Today, I'm honored to introduce you to Andrea Lee Rogers.

Andrea is a mother of two brilliant young woman.

She's a world-renowned fitness entrepreneur, the creator of Extend Bar, and the author of her

incredible new book, Small Moves, Big Life.

Andrea is without question one of the most kind, thoughtful, and passionate individuals

I've ever met.

She exudes strength, talent, hard work, dedication, and commitment in everything she does.

She's one of the greatest and most inspirational coaches in the world, and she is a truly

wonderful friend.

Andrea, welcome to the podcast.

You're going to make me emotional.

That's a nicest introduction every day's ever said. Thank you. I'm very, very blessed to have you here. Thank you.

Thank you. So let's start. Who are you? I'm emotional right now. Oh, I've been so much more

emotional these days in my life. Who am I? I would say I'm a Midwestern girl at heart. So I grew up in a small

town in Michigan and I've carried those roots with me wherever I go through a professional

dance career, through Pilates practitioner slash educator and as a mother and as an entrepreneur

as a friend, as a partner. So at the core of me, I am Midwestern kind of girl who has big

New York City ambitions. I love that. What misconceptions do you think people have about you? I think that through the

portal of social media, very much so that so many people think that you are very one-sided

or that your life has just that smoke and mirrors effect, right? Where people think, like,

oh, she has it all, or it was easy to get to

where I was at, where I'm at. You know, I get a lot of questions of, oh, you have such a great

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