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Speaker 1: The actions you take create the life you're living. Take

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Speaker 2: What's going on, everyone, Emily Abadi Here. You are listening

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Speaker 2: to episode two hundred and forty eight of Hurdle, a

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Speaker 2: wellness focused podcast where I connect with everyone from your

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Speaker 2: favorite athletes to top experts and industry CEOs about their

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Speaker 2: highest hies, toughest moments, and everything in between. We all

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Speaker 2: go through hurdles in life, and my goal through these

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Speaker 2: discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours and

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Speaker 2: move with intention so that you can stride towards your

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Speaker 2: own big potential and of course have some fun along

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Speaker 2: the way. For today's episode two forty eight, I am

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Speaker 2: elated to bring you my conversation with Olivia Amato. She's

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Speaker 2: a Peloton instructor who was living a very different life

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Speaker 2: just five years ago. In today's episode, she talks to

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Speaker 2: me about making the major career shift from working in

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Speaker 2: with her boss when she gave her resignation, and how

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Speaker 2: she adjusted from the nine to five life to more

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Speaker 2: the same. Signing on with a modeling agency early on

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Speaker 2: in New York City. Olivia also gets really vulnerable today

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Speaker 2: and take time for herself, knowing that that is such

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Speaker 2: of course I would have been remiss if I didn't

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Speaker 2: take this opportunity to talk to Olivia about her personal style,

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Speaker 2: something that I personally have loved following along with over

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Speaker 2: would classify her own style and offers up some really

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Speaker 2: Really loved this one. It was nice to sit down

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Speaker 2: that Olivia was talking about when it comes to the

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Speaker 2: next evolution of her coaching. Olivia two point zero, I'm

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Speaker 2: here for it. Make sure you're following along with Hurdle

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Speaker 2: this podcast. That's it for now. With that, let's get

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Speaker 2: to it. Let's get to hurdling today. I'm sitting down

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Speaker 2: with Olivia Motto. She's a peloton instructor. How are we doing?

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Speaker 2: How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to say I'm doing well instead of I'm

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Speaker 1: Yes, do you feel that way all your person? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: So much of your work, like your job is showing

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Speaker 1: in the morning, because there's not like I feel like

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Speaker 1: people who are taking that class anyway, like no one

441
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Speaker 1: really cares about like my ride to the studio or

442
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,760
Speaker 1: like what, like they want to work out, they want

443
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Speaker 1: to get a good workout in, and like I get that,

444
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Speaker 1: and so I'm kind of catering to that audience as well.

445
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Speaker 1: When it's that early in the morning.

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Speaker 2: I think that's a really smart approach and that's probably

447
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Speaker 2: why you're the person that's on the schedule of that time. Yeah,

448
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Speaker 2: I think, so, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, I'm like

449
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Speaker 2: not showing up just to like say that I showed

450
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Speaker 2: up at that time. No, Now, like.

451
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Speaker 1: No one's coming here to just chill, like we are

452
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Speaker 1: working out. We're probably gonna get a pr and then

453
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Speaker 1: we're gonna go on with our day.

454
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Speaker 2: Oh my, you know what I mean? Yes, I do. Okay,

455
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Speaker 2: So then let's go back to you getting your feet wet.

456
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,920
Speaker 2: In the fitness industry, you start to gain a broader

457
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,000
Speaker 2: understanding that you're like, Okay, I've definitely made the right choice.

458
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Speaker 2: Talk to me about how you start to feel the

459
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Speaker 2: opportunities that come your way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So I did notice there was a time where

461
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Speaker 1: I was like, okay, and this is something my mom

462
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Speaker 1: always said to me. She's like, you can't be everything

463
00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,119
Speaker 1: to everyone. You can't do everything, like and I always

464
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Speaker 1: wanted to do everything. I wanted to do ice, skating, lacrosse, cheerleading.

465
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Speaker 1: I literally wanted to do everything. And I realized when

466
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Speaker 1: I do everything, I can't put my all into everything.

467
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Speaker 1: It's just physically not like it's impossible. So for me,

468
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Speaker 1: I like to do everything one hundred percent. And I

469
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Speaker 1: was like, I need to kind of narrow down what

470
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Speaker 1: it is I really want to do so I can

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Speaker 1: do it really well. And that's when I be a

472
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Speaker 1: little bit more specific about how it would fill my

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Speaker 1: time and what I would be doing. So there were

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Speaker 1: people who would reach out and say, oh, I'm starting this,

475
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Speaker 1: this and that, and I you know, I would have

476
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Speaker 1: conversations with every single one of them. But I trusted

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Speaker 1: my gut in what felt right and what really was

478
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Speaker 1: interesting to me. And it wasn't like a shiny new toy.

479
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Speaker 1: It was like, am I going to actually enjoy doing this?

