499: Meredith Atwood: Addiction, Abstinence, Nonsense & Truth Onions

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Meredith Atwood is a former attorney, podcaster and motivational speaker, and 4x IRONMAN triathlete. She is the author of the best-selling triathlon book, Triathlon for the Every Woman, and the new book, The Year of No Nonsense. She’s the host of the iTunes Top 50 fitness podcast, “The Same 24 Hours.” She has been featured in The Boston Globe, The New York Post, the Seattle Times, and dozens of online publications. Meredith is a contributing writer to Psychology Today online, Triathlete Magazine, and Women’s Running. She is a sobriety advocate, and the founder of Grateful Sobriety. She is a USA Weightlifting Level II, USA Triathlon Level I, and Precision Nutrition Level I Coach. She is originally from Georgia and lives in the burbs of Boston, Massachusetts with her husband and two tweens. Listen in to hear Meredith share: Her spark moment in a spin class that changed everything in her head and opened her eyes to totally new layers of potential within herself Her experience doing her first triathlon - in an overweight body How she used triathlons and Ironmans to try and prove she was healthy when she was truly unhealthy What caused her to give up a 2 bottle a day wine habit Why she identifies as an addict and how she negotiates moderation and abstinence in different areas of her life How she defines Nonsense and how this concept shaped her life How to open up your Truth Onion in order to find freedom and liberation and escape a lot of your own self inflicted oppression What real leadership looks like in these days of influencer culture The dangers of marketers who present themselves as leaders and take no accountability for the harm they do online Links mentioned: Connect with Meredith: SwimBikeMom IG/Facebook/Twitter: @SwimBikeMom Book: The Year of No Nonsense Podcast: The Same 24 Hours Thank you to our sponsors: Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Take2Minutes: Download Take2Minutes for free at: take2minutes.org/shameless. Check out their shop page and use the code SHAMELESS for 15% off your purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 499 with Meredith Atwood.
0:05.3	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to
0:09.2	shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 499.
0:17.4	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:22.9	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:29.0	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about
0:34.3	the Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms
0:40.8	just like you.
0:42.0	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook.
0:46.6	All right.
0:47.1	Let's dive into today's episode.
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1:42.2	Meredith Atwood is a former attorney, podcaster, and motivational speaker, and four-time Iron
1:48.2	Man triathlete.
1:49.7	She's the author of the best-selling triathlon book, Triathlon for Every Woman, and the new
1:54.3	book, The Year of No Nonsense.
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