Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: September 13th, 2024
Season 4 Episode 50 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
The historic logging town of Falk gets recognition, and Kortney Olson joins us to talk girl power.
The historic logging town of Falk gets national recognition for its historic value, and bodybuilder and lecturer Kortney Olson joins us to talk about her struggle with diet culture, and how she’s since broken the mold and now works to help young women realize their own potential.
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Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: September 13th, 2024
Season 4 Episode 50 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
The historic logging town of Falk gets national recognition for its historic value, and bodybuilder and lecturer Kortney Olson joins us to talk about her struggle with diet culture, and how she’s since broken the mold and now works to help young women realize their own potential.
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ALSO, WE INTERVIEW BODYBUILDER AND LECTURER KORTNEY OLSON ABOUT HER JOURNEY TAKING ON DIET CULTURE AND THE PATRIARCHY AND HOW SHE NOW HELPS YOUNG GIRLS REALIZE THEIR PERSONAL POWER.
COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.
FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.
I'M JAMES FAULK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
EVEN NOW, AS WE ONCE AGAIN CONSIDER THE OPTION OF ELECTING A WOMAN TO THE U.S. PRESIDENCY, WE'RE A NATION THAT ALL TOO OFTEN PUTS ENORMOUS PRESSURE ON YOUNG WOMEN TO LOOK AND ACT IN PARTICULAR WAYS.
HOOP SKIRTS AND GIRDLES HAVE GIVEN WAY TO DIET FADS AND INFLUENCERS, BUT THE PRESSURE — EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS — REMAINS THE SAME.
I'VE SEEN HOW MEDIA AND EXPECTATIONS CAN SHAPE A YOUNG GIRL'S SELF ESTEEM.
RAISING TWO DAUGHTERS HAS MADE ME AWARE OF THE CULTURAL FORCES THAT TOO OFTEN WORK TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY LACK THE PERFECT LOOK, THE IDEAL PHYSIQUE, THE BRILLIANT MIND, WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT THEY LACK NONE OF THESE THINGS.
PART OF THIS PROBLEM IS ECONOMIC.
YOUNG CONSUMERS DRIVE MANY MARKETS, AND THE BEST WAY TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPEND MONEY IS TO CONVINCE THEM THAT DOING SO WILL HELP THEM FIT IN.
THE PROBLEM IS INSIDIOUS — RATHER THAN TEACHING YOUNG WOMEN THAT THEY HAVE INHERENT WORTH AS HUMAN BEINGS, SOCIETY SEEMS TO BE SAYING THAT THEIR WORTH IS CONDITIONAL ON THEIR ABILITY TO SHINE ON INSTAGRAM, TICK TOCK, AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE MANY OF THE VALUES ARE SURFACE LEVEL AND PUSH CONFORMITY.
OUR GUEST TONIGHT, KORTNEY OLSON, HAS MADE A CAREER AND BUSINESS OUT OF HELPING YOUNG GIRLS TO FIGHT THOSE STANDARDS AND STEREOTYPES AND ESTABLISH FOR THEMSELVES THE POWERS OF DISCERNMENT AND SELF WORTH.
WE'LL SPEAK WITH HER ABOUT HER OWN EXPERIENCE, AND HOW SHE HOPES TO HELP KIDS NAVIGATE THE PRESSURES OF MODERN LIFE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS.
BUT FIRST, THE NEWS.
NEARLY 100 YEARS AFTER THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY LOGGING COMMUNITY OF FALK BECAME A GHOST TOWN, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THIS YEAR ANNOUNCED ITS ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
THE DESIGNATION IS THANKS TO DECADES OF EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH FROM FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT'S CULTURAL RESOURCES FACILITY, ITS ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT, AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.
THE 19TH-CENTURY TOWN, NOW AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISTRICT, IS IN THE HEADWATERS FOREST RESERVE.
THE RECOGNITION OFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE TOWN'S LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND IS PART OF A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO IDENTIFY AND PROTECT AMERICA'S HISTORIC AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE.
IT JOINS NEARLY 60 OTHER SITES IN THE COUNTY— INCLUDING HOTEL ARCATA, FERNBRIDGE, AND PARTS OF OLD TOWN EUREKA - ON THE REGISTER.
