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Speaker 1: I have deep belief in my ability to achieve.

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Speaker 2: Hey everyone, Emily Abadi here. You are listening to Hurdle,

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Speaker 2: a wellness focused podcast where we talk to inspirational people

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Speaker 2: about everything from their highest ties and toughest moments to

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Speaker 2: essential tips to live a healthier, happier, more motivated life.

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Speaker 2: We all go through our fair share of hurdles. My

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Speaker 2: goal through these discussions is to empower you to better

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Speaker 2: stride towards your own big potential and of course have

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Speaker 2: some fun along the way. For today's episode, I'm chatting

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Speaker 2: with Alicia Montano. She's an Olympian, three time world champion,

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Speaker 2: bronze medalist, an activist, and the founder of Four All Mothers.

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Speaker 2: They're non profit that aims to eliminate what is often

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Speaker 2: referred to as the motherhood of penalty, the phenomenon by

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Speaker 2: which women face economic, social, and health disadvantages after becoming mothers,

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Speaker 2: and for All Mothers does this through the public lens

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Speaker 2: of sports. Aside from her fantastic work uplifting mothers, you

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Speaker 2: may remember when she competed at the twenty fourteen USATF

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Speaker 2: Championships at eight months pregnant, many people after that calling

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Speaker 2: her the Pregnant Runner, and then she wrote a super

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Speaker 2: nineteen entitled Nike Told Me to Dream Crazy until I

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Speaker 2: were encouraged to speak their truth, which resulted in many brands,

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Speaker 2: including Nike, changing their maternity leave policies for elite athletes.

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Speaker 2: Nike specifically announced a new maternity policy for all sponsored athletes,

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Speaker 2: guaranteeing an athlete and bonuses for eighteen months surrounding at pregnancy,

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Speaker 2: a major step in the right direction for women's rights.

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Speaker 2: I'm so lucky to call Alicia a friend, a one

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Speaker 2: A massive part of that will pledge support to a

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Speaker 2: Love the name grants, which will provide fifty different recipients

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Speaker 3: We absolutely love that.

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Speaker 2: In today's episode, we talk about how life for Alicia

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Speaker 2: twenty eight Games. We chat about that, we chat about

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Speaker 2: so much more. I love this conversation. I'm so grateful

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Speaker 2: for her time and we are so lucky to have

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Speaker 2: childbearing individuals and standing up for so much that is good.

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Speaker 2: Make sure you're following along over on social at Hurdle

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Speaker 2: podcast I am over at Emily a Body and if

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Speaker 2: do that right now. It's absolutely free. The link to

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Speaker 2: am sitting down with Alicia Montano. She is an Olympic

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Speaker 2: Welcome to hurdle, Alicia.

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Speaker 1: How are we doing? Hi, I'm doing fantastic. I'm so

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Speaker 1: happy that we finally got some time to connect on hurdle.

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Speaker 3: And it's a big week for you.

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Speaker 1: Yes, it's been an absolute incredible worldwin. I mean I

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, let's fill in the people on what's

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Speaker 1: Yes, Strama is just an absolutely incredible partner. They awarded

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Speaker 2: Can you even imagine hearing those words come out of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's so special to see and as a friend

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Speaker 2: of yours, it truly makes me so proud of you

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Speaker 2: to hear that your hard work and see really that

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about that, the I also need support for myself,

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Speaker 1: be vocal and say, hey, I know I'm not being

437
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Speaker 1: a baby athlete, like my hip is really hurting. But

438
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Speaker 1: at the same time, it's because like I know myself,

439
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,159
Speaker 1: I know that I'm I want the best out of this,

440
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Speaker 1: and if I want the best out of, you know,

441
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,439
Speaker 1: my career, I need to be able to also say, like,

442
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 1: I think we need to tweak something here because of

443
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,560
Speaker 1: something that is essentially harming me. So when it comes

444
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,360
Speaker 1: to like the harm part, I can feel that where

445
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,159
Speaker 1: I know that I want to get help and not

446
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,720
Speaker 1: be harmed because essentially, like if I harm myself, I'm

447
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,960
Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna hurt And you know what they say,

448
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,359
Speaker 1: you know it's you. That energy that you kind of

449
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:47,440
Speaker 1: put off can also feed into not being your best

450
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: self or essentially you can hurt other systems that you

451
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,679
Speaker 1: are needed to be a part of. And so I

452
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 1: think I've been pretty coachable in that regard, which in

453
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,639
Speaker 1: order to be coachable you have to be able to

454
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,879
Speaker 1: vocalize an of course, I'm also that person in my

455
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: house where I'm like, Okay, I'm gonna do it. I

456
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:06,120
Speaker 1: got it, you know, like.

457
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 3: That's just big mom energy.

458
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 1: That's right, yes, And so.

