[un]phased podcast

What does equity mean in sport? Yes, it's women being included, but it's also resources for racing moms, supporting the inclusion of Black folks in historically white sports, having size-inclusive athletic gear, and SO much more. Feisty Media welcomes a panel of women with intersectional identities to celebrate International Women's Day and discuss why equal opportunity is no longer enough. Hosted by Selene Yeager and Sara Gross, guests Khadijah Diggs, Marley Blonsky, and Alison Tetrick share the inequity they've faced in their athletic spaces, and what equity would truly look like for them individually. Follow Marley on Instagram @marleyblonsky Follow Khadijah on Instagram @khadijahtriathleteFollow Ali on Instagram @amtetrick*** Support the Podcast *** Insidetracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty

This week, we announce a change in direction. Moving away from this iteration of the [Un]Phased podcast, Shaunna and Lisa discuss new directions and new ways to discuss DEI. Looking back over the past 115 episodes, the duo explains the challenges they faced in focusing solely on DEI in relation to endurance sport, and how they will move away from this - to a more broad lens. We hope you've learned and grown with us along the way! Follow along and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date on our new directions. Stay tuned! http://www.tritodefi.com/newsletter***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/

Perfectionism can be exhausting, especially in endurance sport. Athletes expect to have the *perfect* race. With the upcoming Ironman World Championship race in Kona, it's essential to understand what perfection is and what it is not. And, how does "perfection" exclude certain groups of people?This week, Shaunna and Lisa dive into the definition of perfection and what groups are included and excluded. Perfection in terms of athletic performance is tied to something very specific, which, as the hosts discuss, has distinct roots in whiteness and maleness. How do we oppose ideas of perfection that come from a fast time, and instead embrace the perfection that comes from having a race that feels good?***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/

Have you encountered someone who is so resistant to DEI work that they seem to drain all of your energy? You get sucked into the vortex of their unrelenting resistance, and often this distracts you from the work and all of the other folks that support it. This week on the show Lisa & Shaunna explain that we can call those folks that seem to exhaust you constantly “Energy Vampires.” They take our energy to fuel themselves, leaving us with less energy to spend not just in our social justice work, but in all areas of our lives. We all have to be intentional about how we spend our energy, whether this be in sport, our careers, or in social justice work. It is important to set boundaries, especially when interacting with “Energy Vampires,” and to direct our focus towards those folks that do have the energy and excitement to engage in DEI work alongside us. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/

Any parent knows that no two children are exactly the same. They each have their own style of communication, problem solving, and conflict resolving (or creating). Just like siblings, not all DEI training programs are created equally. Each program depends on the training professional's area of expertise. If you are seeking out DEI training for your organization, it is important to recognize this. One of the questions arising in the sea of training options is whether DEI training is the same as a training on anti-racism. This week on the podcast, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the difference between DEI and anti-racism training and how DEI professionals can help structure programming and education to better incorporate principles of anti-racism. They compare training topics to peace-keeping and peace-making and discuss how to build a training that is right for your organization. Mentioned in the podcast:The history and changing narrative of KumbayaFrom the Hell Yeah/Hell Naw segment: Middle school aged girls and “shapewear”The first non-binary athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/

We have a special guest! This week, we are delighted to welcome the incomparable multi-hyphenate, Zsa-Zsa Porter. Zsa-Zsa is a fellow entrepreneur, multiple-time 140.6 finisher, and author. She is the founder and owner of Exposed Vegan, where she dedicates her time to eliminating food deserts and bringing food accessibility to all.As a highly motivated triathlete, Zsa-Zsa shares how triathlon and physical activity have benefited her life. Shaunna and Zsa-Zsa discuss what it takes to set a goal that aligns with your values at the time, and how to stick to it. Further, Zsa-Zsa shares her personal experience of moving through grief and how her goals and values changed because of a great recent loss.Visit Zsa-Zsa's website at https://www.exposedvegan.com/And follow her on Instagram @zsazsaporter***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/

