Hello, hurdlers. Emily Abadi here, bringing you episode 68 of hurdle, a podcast that talks to everyone from entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they've gotten through tough times, hurdles of sorts, by leaning into wellness. Today, I seriously can almost not believe I'm saying this. I am bringing you my

conversation with the one, the only, Jillian Michaels. Before I get into that, quick shout

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yours today. All right. Now, let's talk about Jillian Michaels.

First of all, reporting this was absolutely surreal.

I talked about that dream get list that I had right when I started the podcast at the very

end of 2017.

And Jillian was definitely on that original list.

And she literally welcomed me into her Malibu home with open arms. We all watched her for so

many years on The Biggest Loser. And in today's episode, what I think is really awesome is Jillian

and I talk about what life was like long before she made it to prime time on NBC. We really

connected on the fact that we both used to be overweight as preteens and

teenagers. Jillian weighed about 175 pounds at age 12. Crazy. I know. And she talks to me about how

taking up karate, of all things, saved her life and helped her develop awesome confidence.

We also talk about the roller coaster of emotions that came along with coming out. We talk about her big goal to be the best mom

that she can be to her two kids. And she also fills me in on a lot of the fun projects that

she's working on now. She has a podcast. She has an app. You can check all of the things out that she has going on over at Jillian Michaels.com. You'll hear her say it in the episode today, but everything is digital and she is jumping in on that trend. I just think it's really awesome. I think that the conversation that I have with Jillian is one that she doesn't have all the time. And so it's a really special that I can bring that to you guys. And I hope that you enjoy it.

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