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Speaker 2: What I'm hearing you say is that you've been okay

460
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Speaker 2: at asking for help in your come up, especially when

461
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,440
Speaker 2: it come to your time on the track. Now when

462
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 2: it comes to receiving that help and then asking for

463
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 2: it proactively.

464
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Speaker 3: Where are we?

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Speaker 1: Where are we? We're on a scaletle one to ten,

466
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Speaker 1: I'd say. Sometimes there's there's like we're close to a

467
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 1: little break and then it's like, okay, actually, here's what

468
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,120
Speaker 1: you know this, here's what's happening. You need to ask

469
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 1: for help. Yeah, it's one and the same where it's

470
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Speaker 1: still like how much of this is me about to

471
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Speaker 1: go through a breakthrough or a breaking point? And sometimes

472
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 1: those lines are blurry and you know that you know

473
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,119
Speaker 1: that as an athlete, Emily like that. It's like you

474
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: are like, I need to Okay, I think I have

475
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,199
Speaker 1: another rep in me because I'm about to have a

476
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 1: breakthrough or if I do this other rep, is this

477
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,160
Speaker 1: a breaking point? And so I think like that same

478
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,640
Speaker 1: thing can be seen mentally, you know, and how much

479
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,919
Speaker 1: you can carry and how much you can take. But

480
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: I think there's physical signs that my intuition does give

481
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 1: me that I need to lean into. Sometimes you like to,

482
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: you know, talk yourself out of what you're actually thinking,

483
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: But I just think your body. I'm aware of my body,

484
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: and I think that I do a good job listening

485
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,959
Speaker 1: to my body. And in the regard of asking for

486
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 1: help now in a way where it's going to help elevate,

487
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 1: whether it's the nonprofit or it's the house or you know, relationships,

488
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,119
Speaker 1: I think that I'm I'm relatively good. On a scale

489
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Speaker 1: of one to ten, I'll say I'll stick to the

490
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Speaker 1: eight and stick to the eight.

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Speaker 2: The concept of asking for help and getting better at

492
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 2: that is very similar to putting in the reps when

493
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,439
Speaker 2: we talk about a workout, right when you get to

494
00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 2: this place where you realize I am I'm capable of

495
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,879
Speaker 2: the rep that maybe I didn't feel as though I

496
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:09,280
Speaker 2: had it in me. Same goes again for asking for help.

497
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 2: I want to pivot us a little bit to talk

498
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 2: about an instance where I'm sure you needed to ask

499
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 2: for a lot of help, which was the beginning of

500
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 2: your nonprofit. Right you didn't have a background in working

501
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 2: in this industry at all. You had a background as

502
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 2: a professional athlete. This wasn't something that you initially aspired to,

503
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 2: So talk to me about what that was like from

504
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 2: conception to actually making this an official thing.

505
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Speaker 1: Mm hmm, Oh my gosh. Well, you know, there was

506
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 1: a lot of behind the scenes sort of storytelling that

507
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,399
Speaker 1: was happening before we knew we were telling a story.

508
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: It was just like showing up right and continuing to

509
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 1: show up. And so that was you know, showing up

510
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,639
Speaker 1: in pregnancy, showing up three years later again to kind

511
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,640
Speaker 1: of be like, we still need to have this conversation,

512
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 1: by the way, doing the open and then a year

513
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: later was the nonprofit. But it's because I was like,

514
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: we're still having the conversation. We're not really doing anything

515
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: about the conversation we're having, right. So it was like

516
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: after the op ed came out and then Allison shared

517
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,879
Speaker 1: her part of her story and then we were like

518
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: really on this sort of media tour about talking about

519
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 1: the changes that we wanted to see and that we

520
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 1: really needed to see. I was like, Okay, we're still

521
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: we're still talking about it. What are we going to

522
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:35,440
Speaker 1: do about it? And it you know, yes, your girls,

523
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: it's got Google a little thud of tat tat on

524
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: the keyboard, like, you know, we need to start start

525
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: a nonprofit organization where we really are going to push brands, organizations, mgb's,

526
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: you know, players associations to really rally behind our women

527
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 1: athletes and allow for them to have real runway of

528
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: what it could look like in the evolution of it

529
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Speaker 1: a female bodied athlete. It doesn't have to include motherhood,

530
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Speaker 1: but if it does, what are we doing to protect them?

531
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Speaker 1: And so the nonprofit organization is what made the most sense.

