314. Focusing On the Good: 2X Olympian Katie Hoff Anderson On Life Beyond the Pool & Embracing Her Newest Chapter
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Katie Hoff Anderson has a lot of exciting projects on deck. But that doesn’t mean she didn’t have her reservations about returning to this year’s Games in a different capacity. Embracing being a spectator instead of a competitor, Katie talks about the tools she used to get to a grateful place — and her feelings on gratitude as a whole. Plus: what it’s like to be a Team USA creator, the excitement she has about her new podcast, and the way she feels about calling Nashville home.
IN THIS EPISODE
What it’s like to be a Team USA creator (3:26)
What it was like to compete in her first Olympics (7:20)
How it felt for Katie Hoff medal, but not get gold, in 2008 Olympics despite being called “the female Phelps” (7:40)
The tool she uses to return to the moment and get more present when things feel hectic (17:44)
Her feelings on the word gratitude versus good (18:05)
What is The Hoffman Process and how did she feel before vs. after (23:00)
What her new relationship is with sport and wellness is like now after her career as a professional athlete (28:50)
How she felt after completing the New York City Marathon (31:15)
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| 0:00.0 | the grateful thing, the word grateful gratitude is tough for me because sometimes, again, I'm like, |
| 0:06.4 | but I don't know if I necessarily feel grateful in this moment for that. So I've shifted it to |
| 0:10.2 | what good happened today. |
| 0:34.3 | Yeah. Hello, hello, Emily Abadi here with a surprise episode for your Wednesday morning if you're listening to this in real time. |
| 0:40.3 | Number 314 from Hurtle, a wellness focus podcast where I talk to inspirational people about everything from their highest ties and toughest moments to essential tips on how to live, |
| 0:46.0 | a healthier, happier, more motivated life. We all go through our fair share of hurdles. My goal |
| 0:52.4 | through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate |
| 0:55.2 | yours and move with intention so that you can stride toward your own big potential and, of course, |
| 1:01.5 | have some fun along the way. For number 314, I am bringing you my conversation with Katie |
| 1:08.8 | Hoff Anderson. You may know and love her from her time in the pool. |
| 1:14.0 | She's a two time Olympian, three time medalist. |
| 1:17.3 | And these days, she spends her time as a speaker and co-host |
| 1:21.4 | of her new podcast called Unfiltered Waters. |
| 1:25.1 | I'll go ahead and make sure to link that in the show notes. Now, |
| 1:27.7 | we had the opportunity to link at Athleta's Power of Shee Hub in Paris. This is Katie's second |
| 1:33.8 | appearance on the show. And it was such a great opportunity to connect on what's the latest. What's |
| 1:39.8 | going on with her? She was out in Paris working with Yahoo Sports and with Team USA as a creator. She tells |
| 1:46.8 | us what that was like. And she also gets real about how the transition has been for her, going from |
| 1:52.0 | a competing athlete to being on the other side. She also talks to us about what she's been doing |
| 1:57.3 | since we last chatted for the show and details her experience going through |
| 2:01.7 | the Hoffman process, which I found to be super, super interesting. I have so much content from my |
| 2:08.3 | time in Paris that I want to make sure hits the feed in some sort of reasonable time frame, |
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