1 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: Bonjour, hurdlers. I will say this now. I cannot speak 2 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: French at all, but I am in Paris and you 3 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 1: are listening to five Minute Friday. I'm here right now. 4 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: Was invited by Adidas to celebrate one hundred days out 5 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: to the Olympics. They revealed their kits earlier this week. 6 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: I was so stoked to be a part of that 7 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: experience and also had the opportunity to sit down with 8 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: some stellar athletes who will be coming to the Feed 9 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: in season seventeen. As a note for all of you, 10 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: Hurdle is going on a season break next week for 11 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: two weeks. I can't We've been going straight through this year. 12 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: I think something like thirty two or thirty four episodes 13 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: so far and season seventeen premieres. Let me get the 14 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: date for you here on May sixth with I'm not 15 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: going to lie a pretty stellar episode. But in the meantime, 16 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you about what I interviewed 17 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: someone about yesterday. I was sitting down with Grant Holloway. 18 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: This will not be on the show. It was for 19 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: an upcoming article on GQ, and I asked Grant how 20 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: it is that he shows up day in and day out. 21 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 1: He was talking to me about how rigorous his training 22 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: schedule is, how dialed in he is on not just 23 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: the way that he prepares and the way that he 24 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: excels within sport, but also the way that he recovers. 25 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: And he takes his nutrition really seriously. He can tell 26 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: me exactly what he eats for breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, 27 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: He gets his sleep in, he goes to acupuncture, he 28 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: does body work. And he told me that he was 29 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: so sure that he wanted to remove the butt and 30 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: the if, that he had a really rough year on 31 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: the track in twenty twenty two and knew that he 32 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: was finally ready after that tough year to put his 33 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: best foot forward to go all in. And I can 34 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: really appreciate that. I think it takes a lot of 35 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: diligence to get to a place where you're willing to 36 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: remove the butt and the IF. I will say this, 37 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: and I say this reflecting on the episode that I 38 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: put out a couple weeks ago talking about how I 39 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: want to be back here this summer. You can be 40 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: in a place where you want to remove the button 41 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: the IF, but it's so important that no matter what 42 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: you have going on, and no matter how diligent you 43 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: are in the pursuit of the things that light you 44 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: on fire, that you find grace with yourself. Grace looks 45 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: like knowing that I'm giving everything that I have to 46 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: something and also being okay knowing that there's more to 47 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: me than whatever goal I'm going after. I have the 48 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: opportunity to talk to you so many athletes and share 49 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: their stories with you here on the show, and so 50 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: many of them have talked about the sacrifice and the 51 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: opportunity cost that goes hand in hand with going after 52 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: their big goals, and they have come to a place 53 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: where they understand that as a human they are so 54 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: much more than their sport, and we are so much 55 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: more than our goals. So I believe that it is 56 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: so important, regardless of whatever it is that you're going after, 57 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: that you find that grace and that compassion for yourself 58 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: and you talk to yourself like you would a loved one. 59 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: It's one thing to push yourself toward the things that 60 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: excite you. It's one thing to put in the work 61 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: to go all in, but it's another thing to make 62 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: sure that you have that essential amount of compassion that 63 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: enables you to be kind, to be good, to be 64 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: considerate of the human that you are outside of your goals. 65 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: Can you tell that I'm giving myself a little bit 66 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: of a pep talk. I also do want to say 67 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: this because if you are someone that is trying to 68 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: remove the button, if I would encourage you to dial 69 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: in on your why, sit down and write down why 70 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: this thing is important to you. And I don't want 71 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: one sentence, right, I want pages. I want you to 72 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: visualize and think about and look at what it is 73 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: about that goal, what it is about that thing that 74 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: really resonates with you, and candidly. Sometimes when doing this exercise, 75 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: I realize that the thing that I thought that I 76 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: wanted might not be so glitzy and shiny and exciting 77 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: after all, and that's okay. In order to move forward, 78 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: in order to find clarity, whether that clarity reveals what 79 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: it is that you thought that you were after or not, 80 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: you have to get honest about where you're at and 81 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: so get specific on your goals, what your why is, 82 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 1: by giving yourself the space to explore it and knowing 83 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: that it's okay to pivot, it's okay to shift, it's 84 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: okay that maybe the thing that you wanted. Isn't the 85 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: thing that really is the best for you after all? 86 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: But you can't make that realization unless you give yourself 87 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: the air, the space to really dive. All in my 88 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: prompter you this week is what is your why? What 89 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: is the big goal that you are going after right now? 90 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: And take the time to write on it. What is 91 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: your why? What are you going after? And I'd love 92 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: it candidly if you tag me in your big goals 93 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: on social tag Hurdle, tag me over at Hurdle podcast 94 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: and over at Emily a Body and let's dream big together. 