532
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: And so that that runway of thought. That was May

533
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 1: when I did that oft end and I hadn't thought

534
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,479
Speaker 1: about a nonprofit yet, and then a year later a

535
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: nonprofit was existing, and so it just was again it

536
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: was like looking through the work asking for some help,

537
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: getting support from folks who had done nonprofit work before,

538
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 1: you know, filing. I was pregnant with my third by

539
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: the way at this time, so that was the pressure

540
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 1: I sort of. I was like, we need to have

541
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Speaker 1: this baby and that baby, like I need this to

542
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 1: be done before this baby gets here, so that we

543
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 1: can actually see the change that we want, right and

544
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 1: that I can continue to work on it, and so yeah,

545
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 1: that's just kind of how it worked out where I

546
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 1: just kind of had support some friends where we did

547
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: the research together. I pulled some folks in to sort

548
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 1: of helped me lay the groundwork of what it is

549
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: that we wanted to see at the end of the day,

550
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: and that was really knowing that we needed to break

551
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 1: down societal berry that were stacked up against mothers. So

552
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: it's like, yeah, sports is just a piece of the puzzle,

553
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: and we get to use sports as this podium moment

554
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: for all mothers, but it isn't like the only piece

555
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 1: of the puzzle. It's like we are facing larger systemic

556
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: barriers in the big picture of how we operate at

557
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,959
Speaker 1: least here in the US, that we need to make

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Speaker 1: massive changes on.

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Speaker 2: Gregoric ran the Blue Gene Mile to support and raise

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Speaker 2: Let's get back to it. I'm sure in that work,

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Speaker 2: as you started to speak to different players, associations and

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00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 2: governing bodies, you were met with some of the same

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00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 2: resistance and frustrations that you had when you were outspoken

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00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 2: about the times that you were navigating contract SAT, Nike

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00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 2: and ASEX. How did you show up in those spaces

602
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 2: with the confidence and determination to kind of charge through

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Speaker 2: those walls.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I mean it's fit. We're five years in now,

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00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 1: and so the beginning was an interesting time, by the way,

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Speaker 1: because we launched in May of twenty twenty and that

607
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Speaker 1: was just a time, right, a time was had I had.

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Speaker 1: I just had my third baby. He was born in February.

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Speaker 1: Then we had shut down in March, and then I

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Speaker 1: had a five year old and a two year old

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Speaker 1: at home and I was just like all of the

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Speaker 1: things nursing. It was just a whole thing in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: And then, you know, knowing that the starting point for

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00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: us was going to be narrative shift and talking about

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00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 1: the importance of this work, why we're doing this, bringing

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Speaker 1: people into the fold, so we started there and then

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Speaker 1: building out our board. Getting Alison Felix, you know, on

618
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: our board was huge, and her input in her knowledge

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00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: and her nowhere has been absolutely credible for us to

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00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: also amplify our story and move it from just our

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Speaker 1: story to our work and amplify all of the stories

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Speaker 1: collectively that exists that are like every mother's story. And

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Speaker 1: then we moved into like the next phase of this,

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Speaker 1: like what is it that we want to see next

625
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: out of this? Now we need to kind of work

626
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: through policies, like what are the policies that we see

627
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 1: are trending that our barriers like we need to identify

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Speaker 1: what they are. And then continue and then start working

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Speaker 1: towards them. And so then that conversation that we started

630
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Speaker 1: having was maybe around year three where we started the

631
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Speaker 1: work that we did with New York Roadrunners, which was like,

632
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 1: we have an opportunity to be in front of fifty

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00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 1: five thousand people that are across all sectors of industries,

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00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: like you know, our running our run world is absolutely credible,

635
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: but like one percent of them our professional athletes, but

636
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: all of them can understand barriers, that systemic barriers that

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Speaker 1: mother's face in the workforce. And so I think with

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Speaker 1: us being able to partner with an incredible organization like

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00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 1: New York ger Runners and to implement policies that we

640
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 1: want to see in like the workforce, which is like

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00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: lactation accommodations, that was like and just easy to kind

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Speaker 1: of like, hey, let's implement something that shows mothers that

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00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: we support them. And in the second year, the first year,

644
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: people were learning it was there. In the second year,

645
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Speaker 1: it was like we had over we had over one

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Speaker 1: hundred people utilize the lactation accommodations because it was there,

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Speaker 1: and it's like, oh, we are going to be supported

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00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: to do this. We can show up and we're not

649
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 1: going to have like another the word barrier is just

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Speaker 1: going to keep another hurdle. We're not going to have

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Speaker 1: another hurdle to like you know, jump over in order

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Speaker 1: for us to participate. And so now rolling into this year,

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Speaker 1: it's made this conversation the fourth year and to this year,

654
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 1: it's made the conversation much easier in connecting with mgb's

655
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 1: and players associations because we've had the proof point of like,

656
00:35:55,719 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 1: look at just providing infrastructure that shows mothers and families

657
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: that you care about them. And then the need showed

658
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: up in a way where the need shod like was

659
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,439
Speaker 1: obviously there, but then the people showed up. So it's

660
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,359
Speaker 1: like if you build it, they will come. But it's

661
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: not even It was like the opposite was the chicken

662
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 1: or the egg. It was like the need actually needed.

