1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: Hey, fam, Hello Sunshine. Today on the bright Side, Olympic 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: hurdler and sprinter Queen Harrison Clay. She's here to talk 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: about this summer's Paris Olympics, her dedication to empowering female athletes, 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: and how hosting on Airbnb enables her to do it all. 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: It's Thursday, June sixth I'm Danielle Robe. 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: And I'm Simone Boyce, and this is the bright Side 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 2: from Hello Sunshine, Simone. 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: We both want to be athletes. I know we're going 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: to be following the Olympics. They're only one month away, 10 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: and there's been so much anticipation and so many high 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: profile returns like Simone Biles. There's also been some devastating 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: losses like Gabby Douglass having to pull out due to 13 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: an ankle injury. I feel like I need a countdown 14 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: on my whiteboard in my kitchen. 15 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 2: Road to the Olympics. I can already hear the theme 16 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: song in my head. I'm so ready for it. 17 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 3: Give it to me. 18 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: As we get closer to the kickoff in Paris, Danielle, 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 2: we are going to talk a lot about the roads 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 2: of the Olympics right here on the bright Side, and 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: I'm really excited because we're going to be bringing the 22 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 2: best and the brightest voices on to tell us who 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 2: we should be paying attention to, what goes into being 24 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 2: an Olympian, and also the feeling of what it's like 25 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: to be in the stands. I have never actually attended 26 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: an Olympics. It has eluded me, and I've got to 27 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 2: do it one day. 28 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: It's such a bucket list moment. Also, I feel like 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: you and I we've talked about being patriotic. It feels 30 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: like such an ultimate American moment to go be at 31 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: the Olympics. It's super exciting. 32 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 2: I would for sure wear a cape of some sort 33 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 2: if I went like it would be a flag, probably 34 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: either the American flag or the Rings flag, but there 35 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 2: would be a cape involved for sure. 36 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: Well, we are joined by someone who's actually in the 37 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: mists of training for the Olympic trials. Queen Harrison Clay 38 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: made history in two thousand and eight when she became 39 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: the youngest member of the US track and field team 40 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: to compete in the Summer Olympics in Beijing. And beyond 41 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: the track, Queen is also just so fly like. She 42 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: has amazing style, wears cool lipstick, cool clothes, and she's 43 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: also really passionate about empowering female athletes and helping them 44 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: succeed on and off the field. She's actually doing something 45 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: about it too, through a social organization that she co 46 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: founded called the Athletic Girls Club for girls age thirteen 47 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: to seventeen and eighteen to twenty three. She's just empowering 48 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: female athletes across the board. 49 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: I mean, we know sports are integral and shaping our 50 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: future leaders. We've talked a lot on the bright side 51 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 2: about that pipeline from the field to the c suite, 52 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: But there's new research out that underscores the positive impact 53 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 2: on mental health. So it turns out that girls who 54 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 2: participate in sports can have lower rates of depression and anxiety. 55 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 2: And this is so interesting, Danielle. Girls who play sports 56 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 2: report one point five times higher levels of meaning and 57 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 2: purpose compared to those who never played. 58 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: I feel that in my own life playing I don't 59 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: know if I necessarily play sports, but I work out 60 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: and having a strong body gives me a strong mind, 61 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: and vice versa, like one feeds the other. So every 62 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: time we have an athlete on our show, she affirms 63 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: what you and I both know to be true. One 64 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: After the Break, the Fast and the fabulous Queen Harrison 65 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: Clay is here and we're talking about her Olympic journey, 66 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: the moment that almost kept her from making the Olympics 67 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: last time, and the power of her community. We'll be 68 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: right back. This segment is in partnership with Airbnb. We're 69 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: back with Olympic hurdler, sprinter, entrepreneur and mom, Queen Harrison Clay. 70 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: And that's not all. She's also in the Airbnb host 71 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 2: club too. Queen, Welcome to the bright Side. 72 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me. I'm excited to hopefully become 73 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 3: a bright Side bestie. 74 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: Oh my god, you're ready, one girl, girl, you ain't 75 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 2: got to do that thing. You're already there. 