2023 is fast approaching, and with that said, we can look back upon our year and gather some key takeaways for how we can do better. This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss some considerations we can all have in 2023. Beginning with a discussion about how we spend our money, the duo talks about the ways we can shop and invest in companies that are woman-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, LGBTQ-owned, and so forth. Moving on to discuss other considerations from land acknowledgments to being kinder to nature, Shaunna and Lisa offer ways for us all to be better citizens in the new year. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/TRIHARD: Try out the new Active Foot Care Kit from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off all products at trihard.co

Many folks make their charitable donations around the end of the year. And often, the process to do so is quite haphazard. Instead of taking meaningful and thoughtful time to choose a non-profit organization that supports one's values, recipients of such vital dollars are often decided upon based on popularity, advertising, or size.This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss how to thoughtfully decide on a non-profit to which to donate your money, as well as how non-profit organizations -- such as endurance sport-affiliated groups -- can encourage folks to donate to them.***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/TRIHARD: Try out the new Active Foot Care Kit from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off all products at trihard.co

If you have ever been part of the DEI space as a practitioner, there is A LOT of persuading that happens. Trying to persuade clubs, organizations, companies and institutions to believe that DEI work is necessary takes time. Making the case is tiring and often, time is better spent doing - rather than convincing someone that doing is the right choice.Centering their conversation around this notion that persuasion may be a waste of time, Shaunna and Lisa equate DEI to integral organization fundamentals. Like innovation, integrity, and resilience, DEI needs to be understood as a fundamental aspect of any organization. From there, DEI practitioners can spend their time creating change - rather than persuading people that such changes are appropriate and necessary.***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com******Support the Podcast***InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Black Friday sale - get 34% off the entire store until November 30th at insidetracker.com/feisty!Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/TRIHARD: Try out the new Active Foot Care Kit from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off all products at trihard.co

With the 2022 Outspoken Summit having come and gone, the team here at Feisty Media cannot stop talking about it. The coming together of so many powerful change-making women in the endurance sport industry is truly a gift. That's why this week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the summit and all of its highlights. From the live podcast recording of the Business of Fitness to Zsa-Zsa Porter's tools for leveling up, Shaunna and Lisa got A LOT out of the weekend. To listen to the Business of Fitness live recording on Imposter Syndrome, click here! ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty. Black Friday sale - get 34% off the entire store until November 30th at insidetracker.com/feisty! Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/TRIHARD: Try out the new Active Foot Care Kit from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off all products at trihard.co

How do we hold companies and institutions accountable? Through what lens do we hold them accountable? This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in relation to Environmental Social Governance (ESG), and how these internal/external regulation systems would benefit from a DEI lens.Explaining both systems, Shaunna and Lisa delve into a discussion surrounding upward accountability, white saviorism, and much more. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feistyOrca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/TRIHARD: Try out the new Active Foot Care Kit from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off all products at trihard.co

Recently, NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has been a complete disrupter in terms of all things HBCU sports. Understanding that most athletes are heavily recruited from predominantly white institutions, Deion has been active in disrupting this pattern of exclusion.Using “Coach Prime” as a jumping-off point, Shaunna and Lisa discuss what it means to use the tool of disruption to create change for DEI.Through this conversation, the duo outlines how to be better disruptors and what it takes. While Deion is a huge name, big personality, and has lots of money, Shaunna and Lisa discuss how disruption is not contingent upon these things.***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feistyOrca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/TRIHARD: Try out the new Active Foot Care Kit from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off all products at trihard.co

This past week, the Surgeon General released the "Surgeon General's Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being". In this 30-page framework, there is quite a significant understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace - and, the way this information is communicated throughout is seemingly palatable to the general public. With this obvious hell ya, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the document, what it means for the workforce, and of course, endurance sport as a whole. To view the Surgeon General's Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being, click here: https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/workplace-well-being/index.html (https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/workplace-well-being/index.html) ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ TRIHARD: Try out the new Active Foot Care Kit from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off all products at trihard.co