663
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: There needed to be a solution to the problem, and

664
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Speaker 1: so we created that.

665
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 2: You mentioned the New York Girl Runner's partnership. We started

666
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 2: this talking about the new initiative with Strava. If you

667
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 2: had to pinpoint a most rewarding moment thus far in

668
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 2: your advocacy work, what would that be?

669
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 1: Gosh, I mean, this was incredible. Honestly, I think this

670
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 1: is incredible. And again it's like our work is about

671
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: really breaking down barriers for all mothers. Like really, it's

672
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: just in the name, it's really what we're doing. And

673
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 1: so I have to admit something about myself. I am

674
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: very very bad with favorites. Your girl will be like, oh,

675
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: and then there was this time, and then this is

676
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: really great and this is great too. So I think

677
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: fresh off of like our opportunity to give one hundred

678
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: fifty grand so away, give away one hundred thousand dollars

679
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: to our community that really touched mothers across all sectors,

680
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: allow for them to have an opportunity to travel and

681
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 1: train for an endurance, you know, race of their choice.

682
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 1: Putting this money towards childcare, I think is pretty special.

683
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: It's pretty it's a pretty magical time. And part of

684
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 1: that for us was, you know, we were able to

685
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: put some money from our partnership with Strava towards the

686
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,840
Speaker 1: research which was you know, we did we did research

687
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: that was like the race towards equity for pregnant and

688
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: postpartum bodies, and had we not been able to have

689
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: an opportunity to finish that research, we also would not

690
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: have been able to understand like this is or at

691
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: least we knew it was a real need, but share

692
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: with companies like there's a need for this, so it

693
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: really lays some proof points to the research. So I

694
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: think this magic moment that we're just facing and then

695
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 1: being able to be honored as Mother of the Year

696
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: with every Mother counts and Christy Turlington was absolutely huge.

697
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:17,720
Speaker 1: Just being in honored for our work. I think actually

698
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: probably right now my favorite moment because it just is,

699
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: like I was telling you earlier, you know, there's a

700
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,760
Speaker 1: lot of weight on I feel on my shoulders because

701
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: I care about this work and I know that we

702
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: can do it, you know, and we just have to

703
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 1: do it. To have it be seen really meant a

704
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 1: lot to me and meant a lot to our team.

705
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 1: It was really like, okay, you guys, you see us,

706
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Like but it's not even about us

707
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: being seen. It's about us giving more visibility to the

708
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 1: barriers that mother's face and then breaking.

709
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 3: Them down entirely.

710
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 2: And you've been so vocal about the challenges and discrimination

711
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 2: faced by female athletes, and so to be recognized by

712
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 2: for this work is just so important, specifically pertaining to motherhood.

713
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 2: So thinking forward, then if you had to identify perhaps

714
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 2: what some of the biggest systemic changes you'd like to

715
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 2: see in this sports world could be, where does.

716
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:21,879
Speaker 3: One even begin.

717
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,240
Speaker 1: I think our biggest project right now is our motherhood

718
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: Penalty and sports research that we have out where we

719
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 1: can identify this sort of this not sort of this

720
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: bias that mother's face in the workforce that's already existing

721
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: sort of research that's been out there called the motherhood penalty,

722
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: But what we're now doing is the motherhood Penalty and

723
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: sport where we are getting all of our professional athletes,

724
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: mothers and sports who can share their stories about any

725
00:39:56,239 --> 00:40:00,320
Speaker 1: sort of financial repercussions that they face because of their motherhood,

726
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: but barriers walking back into the workforce because of their motherhood,

727
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: physical barriers, any sort of like just like narrative stories

728
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 1: that we're discriminatory because of their motherhood is like really

729
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 1: huge for us right now. The research is huge because again,

730
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: we need to be able to identify what the barriers

731
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: are in order for us to create solutions. And when

732
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: we talk about what we need to see from others

733
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: in sports, we need to see access to affordable child's care,

734
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: meaning you know, an athlete's contract should probably include like

735
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: a allocated funds towards childcare if they are parents, and

736
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 1: that not just going for mothers, that's also for fathers.

737
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,399
Speaker 1: And you know, families happen in so many different ways.

738
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: If you see our acronym, it's for all mothers. Fam

739
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: they happen in so many different ways. And we want

740
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 1: to be able to give give a nod to the

741
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: needs that families have and the infrastructure that we need

742
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 1: in order for us to do our best at work.