76 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, what's up. I'm here. 77 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: Your name is Queen, You're in. We're good, And I'm 78 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: excited because Simone is hosting for Airbnb. You're hosting for 79 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: Airbnb one day. I aspire to be a host. But 80 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: I'm fascinated by your origin story. I read that you 81 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: first started running track as a way to make friends. 82 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: At what point did it become a parent that you 83 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: could really do this at an elite level. 84 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I definitely started with making friends. I mean, I 85 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 4: come from a huge family. I'm one of twenty three 86 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 4: children that my dad has. Fun fact, so my friends 87 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 4: were always just my family. That's what my parents told me, like, 88 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 4: your your family is your friends. And then we moved 89 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 4: from upstate New York down to Richmond, Virginia, and I 90 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 4: didn't know anyone. I was going to middle school and 91 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 4: everyone was kind of clicked up from elementary school or 92 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 4: in local neighborhoods. And I was like, well, what's the 93 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 4: biggest team or organization that I could jump on? And 94 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 4: I saw the track team and it was co ed, 95 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 4: you know, so that was actually added on this because well, 96 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 4: so you know, me young pre teen girl joined the 97 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 4: track team and I kind of just took to it immediately. 98 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 4: I had a running past in the past, but to 99 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 4: be in an organized sport that was my first time. 100 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: I think that's so cool. 101 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 2: You know. 102 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: I just had a friend tell me that I should 103 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: join a run club to meet men. So now you 104 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: have confirmed her suspicions. I'm going to do it. But 105 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: we've talked a lot about how opportunities for female athletes 106 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: have changed drastically in recent years, and you were training 107 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: and discovering the sport in the early two thousands. What 108 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: kind of road map existed for you at that time. 109 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 4: Oh my, it's so different, different terrain. I mean, there 110 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 4: still are uphill battles. But when I started, it was 111 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 4: very much your track athlete. There was no distinction between 112 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: male or female. And I think there were good parts 113 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 4: about that because people were kind of treated equally on 114 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 4: in the sport at that time. But then it also 115 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 4: didn't take into account the nuances that come along as 116 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 4: being a female athlete, as being a woman, a young woman, 117 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 4: and how our body develops differently, so that one size 118 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 4: all approach that we kind of got boxed into when 119 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 4: I was younger. It's good to see it now, to 120 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 4: see female athletes and women in general just shining as women, 121 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 4: not just as an athlete, like honing in on what 122 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 4: makes us different and celebrating that. It's dope to see. 123 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 2: In twenty twenty four, Queen, you qualified for the Beijing 124 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 2: Olympics in two thousand and eight when you were just 125 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: a sophomore at Virginia Tech. As someone who failed at 126 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 2: literally every sport, I don't know what that feels like. 127 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: So I'm hoping to live vicariously through you through this question. 128 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 2: What do you remember about getting that call or getting 129 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 2: that news. 130 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, So when we'd qualify for the Olympic Games, there's 131 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 4: like a host and a series of event. So I 132 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 4: was in my collegiate season. We had the NCAA National Championships. 133 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 4: I'll never forget this. My coach put me in an 134 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 4: event I usually didn't do, which was the four x 135 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 4: one relay. 136 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 3: I'm on third leg, I'm running for my team, and 137 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 3: I ended up pulling. 138 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 4: My quad muscle, which is like detrimental to sprinting because 139 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 4: it's huge muscle that you need. 140 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 3: So I didn't get to finish that. 141 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 4: National championships and Olympic trials were about two and a 142 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 4: half three weeks away, so any thought I had of 143 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 4: making the team kind of started to diminish because I 144 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 4: hurt myself and Team USA is a very competitive team 145 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 4: to make. But thankfully I had a great team around 146 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 4: me that rallied. We did so much physical therapy and 147 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 4: treatment and all that type of stuff, and even just 148 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 4: mentally training to say, look, if you can be well 149 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,679 Speaker 4: enough and healthy enough to step out on the line, 150 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 4: the sky is the limit. And I literally ran on faith, 151 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 4: like I look back at that race, and I think 152 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 4: about it. I was out in laying eight, which is 153 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 4: like not a you know, like not the best. 154 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 3: Lane to be in. 155 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 4: I was the last person qualified into the final Olympic trials. 