5-MINUTE FRIDAY: What’s the Best That Could Happen?
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
This episode, I'm talking about my spontaneous decision to go to Phoenix for the NCAA Final Four! As a proud UConn alum, I couldn’t pass up the chance to cheer on the Huskies and spend some quality father-daughter time. I dive into the power of listening to your "whispers"—those gut feelings that nudge you toward exciting possibilities—and challenge you to shift your mindset from "what if it goes wrong?" to "what if it goes right?" Plus, I answer a listener question about navigating the mental and physical hurdles of getting back into a fitness routine after a break.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:20.5 | We made it to Friday, which means that as you listen to this, I am either en route to the airport or at the airport or, I mean, you could be listening to this years from now. |
| 0:31.5 | So who knows what. |
| 0:32.4 | But I am on my way to the final four, baby. |
| 0:36.7 | It's Emily. You're listening to Five Minute Friday, |
| 0:39.3 | and this is one of the most spontaneous decisions I've made in some time. I am so excited because |
| 0:46.3 | this weekend I'm going to be in Phoenix for the NCAA championship, March Madness, Final Four, |
| 0:56.0 | Yukon all the way. |
| 0:57.9 | For those of you that aren't familiar, |
| 1:00.3 | I graduated from the University of Connecticut back in 2010. |
| 1:06.1 | Go ahead, do the math there. |
| 1:07.6 | And I have never been to a Final Four. |
| 1:10.4 | So I'm so excited that after the |
| 1:12.4 | girls one last week, easy final game, I want to see Sarah Strong. I'm excited about Gino. |
| 1:20.0 | I'm excited about all the people that are going to be down in Phoenix. So if you are listening to |
| 1:24.4 | this and you are going to be around, say what's up. I can't we. I'm |
| 1:28.9 | looking forward to it. I'm taking the trip with my dad. And we've never been on a father, |
| 1:34.4 | daughter, just the two of us, overnight trip that either of us can really remember or think |
| 1:41.3 | of. I mean, we've traveled with family before, but never just the two of us. |
| 1:45.1 | So I'm really, I'm really looking forward to it. It's, it's funny because I definitely had my |
| 1:51.1 | reservations about making this decision. I threw it into the universe after the girls won in |
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