Katie Austin, Fitness Expert: From Athlete to Fitness Mogul, Sports Illustrated Swim Success, Shifting Your Workout Mindset & More
The Dream Bigger Podcast
Siffat Haider
4.7 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode I am talking to fitness expert, recipe developer, creator of the Katie Austin app, host and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model–Katie Austin. In this episode, we dive into her journey from lost post-college athlete to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and fitness entrepreneur. She opens up about shifting your workout mindset, building a routine that fuels rather than drains you, and practical tips for staying consistent while traveling, preparing for big life moments, and finding workouts you actually enjoy. Plus, Katie talks about embracing the “cringe” on social media and how putting yourself out there can transform both your career and confidence. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.9 | Hi, I'm Sif Heider, the founder of Farray. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm a wellness entrepreneur and digital creator, and this is my show, The Dream Bigger |
| 0:12.4 | podcast. Listen, I love dreaming big, but you know what I love more? |
| 0:17.3 | Actually having the resources to make those big dreams happen. |
| 0:22.7 | And hey, dreams can sometimes be private jets, but other times, they can look a little something like having the best |
| 0:27.4 | skin of your damn life, or starting a successful business, or delving into spirituality. So on this |
| 0:34.4 | podcast, I chat with experts and thought leaders from different fields about their |
| 0:38.5 | tips and tricks on doing exactly that. So let's get right into it. |
| 0:46.6 | Hello, hello, friends, and welcome back to another episode of the Dream Bigger podcast. |
| 0:50.6 | Today's guest is Katie Austin. And today's episode is really inspiring because, of course, we talk |
| 0:56.5 | about all things health and fitness and building sustainable wellness habits, but we also talk |
| 1:01.4 | about Katie's journey, and I think it serves as such a good example for what you can do when |
| 1:07.9 | you are absolutely relentless in your pursuit of goals. So Katie is obviously a |
| 1:13.4 | sports illustrated swimsuit model. She's, you know, done the cover of the magazine and she's also |
| 1:17.8 | watched the show. And what's really interesting is it's not like on her first try, she made it. |
| 1:24.1 | It was really a journey and she walks us through the whole thing. So that was really, really interesting along with her entire journey to health and fitness. So I'm really excited to bring you guys this conversation. I can't wait to hear what you guys think. She is also just comes from this iconic family of people who have been in health and wellness. And she's kind of really defined her own |
| 1:44.7 | path in there as well. So it's a really interesting conversation. I hope you guys love it. |
| 1:49.4 | So with that, let's welcome Katie to the Dream Bigger podcast. Okay. So for those of you who don't know, |
| 1:56.0 | you essentially grew up in the fitness industry. I sure did. So do you feel like you fell in love with |
| 2:01.8 | fitness from the get go? You know, I was an athlete my entire life. And so I always was training and |
| 2:08.2 | working out, but I never thought of fitness as a career ever, which might sound funny because if you |
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