WEBVTT - From Peloton to Prime Time w/ Tunde Oyeneyin 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:02.360 Calling all my sweeties to the forefront. 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:04.720 I'm your host, CHRISTOPHINEE. 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:07.120 Hazen and this is the Keep It Positive Swedish Show. 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:12.520 Welcome to the Keep It Positive Sweetish Show, a space 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:16.400 where we slow down, reflect and grow through honest conversation. 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:22.640 Today's episode features a powerhouse author, athlete, and now leading actress. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.760 I'm so excited to be sitting down with my sister, 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:31.040 Toonday o Yinayan Tonday is a New York Times bestselling author, 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:36.599 peloton instructor, global Nike athlete, motivational voice, and now a 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:40.519 series regular on Tyler Perry's Sisters. Known for leading with 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:44.279 intention in what she calls soul care, Tunday has inspired 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.480 millions through movement, and now she's bringing that same death 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:51.560 and authenticity into storytelling on screen, stepping into the role 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:57.040 of Madison Trud, a confident entrepreneur navigating ambition, identity, and connection. 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:02.120 She represents a woman learning to balance with vulnerability beyond 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:05.040 the titles and accolades. What sends out most about toun Day, 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.080 it's her commitment to growth, not just as an athlete 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.800 or an actress, but as a woman who continues to 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:15.240 show with the honesty and purpose today's conversation isn't just 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:18.640 about a new role. It's about preparation, courage, and what 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:22.600 it feels like to be seen while still becoming kids. Family, 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:28.400 please give a very warm welcome to my sister Tonday Tunday. 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.000 First of all, radiating, I'm just trying to keep up 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:31.560 with you, honey. 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:32.880 As soon as you walk through the door, I was. 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:34.640 Like, I'm just trying to keep up with you. 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:36.880 Look stunning. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:38.640 I were white because I thought you were gonna wear white. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.200 You know, because women, we have the plan and that 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.280 we deviate the plan based on how we feel. In 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:43.800 that morning. 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.360 Absolutely, I was going through and I was like, should 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:46.959 I wear this? Norman? 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:49.160 Switch this up? I was like, just keep it how 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:49.560 I was. 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:51.720 So we went with what we how we scheduled it. 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:55.279 But you look beautiful. Yes, thank you. How are you feeling? 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:57.240 I feel blessed. I'm super excited to be here. I 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:58.600 woke up this morning was like, I get to talk 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:02.680 to christ our story is it's I think it's just 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.320 it's crazy how we are here, and I'm sure we'll 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.120 get into it, but it's just a crazy story of 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:09.840 meeting and then now being in this moment. 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:12.959 For sure, now We're definitely gonna get into that because 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:15.240 I want people to know how we met and all 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:17.200 the good things. But before we get started, I want 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.800 to do a quick, rapid fire little game with you, 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.079 you know, just a little icebreaker. 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:24.560 I love a game perfect all right. 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:30.000 So I want to know ride playlist or silence to reset. 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:34.040 Ride playlist or silence to reset. 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:34.600 Yeah. 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:39.360 Oh god, that's so difficult because it depends on what 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:44.000 I what energy I'm trying to call it. I love silent, yeah, 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.040 but this more. I have a pop ride next week, 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.560 and this morning I got ready listening to that pop playlist. 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:53.480 So part of it is resetting, but then it's not 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:55.520 truly resetting because it's also me kind of doing work 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:57.080 because I'm like, let me make sure this flow right. 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.640 So it's kind of to. 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:00.400 Yeah, love that. 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:03.640 A cardio day or strength day. We just talked about 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:04.480 working out. 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:09.560 I would rather lift over, yes, but I love a 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:10.840 good run saying yes. 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:15.800 Peloton Live Ride nerves or filming a scene nerves, Oh. 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:17.960 Pelton Live Ride nerves any day, there's not I'm not 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:21.839 nervous when I'm when I'm teaching Peloton, I'm excited. Yeah, 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.600 And when I'm filming I'm excited, but it's also a 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:26.840 nerve of just like making sure I'm doing my due 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.919 diligence and showing up for the person that the entire 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.240 production crew exactly, so it's not just me in that moment. 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:35.560 That's yeah, big difference. Glam on set or ath leisure 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:36.240 off camera? 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:43.720 Glam on set or at leisure off camera? Can I 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.040 do both? Can I be an athleisure? 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:45.440 You can? 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:49.000 My face beat period? Yeah, that's my core. 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:52.760 Can What is a song that instantly shifts your mood? 