S10 EP11: Depression Warrior Katie Zornes is Here!
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Meet Katie Zornes! She calls herself a depression warrior and we call her an inspiration! Katie struggled with loss, grief, and depression early on. Have you heard the saying that time heals everything? We've heard it too, and it's BS. As many of us know, it's quite possible to do the things we need to get done and to look just fine doing them, while on the inside, old wounds still feel debilitating, and we go about our day not knowing if we'll fall apart.
Katie was at odds with her body for a long time and her weight became her identity. She cursed her body and thought weight loss would be the golden ticket to a happy life. Want to hear how Katie managed to lift herself out of a very dark place using one ounce of courage at a time? Katie shares her story in the hopes of helping others who struggle as she did, and admittedly still does. Katie's story doesn't involve any quick fix or magic diet. But we'll give you a hint: she talks about intentional movement and the importance of meeting ourselves where we are at. In 2022, Katie made a list of hard things that turned into a movement and has inspired so many people to do the same. Want to know how she got started? Because we all know, starting is the hardest part.
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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:02:26) How the loss of Katie’s mother at a young age affected her
(00:05:28) How healing doesn’t just automatically happen after a set amount of time
(00:07:02) Why the “me against my body” mindset is damaging
(00:11:25) The difficulty of healing when your body is your enemy
(00:13:40) The challenge of finding a starting point
(00:18:16) The importance of celebrating yourself
(00:22:02) The development of Katie’s 22 hard things in 2022
(00:26:49) The community that grew around Katie’s list of hard things
(00:28:13) Katie’s advice for people developing their own lists of goals
(00:32:30) What happens to a goal that isn’t reached
(00:35:19) The thing that's been the most difficult for Katie to accomplish
(00:36:45) Katie’s upcoming trips
(00:39:36) Where listeners can connect with Katie
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I didn't put that on my list because it was not realistic to where I was at. |
| 0:04.6 | And I did not want to set myself up to fail. |
| 0:10.3 | And I wanted to push myself, but be realistic. |
| 0:13.9 | And I think, so I think that's the other thing. |
| 0:15.4 | It's just remembering where you're at and honoring that and not giving yourself, |
| 0:20.6 | setting these expectations on yourself where you're |
| 0:22.9 | going to be disappointed. |
| 0:27.7 | The big question is this. |
| 0:31.6 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:40.2 | We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:47.3 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. |
| 0:56.4 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:00.5 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast. |
| 1:05.7 | Hello everyone and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:09.2 | I'm Kelsey and I am so excited to have our special |
| 1:13.1 | guest on today, Katie Zorns. You may have heard of her, but she has a truly inspiring story. So welcome, Katie. |
| 1:20.9 | Thank you. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to have this conversation with you today because I think |
| 1:25.6 | our listeners are going to gain so much from just you sharing your story. And I've truly been very inspired just by being able |
| 1:34.0 | to watch your story online. And we'll definitely tell all of our listeners where they can find |
| 1:39.2 | you and follow along as well as I have. But I've just been inspired by your journey, your bravery, |
| 1:44.1 | and your |
| 1:44.5 | willingness to, like, authentically share on the internet with all of us. Like, we're all |
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