Assumptions surrounding eating disorders, disordered eating, and underfueling are extreme. In the context of sport, we often believe that underfueling is related to the desire to lose weight. However, this week, Shaunna and Lisa crack open these assumptions and delve into the societal pressures that encircle disordered eating and how these differ on a spectrum of race, socio-economic status, and more. Shaunna and Lisa discuss the ways in which the white male gaze influences the "desired" body type, and how this differs between communities. Further, the duo makes clear how the prototype of a woman with an eating disorder is quite stereotypically a white woman. Sign up for the online Fuelin webinar to gain more information on under fueling as an athlete at https://fuelin.app/feisty (https://fuelin.app/feisty): Fuelin is a training-based nutrition app that syncs with your training plan to make sure you are fueling properly to support your training and everyday life. Head over to http://fuelin.com/ (fuelin.com) to get started today Follow along @feistymedia over the next two weeks for more information and content related to Fueled is Fast ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken) 

Why is it such a personal offense to lose to a woman? This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss gender and sport and the masculine urge to outperform women. Drawing from a recent news article in which a man killed his female competitor for beating him in basketball, the team unpacks what undergirds this kind of reaction. Discussing words and phrases like "chick" and "being chicked,” Lisa and Shaunna talk about the cultural narratives that infantilize, or in the case of “chick,” dehumanize women. Understanding masculinity, toxic or otherwise, in the context of sport shows us how men's reaction to losing to women is more than individual pride. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperforman)

We are coming to you this week with some very exciting news!! Kelly O'Mara, a mutual friend of Shaunna and Lisa, professional Triathlete, and editor and chief of Triathlon Magazine, has started her own weekly newsletter called "Triathlonish". This week, the duo talks to Kelly about her new endeavor, and what it looks like to take a non-gendered approach to reporting on triathlon. Sign up for the Triathlonish newsletter at https://www.triathlonish.com/ ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken)

Perfectionism can be exhausting, especially in endurance sport. Athletes expect to have the *perfect* race. With the upcoming Ironman World Championship race in Kona, it's essential to understand what perfection is and what it is not. And, how does "perfection" exclude certain groups of people? This week, Shaunna and Lisa dive into the definition of perfection and what groups are included and excluded. Perfection in terms of athletic performance is tied to something very specific, which, as the hosts discuss, has distinct roots in whiteness and maleness. How do we oppose ideas of perfection that come from a fast time, and instead embrace the perfection that comes from having a race that feels good? ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken) 

Doesn't inclusion mean including everyone regardless of their perspective? So, what do we do when people who express exclusive positions argue we are no longer walking the talk because we exclude them? These challenges to inclusion initiatives continue to present struggles for DEI work. Folks with perspectives such as, "you get to have an all-black student club, we get an all-white student club", or "based on my religion, I don't agree with gay marriage, so I won't make a cake for a queer couple” argue that inclusion should mean honoring and respecting their opinion. How do inclusion advocates navigate their message of inclusion while simultaneously excluding people who have an exclusive perspective? Engaging in these discussions can be tricky to handle, and this week, Shaunna and Lisa put some tools in your toolbox to navigate the waters of the inclusion critic. Shaunna and Lisa put some tools in your toolbox to navigate the diluted waters of the inclusion critic. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken) 

As you all will likely have heard by now, Queen Elizabeth II has died. While the whole world is talking about this, we thought we would too. Right now, many folks have questions surrounding how we should react to this news. Based on the media coverage, it seems as though everyone has a different answer to this question. This week, Shaunna and Lisa dive into WHY everyone has a different emotional response to the death of the Queen. How can we work to understand the ways in which the monarchy has caused tremendous trauma and devastation while also honoring the loss felt for many? ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken) 