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Speaker 1: And why not just Oh this is new? It could

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Speaker 1: be like the next big thing. So I think that's

482
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Speaker 1: kind of where what separated Peloton from all the other

483
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Speaker 1: opportunities that were kind of coming at the time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's so interesting, right, And you said that you

485
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Speaker 2: got that piece of advice from your mom. Yes, yeah, yes,

486
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Speaker 2: because it is exciting to like see the shiny new

487
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Speaker 2: thing and be like, let's jump out an was Peloton

488
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Speaker 2: not the shiny new thing?

489
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Speaker 1: Well it was, but there were other companies being like, hey,

490
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Speaker 1: we would love for you to be our master trainer

491
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Speaker 1: and this is going to be your salary. And it

492
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Speaker 1: all looks and sounds really great, but do you believe

493
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Speaker 1: in the product? Do you believe in what they're selling

494
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Speaker 1: or are you just jumping at the first thing that's

495
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Speaker 1: coming because it seems like it's going to be this big.

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Speaker 2: Thing, right, and you set a buzzword that I think

497
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Speaker 2: a lot of individuals who may be working in fitness

498
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Speaker 2: don't get to hear all the time, and that's the

499
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Speaker 2: word salary. Right. So you leave this extremely corporate job

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Speaker 2: and you start to take on different projects that may

501
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Speaker 2: not offer you that kind of security. So when something

502
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Speaker 2: like that comes your way that offers you security and

503
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Speaker 2: also empowers you to do something that you're really passionate about,

504
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Speaker 2: that must have been really exciting.

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Speaker 1: Yeah for sure, meaning Peloton or the.

506
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Speaker 2: Other ones, I mean whatever whoever says that.

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Speaker 1: To you, right, hundred percent and which is why again,

508
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Speaker 1: like I had to some of these places, and again

509
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Speaker 1: it was it was a great opportunity or it looked

510
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Speaker 1: really good on paper, but looking back, if I would

511
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Speaker 1: have taken that, it would have it wouldn't have.

512
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Speaker 2: Been good, right, you know, wouldn't have been the right move.

513
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Speaker 1: No, not the right one for me.

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Speaker 2: When do you sign on full time at Peloton.

515
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Speaker 1: Four and a half five years ago now.

516
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Speaker 2: And the pandemic started like two years after that? Yeah, okay,

517
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 2: so you had like a moment before the pandemic.

518
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,199
Speaker 1: Yeah, so we So I started on the tread so

519
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Speaker 1: we me I guess it was me and Rebecca Maddie.

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Speaker 2: Wow TBT and that Christopher Street studio.

521
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, us three, like in the basement of that studio,

522
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Speaker 1: you know, for all hours, you know, trying to figure

523
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Speaker 1: out what you know. You know, Rebecca was the one

524
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Speaker 1: who made all the programs and everything, but we were

525
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Speaker 1: all in it and spent so much time together. Uh.

526
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Speaker 1: And I think I was there for about eight months

527
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Speaker 1: before it launched, so we were kind of doing everything

528
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Speaker 1: behind the scenes, right. And then a year after that

529
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Speaker 1: is when I had a non compete at the old

530
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Speaker 1: cycling studios at so I started cycling a year.

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Speaker 2: After Got It. Got It. When you kind of stepped

532
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Speaker 2: onto the Peloton scene, what were your reactions like from

533
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Speaker 2: let's say, like the community obviously like a exposure in

534
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Speaker 2: a whole new way, Like first reactions, what were they?

535
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I knew that it was where fitness

536
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 1: was going for sure. I because the tread was new.

537
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Speaker 1: It was different because you had all of these all

538
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Speaker 1: of the people from the Peloton community showing up, but

539
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 1: they obviously didn't know who you were, so people taking

540
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Speaker 1: your class for the first time. I think one of

541
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Speaker 1: the main things I saw was how passionate the members

542
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Speaker 1: were and how much they wanted to be there, and

543
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Speaker 1: how they not only showed up for themselves but for

544
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Speaker 1: everybody else that was like a part of the community,

545
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Speaker 1: which I thought was super super cool. And then also

546
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Speaker 1: I remember one of my first experiences kind of before

547
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 1: you know, things changed, was I went to California with

548
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Speaker 1: Matt Woopers to a showroom and you know, people were

549
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Speaker 1: showing up. I was kind of standing with him and

550
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 1: no one really knew who I was, but everyone knew

551
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Speaker 1: who he was, and everyone was showing up with their

552
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Speaker 1: power zone graphs in literally Binders and like it was

553
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 1: like he was this superhuman and he is. Yeah, but

554
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,400
Speaker 1: like I was like, wow, like this is so crazy,

555
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,159
Speaker 1: like people, it almost it hit me kind of then

556
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,439
Speaker 1: I knew what we were doing, but I saw the

557
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Speaker 1: impact in person, and I was like, that's really cool.