A DOCUMENTARY BY THE BLM A FEW YEARS AGO TELLS THE TOWN'S STORY: IT ALL STARTED WITH NOAH FALK WHEN HE CAME OUT FROM OHIO IN SEARCH OF GOLD.
HE DECIDED HE HAD MORE INVESTMENTS IN THE WOODS.
NOAH FALK PURCHASED THE LAND SIX MILES OF EUREKA.
>> HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE TIMBER STONE FOR $2.50 AN ACRE.
HE HAD TO BUILD VIRTUALLY WITH THE HELP OF HIS WORKERS A TOWN.
THE TOWN WAS NAMED FALK: AND REMAINED A BUSTLING TOWN FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.
ALL OF THE OLD GROWTH WAS CUT IN THE VALLEY SO WE HAVE SECOND AND THIRD GROWTH.
>> THE EMBEING RIVER RAN THROUGH FALK AND PROVIDED WATER FOR THE MILL AND A WATER SOURCE FOR THE TOWN.
IT WAS COHO SALMON SPAWNING SEASON >> FALK THEN TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE >> IN 1937 IT SHUT ITS DOORS AND FOR 40 YEARS IT WAS A GHOST TOUN.
THE STRUCTURES FELL INTO DISREPAIR BECAUSE VAGRANTS AND BOTTLE HATCHERS THEY ISSUED TO BE BURNT AND BULLDOZED.
BY 1979 VERY LITTLE REMAINED.
WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THIS BREAK JOINING US NOW IN STUDIO IS KORTNEY OLSON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE ON THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY.
I FIND IT INSPIRING.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO MY OWN.
LET'S START WITH -- IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR BROADER SORT OF THE METANARRATIVE OF YOUR CAREER TO EMPOWER ON YOUNG WOMEN.
HOW DID YOU GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU FELT YOU WANTED TO ENGAGE IN.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YOU BEAUTIFULLY SUMMED EVERYTHING I COULD SAY IN YOUR INTRO.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BORROW THAT.
GROWING UP HAD ALL OF THE POTENTIAL IN THE WORLD AND BY THE TIME I GOT TO MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL I HAD THE AM PROBATION TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
INSTEAD I WAS IN A CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND, PRESIDENT SCHOOL PRESIDENT.
STARTED THE FIRST GIRL'S GOLF TEAM.
ALL THESE THINGS.
SO ON THE OUTSIDE 4.0GPA.
VERY INTROVERTED AND SEEMED VERY CONFIDENT.
BUT ON THE INSIDE IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT STORY.
AND INTRODUCED WENT TO METHAMPHETAMINES AND WENT STRAIGHT TO IT BECAUSE I WAS SO DESPERATE TO BE THIN.
I'LL BE 43 IN NOVEMBER.
WHEN I WAS GROWING KATE MOSS WAS THE EPITOMY OF FEMALE BEAUTY.
I BEING 8 YEARS OLD AND OPENING UP A VOGUE MAGAZINE.
AND SHE'S GOT HER OTHER LEG OFF.
SHE LOOKED LIKE A FLAMINGO.
I REMEMBER LOOKING AT HER THAT IS WHAT IS CONSIDERED BEAUTIFUL.
HER LEGS ARE LIKE THE SIZE OF MY FOREARM.
IT WAS OFF TO A BAD START.
HAVING BIG THIGHS AND NOT KNOWING THAT WOMEN ARE DESIGNED TO HAVE BIGGER LOWER HALFS AND THAT IS THROUGH OUR DIVINE INTERVENTION FROM WHATEVER OUR HIGHER FOR CHILDBEARING.
WE HAVE WIDER HIPS AND WE HAVE HORMONES.
WE ARE MORE ESTROGEN.
OUR CONNECTIVE TISSUE IS DIFFERENT.
SO WE HAVE THIS CELLULITE.
GROWING UP WE'RE TOLD THAT OUR WORTH IS REFLECTIVE WHAT OUR BODIES LOOK LIKE, AND THAT WAS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR ME.
