Hello, everyone and welcome to the Evolved Emily Show. I'm your host, Emily Hayden. And I have waited until the last day that I could possibly submit this episode to record this podcast because I lost

my voice over the weekend. So if I sound a little hoarse or a little different, that's why I

apologize. So let's just get that out of the way. For today's episode, I really want to dive into

what self-belief looks like and what it looks like to truly believe in yourself at every step

along the way in your journey in the thing that you are pursuing because it's not always pretty,

it's not always easy and oftentimes you're growing against the grain, you're going against

what other people are saying or thinking. And so I wanted to use my personal journey and,

you know, something that I went through that I think really, you know, gives such a good example

for this and what it can look like. So take out the specifics, add your own personal experience,

your own personal life. And hopefully something from my journey can help you walk along your journey of believing in yourself

in the best way that allows you to handle all the things that are going to get thrown your way,

whether it be a defeat, a perceived failure, naysayers, people bringing you down, or just having

that little confidence from somebody else to say, hey, I believed in myself when it wasn't a reality, and now it's my reality.

And I think sometimes even something as simple as that can help people to really keep going.

So I want to start this off with a question.

Are you crazy enough to believe in yourself when no one else sees it but you?

And what does that crazy belief in passionate pursuit actually look like?

So in order to answer these questions, I want to go into a story time.

So back in 2013, that's when I started my, you know, my entry into the fitness industry professionally, you know, as what I did.

And in 2013, you know, I started my own business.

I essentially, I just graduated from Texas A&M University, AWOP, in December of 2012.

So in 2013, I opened my own women's fitness boot camp.

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