When the rubber meets the road and we face challenges in life and we overcome them or we find a way through them, those are the moments that make us better.

They make us stronger and the most important thing, they make us more empathetic. Hey, Herdlers, Emily Abadi popping in to your feed with episode 123 of Hurtle.

A wellness-focused podcast where I sit down with inspiring individuals to talk about everything

from their big wins to how they've gotten through some of life's toughest moments.

On the show, you can expect vulnerability, motivation, and candid discussions with everyone

from top athletes to aspiring entrepreneurs on what it really takes to follow your passions.

My mission is simple. To inspire you to be your best self, move with intention, and have some

fun along the way. This week, I am chatting with the ever-lovely Nichelle Hines. She is an actor, an activist, and the chief

ride officer, the CRO, at Cycle House, which is an LA-based spin studio. I'm just going to

throw this out there. If you are not ready to be wildly motivated, then maybe you should

hold off on listening to

today's episode. But seriously, Nichelle is a ball of energy, so inspiring. And literally

recording this with her, it felt like I was in the spin studio being encouraged to just be my best self, and you're going to love it.

I just know you are.

Now, you may recognize her name because Nichelle and I caught up last year as a part of a live show out in Los Angeles last January.

But we haven't had the opportunity to sit down one-on-one just yet.

And so here we are. In today's

episode, Michelle gives me her entire backstory. Talks to me about moving to L.A. from San

Francisco to follow her dream and acting, only to deal with the 2007 writer's strike, a huge

hurdle moment just as her career was taking off.

She is the absolute, absolute craziest story about how she got into teaching spin.

Being asked to, I'm so serious, instruct a class on the spot without any formal training.

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