743
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: Like some some sports like Bob's let they're gone for

744
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: like months at a time. You know, we saw our

745
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 1: power moms compete at World Championships and win medals, you

746
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: know over there with you know, we had Kaylee Humphreys,

747
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: and we had Alana Meyers Taylor, and we had Jasmine

748
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: and it was just it was that was absolutely incredible

749
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,759
Speaker 1: to see those moms out there, but then also know

750
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: what their timeline looks like and then they were able

751
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 1: to bring their babies. We gave them a grant in

752
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: order for them to like support. Of course, it's like

753
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: a drop in the hat of what we're able to

754
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: kind of give. And we don't want to just be

755
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 1: putting you know the phrase of bandit over over a bullethole,

756
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: but like it's as we continue to break down these

757
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: barriers and then get into mgb's and players association and

758
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: help them see like, you know, hey, like this is

759
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 1: this use case. This is a serious use case, and

760
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,240
Speaker 1: your athletes need this. That's one of them. Maternal protections

761
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 1: and contracts you know that include not just the pregnancy

762
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 1: and postpartum period, but also include things like support for

763
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: time needed for IVF and you know i UIs and

764
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: different means towards starting your family and growing your family.

765
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: And then I'd say lactation accommodations like having safe, respectable

766
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: opportunities to express your breast milk, have it stored and

767
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,319
Speaker 1: set back to your baby if you are away without them,

768
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 1: I think is huge for athletes. And you know, we're

769
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: seeing more athletes talk about how they are feeding their babies.

770
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: And you can feed your babies in so many ways,

771
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: two ways, right, in more than one way. We don't

772
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 1: want to push women away from you know, expressing their

773
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: breast milk if they choose to, because there are barriers

774
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 1: for them in order to do that. And that's the

775
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 1: same thing that we see in you know, the workforce

776
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 1: across many industries, and so I think if we can

777
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 1: break down those barriers at minimum, you know, maternity protections

778
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:52,319
Speaker 1: and contracts allowing there to be stipends for childcare and

779
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: opportunities for childcare at venues would be really huge. And

780
00:42:56,080 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: then solutions for storing milk and chipping it back during

781
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 1: competition would be another opportunity for greatness.

782
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 2: Like nothing, we have nothing that we want to do here,

783
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 2: I'm sitting here so enamored and inspired by you, And

784
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 2: I hate using this word sometimes or asking how you

785
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 2: find it, because I actually don't believe that there is

786
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 2: a way to accomplish balance when you feel so passionate

787
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 2: about so many things. But I think a better question

788
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 2: is how do you handle doing so many things? What

789
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:42,760
Speaker 2: is it that you find helps you show up as

790
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 2: your best self in the different roles that you play,

791
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 2: because I don't want to say that it's finding.

792
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 1: Balance, yeah, No, it's asking for help. Yeah. And I

793
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:56,839
Speaker 1: just having like deep belief in myself, you know, and

794
00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 1: like the goals that I believe are achievable, I just

795
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 1: have I have deep belief in my ability to achieve.

796
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 1: I just I really do and it isn't on my own.

797
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 1: I know that, especially because of my sports career understanding like, Okay,

798
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: we need pet, we need a coach, we need a

799
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 1: strength you know, we need strength and conditioning coach. Like

800
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 1: what do we need in order for us to us

801
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: to be successful? And that's another big thing I want

802
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:27,280
Speaker 1: to say, is like I recognize, you know I mentioned

803
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: just like my team earlier, it just isn't me, Like

804
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 1: I'm not capable of doing it on my own and

805
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: exercising gratitude in that regard of just like identifying power

806
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 1: players or so many of them, if we can just

807
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:47,239
Speaker 1: team up for good, like like we can do so

808
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: many incredible things together, like we really and I know it.

809
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,359
Speaker 1: I've seen it, you know, in action. So that's that's

810
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 1: what gives me and ignites my fire to the work

811
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,960
Speaker 1: that I'm doing in my household, if I just must

812
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: say it. My kids are bomb. I mean, they are

813
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,960
Speaker 1: so funny, they have their own individual strengths, their wild

814
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 1: and they teach me a lot about myself too. My

815
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,719
Speaker 1: kids can tell me about myself. They can say, hey, Mom,

816
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: you know I didn't like the way you asked me

817
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: about this, And I'd be like, oh, my gosh, like

818
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 1: that is really one emotionally sound and mature, and you're

819
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,600
Speaker 1: right like allowing there to be a space for me

820
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,640
Speaker 1: to hear where I can do better.

821
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 3: It takes a village.

822
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 2: I'm also hearing, Wow, what amazing parenting is happening in

823
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 2: your household that they have the skill set to communicate

824
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 2: in this way. And then I am reflecting on this

825
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 2: word success that you just said. What would you say

826
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 2: right now? Success looks like to you compared to maybe

827
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 2: when you were solely focused on athletics.

828
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 1: Bringing the fam together looks like success. And when I

829
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 1: say that, it's like my family, the village, our community.

830
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: That's been success for me. And if I can use

831
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:13,720
Speaker 1: my podium moment to continue to bring the fam together,

832
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: then I feel like I I will have been successful. Yeah,

833
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 1: that's what I think. That's what it's about. I think

834
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,400
Speaker 1: it's about family, and it happens in so many different ways.

