309. In Good Faith: Nia Akins On Following Her Passions All The Way To Paris & Finding Solace In Music
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
This week I'm sitting down with Nia Akins, a Brooks professional runner who recently won the 800m race at the Olympic trials, punching her ticket to the Paris. We talk about her epic run at the trials and her feelings for the Games, but we start our conversation with Nia’s together love, which is music and songwriting. We chat about the intersection of her two passions and how they play into one another as well as her new song ‘Petals To The Fire’. We have a beautiful conversation about Nia’s faith and the realization she had when she felt she was putting too much pressure on herself as an athlete and artist. Her advice to anyone looking to make a big life change and her commitment to surrendering to perfectionism is mega inspiring, sure to assist you through your next hurdle.
IN THIS EPISODE
Nia’s passion for songwriting and singing (4:30)
Her feelings around making Team USA and the upcoming Olympic Games (6:58)
Nia’s journey in college studying nursing, exploring music, and excelling in sport (13:40)
How sacrifices and challenges prepped her for a professional running career (15:55)
Nia on surrendering perfectionism and her emphasis on faith (18:30)
Managing intrusive thoughts and Nia’s response when they get in her head (26:52)
A lesson on trust and how faith plays a role for Nia (32:30)
What’s exciting Nia right now and her perspective on owning your decisions (40:03)
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| 0:00.0 | I know what it looks like when we're out there racing it's just like it's just |
| 0:03.4 | just us out there you see the result and it's just like my name next to the time and the |
| 0:08.1 | place but it's like there's so many people |
| 0:15.0 | and there's also God behind me that's like brought me to where I am today you know and |
| 0:18.0 | I feel like that's the thing that people don't always like get to see. See. What's shaken everyone? Emily Abbadi here. You're listening to |
| 0:39.6 | episode 309 of Hurtle. A wellness focused podcast where I talk to |
| 0:44.7 | inspirational people about everything from their highest highs and toughest |
| 0:48.2 | moments to essential tips on how to live a healthier, happier, more motivated life. |
| 0:54.9 | We all go through our fair share of hurdles. |
| 0:58.0 | My goal through these discussions is to empower you |
| 1:00.8 | to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride |
| 1:05.1 | toward your own big potential and of course have some fun along the way. |
| 1:11.6 | For today's episode I am chatting with Nia Aikens. She is a professional |
| 1:17.0 | runner for Brooks and she's heading to Paris. In today's episode we talk about that. We talk about her epic run at the |
| 1:26.4 | Olympic trials in Eugene just a couple weeks ago where she came in first place in the 800 meters. |
| 1:34.6 | It's a half mile for those of you that are getting up to speed here. |
| 1:39.9 | Candidly, I really love the way this conversation starts off |
| 1:43.8 | because it has absolutely nothing to do with running, |
| 1:47.6 | but rather Mia's other passion. |
| 1:50.4 | And that is music and singing. |
| 1:52.8 | She just released a song on Spotify earlier this week. |
| 1:57.4 | It's called Petals to The Fire. |
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