156 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 4: Even on the last straightaway a girl fell over the 157 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 4: hurdle rolled. 158 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 3: Into my lane. 159 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 4: I had to jump over her, and somehow I still 160 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 4: was able to get second place and make the Olympic 161 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 4: team as this nineteen year old. And so I think 162 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 4: that was a testament if I didn't know before then 163 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 4: that I belong here. I have the mental fortitude and 164 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 4: the physical attributes to be an Olympian integrate. That solidified it. 165 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 4: I still get chills thinking about it and looking at 166 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 4: that race. 167 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: I do too. 168 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: We often hear about athletes having this really intense mind 169 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 2: body connection, and an athlete like Simone Biles has talked 170 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 2: about how you know, before certain events she had either 171 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 2: a good gut feeling or a bad gut feeling about 172 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 2: what was about to happen. So that day, when you 173 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 2: were qualifying for the Olympics, what was your mental state? 174 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 4: Like what I do remember was like the freedom. There 175 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 4: was something about getting injured two weeks prior, nobody looking 176 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 4: at me to make the team. There wasn't that added 177 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 4: pressure from the public. I was a long shot by 178 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 4: their eyes. So I think being able to just go 179 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 4: in there authentically, like run my best race without those 180 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 4: additional pressures, my mind was free because whatever the outcome was, 181 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 4: I was proud. Yeah, and I was even prouder to 182 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 4: make the team, obviously, but I was just proud to 183 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 4: have withstood all the things that happened that season to 184 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 4: still stand on that line and represent myself, my family, 185 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 4: and my university. 186 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 3: That it was a freedom that allowed me to make 187 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 3: that team. 188 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: Queen, you mentioned mental fortitude, and you know, I've read 189 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: a few books about sports psychology because I think so 190 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: much of it is applicable to our daily lives. One 191 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: of my favorites is How Champions Think by doctor Bob Rotella, 192 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: and in sports he talks about this moment of psyching 193 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: yourself up. But it doesn't just happen right before the race. 194 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: It happens in the weeks leading up to the race. 195 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: And now you're leading up to the Olympic qualifiers for 196 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: the Paris Games. How are you psyching yourself up and 197 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: preparing for that make or break race? 198 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think everyone's adopted it now when they're like 199 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 4: the lulu is the Salulu I swear like athletes. We've 200 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 4: been doing that for ages where it doesn't matter like 201 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 4: how you're seated going into a race, and that means 202 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 4: you could be coming in as the twelfth fastest or 203 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 4: the second fastest. When you come to that field of 204 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 4: play or that line in your mind, you've told yourself 205 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 4: you're better than everyone else in that race because the 206 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 4: race is against you versu yourself. And so as I 207 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 4: get ready for the Olympic Trials, get ready for the 208 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 4: Paris Games, every day is about chipping off at being 209 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 4: better than I was yesterday, a week before, even an 210 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 4: hour before. And I think once you with age, with maturity, 211 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 4: comes that self confidence that if I can beat myself yesterday, 212 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 4: why can't I beat anyone else in the world. And 213 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 4: that can go into so many different industries, not just 214 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 4: an athlete. 215 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 2: So how do you find that self confidence on days 216 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 2: when you're not feeling confident or when you need to 217 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 2: push through those near misses as an athlete. 218 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 4: Looking for like outside motivation, especially now I'm a mother, 219 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 4: you know, going into motherhood, she just turned to this 220 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 4: may but now there's like this additional external factor that 221 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 4: motivates me to shine my brightest as the brightest star 222 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 4: that I can be. It used to be me, It 223 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 4: used to be the accolades, and those things are still important, 224 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 4: but now family, especially this young girl, impressionable who I 225 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 4: want to be her greatest version of herself. I would 226 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 4: be remiss not to be my best version. So when 227 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 4: it's hard and it's hot, or you know, I have 228 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 4: a ding here and bang the knee here, I just 229 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 4: can regroup and think not just for myself, but for 230 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 4: little Queen Cary, that's my baby. 231 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you brought her up because I want 232 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: to know what training looks like for the Paris Olympic Games. 