SO I INTERPRETERED TO METHAMPHETAMINES COMPLETELY THROUGH MY LIFE OFF TRACK FOR ALMOST CLOSE TO A DECADE.
>> I WANT TO GET BACK TO.
I WANT I'M IN RECOVERY.
I'M A RECOVERED HEROIN ADDICT.
RATHER THAN WRITING OFF IT WAS 10 YEARS.
SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE 10 YEARS GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO DO AFTERWARDS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, BY THE TIME I HAD TURNED 21 I HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN EATING DISORDER DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, AND WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE SHAMBLES.
SO TO GET TO THAT POINT AND THEN CONTINUE.
BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN THE MESSAGE WHEN I WAS 21 I FOUND THE ROOM OF RECOVERY AND IT STILL TOOK ME ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS TO FIGURE IT OUT.
>> WE ARE SO HARD HEADED.
WE ARE REALLY TENACIOUS PEOPLE, AND WE'RE A SPECIAL GROUP.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE BROKEN DOWN SOMEHOW IN ORDER TO REALIZE THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU WANT.
WE'RE SO SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED.
CONTINUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME.
I DON'T KNOW PEOPLE HAVE WRECKED FIVE HONDAS AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM AND IT'S FINE.
I GOT MORE TO THE END OF IT AND IT WAS MORE OF A SPIRITUAL ROCK BOTTOM.
THAT'S HOW YOU FIND HAPPINESS.
THAT'S HOW YOU FIND JOY BY LIFTING OTHER PEOPLE UP.
IT ALL CAME TOGETHER THAT MY STORY AND MY STRUGGLE AND ALL OF THE HORRIFIC CAN BE USED AS POWER.
AND I MEAN I'M NOT SPECIAL.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS A STORY.
WE HAVE SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.
IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO WITH IT.
AND TO OWN IT.
NOW I BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE WORLD WORKS.
LIKE THE MAN WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ME.
I WAS 17 AND HE WAS 72.
HE WAS MY BOXING COACH.
HE WAS GOING TO MAKE HIS LAST PRIZE FIGHTER BEFORE HE RETIRED.
IT WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE.
YOU REALIZE OKAY, SICK PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE.
SO BY ME HOLDING TO IT AND CARRYING THAT BURDEN IS DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR MY SOUL.
YOU'RE SICK.
IT DOESN'T EXCUSE YOUR BEHAVIORAL.
IT'S GOING TO RELEASE ME FROM BEING ATTACHED WITH YOU.
AS YOU KNOW WHAT.
>> YOU KNOW.
THAT'S THE THING ABOUT FORGIVENESS IS LETTING THE PERSON OFF THE HOOK.
YOU'RE LETTING YOURSELF OFF THE HOOK.
YOU'RE CHOOSING NOT TO ENGAGE IN THE RESENTMENT.
IT'S LIKE DRINKING POISON AND EXPECTING THE OTHER PERSON TO DIE.
HIGH-FIVE.
ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS WE ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GET GOOD.
WE ARE SICK PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GET WELL.
>> A LOT OF TIMES WHEN HE COME THEY FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEMSELVES THEY WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN.
THERE WERE DEPTHS THAT NEEDED TO BE PLUMMED.
YOU ULTIMATELY GET TO A RICHER.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU GO OUT AND GET ADDICTED.
IF YOU DO FINDED A PLACE AND RECOVER.
>> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR TO FIND RECOVERY TO GET INTO THE POSITION OF TRYING TO HELP YOUNG WOMEN.
>> IT TOOK ME A WHILE.
IT TOOK ME A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I STUMBLED INTO SOME INDUSTRIES THAT ALLOWED ME TO SEE THAT THE WORLD IS NOT WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
WHEN I STARTED THIS WAS 2008 THE BOOM OF THE INTERNET REALLY WITH Facebook, AND THINGS STARTING TO BE MORE SEARCHABLE AND SO FORTH.
AND YOU KNOW I WOULD HAVE MENA APPROACH THAT WOULD SAY I LOVE YOUR MUSCULAR LEGS AND YOUR MASSIVE BICEPS.
I DISCOVERED THIS WHOLE WORLD WITH MEN OBSESSED WITH STRONG CONFIDENT WOMEN.