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:59.640 There's a song it's by Georgia Smith and it's called 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:00.600 Final m. 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:01.920 I love that. 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:07.280 That's no you this must okay, put me on you must. 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:08.920 Because I love her? Yeah, got it? 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.160 And then the last one is one affirmation you whispered 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:13.680 to yourself before a big moment. 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:16.159 My mother used to always say a prayer over me 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.680 when I was a little girl. She would always say, 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:20.760 may whatever ya tune day say be the right thing 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:22.880 to say. Yeah, and whatever your tune day say, be 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.800 the right thing to say. And what that prayer did 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:26.800 for me was when I would walk into a room 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:30.040 or into a space, I would know that nothing that 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.000 I was going to do was going to be wrong. 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:36.120 Even if what I did was technically wrong, it would 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:39.880 actually be right because in some way that wrong would 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:44.279 prove itself right later. And so before I have, before 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:47.239 I go on stage, or before any really really big moment, 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:49.280 I always say, may whatever I say be the right 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:49.799 thing to say. 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:51.680 I love that. I love that. 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.200 That is mains all right. So we are warmed of First, 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.239 I talk about how we met. So I remember kJ 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.279 and I used to ride to you. This is which 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:01.440 is crazy twenty twenty during COVID. 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:03.200 kJ was living in Los Angeles. 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.240 I was in Atlanta, and we would do the you 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:07.880 know how you can like FaceTime on the screen. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:09.960 Yes, so we would FaceTime each other. We lock in it. 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:11.760 How many did y'all use that feature? Not many people 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:12.039 use it? 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.600 Yes, I love it and angibience and I would do 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.440 the same thing. She's on sister's well place, Pam. She 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:19.239 and I would do the same thing. But we would 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.880 ride to you when we were trying to just stay 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:22.760 in shape because I gainst. 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.479 So I gave the COVID twenty pounds. 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:27.760 Yeah, okay, I think mine was a COVID fifteen. Yeah, 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:29.560 it was, you know, it was. It was a time. 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.720 It was a time where I was wearing sweatpants every day, 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.479 and when it actually we could actually leave the house, 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.920 I was like, oh, and put some clothes on. Can't 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.520 put any clothes on because I can't fit. 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.280 Down Listen, didn't need to put any clothes on them. Yes, 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.680 and that's why nobody knows they were included, know exactly. 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:44.520 So I went and got me a pelow Time. 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:46.960 Everyone's like Pelot Time was all the rave and it 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.960 was you and Ali love that really just like you 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:51.640 just grabbed me and I was like, I like these 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.160 two girls and you inspired me. And the way you 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.560 talk to us through through the screen, I was like, man, 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:58.880 I just feel like I knew you and I really 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.000 drew to you. But then we met through our friend 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:03.360 Alyx Tuson, who's also on Fill. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:05.360 The time we were at a cookout. 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.840 And that's not when we met wed a woman Eva. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:13.359 We met the woman in power Woman, strength of a woman. 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:16.440 You. 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:18.800 And it's so funny because my manager Kim is here 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:21.599 and we were joking about this last night because you 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:30.119 walked past me with such a regal radiance. You smelled good, 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:34.279 your skin was beaming. The outfit was like like little 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.160 did I know like that was just that was you, 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.080 just like, you know, barely doing your thing right because 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.160 I didn't know you at that time, but you just 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.320 you were. You didn't even walk past me, you floated 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.599 past me. And I grabbed your hand and you grabbed 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:48.920 my hand back, and it was just the natural things 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.320 that black women do. We just did our thing where 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:55.640 we were boach, just praising and showering flowers over each other. 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:59.080 And so that's where we met when it was that 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:00.480 was the moment because that was we were just talking 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:01.080 about the outfit. 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:04.120 I didn't runze. That was the moment. That was the moment. 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:08.000 And then we met again, yes at the cookout, Yes, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.280 and thatsn't really connected. And then I got a call 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:13.720 saying we're going to do a table reading, a chemistry 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.440 read with Tune Day for this character of Madison is 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:16.800 coming on. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:18.240 Sisters. I was like, oh, I know. 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.160 One tune Day. I was like to day tune Day 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:22.760 and they were like yes. I was like, oh my goodness. 