233 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: Now that you're a mom, it's got to be different. 234 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:06,719 Speaker 3: Oh, it is. 235 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 4: Very different in great ways and in really challenging ways. 236 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 4: I would say maybe within the past two months it 237 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 4: just felt very all consuming. It was like never an 238 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 4: off switch because when I go into training and I'm 239 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 4: at the track, I'm fully focused on that. And in 240 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 4: the past, when I leave the track, I would be 241 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 4: able to decompress fully. 242 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 3: I can put my feet up on the. 243 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 4: Couch, getting the ice back whatever, and focus totally on me, 244 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 4: but now it switches from track queen to mommy queen, 245 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 4: in which case it leaves less space for me to 246 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,359 Speaker 4: just have that same type of recovery. 247 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 3: But I've gotten the gist of it. 248 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 4: It just kind of has taken some time to learn 249 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 4: how to be selfish and not think of it as 250 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 4: a bad way. I mean, I would have never gotten 251 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 4: to the place that I am if I wasn't selfish 252 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 4: throughout my career and my life, because I have to 253 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 4: be for these hundreds of a second that I'm trying 254 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 4: to get to win or to go to the Olympic 255 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 4: Games and get a gold medal. So doing that when 256 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 4: your mother seems kind of taboo because they say no, 257 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 4: selfish is bad, selfless good. But you have to have 258 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 4: that balance, and I've learned it. 259 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: So I love that you just said I am selfish 260 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: because we are taught as women to be selfless. You 261 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: said it, What does being selfish look like like? Give 262 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: me specifics if you can. 263 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's about prioritizing my time and my recovery. It 264 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 4: goes without saying that your baby or your child is 265 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 4: always going to be at the forefront of your mind. 266 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 4: But initially it would be I'd get done with training 267 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 4: and I'm like rushing home, like, no, there's no stops. 268 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 4: I mean, I'm like, the only place you need to 269 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 4: go is a grocery store or something for her. And 270 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 4: now it's like, Okay, do I need to go get 271 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 4: in the cold tub? Do I need to go to 272 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 4: the chiropractor? These are things I need to do for 273 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 4: my body to perform at its best, and so I've 274 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 4: taken that time even if it's like, oh, you want 275 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 4: to go get your hair done, which is something I 276 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 4: used to love to do, because just as much as 277 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 4: Fast as part of my brand, so is fabulous. So 278 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 4: I'm like that brings me joy, and it makes training 279 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 4: better and it makes my life better. And so tapping 280 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 4: back into those things that bring me joy makes training 281 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 4: that much that much better. 282 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: I am. I love that you said fast and fabulous 283 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: because one of my favorite athletes growing up was flow Jo, 284 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,239 Speaker 1: and I feel like she made fast and fabulous possible. 285 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: So I love that you're carrying the torch. But you 286 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: have a new title that you're adding to your resume. 287 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: You're the co founder of Athletic Girls Club, which is 288 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: a new membership based social organization dedicated to empowering female athletes. 289 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: Why is this club so needed? 290 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 2: Oh? 291 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 3: My's beyond needed. 292 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 4: I think it literally just about what I wish I 293 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 4: had when I was younger, you know, like you mentioned 294 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 4: flow Jo, I remember seeing playbacks and replays of her 295 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 4: and how she came to the line. It felt like 296 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: her authentic self. And so with Athletic Girls Club, I'm here, 297 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 4: I'm a living testament to bringing your authentic self to 298 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 4: the line. 299 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 3: And I know the root of that is. 300 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 4: The confidence and the self awareness that I got through sport. 301 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 4: So that's our common thread of all the girls in 302 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 4: the Athletic Girls Club. We are all connected through our 303 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 4: love of sport because we're active or we're active female athletes. 304 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 4: But we know only less than one percent goes on 305 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 4: to be a professional athlete. 306 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 3: So it's like, how do they pivot? 