WHAT I WAS TOLD THROUGH MEDIA AND ADVERTISING AS YOU SAID IN YOUR INTRO, IS TO SELL YOU SOMETHING TO FILL A VOID THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
I WAS GOB SMACKED.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE WORLD LIKES BIG THIGHS AND BIG MULLINGS AND WANTS TO SEE CONFIDENCE AND NOT A THIN TINY -- NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING THIN.
WE'RE ALL BORN DIFFERENTLY.
THAT WAS MY FIRST WATERSHED AND LEARNING THE WORLD IS NOT WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
I HAD SOME DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES FOR EXAMPLE WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
>> KORTNEY OLSON.com.
>> NOT LIKE THE OLSEN TWINS.
I GOT DRUG THROUGH THE MEDIA OUT IN AUSTRALIA, AND IT WAS SENSATIONALIZED.
THERE WERE HEADLINES NOT ACCURATE INFORMATION.
IT ALLOWED ME TO SEE WHY I HAVE SO MUCH APPRECIATION FOR THIS TYPE OF MEDIA.
WE'RE NOT HERE SELLING HEADLINES.
THIS NEWS -- THIS HEADLINE GOT SYNDICATED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THIS ISN'T ENOUGH NEWS.
HOW DID I GET ON THE FRONT PAGE WHEN.
THERE'S A WOMAN JEAN KILBORN THE AUTHOR OF KILLING ME SOFTLY.
CUTTING OUT ARTICLES AND ADVERTISEMENTS AROUND WOMEN AND HOW WE WERE EVERY WE ARE PORTRAYED.
EVERY DECADE IT'S A NEW VERSION.
>> THE EXPECTATIONS GET MORE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE REALITIES ARE.
>> NOW WE STARTED OUT WITH BACK IN MY KATE MOSS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLBOARDS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.
WE'RE STILL SUBJECTED TO THOUSANDS OF THEM A DAY ON A SUBCONSCIOUS THRELF AND OUR SUBCONSCIOUS IS 40 MILLION TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN OUR CONSCIOUS MIND.
WE WENT FROM BILLBOARDS AND MEDIA AND MAGAZINES TO NOW SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH I CALL SOCIAL MEDIA 2.0 AND WE'RE ROLLING NOW INTO SOCIAL MEDIA 3.0 WHICH IS AI.
PRIOR TO THAT WE HAVE TIKTOK.
WE HAVE THESE APPS THAT ARE SO SEAMLESS.
YOU CAN'T TELL THERE ARE FILTERS.
WHEN I STARTED CAMP CONFIDENCE A PROGRAM FOR TEENAGE GIRLS.
THIS WAS 2013.
THE MAIN ISSUE WAS SNAPCHAT.
I REFUSED TO USE THAT APP BECAUSE OF THE DOG EARS AND THE CAT EARS.
BUT IT MADE THEM LOOK LIKE A POLISHED STONE.
THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND I DID NOT USE THE APP.
AND FAST FORWARD TO 10 YEARS LATER HERE WE HAVE APPS THAT ARE VIDEOS WHERE YOU CAN SHRINK YOUR WAIST, AND EXTEND YOUR NECK.
>> THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL.
>> IT IS TERRIFYING AND WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS TO HELP KIDS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOOM SCROLLING LET ALONE THE POWER OF THEIR MIND.
>> YOU MENTIONED HOW THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND IS WAY MORE POWERFUL OF CONSCIOUS MIND.
PART OF MY HOBBY IS TALK ABOUT THE SUBCONSCIOUS AND CONSCIOUS MIND.
PEOPLE THEY BASICALLY PUT THEMSELVES INTO A TRANCE STRAIGHT.
THEY GO AND SCROLL.
YOU GET BOMBARDED WITH ALL OF THESE MESSAGES FROM EMOTIONALITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT IS THAT DOING TO US.
>> YEAH.
>> TO WOMEN IN PARTICULAR.
BECAUSE THE EXPECTATIONS ARE SO MUCH DIFFERENT.
IT'S HORRIFYING.
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.
PUTTING US IN A STATE.
