An ode to strong women
Good morning!
I want to talk to you a little bit about strong women.
This has been my year of really appreciating strong women. From the female coaches at my gym, to my best friends, to the writer’s and bloggers I avidly follow, to my sister and my mom. More than any other thing in the world, I am completely inspired by every day awesome women.
On that note, I started a podcast, with an INSANELY strong woman that I want to introduce you to. My friend is an entrepreneur, a business owner, a chef, a competitor in the sport of power lifting, and for goodness sakes, a fucking sweetie! Please take a moment to listen to us talk about body image, other people’s perceptions of us vs. our perception of ourselves, veganism, punk rock, and living a jeans-less existance AKA owning our squat thighs.
(Above is the embedded podcast, but you can also download here)
What strong women have inspired you lately?
I loved how you guys talked about being uncomfortable about your changing body, and that can be okay. I have been both oddly the most comfortable with my body and unhappy at the same time. I am pretty comfortable in the sense that I feel like the connect between myself and my body has been the strongest the past few years and I don’t feel an obligation to look a certain way for other people. But on the flip side I am a little sad to see my body get bigger. It has gotten bigger because of lifting and strength training, but honestly it is mostly because of overeating. Some days I feel very passive or excited about my strength, and then other days I mourn my jeans and dresses that I don’t fit in. And when I feel bad, I am feel a little disappointed like I shouldn’t really care about it.
You can still be feminist and have bad body image days, just like you can still love your body and work toward change. This is a concept many people don’t realize but is actually totally liberating! WE’RE ALL HUMAN. Thanks for listening :)
Badass podcast ladies! You did a bangin job on that 1st episode. These are such an important topics that no one is really talking too much about and you are doing it. YAY!! Being in the fitness/nutrition world I see everything you are talking about and feel EXACTLY the same way, you are my people! I look fwd to more episodes and I look fwd to sharing this podcast with other strong women. :)
Yes!!!!!! Thank you so much Kelly! I am so glad you liked it <3
So great! I can’t wait for more episodes!
Coming soon! Like this week, if fact!
Awesome! I really enjoyed this podcast, when it finished I was wishing there was more :)
More to come this Thursday!
Great listen. This is a great resource for the women that come in. Thanks for sharing!
Loved listening to this! I’m working on being nice to myself. Thanks!
so glad you liked!
This episode was also fantastic!
Is there any easy way you guys could change the way you post it so I would be able to download the full episode onto my phone? I listen to podcasts on my walk into work and it uses too much data to stream. Right now I can’t download it onto my phone, I have to download it to my computer and then email it to my phone and download it from there. If there’s an easy way for you guys to change it up so I could easily download it, it would be very much appreciated!
Hi Jo!
We are actually on itunes now, so you can download from there!