If you feel like you've done everything you can and you prepared yourself and it doesn't turn out, it's a learning experience.

You take something from it, you learn from it, you move on and that's what it is.

Hey everyone, Emily Abadi here coming to you live from the A-G studio and you are listening to Hurtle.

A wellness-focused podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts

and industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments and everything in between.

We all go through hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours

and move with intention so that you can stride toward your own big potential and of course have some fun along the way.

This week I am chatting with Jordan Larson.

She's a professional volleyball player and three time Olympic medalist including a gold from this year's Games in Tokyo.

For episode 179 she gives me the rundown of how she got here growing up in a super small town guided by both of her parents to pursue and love sport.

Jordan talks to me about going overseas for volleyball playing in Puerto Rico and Russia, Turkey and China and one of his like for her to land on her first Olympic team.

We also talk about the hurdles she's faced along the way including divorce and in navigating all that international travel dealing with loneliness and learning how to be comfortable spending more time by herself while pursuing her passions.

We also chat about what's next and she actually takes over the interviewing role for a little bit and asks me a few questions which isn't something that happens all the time.

A huge thank you to Jordan for her time I had a blast reporting this and after this conversation and we'll talk about this I may just need to get myself an English Bulldog.

Anyway before we get to it today I do want to say a huge huge huge huge thank you I can't say huge enough to all the herdlers that came out in Chicago it was so just I mean indescribable amazing these adjectives they don't feel big enough to get to see some of you IRL.

Also a massive massive congrats to everyone that crushed the Chicago marathon over the weekend I was so so happy to be a part of it and so happy to cheer you on as you conquered another hurdle.

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So to get in on that text the word welcome to seven three two herdler again that is texting the word welcome to seven three two herdler and with that let's get to hurtling.

Today I am sitting down with Jordan Larson she is a three time Olympian a relatively new gold medal to add to the stack a pro volleyball player how are you doing today good good thanks for having me oh my gosh thank you.

For sitting down with me I don't know what to congratulate you on first whether it's getting married recently or this new shiny gold medal.

I know it's it's been a surreal month and I don't know if I've come down yet I still been this like brain fog I'm like what is going on what's happening and yeah it's been just so surreal so fun.

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