558
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Speaker 2: Yeah, like wow, And now five years in, how does

559
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 2: that feel to you?

560
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Speaker 1: It feels surreal for sure. Like even if somebody sees

561
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Speaker 1: me on the street and says hello, I'm like what,

562
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Speaker 1: how how do you Like? It's still crazy, but it's

563
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Speaker 1: so amazing. Like I used to say, when people are like,

564
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Speaker 1: what do you want to do, I'd be like, I

565
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,960
Speaker 1: want to impact people in a positive way and make

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Speaker 1: them feel strong and confident, and I want to impact

567
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Speaker 1: as many people as possible. Like that's literally what I'm doing.

568
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Speaker 1: So it's crazy yeah to me still, and I'm like

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Speaker 1: I'm really grateful.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, as many people as possible. You know, when I

571
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Speaker 2: started the show, I think that I kind of had

572
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Speaker 2: that same mentality, and then I started to realize for

573
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Speaker 2: myself that I personally could be more effective if I

574
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Speaker 2: dialed in on my totally ish Like I knew that

575
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Speaker 2: if I didn't start speaking to young women or women

576
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Speaker 2: between like let's say like twenty and forty twenty thirty five,

577
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Speaker 2: that I couldn't be as powerful with my messaging.

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Speaker 1: Do you a really good point?

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Speaker 2: When you're like creating your classes, you're like you're teaching

580
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 2: the roadmap for your classes. Are you thinking about like

581
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 2: a certain level of athlete?

582
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Speaker 1: Totally? So that's a really good point, because yes, we

583
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 1: are reaching so many people. I mean, we have millions

584
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Speaker 1: of members now, but different members gravitate towards different people.

585
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Speaker 1: So that is one thing I don't try to do

586
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Speaker 1: is I know that there are going to be people

587
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Speaker 1: who don't want to take my class specifically, but there

588
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 1: are people who do. So I'm catering to the people

589
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: who want to show up early, who want to get

590
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Speaker 1: a hard workout in, who want to get out of

591
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,440
Speaker 1: their comfort zone, or people who want to be an athlete,

592
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Speaker 1: and like I want them to know that they are.

593
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Speaker 1: You may not know yet, but like we're going to

594
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Speaker 1: tap into that athlete together. So I think, yes, I

595
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: totally agree with you. You can And that's the thing.

596
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,199
Speaker 1: You can't be everything to everyone. Yeah, Like that's that

597
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 1: phrase again.

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00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,159
Speaker 2: That is challenging, right because you have to then get

599
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,920
Speaker 2: upfront with yourself about the things that excite and motivate

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Speaker 2: you totally.

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Speaker 1: And there's a level of boundaries which are so hard

602
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Speaker 1: and they're hard to put in place, they're hard to

603
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 1: keep stay true to. Yeah, but coming back to and

604
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Speaker 1: that's why I like to be like, Okay, what are

605
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: my core values? What excites me? What makes me? You

606
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 1: don't want to just be constantly drained and drained? And yeah,

607
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: because again then you're what good are you to yourself?

608
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: Even talk to me about boundaries? Yeah?

609
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 2: I mean, was there like a moment where you had

610
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,479
Speaker 2: to like really ask yourself what are my boundaries? When? Yeah?

611
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 2: Do you remember that?

612
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 1: Yeah? I think it's something I still need to ask myself.

613
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: And it comes about in different ways throughout different parts

614
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Speaker 1: of my life.

615
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 2: Yeah.

616
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Speaker 1: So a boundary that I may have had a few

617
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 1: years ago maybe different now and vice versa. And I

618
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,719
Speaker 1: think constantly checking in with yourself and being like is

619
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: this still serving me? Do I need to create a

620
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 1: new boundary? Maybe you know this is too harsh of

621
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Speaker 1: a boundary. Whatever it may be, Like, it's okay to

622
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: change it and to you know, shift that a little bit,

623
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,800
Speaker 1: like it's your life, it's your you are like fully

624
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: responsible for what you want to do in the boundaries

625
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 1: that you create.

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00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 2: Right, So, okay, an example here, you told me that

627
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Speaker 2: you like to go to sleep at the latest by nine,

628
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Speaker 2: if you're going to be up at four and going

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Speaker 2: to teach class. Give me an example of like a

630
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 2: boundary you set so that happens. Yeah.

631
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Speaker 1: So, I mean sometimes people are like, can we go

632
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Speaker 1: out to dinner this day? And I really want to

633
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Speaker 1: go and I want to see my friends. I'm like, no,

634
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 1: I need to put this boundary in place because I'm

635
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: not going to be able to function if I go.

636
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 1: So I'm so sorry, but I need, like to my friends.