307 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 4: How do we provide resources and a network that if 308 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 4: they want to host their own podcast, we have a 309 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 4: network within the Athletic Girls Club that they can tap 310 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 4: into and do an internship. 311 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 3: It's really that just. 312 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 4: Paying it forward that I've done at a unofficial capacity 313 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 4: most of my career to now make it a thriving 314 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 4: membership club that I'm really excited about. 315 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: I'm excited for you as you create the version of 316 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 2: community that you want to see in the world. You 317 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 2: talked about how isolating it can be as an elite athlete, 318 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 2: and this word community, it feels like it gets thrown 319 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: around a lot these days, and sometimes it feels really hollow, 320 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 2: and I don't know that it carries a lot of meaning. 321 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 2: So I'm curious what does community mean to you. 322 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 4: As definitely thrown around a lot. I think community to 323 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 4: me is more. It's not just the word or us 324 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 4: grouping together physically. It's about we have this common thread 325 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 4: and I want you to be the best version of yourself. 326 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 4: You want me to be the best version of myself. 327 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 4: So how do we pool our resources, our mind, our 328 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 4: strengths so that everybody in our community can be the 329 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 4: best version of ourselves. I mean, a rising tide lifts 330 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 4: all ships, and so what we hope and look for 331 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 4: Athletic Girls Club and this network that create to do 332 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 4: is to rise all of our girls. I mean these 333 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 4: are girls that are thirteen to seventeen and then eighteen 334 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 4: to twenty four. You know, this is a really distinct 335 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 4: group of young girls and women that we know if 336 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 4: polished correctly and given the space and the freedom to 337 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 4: express themselves in whatever way that looks. They're going to 338 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 4: be the change makers of the world, and we just 339 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 4: want to be a small part of helping them get there. 340 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 2: How has your community shown up for you? Oh? 341 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 4: I mean now, they help me with babysitting, So that's 342 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 4: a huge part of community because. 343 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 3: I need that mental space. 344 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 4: But they also rally behind me through my wins, my losses, 345 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 4: my injuries, my triumphs. I've had a strong team of coaches, 346 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 4: family and friends that have uplifted me and held me 347 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 4: to say, you as you are today is the perfect 348 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 4: version of you. It doesn't matter what your time was 349 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 4: at that race, which is hard to hear as an 350 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 4: athlete because we're very tuned into our athletic performance. 351 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 3: Dick our worth. 352 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 4: As you are, Queen, you are perfect as this Now. 353 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 4: How can I help you achieve something else? Or how 354 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 4: can I help you appreciate the achievements you've had thus far? 355 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 4: That part is more difficult for me, but my community's 356 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 4: helping me work through that too. 357 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:19,719 Speaker 3: We're going to take a quick break. 358 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 2: We'll be right back with Queen Harrison Clay. 359 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: And we're back with olympian and entrepreneur Queen Harrison Clay. 360 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: When you're a highly driven person, that can be difficult. 361 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: You know, Queen, we've talked a lot about what you've 362 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: given to the sport, but how about what sports gives 363 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: to you to girls? Why is it important to encourage 364 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: girls to stay in sports? 365 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 4: Sport it literally helps throughout your entire life. I can 366 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 4: say that boldly and proudly because I know so many 367 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 4: many women that competed in sports, maybe in high school 368 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 4: or college. 369 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 3: They're not doing it anymore, and they always talk about 370 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 3: the foundations and the fundamentals that they learned in sports, 371 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 3: how it helped them throughout their career. I mean, I'm 372 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 3: talking about c suite level position women that are in 373 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 3: these amazing companies, and they always dial back and say, yeah, 374 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 3: I did growing or water polo, or I learned how 375 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 3: to work within a team at a young age and 376 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 3: that helped me get to where I am today. So 377 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,479 Speaker 3: I say, sport obviously for the physical benefits and the 378 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 3: health benefits, but that team camaraderie, the confidence and self 379 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 3: awareness that you have within yourself and your body. It's 380 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 3: very difficult to find those spaces, especially as a young 381 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 3: woman and a girl growing up. So when you're in 382 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 3: that sporting realm and it's like your input directly affects 383 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 3: the output. I mean, what better way to showcase how 384 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 3: hard work can help you and the rest of your life. 385 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 3: In sports? 