if you have faith the size of a muster seed, which is tiny, you can tell a mountain to move

from here to there, and it's going to move.

Hey, everyone, installment three of Hurdles turning the page series where I catch up with some of my favorite people to talk about the year that was and the next 365.

For those of you that may be new to Hurdle checking in for your first episode today, or if you just need a little refresher, hurdles a wellness focus podcast where I talk to

inspirational people about everything from their highest, highs, and toughest moments to essential

tips on how to live a healthier, happier, more motivated life. We all go through our fair share of hurdles, and my goal through these discussions is to 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.

In the spirit of New Year reintroductions, again, my name is Emily Abadi.

I am your host, the creator of this lovely little podcast. I live in Brooklyn. I'm a career

journalist with a vested interest in health and wellness and tomorrow's installment of turning

the page. I'm going to give you a little bit more insight about myself.

So stay tuned for that if you need to get caught up to speed when I debrief on

my 2024.

With that said, today's podcast, I am chatting with the one, the only to Leah Brooks.

She is an A6 sponsored athlete, a heptathlete and an Olympian.

Talia competed in her first games this past summer in Paris and talks about how vindicating

that experience was what it was like for her to accomplish a lifelong dream, especially after not making it to the Olympics back in

2021. You can tell from the way that Talia talks about sport that she is so dialed in on her craft.

You know, she says something really interesting in that she feels like she's only just getting

to a place where she's stringing

together really good quality heptathlons, which for background, the heptathlon consists of

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