637
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 1: I need you to understand because otherwise it's not good

638
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: for me for the rest of the week. Like right,

639
00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: let's make plans else elsewhere or if Dan, for instance,

640
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 1: wants to stay up and watch TV or do something else,

641
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 1: I need to set that boundary of like, okay, you

642
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 1: can do that, but like I'm gonna go to bed,

643
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 1: like please try not to wake me up. Yeah, and

644
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: following those you have to follow through otherwise there's no point, right,

645
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 1: you know.

646
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Speaker 2: For the person listening to this that wants to do

647
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:24,800
Speaker 2: that but feels like other people may think it's selfish.

648
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 2: What do you tell them?

649
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: I would say that the people who truly care about

650
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 1: you and have your best interests will one hundred percent

651
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 1: value that and support that. And again, if there are

652
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 1: people who are not, I don't it's hard to say

653
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 1: like person by person, but they probably don't have your

654
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: best interests at heart. Yeah.

655
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I feel like we all have to go

656
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Speaker 2: through a moment or a situation or an experience that

657
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Speaker 2: like teaches us the importance of upkeeping our boundaries right,

658
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 2: Like you have like one bad morning when you wake

659
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 2: up and you're like, I shouldn't have done that. And

660
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 2: it's like when you're young and you go to the

661
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 2: stove and you touch the stove and you learn that

662
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 2: it's hot and you're like, okay, I can't do that again.

663
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 2: The same thing happens with our boundaries one hundred percent.

664
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: And also the people in your life, they may be

665
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: a little bit like wait, what what's going on at first,

666
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 1: but again, if they have your best interest and they

667
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: love you and want what's best for you, they're going

668
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: to adapt to it as well, and they're going to

669
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 1: understand it.

670
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 2: We often hear that we are a summary of the

671
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 2: people that we spend the most time with. Tell me

672
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 2: what it is about your husband that made you know

673
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 2: that he was the person that you wanted to spend

674
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 2: the most time with. Yeah.

675
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: So, well, we met in COVID, so I had no choice,

676
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: and I'm just kidding. No, no, no, he is. We

677
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: are so different. But all of the things that like

678
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: I wish I possessed a little bit more, he has.

679
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: So he's so like chill and patient, and he's just

680
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: kind of like like anybody who's ever met him is

681
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: just like he's just easy, like you can throw into

682
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 1: anything and he'll adapt. Like he's so loving and just

683
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: he's just a really good nice person.

684
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, are you insinuating that you're not a really good, nice,

685
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 2: chill person.

686
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: I'm really crazy and I'm horrible.

687
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 2: No, I mean I am a.

688
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: Good person, for sure. It's more so like the way

689
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: I don't know, he just makes me think about that,

690
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: Like I'm kind of like go go, go, go out,

691
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: like whatever, yes, and he's like, let's sit down for

692
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 1: a second and like think about it.

693
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 2: Yeah.

694
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: That's kind of where he balances me out a little bit.

695
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: And then there's also like there's times where I just

696
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,239
Speaker 1: may be in my own feelings and not want to

697
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: do anything, and it's not necessarily a boundary. So there's

698
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 1: no reason why I'm just sitting in bed on a

699
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: Friday night and he's like, come on, let's let's go

700
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: do something like it could be going down the street.

701
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: But it makes me feel so much better than I

702
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 1: would have if I was just.

703
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 2: You mentioned COVID the sea word. Talk to me about

704
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 2: how your mental state was during let's say, like the

705
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 2: brunt of the pandemic.

706
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 1: My mental state was. It was confusing, for sure, because

707
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: I was teaching from home and we weren't living together yet,

708
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,959
Speaker 1: so I had an entire like studio set up in

709
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: my apartment. So I just felt I was, like what,

710
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: I was very confused. I was also nervous and anxious.

711
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: My dad he's okay now, but he has had lymphoma,

712
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: So I was just very anxious about that all the time,

713
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: and like I didn't want to go see them because

714
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: I didn't want to compromise the fact that I, you know,

715
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 1: it was just it was a very uncertain time and

716
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 1: it was scary, Like I think I was definitely, you know,

717
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: there were days where I didn wouldn't see people for

718
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: so were you know, weeks, and I was, you know,

719
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 1: it was definitely feeling it for sure.

720
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 2: Yeah. It's so interesting because you're from New York, right, Yeah,

721
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 2: so being so close to our parents my parents are

722
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 2: in Connecticut, and yet being so far removed. I remember

723
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 2: my dad came once and we weren't allowed to hug,

724
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 2: and we stood like six feet apart the entire time,

725
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 2: and he brought me like things from Costco as dads too.

726
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: Totally totally. It was so yeah, like we would go

727
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 1: drive by and like wave in the window. It's like, okay,

728
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 1: you know, it was just it was it was strange.

729
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 2: Do you believe that the pandemic was good for you?

