. Emily, You're rad I really really appreciate it, 748 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 1: and I want to I just want to say thank 749 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: you one more time to my partners at the California. 750 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 1: I'm on board. They are an authentic partner of mine 751 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,840 Speaker 1: and they really fuel my days and they help fuel 752 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: this dream. I want that fourth gold medal Emily in Tokyo, 753 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,319 Speaker 1: and my partners are a huge part of it. And 754 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: it's going to be a rad why ride. I can't 755 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,560 Speaker 1: wait to see the person I come, you know, I 756 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: evolve into to make this dreamer reality. 757 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:37,440 Speaker 3: Well, thank you so much. 758 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 2: Please take a moment to leave a quick review by 759 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 2: clicking the link with the description to this episode. We 760 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,920 Speaker 2: all face multiple hurdles in life. I want to hear 761 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 2: about yours. Reach out to me at Emily at Hurdle 762 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,360 Speaker 2: dot us. Connect with the podcast on Instagram and Twitter 763 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,480 Speaker 2: at Hurdle Podcast. Carrie, how do they keep up with you? 764 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 2: Give me the details? 765 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,680 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, okay at Carrie Lee Walsh on all 766 00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,720 Speaker 1: social channels. I would be honored if every one followed 767 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,760 Speaker 1: at Platform fourteen forty. That's our company based on body 768 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: mind and spirit optimization and volleyball, and that's it. And actually, 769 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,400 Speaker 1: if you go to my Instagram account, I gave my 770 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,760 Speaker 1: phone number to everyone. Emily feel like a crazy woman, 771 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,839 Speaker 1: but it's so cool to see these I'm literally it's 772 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 1: so intimate and I'm getting through it, Like I sent 773 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 1: someone a happy birthday message today, you know, it was 774 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 1: so fun. So they can go to my Instagram account 775 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 1: and there's a text button and they can connect with 776 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 1: me in a more intimate way there. But most importantly 777 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,720 Speaker 1: it's at Platform fourteen forty. I would appreciate support behind 778 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 1: this movement and behind this great sport that I love 779 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 1: so much. 780 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 2: I am at Emily a body at Hurdle Podcast. Another 781 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 2: hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.