95 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: And now a listener question. 96 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: Hi, Emily, my name is Lisa. I'm calling you from 97 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 2: the great state of Maine. I've been a Hurdle listener 98 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 2: for the past couple of years now, and I wanted 99 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 2: to start by thanking you for all the light that 100 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 2: you bring into the world. I love sharing little nippets 101 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 2: of your podcast with my students as they try to 102 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 2: find their own way in this world. I'm a middle 103 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 2: school teacher and my question has to do with where 104 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 2: you saw your life headed when you were in college. 105 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 2: Did you think that you'd be hosting a show like this. 106 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 2: I know that you went into journalism and writing, and 107 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 2: I just didn't know if hurdle was something that you 108 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 2: imagined and manifested or was it something that was a 109 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 2: culmination of a lot of other activities. Thanks again for. 110 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: What you do, Hey, Lisa, this is a good one. 111 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't on my radar at all. In college, 112 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: I double majored in political science and journalism, so I 113 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: definitely knew that I wanted to do writing. I briefly 114 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: thought about law school and then decided that just was 115 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: not for me. I interned at Fitness Magazine my junior 116 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: year of college, and then I interned at the Hertford 117 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: Current newspaper my senior year of college. Got a job 118 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: right out right out of college as a paid intern 119 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: at Cafe Mom's The Stir, which was a woman's lifestyle 120 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: blog back in twenty ten, and then got hired at 121 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: Cafe Mom a few months later as an editorial assistant, 122 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: and so I ran full force into digital media. I 123 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: worked in digital at Cafe Mom. Then I worked as 124 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: a fitness editor at Rodale, which is no longer. It's 125 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: a publishing company that was sold to Hurst, and then 126 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: I left Rodale and got let Go just signed the 127 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: Times publishing industry corporate layoffs. Standard landed at Self Magazine 128 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: five days later. Was the fitness editor itself for a 129 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: year before Self Magazine folded, And so I was having 130 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: this like sensive career as a digital and print journalist. 131 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: I was doing the things itself that I dreamed of 132 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: doing ever since I was little. I was on photo shoots, 133 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: I was interviewing athletes. I was getting to go to 134 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: cool events and travel the world and just so much 135 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: awesome stuff. I had my dream job at the time, 136 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: and when I lost that job, I had no thought 137 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: or inkling that I would start a podcast. But I 138 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: did know that I had a goal, and my goal 139 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: was to empower other women to find their own potential 140 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: to level up in whatever way excites them. I knew 141 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: that I wanted to use my voice for good, and 142 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: I got to a point in my freelance writing journey 143 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: after I left Self Magazine that I felt as though 144 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: some of the articles that I was writing they didn't 145 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: excite me, they didn't feel like I was pursuing my 146 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: passions and my purpose, And so I did. The thing 147 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: that I talk about on the show pretty often was 148 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: that I made an a b and C list Column A, 149 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: it's the things that you're doing right now that you 150 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: absolutely love, Colum B the things you're doing right now 151 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: that you're kind of okay with, that you like and 152 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: you don't mind, and callum cee the things that you 153 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: want to step away from, the things that you could 154 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: totally do without and candidly you probably don't like doing 155 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 1: them at all. How can I look at this list 156 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: and start to do more within B and A knowing 157 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: that getting rid of callum C, especially when money is 158 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: involved and you have to make a living, it doesn't 159 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: happen overnight. And I make this list twice a year 160 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: still to this day, doing an honest audit with myself 161 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: about how I'm expending my energy and what I want 162 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: to be doing more of, and what I want to 163 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: get rid of, meeting myself with where I'm at and 164 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: having that honest dialogue. And so back to the question, No, 165 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: I never thought that I'd be podcasting, but podcasting and 166 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: having these conversations it makes me feel like I am 167 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: so aligned with my passion and my purpose, and it 168 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: also has opened the door for me to step into 169 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: every version of myself. It's opened the door for me 170 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 1: to meet myself in every iteration, and I'm excited to 171 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 1: meet the Emily that will be in five years. I've 172 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: learned so much about the things that excite me personally professionally, 173 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: I know now that I am so excited to do 174 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: more event hosting, more facilitating, and I love nothing more 175 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: than the moment of impact, as I call it, the 176 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: moment where I see the light bulb go off where 177 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: I can have a conversation with someone or be facilitating 178 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: a dialogue and see that they two are really understanding 179 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: and comprehending their own big potential and are excited to 180 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: go and do the next thing, to take the next leap. 181 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: That's what I want to be dialed in on. So yes, 182 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: I'm podcasting, but I'm also constantly understanding that there's more 183 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,719 Speaker 1: to this and I don't exactly know what that is, 184 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: just like I didn't exactly know what that was when 185 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: I started podcasting, and that I think is the really 186 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: good stuff at Emilybody at Hurdle Podcast. 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