730
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,439
Speaker 1: I do think it was good for us. I think

731
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: I was at a point in my life where I

732
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: was for the first time, I was really figuring out

733
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: what it was like to be on my own, and

734
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: I was well into it. So it wasn't like, you know,

735
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: I jumped right back into a relationship, but I was

736
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 1: finally happy being by myself. And I don't know if

737
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: it would have moved as quick or you know, if

738
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: the pandemic didn't happen. So I think that it wouldn't

739
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: have moved as quick, and it definitely, you know, deep

740
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: into our connection in terms of like we were the

741
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 1: only people that we would see.

742
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 2: So it's so great. It feels like forever ago, but

743
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 2: also it wasn't forever ago.

744
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,440
Speaker 1: I know, and it feels like things are like completely

745
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,240
Speaker 1: back to how they were before.

746
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,360
Speaker 2: Like it's like nothing ever happened, I know, except you

747
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 2: walk out on the street and you still see the

748
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 2: masks and you're like, nope, yeah, still here's something still out.

749
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: For sure.

750
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 2: You did just touch on the fact that your father

751
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,839
Speaker 2: had been sick. When you're navigating something that you're not

752
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 2: talking about on camera, how does that impact how you

753
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 2: show up on camera.

754
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's also something that's kind of changed throughout the years.

755
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: I think I used to try to just like completely

756
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: shut it off and like the camera would go on

757
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: and like none of that existed, right, and then the

758
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 1: camera would go off and it existed again. I think

759
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: that's kind of how I used to do it, and

760
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: I don't know how healthy that really was.

761
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,280
Speaker 2: For myself totally.

762
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: Now that being said, I'm not going on camera crying

763
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: and telling everybody, you know, because that's not you know,

764
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,839
Speaker 1: my job is to uplift people and motivate people. But

765
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,280
Speaker 1: if I'm showing up in a way that's like, that's honest,

766
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 1: and I'm like, all right, I'm not feeling great today,

767
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: but we're here together and we're going to do it.

768
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: There is something about that honesty and that vulnerability that

769
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: you know other people are dealing with things too, and

770
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: it makes other people feel not as alone in yourself.

771
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think that there's a really beautiful thing

772
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 2: about that vulnerability, but it can be challenging as someone

773
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,919
Speaker 2: who is a public facing person to like let them

774
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 2: in a little and then still feel like you're really

775
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 2: not showing up as your full self.

776
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,439
Speaker 1: Yes, it is probably the most challenging thing I find

777
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: about the job, to be honest.

778
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 2: Interesting.

779
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, for sure, I think not knowing like giving

780
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 1: a little and then I'm like, oh, maybe I shouldn't

781
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: like and again you want to open up. But then

782
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,800
Speaker 1: the more you open up, the more you're opening yourself

783
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: up to that you know, everything else that comes with it.

784
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, talk to me about that, everything else that comes

785
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,239
Speaker 2: with it, what comes with it?

786
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you know, there are so many amazing people, truly,

787
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,879
Speaker 1: but there's always going to be people who also want

788
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: to just bring you down, and that could be you know.

789
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: Another thing that I learned was the way people treat

790
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: other people as a really big reflection of how they

791
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: feel about themselves and how they treat themselves. So that's

792
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 1: something that's helped me. But yeah, you get the negative

793
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 1: people who want to say something mean, just to say

794
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: something to me and just to hurt you. And again

795
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: it's that is noise. But there are things sometimes that

796
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: make you a question like, oh wait, did you know?

797
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 2: And that's a.

798
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: Struggle that you know, or learning process, a learn in progress, yeah,

799
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: a learning right learn.

800
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 2: We are really on a roll, a work in.

801
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 1: Progress progress, thank you. Oh my god.

802
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,919
Speaker 2: This is like wheel of fortune literally live, nearly live

803
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 2: wheel of fortune today, constant work in progress. But all

804
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:32,359
Speaker 2: of us are right. But I think the thing is

805
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,760
Speaker 2: is that, especially with what you do, individuals and the members,

806
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 2: by no fault of their own, but they tend to

807
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,479
Speaker 2: put all of you on this pedestal, right, and it's

808
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 2: as though you feel as though and I'm not trying

809
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 2: to put words in your mouth, but just from the

810
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 2: conversations that I've had with so many of the other instructors,

811
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 2: it's like you feel as though you're not supposed to

812
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 2: have any flaws, like you're not supposed to mess up, Like,

813
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 2: oh I am like that everyone's following me like I

814
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 2: can't mess this up, and it's like that wouldn't be

815
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 2: realistic totally.

816
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, which is again like I've learned that that no

817
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,280
Speaker 1: one wants, like it's not good to be like robotic

818
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,800
Speaker 1: any Like people want to feel like there's a connection

819
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,919
Speaker 1: between you two, and how to feel a connection is like, oh,

820
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: we're both feeling the same way or going We're both

821
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: you know, going through the same thing but in different ways.

822
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 1: You know.