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.400 I couldn't say anything. And then finally when I saw 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:26.760 you on the screen, I was like, finally I can 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.600 text her and say, oh my gosh. 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.680 And I have to say this because that meant so 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.880 much to me in that moment because I get the 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:39.520 audition and then I get the callback and they tell 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:41.720 me that it's going to be with you and Devo, 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:47.000 and one, I was so nervous, and two I was 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:49.080 also just so excited for the callback. But I was 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:50.760 just nervous to be like, I was like, can I 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.040 do my callback with somebody that's less intimidating than the 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.360 stars of the show, like give me the you know, 0:07:57.480 --> 0:08:00.120 the person who opens the door? I don't know, but 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:04.320 extra And so I was nervous to go into that scene. 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:08.840 But when I saw that beam of a smile and 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.440 the support that I felt through the zoom, like I 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:14.240 just felt wrapped in love. And I felt so safe 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.360 in that audition. And I remember you text me or 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.000 when you called me after, and I was like, God, 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:21.840 it's so good. So it just felt. Yes, it was 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:23.440 so supportive, and I thank you so much for that moment. 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.080 Absolutely, take me back to the moment you got the audition, 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.960 you put it on tape, you get the callback. Was 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.560 this something that you always wanted to do? Like or 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.200 that she was like, I'm going to get this. How 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:34.480 did you go into this moment? 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.360 Oh, gosh. There's two parts of that question, like how 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.240 did I feel with the callbacks? And then did I 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:42.080 always see this for myself? I mean I was excited. 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:42.360 I was. 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:44.840 I was excited for the callback. I was nervous for 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:48.720 the callback. I was in disbelief for the callback, and 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.280 it kind of I took myself back to my mother's 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:54.080 prayer made whatever I say be the right thing to say, 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.280 and I just reminded myself that they liked something that 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.440 they saw the first time. Definitely, now I need to 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.880 go in there and just claim it as mine. Do 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.520 the same thing again. I kept just telling myself, do 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:08.120 the stage, do the same thing again. I will never forget. 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.400 I just left my acting coach's place. Whenever I got 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:13.959 the call that I booked the gig, my manager called me. 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.600 And anytime my manager, whenever there's an agent, she says, 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:20.160 can I three way in s her ex agent's name, 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.880 and it's always good news, good news, goodness. I'm bad. 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.480 So she said, can I can I plug Fatmata in? 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.199 And I was like, oh my god. I remember I 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.040 was standing in the CBS, and I remember I was 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.680 taking mental snapshots in that moment because I knew that 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.440 what was coming next was about to change my life. 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:39.480 So it was like snapshotting. I remember the lady that 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.600 at the register. I remember everything in that moment. Is 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.559 this something that I saw for myself. I can't say 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.520 that I did. But Chris, So, I don't know if 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:54.480 there's any I don't know if there's all all the 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.319 blessings that are in my life right now, everything that 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.280 is present in real time right now, I don't know 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.000 if I saw any of this. I knew that I 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:09.160 was capable of doing great things with my life, but 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.680 did I know that this is how the story would unfolded. 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:13.920 I know that these would be parts of it. 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:14.480 No. 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.480 I think that my greatest gift is that I moving trust, 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:27.319 even when I don't believe. I Trustah, I trust. I 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:29.880 would I do a monthly newsletter. I'm shure this with 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:35.600 you before, but I write it monthly newsletter. And I 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.280 just kind of happened to go back to old newsletters. 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.240 I was trying to find something and I stumbled across 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:45.080 my May twenty twenty three newsletter. And in that newsletter 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:49.560 I had talked about I had just booked a small 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:53.560 part on a show. It was just like I shot 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:55.520 for like two days. It was it and it was 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:59.160 amazing and I had the greatest experience. And in the newsletter, 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.920 I said, I'm good to start beefing up my time 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:05.240 with my acting coach, like this is something I really 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:08.040 want to just put my feet in and see what happened. 