386 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: You're a mentor to women, to athletes. I love that 387 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 1: you wear bold lipstick to sort of encourage women to 388 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: show up boldly as themselves. Simona and I get to 389 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: interview so many athletes on this show, and it seems 390 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: like there's this point in time where it feels really 391 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: difficult to find yourself outside of sport because it's so 392 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: all consuming, it requires so much dedication. You so clearly 393 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: have done that, like you have Queen the athlete and 394 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: Queen the human being. What do you attribute that to? 395 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 4: Maturity and the confidence that you get with going through 396 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 4: things and learning along the way? 397 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 3: Young Queen Beijing two thousand and eight. 398 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 4: Queen Oh no, she would not be doing all this 399 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 4: stuff because there's you kind of hit it on the head. 400 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 4: There's this myth in sports of if you're to be great, 401 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 4: it has to be all consuming. It's an amazing film 402 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 4: to be on that top of the podium. I won't 403 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 4: say it's not. However, it's fleeting right. You're on the 404 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 4: top of the podium, and then you got to work 405 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 4: extra hard to get back to the top. So when 406 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 4: all your eggs are in the one basket and you're 407 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 4: not able to even enjoy life the fruits of your labor, 408 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 4: I feel like you you may have a shorter career 409 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 4: as well, because what fun is it to like keep 410 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 4: hammering for the same exact goal. You're not going to 411 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 4: graduations or birthday parties. I mean, I'm telling you this 412 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 4: is what we are taught at a young age. Being 413 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 4: an elite athlete means all that other stuff can come later. 414 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 4: And unfortunately, sometimes later happens and you look back and 415 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 4: you're like, wow, I really missed out on some opportunities 416 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 4: or some things that I wish I would have done. 417 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 4: So now you know me in this stage in life, 418 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 4: I know there's you know, there's duality. There's Queen the athlete, 419 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 4: and I am very much an elite athlete. I'm still 420 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 4: doing my thing. I got Athletic Girls Club because I 421 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 4: want to inspire the next generation of change makers and 422 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 4: women in this world that have a foundation in sport. 423 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 4: I can do all those things and I will, and 424 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 4: I'll keep being an advocate that you don't just have 425 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 4: to be one dimensional. 426 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you more about being an 427 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 2: airbnb host because I'm getting ready to become a host myself. 428 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 2: How's that supplemental income feeling, girl? 429 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 4: Okay, because I'm talking about extra money. I think it's 430 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 4: so unique for me, especially because when you're training sometimes 431 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 4: you have to go here, here, here, you know, like 432 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 4: right now we're in Atlanta. We're usually based in San Diego. 433 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 4: So I would either just be paying mortgage for my 434 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 4: house to sit there. 435 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 3: Right do it? Or it's like, let's offset those costs. 436 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 4: And I think sometimes people don't think about that as 437 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 4: well when it comes to being an Airbnb host. Maybe 438 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 4: you don't want to host and it's not about making 439 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 4: a profit. It's like, let me offset the cost while 440 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 4: I go to Europe on baking exactly, and it just 441 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 4: feels good. Like you said, I'll keep that money in 442 00:22:59,280 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 4: my pocket. 443 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 2: It's so easy, that's the best part about it. It's 444 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 2: like you already have the house, you might as well 445 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 2: let somebody else stay in it, make a little extra cash, exactly. 446 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: Well, tell me about what makes your space special, like 447 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 1: what's what is it like? Like, what color is it? 448 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: And also what's been your favorite part about hosting. 449 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 3: So our home. 450 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 4: First of all, it's called so cozy SoCal, right like, 451 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,959 Speaker 4: so if hopefully that sums up what are you getting. 452 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 4: It's cozy like deep set couches where you can like 453 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 4: fall asleep and my husband has many times. And then 454 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 4: because it's about less than two miles from the beach, 455 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 4: we have all this outdoor space and like livable outdoor space. 