823
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,919
Speaker 2: What would you say is the part of your job

824
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 2: that you like the most. We've talked about like the

825
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 2: most challenging part of your job, But what do you

826
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 2: like the most?

827
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 1: I really love teaching, So like when the camera goes

828
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: on and I'm teaching, like and anything that happened before,

829
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: I'm kind of like whatever, Like it could be like

830
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 1: I was, you know, my car was laid or whatever.

831
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 1: Like I really enjoy it and like I feel so

832
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: good during and after. It's just something I love to do.

833
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. Do you block out a little bit when you're teaching?

834
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: Yes?

835
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, for.

836
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: Sure, And sometimes I'll say things like what what did

837
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: I just say? Or like how did I like this

838
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 1: Wheel of fourteen?

839
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 2: You know what I mean?

840
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: Like it could be yeah, but I do. And one

841
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: of my favorite things is like meeting actually meeting members

842
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 1: in real life and them telling you, like I ran

843
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,879
Speaker 1: a marathon and listen to the like things that are

844
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: you know, life changing moments that I get to be

845
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 1: a part of that I have no idea about, and

846
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,399
Speaker 1: then they tell me it's really cool.

847
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 2: What is exciting you the most? About what's to come?

848
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: What's exciting me the most? I would say I am

849
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: at a point where I am kind of looking to

850
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: my next like evolution of me and who I am

851
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 1: as an instructor and you know, marinating the two of them.

852
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: So I feel like I'm excited about, you know, the

853
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: new me that I can bring, not new me, but

854
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 1: like what else can I How can I like level

855
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: up to show everybody else like look like I can

856
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,479
Speaker 1: do that too sort of thing, and you know, bring

857
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 1: new things to the table and just keep people interested

858
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 1: in keep people wanting to show up for themselves.

859
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, So when you say level up, what does that

860
00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:58,279
Speaker 2: look like?

861
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 1: So I think for me, it's not about like a

862
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:06,960
Speaker 1: physical it's more about being able to be more of

863
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 1: myself because it's so funny, like people who really know

864
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 1: me are like, oh my God, like, yes, that's you,

865
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: and like it's not like I'm put but it's the

866
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 1: serious me. And then there's like this whole other part

867
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 1: of me that like no one else knows because I

868
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: don't know, Like I'm just not really like my goofy,

869
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 1: funny self when I'm on there because I'm so focused.

870
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 1: But I feel like there are ways to kind of

871
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 1: incorporate a little bit more of me into it so

872
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: that people can get to know me a little more.

873
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 2: I think that that is It's so funny, right because

874
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,280
Speaker 2: you you're five years into this journey, but you're still

875
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:41,720
Speaker 2: figuring out how to like be your most authentic self.

876
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:46,319
Speaker 2: And that is a testament, I believe, of how much

877
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 2: you care about the product that you're creating totally and

878
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 2: it's beautiful, You're welcome Aside from work, What else are

879
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 2: you excited about right now?

880
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: I am excited about So I'm actually coming out with

881
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 1: a Puma collection, like a collection, which I'm really excited

882
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 1: about because fashion is a huge, huge, passion of mine.

883
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 1: I love it and I get to kind of I

884
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,360
Speaker 1: do get to, you know, bring the two together and

885
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: deliver something that I'm hoping people are going to really like,

886
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 1: so that I'm very excited about. And my honeymoon, which

887
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 1: I'm amped. It's like a year overdue, but I'm so

888
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: excited to you know, just get in the sun and

889
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: kind of chill.

890
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, your followers and like the

891
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 2: Peloton members really got to see how excited you were

892
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 2: about fashion during your whole wedding process. Does it feel

893
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 2: like you still have the opportunity to express yourself like

894
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 2: you did back then.

895
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: Yes, for sure. Obviously the wedding was like I could

896
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: do the most with it the most, but I still

897
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, we're always doing things and we

898
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 1: have events to go to, and I get to express

899
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: it in different ways. So maybe it's not a wedding dress,

900
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,879
Speaker 1: but it could be even on camera. Like I love

901
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: to change up my looks. I love to make it interesting.

902
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 1: Like I feel like when I feel good in what

903
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 1: I'm wearing, it just makes me kind of like show

904
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: up better.

905
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, are you working with a stylist currently?

906
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 1: No?

907
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,919
Speaker 2: Okay, currently no, This whole week.

908
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: I have things coming up and like they are requiring

909
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 1: specific looks, and I'm like, oh my god, what am

910
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: I gonna do? What am I gonna wear it?

911
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,800
Speaker 2: If you had to describe your sense of personal style,

912
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,239
Speaker 2: like what words would you use?

913
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: I think it's kind of like casual, tomboy.

914
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 2: Chic, oh love the sheeic thrown in there, you know

915
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 2: what I mean?

916
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: Like yeah, because it's like yeah, I think I think

917
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: that's what it would because it's very like street stylely,

918
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: but like then sometimes it can be elevated or like

919
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: tomboy elevated.

