80: Ballerina Misty Copeland On Using Food As Fuel & Meditating On The Move

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 26 October 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African American female principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre, but her ascent to become one of the most iconic dancers of her time wasn't easy. She first found ballet when she was living in a motel room with her single mother and five siblings, practically homeless and lacking food. Having dealt with food insecurity from a young age, Copeland is now a leading voice in the Naked Juice and Wholesome Wave #DrinkGoodDoGood social media campaign, which aims to bring fresh, high-quality produce to families across the country. I sat down with Copeland to talk about this incredibly important campaign, and we ended up covering a whole lot more, including how she deals with body image issues as a dancer, what balance means to her, and the unconventional approach to meditation that keeps her sane. Whether you're a die-hard Copeland fan or are new to her story, we guarantee you'll walk away inspired. To contact Jason with comments, questions, or speaker ideas, please e-mail [email protected]. For all sponsorship inquiries, please e-mail [email protected]. Want to join our podcast email newsletter? Sign up here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jason Walkab, founder and CEO of My Buddy Green, the best-selling author of Wealth, and your host for the My Buddy Green podcast,
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0:24.3	Thanks and enjoy the podcast.
0:29.6	In this special speed edition of the mind buddy green
0:32.0	podcast, we've got Misty Copeland.
0:35.0	Misty first made history when she became the first African American female principal dancer of the American
0:40.8	Ballet Theater, but her sent to become one of the most iconic dancers of her time was not easy.
0:47.0	She first found Ballet when she was living in a motel room with her single mother and five siblings.
0:52.0	They were practically homeless and
0:54.1	lacking food. Having dealt with food insecurity at a young age Copeland is now a
0:58.9	leading voice in naked and wholesome Waves hashtag Drink Good Do Good
1:03.6	Social Media campaign which aims to bring fresh high-quality produce
1:07.9	to families across the country who don't have access.
1:11.8	A mission which we could all stand behind here at My Buddy Green.
1:15.7	I sat down with Missy to talk about this incredibly important campaign and we ended up covering
1:20.4	a whole lot more, including dealing with body image issues, what balance means to her, and even her unconventional approach to meditation.
1:28.0	Welcome, Misty.
1:30.0	Thank you.
1:31.0	So something you've spoken publicly about is struggling with body
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