I'VE DONE A TON OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO THIS UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN POTENTIAL AND BIG FAN OF BRUCE LIPTON.
AND INSTILLING NEW BELIEFS.
I'LL GET ON INSTAGRAM AND SCROLL AFTER 10 MINUTES JUST A FAILURE.
I COULD HAVE BEEN A WWWE WRESTLER OR MMA SUPERSTAR.
OH I MESSED UP AND I COULD HAVE BEEN A STAR I COULD HAVE BEEN SO WEALTHY.
POOR ME.
IT PUTS US IN THIS HORRIBLE TAIL SPAIN OF SPIN OF PTHETIC SELF-PITY.
THAT'S WHERE I LIVED ALL OF MY 20s AND HALF OF MY 30s.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THAT 12-YEAR-OLD POLISHED ROCK WITH THE FLAWLESS SKIN >> ARTIFICIAL CREATION.
>> EXACTLY.
>> SO HYPERFOCUSED ON THAT AND FEELING SORRY FOR MYSELF.
MEANWHILE I HAVE NOTHING WOMEN BEING STONED TO DEATH BECAUSE THEY'RE ACCUSED OF ADULTERY BECAUSE THEIR HUSBAND WANTS A YOUNGER WOMAN.
TO GET OUTSIDE OF YOUR OWN SELF-PITY.
WE HAVE OUR OWN PROBLEM.
I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T.
THERE ARE SO MUCH BIGGER SCALE ISSUES OUT THERE THAT AREN'T EVEN COMPARABLE WHAT WE FACE IN THE WEST.
ROOFS OVER OUR HEEDS.
WE DON'T HAVE BOMBS FLYING OVER OUR HEADS.
AT LEAST NOT AT THE MINUTE.
THE OTHER PITTING EACH OTHER AGAINST EACH OTHER.
IT IS THIS MASSIVE SUBDIVIDE.
AND THEY'RE NOT LIKE US, AND CHANGING SOCIETY, AND IT'S EVERYBODY IS JUST -- >> PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE PEOPLE WERE HESITANT TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS IN PUBLIC.
DOING WAS A PERSONAL ISSUE.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO POINT.
THAT'S ALL SOCIAL MEDIA IS.
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION.
WHY DO YOU THINK OTHER PEOPLE ARE WRONG.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ULTIMATELY CAN GET RESOLVED OTHER THAN ALL OF US BEING VIGILANT.
HOW DO YOU ADVISE YOUNG WOMEN TO APPROACH SOCIAL MEDIA NOW AND GO ABOUT CONSTRUCTING SORT OF A MODEL FOR THEMSELVES THAT'S MORE POSITIVE AND BASED ON TRUTH.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THERE'S SOME SMALL THINGS TO DO SUCH AS CREATING AWARENESS WHICH WE'RE DOING IN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
WITHOUT AWARENESS OF A PROBLEM THERE'S NO PROBLEM TO FIX.
KNOWING FIRST OF ALL THERE IS A PROBLEM.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU GET INTO THIS TRANCE LIKE STATE.
AND IT CAN PUT YOU DOWN A DARK PATH.
BEING SUPER AWARE AND HIGHLY PICKY WHO YOU FOLLOW AND WHY YOU FOLLOW THEM GETTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH INTENTION AS WELL AS A TIME LIMIT AND SAYING OKAY, I HAVE FRIENDS WHO SET A TIMER.
I'LL GET ON FOR 10 MINUTES AND CHECK ON SOME FRIENDS.
AS I TELL YOUNG WOMEN DON'T EVEN BOTHER.
IF YOU'RE NOT RUNNING A BUSINESS.
EVEN AS A BUSINESS OWNER I'M ONLY ON THERE BECAUSE I HAVE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES.
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
EVEN KNOW IT'S ALL CHANGED.
YOU HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY.
SO YOUR CONTENT ISN'T BEING SEEN.
OR YOU'RE PRODUCING CONTENT THAT'S GOING TO PLEASE THE ALGORITHM.
>> EXPRESSIVE OF YOU.
>> WE'RE CHASING LIKE.
WE'RE CHASING ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S THE ALL SELF-CENTERED THINKING AND BEHAVIOR.