835
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: We got we need everybody in the village, right, We've

836
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:28,359
Speaker 1: got Auntie, we got we got mom, we got dad.

837
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 1: We you know what I mean, We really do need

838
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 1: each other. And so if I can just be you know,

839
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:39,799
Speaker 1: a part of bringing people together towards you know, a

840
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: common good, then I will feel like I have been successful.

841
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 1: And I felt that also in my career as a

842
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:48,919
Speaker 1: professional athlete. It's like, if I can be a part

843
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 1: of this team in a way where I continue to

844
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 1: help bring us together towards a common goal, like that

845
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: feels successful, Like we had a good time out there.

846
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:01,839
Speaker 2: You said the for is podium moment, So I've got

847
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 2: to talk about LA twenty eight do it Podium moments

848
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 2: on deck very delayed at this point. I know it

849
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 2: is very important for you to have your family there

850
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:18,280
Speaker 2: for you when you are presented with your bronze medal.

851
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 2: What feelings come to mind? What happens when you think

852
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 2: about finally getting everything that it is that you deserve.

853
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 1: This is a good question, common question that's kind of

854
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,840
Speaker 1: come up and over the last year, since you know,

855
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 1: the announcement that I was, you know, an Olympic bronze medalist,

856
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 1: I've had some time to sort of reflect on what

857
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,880
Speaker 1: is it that I hope to see? And I cannot

858
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 1: guess a feeling that I'm going to have, but I

859
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:54,319
Speaker 1: can say what I am I hope people see is

860
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: in the runway and lead up towards this podium moment

861
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: me pulling people together to come up with me, Like,

862
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: I think it's giving me an opportunity to bring everybody

863
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,760
Speaker 1: that's been a part of this journey into the fold

864
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,400
Speaker 1: but on top of the podium with me. And so

865
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 1: that when I think about it like that, I feel

866
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:21,800
Speaker 1: inspired by, Like my community, I feel inspired by, you know,

867
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 1: people in so many different sectors that are putting in

868
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Speaker 1: work towards wellness, towards you know, holistic wellness, and that's

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00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:34,040
Speaker 1: like including maternal wellness. But I'm talking like everybody that

870
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,960
Speaker 1: I continue to have an opportunity to bring into my world.

871
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Speaker 1: I have expanded it quite a bit with sharing about

872
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: what I want to see in the next four years.

873
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,120
Speaker 1: And then I think what it's doing is it's opening

874
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: my eyes a little bit wider to seeing all of

875
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:56,480
Speaker 1: the people who are helping effect change and who I

876
00:48:56,600 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: want to collaborate with and partner with and you know,

877
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:03,880
Speaker 1: take with me on this journey. So when I think

878
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:06,200
Speaker 1: about that, I feel inspired and I feel empowered, and

879
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:08,960
Speaker 1: I hope that I'm empowering other people to you know,

880
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,160
Speaker 1: keep doing fighting the good fight.

881
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 3: I know that you're empowering other people.

882
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 2: Speaking of feeling empowered, right now, someone comes to your

883
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 2: Instagram page and they see the founder of this nonprofit

884
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 2: as well as an Olympian and very speedy athlete in

885
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Speaker 2: her prime. But when you look in the mirror, Alicia,

886
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 2: what is it that you see looking back at you?

887
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:37,399
Speaker 1: Mm hmm gosh. I see power, I see strength. I'm

888
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:39,759
Speaker 1: proud of me, Like I I'm proud of me. I

889
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:41,440
Speaker 1: mean sometimes I'm like, well, we got to get rid

890
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 1: of this ZiT over here. But for the most part,

891
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,800
Speaker 1: you know, I'm I'm proud of me. I'm I don't

892
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: have I think I deserve every good thing that I

893
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 1: have coming and that I have also.

894
00:49:55,760 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 2: Obtained inspirational human one that also empowers others just show

895
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,760
Speaker 2: up to their own starting lines. You and I both

896
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 2: involved in every Woman's Marathon.

897
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 3: I know you have a charity team for that race.

898
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Speaker 2: So has it been like for you getting involved in

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Speaker 2: that woman's initiative?

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Speaker 1: When they first announced that they were going to be

901
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 1: doing an an all women's like every Woman's Marathon, I

902
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,440
Speaker 1: was like, we got to get in there. This is

903
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 1: like incredible one. It's an opportunity for us to continue

904
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:27,959
Speaker 1: our work, right like you know, our dropping the hat

905
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,920
Speaker 1: for our community is our lactation accommodations. But then also

906
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,600
Speaker 1: like you know, when this is a yes, yes and

907
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 1: a more of a yes right, it's like it is

908
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 1: about being supporting every woman. It is about being every woman.

