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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: Strategies for Staying Healthy (& Happy) While Traveling · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Life, Life. Hey everyone, EMILYA body here. You are listening
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  Speaker 1: to five Minute Friday from Hurdle. I've been getting a
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  Speaker 1: lot of messages this week about traveling, which is fair
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  Speaker 1: because I've been doing a fair amount of it and
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to chat about that for this week's episode.
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  Speaker 1: The questions are mostly revolving around routine. How do you
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  Speaker 1: make time for a movement and working out when you're
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  Speaker 1: out of your normal How do you prioritize it when
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  Speaker 1: there's so much to do? And candidly, it depends on
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  Speaker 1: what's happening. I will say that I know for certain
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  Speaker 1: that I feel better when I move my body. And
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  Speaker 1: because I know that, and because moving my body is
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  Speaker 1: important to me and I have a strong why connected
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  Speaker 1: to it, more often than not I will factor that
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  Speaker 1: in when I think about what I want to do
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  Speaker 1: during the day, whether I am walking through Kyoto or
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  Speaker 1: simply where I am right now, which is in Santa Monica, California.
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  Speaker 1: And that could look differently, right, that could look like
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  Speaker 1: a dedicated workout in which I book something like some
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  Speaker 1: sort of a boutique fitness class like spin or yoga
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  Speaker 1: or gym time using class pass, which yes, I'm still
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  Speaker 1: on class Pass and I'm obsessed with it. I'll put
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  Speaker 1: my referral link in the show notes. I think get
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  Speaker 1: to a free month. Actually, So whether it's using class
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  Speaker 1: Pass or just on a whim, maybe I'll book a
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  Speaker 1: class or some gym time. And if it's not that,
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  Speaker 1: maybe I'll factor in time for a run. And if
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  Speaker 1: it's not that, if I do have a ton of
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  Speaker 1: things that I want to do, then maybe I'm thinking
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  Speaker 1: about movement in a little bit of a different way.
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  Speaker 1: I'm thinking about walking around from point A to point B,
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  Speaker 1: thinking about how I can do what I want to
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  Speaker 1: do while incorporating more steps. I'm maybe not taking an
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  Speaker 1: uber a mile down the road, but instead walking a
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  Speaker 1: mile down the road. It's all a give and take
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  Speaker 1: and prioritizing the things that are important to you and
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  Speaker 1: also knowing that sometimes it's just not gonna happen. Period.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, I'm getting really excited about strength training again.
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  Speaker 1: Feels really good to lift heavy weights. And I'm traveling
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  Speaker 1: for business. I am seeing people I don't get to
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  Speaker 1: see very often. I am incorporating meetings and running from
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  Speaker 1: point A to point B, and so that meant that
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  Speaker 1: today I didn't get in the strength workout that I
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  Speaker 1: was hoping to do, and you know what, that's okay.
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  Speaker 1: Life goes on beyond incorporating regular movement. My biggest tips
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  Speaker 1: there knowing your why, knowing why movement is important to you,
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  Speaker 1: and allowing it to be a flexible thing, knowing that
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  Speaker 1: it might look different when you're on the road than
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  Speaker 1: it might at home, and that's totally fine. Beyond that,
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  Speaker 1: I would say other things that help me keep my
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  Speaker 1: mind and body in check when I'm on the road
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  Speaker 1: include incorporating my regular supplement routine that means ag one
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  Speaker 1: and element on the road always, and then also making
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  Speaker 1: it a priority to get good sleep. Even though I am,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a dinner and drinks kind of gal. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not a late night kind of person, and that doesn't
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  Speaker 1: change when I'm away from home. So thinking about hotels
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  Speaker 1: that have great beds, great blackout curtains, looking into that
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  Speaker 1: before I book them. I'm serious. These are things that
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  Speaker 1: I do. And beyond that, beyond sleep, I'm also making
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  Speaker 1: sure to maintain my mindfulness practice when I'm on the road.
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  Speaker 1: I am so excited that this morning, probably by the
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  Speaker 1: time many of you listen to this, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: finally check out the studio of Open in Venice. I've
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  Speaker 1: been looking forward to this day for such a long time,
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  Speaker 1: and so I'm going to be doing my mindfulness practice
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  Speaker 1: that I usually do at home IRL and I cannot wait.
