312. Confidence As A Superpower: Ari Chambers On Uplifting Women In Sport & Owning Her Seat At The Table
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Ari Chambers knows a thing or two about hard work. Today, she's behind the desk on-air at ESPN, but not all that long ago she was building HighlightHER from the ground up. Ari and I sat down together in Paris while she was working with Team USA, aiming to give fans a behind the scenes look at all things Olympic Games. We talk about how Ari got to this point in her career as a journalist, what motivates her to focus on the mission of sharing stories of women in sport, and the proudest moments of her work thus far. She also gets real about the highs and lows of being so ambitious, how to start something from nothing without letting overwhelm win, and how she relies on movement as medicine in times of struggle.
IN THIS EPISODE
A look into what Ari was up to in Paris and what’s on her vision board (3:20)
Ari’s early years and how she instilled such a go-getter mindset in herself (8:35)
Her challenging transition from professional cheerleading to sharing women’s stories in sport (13:45)
The birth of HighlightHER (18:50)
Ari’s experience of burnout and how she relies on movement as medicine (23:08)
A confession about balance and Ari’s motivation behind her constant push to perform (32:10)
The importance of gratitude and reflection so you can show up for yourself (38:00)
What excites Ari about women in sport right now (42:03)
A moment in gratitude for Ari’s support system (48:20)
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| 0:00.0 | I am irreplaceable I am powerful and I am whole like I'm not lacking anything |
| 0:08.9 | now do I keep adding yes but I never have been in a place where I thought I was lacking. Hey, Emily Abboti here. You are listening to episode 312 of hurdle a wellness focused |
| 0:35.9 | podcast where I talk to inspirational people about everything from their |
| 0:39.2 | highest highs and toughest moments to essential tips on how to live a healthier, happier, more motivated life. |
| 0:46.8 | We all go through our fair share of hurdles. |
| 0:49.8 | My goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours and move |
| 0:54.2 | with intention so that you can stride toward your own big potential and of course have |
| 0:59.7 | some fun along the way. |
| 1:07.3 | For today's episode, I am bringing you a conversation that has me hype. It is with my girl Ari Chambers. She, oh my goodness, what doesn't Ari have her hands in? She's a journalist. She is the founder of Highlight Her. |
| 1:16.2 | She's also talking about women's sports over on ESPN. In addition to a number of other places |
| 1:22.1 | she's the ultimate W NBA hype girl, and during this |
| 1:27.2 | Summer's games, Ari was working with Team USA as a creator, bringing you so much unbelievable content from both the |
| 1:35.0 | Team USA House and all around Paris. In today's episode we talk about how. We |
| 1:40.5 | talk about how Ari got to this point what motivated her to start focusing on the act of telling stories of women in sport a passion that both her and I truly share and |
| 1:52.0 | Ari gets candid about the highs and lows that come with being so ambitious. |
| 1:57.0 | We talk about the proudest moments in Ari's career, plus what it's really like to have so much great access talking to so many |
| 2:06.2 | individuals that so many of us truly admire. This episode another one of the gems that was recorded inside |
| 2:14.6 | athletic's power of she studio space in Paris. So of course, gotta give a huge huge |
| 2:21.0 | thank you to the team at Athleta as always for supporting me and |
| 2:25.5 | empowering me to bring some really stellar stories to the feed. |
| 2:31.0 | Make sure if you're not doing so yet, you subscribe to the weekly hurdle newsletter over there. |
| 2:35.4 | You can get so much of the same inspiration, motivation you love from the show directly |
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