320. Mastering Your Craft: Melissa Ortiz On Running Toward Big Goals & Translating Her Passion For Sport Into A Broadcasting Career
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
"Believe in the run" is the name of the game for today’s guest, Melissa Ortiz. She’s a former pro soccer player, Olympian, and current broadcaster and host who’s had her fair share of hurdles getting to this point. We talk about her career journey, the highs and lows of professional soccer, what it was like to get to the Olympic level and how she segued her passion for sport from the field to the big screen. Melissa shares her advice on how to show up day in and day out with confidence and the reward of working diligently to master your craft.
Melissa also completed her first marathon while in Paris and I am happy to report that not only did she finish, but she had a remarkable time and her Instagram recap is a must see.
IN THIS EPISODE
Melissa’s biggest hurdle to date and how she pushed out of her lowest point (5:35)
The power of self talk during difficult moments (8:22)
The transition from professional athletics and graduating from sport (13:20)
Navigating the feelings of feeling like ‘other’ personally and professionally (22:20)
Melissa’s first experience creating content and how that lead to her current career (25:20)
How it feels to be in a position with a unique perspective and being a first generation in her role (30:35)
Melissa’s go-to’s when she’s not feeling at her best but needs to show up (35:28)
A piece of advice for anyone wanting to get into broadcasting and content creation (38:35)
Melissa’s biggest takeaways from her highest hurdles (54:02)
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| 0:00.0 | be you. Embrace it. Enjoy it. It's awesome to be different. What's going on everyone? |
| 0:25.6 | What's going on everyone? Aye here. You're listening to episode 320 of hurdle a wellness focused podcast where I talk to inspirational people about everything from |
| 0:29.8 | their highest highs and toughest moments to essential tips on how to live a healthier, happier, more |
| 0:35.7 | motivated life. |
| 0:37.1 | We all go through our fair share of hurdles and my goal through these discussions is to |
| 0:41.8 | empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride towards your own big potential and of course have some fun along the way. |
| 0:53.1 | For episode 320, I am chatting with Melissa Ortiz. |
| 0:57.7 | She's a former pro soccer player and Olympian |
| 1:01.1 | and currently a broadcaster and host. We had the opportunity to catch up. |
| 1:06.6 | Shortly before she ran the Marathon Portu in Paris earlier this year. And I am happy to report that not only did she finish the |
| 1:16.8 | race but she had an absolutely remarkable time I'm going to link to her Instagram recap in the show notes. It was such an honor to hear not only about |
| 1:27.0 | Melissa's journey to that starting line, but also the journey of her career. She talks about the highs and lows of playing |
| 1:35.2 | soccer professionally, what it was like for her to get to be a limbic level and |
| 1:41.0 | how it felt for her to walk away from the pitch and then segue this passion |
| 1:46.0 | for soccer into a broadcasting career. Now she shares with me all of the hard |
| 1:51.2 | work that gets her to a place where she is confident in |
| 1:54.5 | her ability to show up on screen day in and day out and offers advice for anyone |
| 1:59.9 | who is in a place where they are working diligently |
| 2:03.2 | to master their craft. |
| 2:05.0 | I admire Melissa's tenacity. |
| 2:07.0 | I can relate to her takeaways |
| 2:09.3 | about trying to fit in the training |
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