THAT'S WHERE TROUBLE LIES FOR ME WHEN I'M IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A SCARY NEIGHBORHOOD TO DRIVE BY YOURSELF.
BACK TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA THING YES GOING WITH AN INTENTION BEING VERY SELECTIVE WHO YOU FOLLOW.
HAVING AWARENESS EVERYTHING IS 10 TIMES MORE FAKE THAN IT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO BECAUSE OF THE APPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW ARE TERRIFYING.
AND TECHNOLOGY IS SPEEDING UP.
>> THAT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE.
>> GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA AND GO LIFT WEIGHTS.
>> THAT'S THE FOCUS OF MY WORKSHOP.
IS SHOWING 8 YEARS OLD AND UP ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS FROM STRONGMAN TO CROSSFIT TO POWER LIFTING TO ARM WRESTLING, AND ALL THESE THINGS GIRLS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO.
RUGBY.
SHOWING THEM HOW TO LIFT WEIGHTS AND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF IT.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE BIG BICEPS FOR.
WHAT DO WE USE THOSE BICEPS FOR.
AS WELL AS BEING THEIR BODY BEING A TEMPLE NOT A VISITOR CENTER.
HOW TO WALK WITH PURPOSE AND CARRY SELF-DEFENSE AT THE SAME TIME.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I WISH I WAS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL I'M ABLE TO TURN AROUND HERE IS THIS INFORMATION.
IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE >> SO THE WORKSHOP THAT'S GOING TO BE LOCAL.
>> YES.
>> HOW CAN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR IT.
>> IT'S FREE.
MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ONE DAY BE A FULL-TIME PHILANTHROPIST.
BEING IN RECOVERY BEING OF SERVICE HOW YOU FIND JOY.
BUT IT'S NO COST.
IT'S LIFTED IN ARCATA.
WE'LL CALL IT CROSSFIT IS KNOWN FOR BEING COMPETITIVE AND HARDCORE.
THIS IS MORE HEY COME IN.
WE'VE GOT 72-YEAR-OLD WOMEN DEAD LIFTING.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MOMS THAT COME WITH KIDS.
IT'S A VERY COMMUNITY-BASED.
IT WILL BE FROM 12 TO 2 ON SUNDAY AND I'LL BE DOING A TALK WITH THEM AS WELL AS DOING SOME GROUP ACTIVITIES.
TAKING THEM THROUGH A WORKOUT.
IT'S CALLED MOM AND DAUGHTER.
BUT ANYBODY CAN COME.
IF THERE'S ANY DADS.
I KNOW A LOT OF SINGLE DADS DON'T HAVE SUPPORT IN THAT REGARD.
MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THEIR DAUGHTER DROPPED OFF.
AND THEN CRUSH A WATERMELON FOR THEM >> WHICH IS SORT OF YOUR CAME TO FAME.
>> I'M KNOWN AS AS THE WORLD'S WOMAN WITH THE BEST THIGHS.
BUT IT'S TURNED INTO A SYMBOL OF FEMALE EMPOWERMENT.
AS I TELL WOMEN I CAN'T DO THAT.
HAVE YOU HAD A KID.
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
LITERALLY.
IT'S LIKE THIS IS MAGIC.
IT'S LIKE THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING EVERY BONE BROKEN IN YOUR BODY AND THEN DOING IT AGAIN >> I'M TOO SCARED.
I'LL JUST STICK WITH THE WEIGHTS.
THANKS.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN TO TAP INTO THAT AND KNOW THAT MAMA BEAR STRENGTH.
IF ANYBODY MESSED WITH THEIR KID.
THAT SWITCH IS FLIPPED.
YOU ARE BORN TO BE POWERFUL AND STRONG.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE WIDE HIPS.
YOU HAVE A MORE CENTER OF GRAVITY.
WE HAVE THAT WARRIOR INSIDE OF US AND HOW YOU TAP INTO THAT.
>> WE ARE ALL OUT OF TIME.
THIS UPCOMING SUNDAY >> I DON'T KNOW THE DATE.
>> BUT IT'S SUNDAY.
>> WELCOME.
THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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