Reflections of: Flex This with Ashley Douglas

Episode 2 drops tomorrow!

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I’m grateful for all the grappling and deep conversations I’ve had with Ashley over the years. I’m excited to share how we have work through the complexities and paradoxes of being a person, tools we use on this journey of growth and for y’all to hear how Ashley stays aligned to the truest version of herself. 

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I first met Ashley while we both were working for the YMCA in downtown Pittsburgh. My first interactions with Ashley were usually in passing. We both were teaching group exercise classes during the lunch rush (probably the craziest time during the day to be honest). What stood out to me about Ashley was how bubbly, happy and sincere she was. People like that are hard to forget.

The first few years we knew each other, we really only talked in passing and never in depth and vulnerability we do now. 

I left that job for a different opportunity where Ashley and I’s path crossed again. 

The first grappling with life conversations I had with Ashley was around if I should compete in the American Ninja Warrior. That’s right…ME. ROPES. PARKOUR. If you follow my fitness journey at all, you know AMW IS MY JAM (@loco_fitness if you’re curious). 

In the most recent podcast… I talk more about that initial conversation that helped me make a decision on whether or not I should commit to AMW and the ways in which life is subtle for nudging you and guiding you along the way.

As always, you can drop a message at anchor.fm/flexthis to share your own journey, what you got out of this conversation and what you would like to hear in the future. 

Stay curious and blessed, y’all.

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