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:13.960 And it was. That was May of twenty twenty three, 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.880 May of twenty twenty five, So exactly two years later, 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:24.360 I was on set shooting Season ten assistans. Wow, And 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:29.720 so it's just like, did I see this exactly No, 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.080 not maybe not for a grand amount of time, but 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.280 a few years ago I said, I'm going to try 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:46.000 and I've put in trust. I don't even know if 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.560 that makes sense. I like put trust in Like I 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.720 just I've put in trust into myself. This is something 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:52.600 that I can try to do. 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.360 Yes, and you're doing it. You are doing it. 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:58.760 You talked about ten seasons, ten seasons, coming into a 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.040 show that has been on spills a legacy of it's 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:04.160 on it. What did it feel like stepping into that 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.640 and where you're like, oh my goodness, like this is 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:08.959 something that I'm stepping in that's huge, And how did 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:10.240 you walk into that space? 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:16.080 Well, first and foremost I think you and the other 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:20.520 for women, and all the actors on the show, the 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:27.200 entire ensemble for creating legacy for me to easily be 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.280 able to step into and walk aside alongside with you. 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:34.720 So thank you. Yes, I think for any show to 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:38.160 be in its tenth season is profound, any show, much 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:42.839 less a show that is telling black stories, female stories, 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:49.120 and so it really is a monumental moment in time. 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:51.679 I think kJ said this yesterday when you know, we 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.240 were sitting down, we were in an interview, and she said, like, 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:58.760 thank you, like person interviewing us, thank you for continuing 0:12:58.840 --> 0:12:59.959 to be interesting. 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:02.600 Calling us to say we want to talk to you fans. 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:07.920 Thank you for continuing to be interested. I'm just so lucky, 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:13.040 lucky that I that I get to join the legacy 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:13.840 that is already in motion. 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:14.920 Yeah, I love that. 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:18.360 Now you have transformed bodies, millions of bodies from the 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.800 bike and from your workouts on Peloton. What did it 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:25.440 feel like to transform into a different space publicly of 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:26.199 your own? 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:31.040 What did it feel like to transform into a different 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:37.000 space publicly on my own? I think I'm in transition now, 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:43.640 but I think that I've also become familiar with with 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:49.400 pivoting publicly, Yeah, between the pivot, like I'm a public pivot. 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:53.400 I started in the cosmetic world and move from Texas 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.120 to LA to pursue my dream of becoming a makeup artist. Yes, 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:57.920 I was in that world for sixteen years. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:02.440 Honey, it comes. 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.600 In handy so much like not having to pay for 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:12.400 a glam is really Listen, I uh, yeah, So I 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.320 was in the makeup world for sixteen years. I loved 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:17.640 that world. I loved that job. I loved what I 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:23.400 what I did until I didn't. I often say, I, 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:25.480 you know, I was in the cosmetic world. I was 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.280 an educator, So I was a trainer. I would fly 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.160 around the country trying to make up artist on everything 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:33.200 from their artistry skills into how to teach and talk 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.440 about a product and also how to sell it. And 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:39.160 so there were so many people that would have, you know, 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:42.360 literally push, shoved and killed to have taken my position. 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:44.840 Absolutely, I fought for that. 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:48.440 Position, and I We'll never forget the day I was 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.720 on my break at work. I took a very long 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.480 break in the restroom. Never go to the restroom, you 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:55.520 sit on the stall doing nothing. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.120 I've done that, listen, just to escape, just to get away. 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:00.760 That's where I was. I went to wash my hands 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.880 and look at myself in the mirror. I splashed water 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:05.480 on my face. I said, two day, do you love 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:09.480 this job or do you love the title? Do you 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:10.920 love the job or do you love the respect they 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:14.360 give you when you walk into a room. Yeah, And 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:17.240 that was just this real honest moment where also I 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.240 felt guilt. It was something that was difficult for me 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:21.640 to admit to myself at that time because I had 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:26.520 prayed for this job, I had worked hard for this job, 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.800 and now I was saying that I didn't want the job, 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:36.320 and so there was guilt in that, and it was 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:41.760 just it took me time to acknowledge that I love 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:47.480 sharing the story because whenever I share this next story, 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:51.240 it puts me back in gratitude because I remember where 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.920 I was, and it reminds me to be so grateful 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:57.560 for where I am. I was on a business trip. 