909
00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:45,719
Speaker 1: You have it within you. And for us, like having

910
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: a charity team where we get to have one hundred people,

911
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:53,520
Speaker 1: bring one hundred people into our community, continue to learn

912
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:55,719
Speaker 1: about our work and also fundraise for us is huge

913
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 1: for us, you know it can It allows for us

914
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 1: to fundraise so that we can continue to do our work.

915
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:06,080
Speaker 1: And not only that, it hits my major goal of

916
00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: continuing to bring people into the fam and bring them

917
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,359
Speaker 1: along with me towards you know, my podium moment. So yeah,

918
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:14,000
Speaker 1: and I also get to like go and hang out

919
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:15,479
Speaker 1: with you, which is gonna be really great.

920
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:18,799
Speaker 2: Oh, I can't wait. I can't wait. Scottsdale, here we come.

921
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:22,520
Speaker 2: It's so lately this through line has been a part

922
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:26,960
Speaker 2: of so many of my conversations, which is articulating identifying

923
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:33,400
Speaker 2: what is your personal philosophy And a multitude of times

924
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 2: in our conversation I'm hearing words like community and village

925
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:45,240
Speaker 2: and together and mantra. There's so much positivity and unity

926
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:49,719
Speaker 2: that I sense coming from you, and I feel so

927
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:50,920
Speaker 2: inspired by that.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you. We can't do it. I said

929
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: this before. We can't do it alone. And I grew

930
00:51:56,239 --> 00:52:00,200
Speaker 1: up with a really big family. I'm so lucky. My

931
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:03,040
Speaker 1: grandma had ten kids, you know. My I'm very close

932
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:08,400
Speaker 1: to my aunts, my uncles, my cousins, and I know

933
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:11,640
Speaker 1: what it feels like to have a community rallying behind

934
00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:16,160
Speaker 1: you that I also want to create a space where

935
00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:19,640
Speaker 1: people feel they are also being rallied behind, because I

936
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:22,840
Speaker 1: know everybody doesn't have that environment. And that's my favorite,

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00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:25,720
Speaker 1: My favorite thing about being a part of the sports community,

938
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:28,839
Speaker 1: about the movement community is like it's like that who

939
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,440
Speaker 1: everybody gets a who rah. You know, everybody gets a

940
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 1: hoo rah. You get an opportunity to hear people's backgrounds

941
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: or stories what motivates them to move, and it's just

942
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: I just know it's about community. I know it's about

943
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:42,600
Speaker 1: the village. I know it's about family. And it's also

944
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:47,680
Speaker 1: what has motivated me to not allow for anyone to

945
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 1: tell me that I didn't deserve to also have my

946
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:53,320
Speaker 1: family in the sense that I have my family within

947
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:56,960
Speaker 1: my four walls. You know, like I I believe very much.

948
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:00,399
Speaker 1: So that you know, family happens in so many different ways,

949
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:01,759
Speaker 1: and one of the ways that I wanted to have

950
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:05,760
Speaker 1: my family was by way of expanding that by having

951
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 1: children of my own if I could. And I'm so

952
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:08,840
Speaker 1: lucky that I was able to do that.

953
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:09,760
Speaker 3: Yeah.

954
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:15,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's uh, it's gotta be crazy, not only as

955
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:19,920
Speaker 2: these opportunities arrive bolstered by all of your hard work,

956
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:24,400
Speaker 2: but then also to hear from women in the community

957
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:28,680
Speaker 2: who are reaping the benefits of that hard work. How

958
00:53:28,719 --> 00:53:32,320
Speaker 2: does it feel for you when you get these direct messages,

959
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 2: these emails getting stopped on the street.

960
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:40,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, I try not to be like cry like all

961
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:43,640
Speaker 1: the time, but I get like immediately the little well

962
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,480
Speaker 1: and they're stuck it back in, absorb it back into

963
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:49,320
Speaker 1: your body and just say thank you. Oh my gosh,

964
00:53:49,360 --> 00:53:51,759
Speaker 1: Like I'm so happy to hear. But I love when

965
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 1: people connect with me. I am that's my personality, Like

966
00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 1: I am a people person. And to also know that

967
00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 1: people are plugged into my story, our work. It also

968
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: like I reinvest my time and my energy into them too,

969
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:10,840
Speaker 1: So I'll be like, what are you working on? And

970
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 1: I'm like cool, now following this work that you're doing.

971
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:14,719
Speaker 1: But I also I just kind of think that's the

972
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: connectivity point and like how we're supposed to be. Otherwise

973
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:18,880
Speaker 1: we would just kind of we would be in this

974
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:22,880
Speaker 1: world by ourselves. Yeah, but it makes me feel like again,

975
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:26,359
Speaker 1: we're ignited to continue this work knowing that we're not

976
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 1: done yet. And I mean, we hope to put ourselves

977
00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:34,319
Speaker 1: out of work, right like that's the goal of a

978
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 1: nonprofit organization, but we do have quite a bit of

979
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:40,040
Speaker 1: work to do, and it just lets me know that

980
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:43,120
Speaker 1: people like need this work, that we're.