920
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 2: Kind of for someone who's trying to home in on theirs,

921
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 2: what advice do you have for them?

922
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: I think wearing what makes you feel good, So like colors,

923
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 1: like I know everyone's talking about like the color palette,

924
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: but like if color Palett's telling you to wear hot

925
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: pink and you don't like it and you don't feel

926
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,880
Speaker 1: good in it, like don't wear it. Yeah, kind of

927
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 1: channeling in on something that makes you feel good and

928
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,240
Speaker 1: then like adding to it from there. And I also

929
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: don't think there's anything wrong with like if I find

930
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 1: a pair of ants that fit me really well, like

931
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 1: I'm getting every color. Yeah, literally every color, and yeah,

932
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: like that's a wardrobe, Like find your staples and then

933
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 1: you can build from those staples.

934
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,840
Speaker 2: Love that, But great advice here, great advice. Speaking of advice,

935
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Speaker 2: we've talked about some highs and lows from the last

936
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Speaker 2: few years from you. During one of the lows, what

937
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 2: would you say as some of the best advice that

938
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 2: you or offered that helped you get over that hurdle.

939
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 1: I think something that resonates with me still that was

940
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 1: a really solid piece of advice was actually from a

941
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 1: friend of mine, and she said, you got to take

942
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 1: full responsibility for your life. And to me, that resonated

943
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 1: in every sense. So like it could be taking responsibility

944
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 1: for how I'm feeling for you know, changes that I

945
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 1: want to make for actions that I've done. So it

946
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,400
Speaker 1: could be owning up to something and be like, you

947
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 1: know what that was wrong of me, I'm sorry, But

948
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: it could also be like, Okay, what you're feeling right

949
00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 1: now is valid, so let's change it up, let's change

950
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,959
Speaker 1: the direction. And I think that is something that still

951
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: resonates with me because I'm the one in control. Like

952
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: the actions you take create the life you're living. Take

953
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 1: a hold of it and it's yours. So you could

954
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: choose to be miserable and negative, and that's going to

955
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: create the life, this kind of negative life, right, Well,

956
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:22,400
Speaker 1: you choose to be positive, and that is going to

957
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: be a ripple effect of you know what happens.

958
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I feel like I've said this analogy

959
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 2: on the show, But it's like choosing to be a

960
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 2: positive or an optimistic versus a pessimistic person. And it's

961
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 2: like as simple as walking out your door and noticing

962
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 2: what you see on the street. You either notice like

963
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,440
Speaker 2: this puddle of dirty water because you're a pessimist, or

964
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 2: you notice like the cute elderly couple crossing the street.

965
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 1: Together one hundred percent. And I think I have to

966
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 1: check myself too sometimes because I can be one, I

967
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,400
Speaker 1: could be both of those. But being like, you're responsible

968
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,360
Speaker 1: for your life. When I tell myself that and I

969
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 1: instead of going along with that negative thought and continuing

970
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 1: that for the rest of the day, that makes me

971
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 1: switch and pivot and then I'm you know, looking for

972
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:01,320
Speaker 1: the positive.

973
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,840
Speaker 2: When you feel like you're in a pattern of seeing

974
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,879
Speaker 2: only the negatives, what can you do to shake that up?

975
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: It could be literally sitting down and taking a couple

976
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 1: of deep breaths and being like getting yourself together. It

977
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,600
Speaker 1: could be meditating, like sometimes I'll throw on one of

978
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,400
Speaker 1: our meditations five minutes and I feel like I genuinely

979
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 1: feel like a brand new human being. And you know,

980
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 1: I think a lot of it with me is self

981
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: talk and just being like why are you what's going

982
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: on here? Why are you feeling this way? Why are

983
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,799
Speaker 1: you being negative? And figuring it out? You know, maybe

984
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: it's something deeper, let's look into it, you know.

985
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 2: Yeah. Thing, I've definitely been in some patterns as of

986
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:38,359
Speaker 2: lately that I'll say these things to myself that we're

987
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 2: talking talking about, right, Like, I'll say, you're in control.

988
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 2: Today's the first day you can take ownership of this.

989
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:48,279
Speaker 2: But then I still find myself in this like not

990
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 2: so positive loop. Have you ever been in something like that?

991
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 1: Totally? Yes.

992
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,359
Speaker 2: And the only way that I know how to get

993
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 2: out of it that has worked for me in the

994
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 2: past and is literally what I'm doing right now is

995
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 2: like being okay asking for help from friends.

996
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:07,839
Speaker 1: Absolutely, And I think that's what that's the difference there

997
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:09,680
Speaker 1: is like maybe you do need help, and it's not

998
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,919
Speaker 1: about you're not being negative. You just need help with something, yeah,

999
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 1: And that's okay, yeah, ask for help. Totally figuring out

1000
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: the difference between Okay, I'm being negative or I actually

1001
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 1: need help with something, you know.