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  Speaker 1: And besides the breathwork and the meditation that otherwise when
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  Speaker 1: I'm not in the studio I do on the open app,
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  Speaker 1: I'm also finding the time to journal. And because it's
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  Speaker 1: marathon weekend, I'm taking my soon to be official sister
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  Speaker 1: i e. My dad and her mom are getting married,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm taking her to a contrast studio where we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna do a sauna and cold plunged thing. Right, It's
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  Speaker 1: just I know how I like to feel, and I
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  Speaker 1: know how these things feel as a part of my routine,
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  Speaker 1: And just because they might look different when I'm on
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  Speaker 1: the road doesn't mean that I'm not taking that into
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  Speaker 1: consideration when I'm wherever that I am. So know your why,
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  Speaker 1: know why these things are important for your life, for
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  Speaker 1: making you feel a certain way, and then do the
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  Speaker 1: best you can with what you have to accomplish that feeling,
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  Speaker 1: knowing that it might look different than when you're at home.
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  Speaker 1: And again, that is totally fine. Find the grace. Find
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  Speaker 1: the grace. My question for you, what is something, whether
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  Speaker 1: you're on the road or just kicking it at home
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  Speaker 1: this weekend, that you can do that makes you feel
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  Speaker 1: good in your body? What is one thing that you
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  Speaker 1: can do to feel good in your body this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: no matter where you are. And now a listener question. Hey, Emily,
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  Speaker 1: big fan of the pot over here. I was just curious.
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  Speaker 1: You do so many things, and you do them all
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  Speaker 1: so so well. Does keeping so many pots on the
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  Speaker 1: stove ever get to be a little bit overwhelming for you?
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  Speaker 1: Excited to hear your answer. Thanks so much. What a
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  Speaker 1: good question, and I love the phrase keeping so many
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  Speaker 1: pots on the stove. I will say this sometimes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: I do get overwhelmed, and sometimes I do need to
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  Speaker 1: completely withdraw, And more often than not, I'm proactive about
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  Speaker 1: knowing that inevitably that's going to happen, asking myself regularly,
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  Speaker 1: how can you own your no? What is it that's
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  Speaker 1: within my power that I can do so that I
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  Speaker 1: can stave off overwhelmed, so that I can feel more
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  Speaker 1: in control of my day to day. For me, doing
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  Speaker 1: a multitude of things, whether that's podcasting or hosting or
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  Speaker 1: creating content or working with brands in a myriad of
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  Speaker 1: different capacities. This keeps my life interesting and it really
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  Speaker 1: excites me. But with that said, I am constantly being
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  Speaker 1: pulled in a number of different directions, especially when I
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  Speaker 1: integrate balancing a personal life, my movement practice, my mental health,
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  Speaker 1: my family, so on and so forth. So I am
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  Speaker 1: proactive about doing the things that I need to do
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  Speaker 1: to put on my metaphorical oxygen mask so that I
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  Speaker 1: can continue to show up in the best way possible
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  Speaker 1: in all of the different capacities that I try to
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  Speaker 1: on the regular And when that overwhelm comes, which it
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  Speaker 1: does every once in a while, I know that that
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  Speaker 1: means that I need to take time for myself. I
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  Speaker 1: need to shut it down. I need to either spend
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  Speaker 1: some time at home in my apartment or go to
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  Speaker 1: dinner by myself, or do something that is me knowingly
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  Speaker 1: taking care of me, making Emily happy and asking myself
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  Speaker 1: what is good for Emily, knowing that that question is
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  Speaker 1: not selfish, and more often than not, I should be
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  Speaker 1: asking myself that question even more than I already. Do
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  Speaker 1: you got to take care of you? Trust me, It's
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  Speaker 1: important make sure you're following along with hurdle over on
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  Speaker 1: the socials. It's at Hurdle podcast. I am over at
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  Speaker 1: Emily Avadi. Another hurdle conquered and side note, good luck
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  Speaker 1: to all the hurdlers running LA this weekend. I cannot
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  Speaker 1: wait to cheer you on. Catch you guys next time.