1 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: What's going on? Everyone? 2 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: Emily a body here. You are listening to five Minute 3 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 2: Friday from Hurdle. I'm laughing. I wish you could see 4 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 2: me right now. I am literally recording this under a 5 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 2: comforter in a hotel room in Jamaica. 6 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: The room doesn't have kurpet and it's super echoey. And 7 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: if I didn't do this like this, then you would 8 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: definitely know. So here I am the things we do 9 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: for podcasting. I am having one of those moments, you know, 10 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: that trend that we're seeing right now on social media, 11 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: whether it be via Instagram or TikTok, And it's like 12 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: the butterfly effect is because if this didn't happen, then 13 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: this wouldn't have happened, and this wouldn't have happened in 14 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: XYZ and I cannot help but think about my career 15 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: that way. This week, I now have a podcast that 16 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: enables me to travel around the world and interview I'm like, 17 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: this is crazy, interview women that I admire within the 18 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 1: realm of sport, working on my mission to empower women 19 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: everywhere to live healthier, happier, more motivated lives. And I 20 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: would not be doing this if health and wellness didn't 21 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: become a priority for me back in college, and if 22 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: I go back even before that, I was overweight and 23 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: uncomfortable as a pre teen, and I didn't make the 24 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: volleyball team my sophomore year after loving playing volleyball because 25 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: I couldn't run a mile and under ten minutes, and 26 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: I went through so much trauma and boy saying negative 27 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: things about me. And finally, one day, as a freshman 28 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: in college, I got on a scale and saw a 29 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: number that frightened me and sprinted down the road because 30 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: I didn't know what else to do. That was so 31 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: counterintuitive to me, and I fell in the grass and 32 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: I looked up at the sky and said, I can't 33 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: live my life like this. And if none of those 34 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: other things had happened, then maybe I wouldn't have gotten 35 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: to that breaking point. And if that breaking point didn't happen, 36 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: then maybe I wouldn't have started to invest in my 37 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: own personal health and well being, and I wouldn't have 38 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: lost weight, and that journey wouldn't have brought me to running, 39 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: and running wouldn't have brought me to this place in 40 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: my career where I wanted to dial in on being 41 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: a journalist. That focused on fitness, that focused on female athletes, 42 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: that got the job as a fitness editor at Self magazine, 43 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: And if the magazine didn't fold, then I wouldn't have 44 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: ended up wanting to start something of my own and 45 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: being here and talking to you on this podcast, arguably 46 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: sitting in Jamaica. It's wild and I cannot help but 47 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: think about so many times that it felt unfair, so 48 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: many times that it's felt so so difficult. But if 49 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: there's anything that has been a resounding message for me 50 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: over the last seven and a half years creating content 51 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: on Hurdle, it's that these difficult hurdle moments happen to 52 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: teach us something. And these strong individuals, the smartest of 53 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: all of us, and I'm talking to you, what we 54 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: do is we take these difficult moments and we learn 55 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: from them. We use them as an opportunity to inform 56 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: our next step. 57 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 2: And don't get me wrong, I am informed. The challenges 58 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: are still coming and they will for the rest of 59 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: my days. But I can say without a hesitant of 60 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: a doubt is that the phrase I can say that 61 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: without a doubt you understand what I'm saying. I know 62 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: I am exactly where I'm supposed to be right now. 63 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 2: As corny as that sounds, I am doing exactly what 64 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: I am supposed to be doing. I feel it in 65 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 2: my gut, I feel it in my soul, and I 66 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 2: am so excited about what happens next. I get this way. 67 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: My birthday's next week, and whenever I'm on the cusp 68 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 2: of another lap around the sun, I'm extremely reflective, and 69 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: I am in this place where it could be simple 70 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 2: to focus on what I am without, I'm choosing to 71 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 2: focus on what I am with and all of the 72 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 2: goodness in my life, and how far I have come, 73 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: and how proud I am of the woman that's sitting 74 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 2: here under this comforter talking to you about all of it. 75 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 2: It's good, It's really damn good. The butterfly effect, it's crazy, 76 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: it's crazy. My question for you right now, my listener 77 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: prompt you this week, what is one one thing, one 78 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 2: hurdle moment that you've experienced that in the moment was, 79 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: oh my goodness, so challenging, but now you look back 80 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 2: on with a certain fondness. What is one hurdle moment 81 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 2: you've experienced that was difficult in the moment, but has 82 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: helped you step into who you are today. And now 83 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 2: a listener question. Hi, Emily, I've been listening since twenty seventeen. 84 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 2: Three exclamation points. My question for you is, how do 85 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 2: you know if a decision is right? For example, interviewing 86 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: for new jobs or opportunities. I tend to get hesitant 87 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 2: because I can be a bit too comfortable where I'm 88 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: at right now or scared of change. But question is, 89 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 2: how do you determine when your gut instinct is telling 90 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: you the right thing? How do you know if any 91 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: decision is right? Any advice would be so much appreciated. 92 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:55,799 Speaker 2: Heart emoji, thank you. Eighteen exclamation points. Taylor, Oh, Taylor, 93 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 2: I have been here and I think as you can see. 94 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 2: Are you heard anyway in the beginning of this episode, 95 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 2: there are gonna be a lot of twists and turns 96 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 2: in life, and you might not always have all of 97 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: the answers. But I trust in your intuition. I trust 98 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: in my intuition, and no matter what happens, even if 99 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: maybe it's quote unquote not the right decision, it is 100 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 2: a decision that will get you wherever it is that 101 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 2: you are supposed to go. I know that's hard to hear. 102 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 2: When things feel as though they're not going your way, 103 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: I know that you want someone to be like, this 104 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 2: is going to lead you exactly to the path that 105 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 2: you've thought that you were supposed to go on for 106 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 2: all of your years. But the truth is is that 107 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 2: there is no roadmap, and that's part of the fun. 108 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: How do you trust your gut? It's a good question. 109 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 2: You feel it like I feel my intuition deep in 110 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: my chest, and whenever I do something where I'm like 111 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 2: second guessing myself, and it happens a lot, I trust 112 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 2: that making a decision will give me clarity. And when 113 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: clarity occurs, it might not give you the answers that 114 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 2: you want, but it gives you the answers that you 115 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: need so that you can make an informed decision going forward. 116 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 2: And so interviewing for new jobs or opportunities, Yes, overwhelming, 117 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: totally understandable. But trust me when I say that you 118 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 2: have all of the tools you need inside of you 119 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 2: to move forward. I'll say that again, you have all 120 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 2: of the tools inside of you to move forward. So 121 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: what if it's not quote unquote the right decision. Who 122 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 2: gets to decide what's the right decision except you? You 123 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: know so trusting your gut is following your intuition. I 124 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 2: feel it in my chest, and I trust that whatever 125 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: is meant for me and won't pass me by. And 126 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: even in the moments where it feels like that's exactly 127 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 2: what's happening, that redirection is a blessing, it's information, it's 128 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 2: an opportunity, but you have to choose to see it 129 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 2: that way. I hope this helps you all know how 130 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 2: to find me if you've got a listener question of 131 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 2: your own. I'm over at Emily Avadi at Hurdle Podcast. 132 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: It's time for me to get out from under this 133 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 2: comforter and head to the airport. Another hurdle conquered. Catch 134 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 2: you guys next time.