981
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 3: Doing quite a bit of work to do. What are

982
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:46,360
Speaker 3: you excited for right now?

983
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:51,840
Speaker 1: I'm excited for everyone's marathon. I'm excited to invite folks

984
00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:54,560
Speaker 1: to apply to be on our team. We've got a

985
00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:57,440
Speaker 1: hundred bibs y'all. So if you're looking for a race

986
00:54:57,600 --> 00:54:59,719
Speaker 1: and you're you want to support our cause, like, we'd

987
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:01,360
Speaker 1: love to have you on the team. Another thing that

988
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:05,080
Speaker 1: we're really excited about is we have launched our Motherhood

989
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:07,480
Speaker 1: Penalty in Sports research, which I was telling you about.

990
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:12,600
Speaker 1: We are about to deploy our preliminary findings. We do

991
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:15,520
Speaker 1: have till the end of the year to sort of

992
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:19,960
Speaker 1: solicit our favorite professional athletes, mothers and sports whoever it is,

993
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:22,440
Speaker 1: If you're interested in being a part of this research project,

994
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:26,240
Speaker 1: it's only going to help us inform our gold standard

995
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:32,160
Speaker 1: for contractual language provisions. And that's about protecting your finances

996
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:37,720
Speaker 1: as a professional sports mother or a professional mother in sports.

997
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:39,840
Speaker 1: And so really just to give a quick background on

998
00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:42,759
Speaker 1: what it is, it's we want for us to be

999
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,319
Speaker 1: able to push organizations to respond in a way that

1000
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:49,919
Speaker 1: protects your financial pay in your contracts, your compensation because

1001
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:51,640
Speaker 1: you deserve it. So if you want to be a

1002
00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:54,080
Speaker 1: part of our cold hard data study what we're doing

1003
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:58,680
Speaker 1: with Carlton University, you can head over to our social

1004
00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:03,080
Speaker 1: media page or our website for All Mothers or to

1005
00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:04,759
Speaker 1: be a part of that research. So we need you

1006
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:06,600
Speaker 1: and we are doing this so that we can help

1007
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:08,480
Speaker 1: change the landscape for all mothers.

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00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:09,239
Speaker 3: We love that.

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00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:12,080
Speaker 1: The other thing that I'm really excited about is that

1010
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:14,759
Speaker 1: the grant that we mentioned with Strava, we still are

1011
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:18,000
Speaker 1: taking applications. So that's the child's care so they can

1012
00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:22,280
Speaker 1: get out there. Grant two thousand dollars going to fifty moms.

1013
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:27,520
Speaker 1: You have until June first to apply, So that's exciting,

1014
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:30,759
Speaker 1: pretty magical moment. Thank you so much to Strava for

1015
00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:34,640
Speaker 1: allowing us to, you know, give the moms an opportunity

1016
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:35,720
Speaker 1: that they deserve.

1017
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:36,520
Speaker 3: So beautiful.

1018
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:38,239
Speaker 2: I'm so stoked, and of course you know I love

1019
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,839
Speaker 2: the fam at Strava. Right now, Alicia, you have an

1020
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:45,160
Speaker 2: opportunity to offer yourself a piece of advice. Let's go

1021
00:56:45,160 --> 00:56:49,520
Speaker 2: gosh back in those rooms you're sitting there being told

1022
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:53,319
Speaker 2: that you have less value because you are exercising your

1023
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:58,840
Speaker 2: human right to be a mother. Knowing what you know now,

1024
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:02,839
Speaker 2: thinking back on all of your experiences, what advice would

1025
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:05,440
Speaker 2: you offer yourself during that hurdle moment?

1026
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:11,680
Speaker 1: M girl, you know what to do. Keep showing up,

1027
00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:12,799
Speaker 1: keep doing you.

1028
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,320
Speaker 2: We need you, We need you. I'm so happy that

1029
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 2: we were able to do this, Alicia. For those that

1030
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:20,440
Speaker 2: don't follow along with you just yet, give me the details?

1031
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:21,560
Speaker 3: How do they find you?

1032
00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:25,000
Speaker 1: On the internets and all of the interweb. You can

1033
00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:28,640
Speaker 1: find me on probably Instagram, the most just my name

1034
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:31,520
Speaker 1: Alicia Montano at Lisa Montano A L Y s I

1035
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:33,880
Speaker 1: A M O N T A n O. You can

1036
00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 1: support an organization at www dot Forallmothers dot org and

1037
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 1: also follow the org on ap for all mothers. Love it.

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00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 2: I'm over at Emilybody and at Hurdle Podcast. Another hurdle conquered.

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Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.

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Speaker 1: Yes,