Episode 22 From Stiff to Strong: Mobility meets motivation

We need that.

So Emily, you did a post recently on social media that I think was a l- it was surprising to me.

So hearing your history of you were in soccer, and you did all these sports, and you've always been in fitness, but you kind of made a raw post about your struggle, younger years, with body image.

And so what was that journey like, if you don't mind talking about it?

Yeah, absolutely.

Um, so-

[clears throat]

... unfortunately it's completely, everyone can identify with some type of body image, and, um, I actually coach a lot of women.

We have our women's retreat next week, which I'm so excited about, and one of the evenings we spend is talking about body image and body confidence, and that view of self, 'cause everyone struggles with some type of body image sticky spot.

And for me, I grew up, I was a really overweight kid-

Mm-hmm

... and I knew probably right around the age of 25 that if I kept hanging my worth on my looks, I was headed for trouble, um, because it's constantly changing, and the standards are constantly changing.

So I needed to really become very okay not looking the way that people thought that I should look, and try to pivot and find my value in other places.

And that became a mission for me to help other women do as well, because you, you have no idea what you're gonna look like two years from now, five years from now.

And so to put all those eggs in that basket of, "If I look right, I will do it." And the other piece for me is I just want women to step out of their head a little bit and stop thinking about what they look like while they're living, and live-

Mm-hmm

... their life, regardless of what it looks like from the outside.

Um, growing up as a female athlete, you saw that a lot.

I mean, female girls at the age of eight start dropping out of athletics.

It's horrifying to me.

Mm-hmm.

Not because they don't enjoy it or because they're not good at it, but because they fear the way that they look while they're performing that sport.

Yeah.

So yeah, that struggle was real, and I've w- also watched my sisters go through it, my nieces.

Mm-hmm.

We need that.

So Emily, you did a post recently on social media that I think was a l- it was surprising to me.

So hearing your history of you were in soccer, and you did all these sports, and you've always been in fitness, but you kind of made a raw post about your struggle, younger years, with body image.

And so what was that journey like, if you don't mind talking about it?

Yeah, absolutely.

Um, so-

[clears throat]

... unfortunately it's completely, everyone can identify with some type of body image, and, um, I actually coach a lot of women.

We have our women's retreat next week, which I'm so excited about, and one of the evenings we spend is talking about body image and body confidence, and that view of self, 'cause everyone struggles with some type of body image sticky spot.

And for me, I grew up, I was a really overweight kid-

Mm-hmm

... and I knew probably right around the age of 25 that if I kept hanging my worth on my looks, I was headed for trouble, um, because it's constantly changing, and the standards are constantly changing.

So I needed to really become very okay not looking the way that people thought that I should look, and try to pivot and find my value in other places.

And that became a mission for me to help other women do as well, because you, you have no idea what you're gonna look like two years from now, five years from now.

And so to put all those eggs in that basket of, "If I look right, I will do it." And the other piece for me is I just want women to step out of their head a little bit and stop thinking about what they look like while they're living, and live-

Mm-hmm

... their life, regardless of what it looks like from the outside.

Um, growing up as a female athlete, you saw that a lot.

I mean, female girls at the age of eight start dropping out of athletics.

It's horrifying to me.

Mm-hmm.

Not because they don't enjoy it or because they're not good at it, but because they fear the way that they look while they're performing that sport.

Yeah.

So yeah, that struggle was real, and I've w- also watched my sisters go through it, my nieces.

Mm-hmm.