1002
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 2: And I think it's so easy not to want to

1003
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 2: ask for help always, right, Like we want to do

1004
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,319
Speaker 2: everything on our own, yes, And oh my god, I

1005
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 2: have to like be better about being like hey, yeah.

1006
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 1: And once you do it, you're like, oh, I'm really

1007
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,839
Speaker 1: glad I did that. That was like so beneficial and

1008
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: I'm you know y, but the act of doing it.

1009
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 2: Oh so hard. I have never regretted being like, hey,

1010
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 2: this thing's really important to me and I could really

1011
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,399
Speaker 2: use you to back me up on this one percent.

1012
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 2: But that was like something that took years for me

1013
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 2: to like get over. Definitely like a childhood thing, like

1014
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 2: I can handle this on my own. I don't need anybody.

1015
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 2: I mean saying, someone goes to your Instagram page, they

1016
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 2: see this like Peppi Peloton instructor with over like something

1017
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 2: like five hundred thousand followers. When you look in the mirror,

1018
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 2: what is it that you see looking back at you.

1019
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: That's a question.

1020
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 2: I'm already sweating.

1021
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:10,319
Speaker 1: I know, what do I see looking back at me?

1022
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 1: I see I'm not good at complimenting myself or any

1023
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: like all of that stuff which I am working on.

1024
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 1: But I think, yeah, when I look at myself, I

1025
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:22,399
Speaker 1: see a normal person. I don't see you know, yeah,

1026
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,319
Speaker 1: I see myself as just a normal person living in

1027
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: New York, working my ass off, doing it, doing the thing.

1028
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 2: What are you proud of that you see?

1029
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,799
Speaker 1: I'm proud that I have. This is also something that

1030
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 1: I feel like I've been more aware of that I am,

1031
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 1: and it is making me appreciate my body. That I

1032
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 1: have a body that is capable of doing things and

1033
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 1: able to move and able to like that is something

1034
00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 1: that motivates me more than anything. So I think acknowledging

1035
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,560
Speaker 1: that and having an appreciation for my body that's not like,

1036
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: it's not all about looks. It's not. It's really barely

1037
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,439
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's like not even a fraction of it. So, yeah,

1038
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: just appreciating what I'm capable of doing physically and that

1039
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: I'm able to do it.

1040
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,839
Speaker 2: What would you say is one of the qualities about

1041
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 2: yourself that you love the most?

1042
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:14,400
Speaker 1: I love my sense of humor, Like when I'm around

1043
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 1: people who get my humor and we're you know, we're

1044
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 1: kind of going at it. I love that, Like I'm

1045
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: just happiest when I'm laughing. Yeah, so yeah, I think

1046
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:23,759
Speaker 1: it'd have to be that.

1047
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:25,960
Speaker 2: Right now, you have an opportunity to offer yourself a

1048
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 2: piece of advice back when you were in the transition

1049
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 2: from corporate America to what you're doing now, knowing what

1050
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:38,560
Speaker 2: you know now, what would you tell yourself?

1051
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,000
Speaker 1: I think it would have to be the you can't

1052
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: be everything to everyone piece of advice, because back then

1053
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: I would have been, like, I want everyone to like me,

1054
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: Why doesn't this person like like? It would have been

1055
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 1: more focused on wanting to be like everything to everybody,

1056
00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: And I think knowing that back then may have made

1057
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 1: the try transition a little bit easier and may have

1058
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:07,640
Speaker 1: allowed me to be more authentic, not that I was inauthentic,

1059
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:11,720
Speaker 1: which is less robotic, more of me and quicker.

1060
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, quicker Yeah. Would you have told yourself that?

1061
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:15,359
Speaker 1: Though?

1062
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 2: Looking back?

1063
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:17,719
Speaker 1: I don't think I would though, because I feel like

1064
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 1: it's a lesson that I learned and I'm still learning

1065
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:23,680
Speaker 1: and it's allowing me to kind of evolve from who

1066
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 1: I was to who I am now and who I'm

1067
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 1: going to be. You know, what's the fun if it

1068
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:29,319
Speaker 1: just all happens at once?

1069
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what's the fun of it. Yeah. I'm

1070
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:33,440
Speaker 2: so happy that we were able to do this, me too.

1071
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:35,360
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for coming in. For the hurdlers

1072
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 2: that don't follow along with you just yet, how do

1073
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:39,400
Speaker 2: they keep up with you? Give us all your details.

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00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:42,360
Speaker 1: You can follow me on at Olivia Moato on Instagram

1075
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,279
Speaker 1: and Twitter.

1076
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 2: As well, and Twitter and talk and TikTok. I'm over

1077
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 2: at Emily Body and at Hurdle Podcast Another Hurdle Conquered.

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Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.