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.440 I'd flown from LA to New York. I lived in 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:05.080 law from LA to New York for a cosmetic conference 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.840 and I was like super on my was where you 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:09.000 know the watch you have to try to close the 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:11.120 ring on the walk to work out, and I was 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.320 like on a super kick. Okay, I remember one of 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.080 my friends. I took the watch off one day because 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:16.400 one of my friends was getting married. She was like, 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.400 you're not wearing that watch my wedding. Oh You're like, oh, 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:20.560 you're not doing it. So I took the watch out. 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.120 I don't wear it anymore. But when I was wearing 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.080 the watch, I wanted to close my rings. I'd flown 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:30.720 seven hours, landed in New York, went downstairs to the 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.720 hotel gym to work out. Wow, treadmill was busted. Couldn't 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:35.840 get a work out and there was like a hula 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:36.960 hoop in the gym. I don't know what they wanted 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:38.760 us to do with that. But so I had never 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:40.840 taken a cycling class before, but I remembered at the 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.320 time Kelly Ripper was always talking about how she would 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:47.160 go cycling. Sometimes Beyonce would show up, Roland would be there, 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:49.560 and so I was like, what is this indoor cycling? 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:51.640 You going to go try it? Maybe Beyonce will be there. 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:57.600 So I went to the cycling class completely judged myself 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:01.520 for paying forty dollars for a forty five minute experience, 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:04.639 But three minutes into the class, I'm in this state 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:08.520 of U four it. Yes, where like have you ever 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.359 done something and within your first time doing the thing, 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:14.680 or maybe even meeting a person, you feel so connected 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.399 as though you've been there before. Yes, I felt like 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:23.080 I'd been there before and I was returning to where 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:24.159 I was always supposed to be. 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:24.880 Maybe. 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:28.080 And so I leave the cycling class and walking back 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:31.520 from the class to my hotel, my walk turns into 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:33.440 a skip. My skip turns into a hop, and within 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.080 a matter of five seconds, I feel this wave of 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.479 blue energy moved from my fingertips into my toes. 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:40.040 Chris. 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:44.120 So that was my very first cycling class. After that class, 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:47.200 walking home that day, I had this blue light vision, 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:51.199 this divine download of information where within a matter of 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:53.359 five seconds, I knew that I'd be cycling for the 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.440 rest of my life. Not only that, but within this vision, 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:58.200 I see myself on a platform, so I know I'm 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.399 going to be teaching it, yeah, and be on that 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.200 Without even knowing what peloton was at the time, I 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.000 knew I was going to be able to impact the 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:11.000 lives of millions of people by virtue of a bike. 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:11.919 Wow. 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:19.399 I say that to say I was in this space 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:25.920 where I felt guilt about no longer being in love 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:30.960 within that relationship cosmetics. Then I have this profound vision 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.800 where I know it's what I'm supposed to do. Lots 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:37.040 of imposter syndrome came in, lots of voices of after 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:39.240 that vision, when I got back to LA and actually 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.280 tried to pursue what I said to myself, you don't 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:43.400 look like walk like, talk like, move like an instructor. 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:45.800 I battle with my weight my entire life. And so 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:47.600 I thought to myself, nobody's gonna look at you and 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:49.600 be motivated, and they're gonna say, what is this girl 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:50.080 doing up here? 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.679 Like all the things, all the. 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:56.439 But all the things you tell yourself, right yeah, and 0:18:56.520 --> 0:19:01.840 so insert the first pivot, going from cosmetic world into cycling. 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.639 Insert Hey, I decided I wanted to tell my story, 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:07.840 so I wrote a book. It became a New York 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.600 Times best Yes you did, thank god. That was the 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.960 second pivot. While still, you know, doing the full time job. 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:19.440 From that pivot, I've done jobs in hosting. I am 0:19:19.560 --> 0:19:24.320 a twenty twenty six Sports Illustrated rookie. And then now 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:29.199 insert like this acting you sisters, and so, yeah, I 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:32.920 think that I've become to answer your question. Finally, I've 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:39.680 become comfortable publicly pivoting. I think that I'm really fortunate 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:47.680 that I have a really just beautiful, devoted base of 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:52.679 people that no pun intended ride with me, literally, and 0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:54.840 so I'm just fortunate and lucky. And I think that 0:19:55.160 --> 0:19:57.119 so much of what I do, like so much of 0:19:57.119 --> 0:20:02.600 the pivots that I've found myself in, placed myself in. 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:05.240 It's just it's due to the support, Like I feel 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:08.360 the hands on my back oftentimes, like the number of women, 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:10.960 specifically black women that come up to me and they say, 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:14.360 we see you keep going. I'm rooting for you. I'm 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:16.760