456 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 4: So there's a table, there's a fire pit. We're gonna 457 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 4: put some Olympic rings out there. We're like, are we 458 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 4: too literal? I don't think, so let's put some Olympic 459 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 4: rings in. 460 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 2: Well, your husband's an Olympian too, right, So. 461 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 3: Exactly we're an Olympic family. Lean into it the next 462 00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:58,959 Speaker 3: step exactly. 463 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 4: But it's a lot of outdoor indoor Liverpool space. It's cozy, 464 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 4: it's well equipped. I mean everything from coffee maker to cups, 465 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 4: to sheets to can openers, whatever you need is in 466 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 4: the house. All you got to do is get food 467 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 4: and bring your body and have a great time. 468 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 3: Just get cozy. 469 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 2: So you're currently training to qualify for Paris. Have you 470 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 2: already started looking at Airbnb's in Paris, yet just like 471 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 2: a little browsing just for fun. 472 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 4: We have really my in laws, like my husband's family, 473 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 4: They're like, they don't play. Can we find something big 474 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 4: enough for all of us? So what we're hoping is 475 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 4: like a couple of little apartments that are in the 476 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 4: same building so that we're all within reach because we're 477 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 4: just so close knit. 478 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 3: But you know, I've been looking in Paris, and then 479 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 3: I've also been looking for. 480 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 4: After the games when it's vacation, Like, Okay, where are 481 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 4: we going. I'm trying to go to Sardinia, Let's go 482 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 4: to Italy, Let's go to all the places. 483 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 3: Since we're already in Europe. 484 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 4: You gotta get your bank, you gotta get your bang 485 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 4: for your book when you go over there. 486 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 2: I'm gonna need to get your travel tips with your 487 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 2: two year old because I have not brought my toddlers 488 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,719 Speaker 2: to Europe yet, but I really want to. 489 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: But I'm also scared. 490 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 3: You'll never There'll never be that age again. 491 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 4: Whatever fear you have lean into, like this is an experience. 492 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 2: Have you ever been on a plane with toddlers when 493 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 2: they are screaming four hours and the whole. 494 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 3: Plane is looking at you. I have it. 495 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 4: I haven't experienced, I've seen it, and you know hindsight. 496 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 4: I'm like, girl, you can't be judging, because no, you 497 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 4: really never know. 498 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 3: But you know what it's like. Just have a little checklist. 499 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 4: You know your babies, you know what makes them excited 500 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 4: and what they love to do. 501 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 3: Just triple it times for and let all those other 502 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 3: rules go out the window. 503 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 4: Like screen time, girl, get it much as much as 504 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 4: you get, as much snacks as you want. 505 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 2: Andy sugar, screen time, all the bad things. You get 506 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 2: it all whenever we're traveling. 507 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 3: Because I'm just trying to watch a movie too. 508 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 2: I'm just trying to live in peace. I'm just trying 509 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 2: to protect my piece. Okay, thanks that It'll be great. 510 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 2: It will be Queen. This has been so much fun 511 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 2: chatting with you. Thank you so much for bringing your 512 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 2: light to our show and sharing your experience of being 513 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 2: an airbnb host. I'm so excited now. 514 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me and like, get 515 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 4: to it. Come on, get that thing listed so I 516 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 4: can come and stay at your house. 517 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 3: Because I think you got a pool, so list it 518 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 3: so I can come. 519 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: It's true, yus, this has been so awesome. 520 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 3: Thank you, Queen, Thank you so much. A'll have a 521 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 3: great one. 522 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 2: Queen Harrison Clay is an Olympic hurdler sprinter and the 523 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 2: co founder of the Athletic Girls Club. We'll be cheering 524 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 2: her on when she competes in the Olympic Trials later 525 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 2: this month. This segment was in partnership with Airbnb. And 526 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 2: that's it for today's episode. On tomorrow's show, it's Flirty Friday. 527 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 2: Here at the bright Side, We're bringing you another edition 528 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 2: of our dating and relationship segment, Catching Feelings, this time 529 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 2: with flirt coach Ben Cameras. 530 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: Listen and follow the bright Side on the iHeartRadio app, 531 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Simone Boye. 532 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 2: You can find me at Simone Voice on Instagram and TikTok. 533 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: I'm Danielle Robe on Instagram and TikTok. That's ro Ba. 534 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 3: Y see you tomorrow, folks. 535 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: Keep looking on the bright side.