We made it 100 episodes!! For the 100th episode, Shaunna and Lisa dive deep into the feeling of being offended. They analyze both the reasons people may feel this emotion, as well as the linguistic roots of this word. Further, how is this word used in social justice circles? Many of us within the realm of social justice and advocacy will recall being called "easily offendable" or "too sensitive". Through an in-depth and reciprocal discussion, Shauna and Lisa conclude that the term "offended" has been adopted as a form of gaslighting used by the powers that be (i.e. white people, men, able-bodied people) to dismiss the anger of others. For more information, read: https://digital.sandiego.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=honors_theses https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/10/why-are-black-people-so-forgiving/64129/ *** If requiring a transcript please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** *** Support the Podcast *** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken) 

This week, we celebrate Shaunna's one-year anniversary of starting out on her own as a DEI Consultant. Quitting her job, and taking on Entrepreneurship as her full-time gig, Shaunna tells us about the challenges she's faced along the way - and the rewards. The duo discusses the barriers to being a successful entrepreneur, highlighting race and gender. They unravel what it means to create sustainable boundaries within all spheres of your life, and the new trending term "quiet quitting". ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty) Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at http://www.orca.com/ (www.orca.com/) Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit http://hammerhead.io/ (hammerhead.io) and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at http://trihard.co/ (trihard.co)  - Ad only running until Sept 9th. We will be promoting another new product for them on this podcast in a couple of weeks when it launches, details to come. Nominate an outstanding woman in endurance sports for an Outspoken Award at https://www.womensperformance.com/awards (https://www.womensperformance.com/awards)  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken) 

There are all kinds of narratives that are placed upon us based on our looks, size, attire, socioeconomic status, age, race, sexuality, and on and on. Based on these factors, people have expectations of how we should be. For example, if you're a woman - you should eat less than a man, if you wear glasses you should be smart, if you're small - you're fit, etc. This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the ways in which these fiction narratives define us and ultimately affect our understanding of ourselves and others. The duo discusses how this influences the endurance sport field and the impact of being a larger athlete existing in the fictional narrative that athletes have to be thin to be successful. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Nominate an outstanding woman in endurance sports for an Outspoken Award at https://www.womensperformance.com/awards (https://www.womensperformance.com/awards)  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken) 

There are A LOT of phrases that come from rotten roots - so we made a whole other episode to get through more. This week, Shaunna and Lisa dive deeper into the problematic phrases used in everyday North American vernacular and uncover the often hidden meaning behind them. Taking into consideration the challenges that come from having to create alternatives to these phrases, in this episode, Shaunna and Lisa do that work for you. From "tipping point" to "the point of transformation", and from "using that as a crutch" to "using that as an excuse" - the duo promotes better allyship one phrase at a time. If you or someone you know is at risk of suicide, please call 988 as soon as possible, and please take care. If located in Canada, please call 1-833-456-4566 ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout TRIHARD: Try out the new Muscle & Mind Soak from TRIHARD. Use code STAYFEISTY20 for 20% off at trihard.co  Nominate an outstanding woman in endurance sports for an Outspoken Award at https://www.womensperformance.com/awards (https://www.womensperformance.com/awards)  Register for the Outspoken Summit November 11-13th at https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken) 

Our daily language is filled with all sorts of idioms and phrases. Like most things, these idioms have historical origins that can often be rooted in racism. This week, Shaunna and Lisa run through multiple examples of racially rooted phrases and give us alternatives to use in our everyday conversations. Using examples like "master bedroom", "low hanging fruit", "cake walk", and many more, the duo discusses the impact of these phrases regardless of intention. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout

If you are a cyclist, you know just how long you have to be on that saddle. And those things usually aren't the most comfortable! As women, they can be especially uncomfortable, because of the lack of resources available surrounding saddle comfort and vulvar health. Unfortunately, many women have accepted the painful woes of ill-fitting bikes rather than examining the systems that normalize our discomfort - both on and off the saddle. This week, Shaunna and Lisa welcome Kim Dallara onto the show. Kim is the only female clinical bike fitter located in Kentucky and focuses her efforts on helping women get the right bike fit and have a pain-free ride. The trio discusses why it's important to have female bike fitters, and the hurdles Kim had to overcome to do so. Further, Kim highlights the importance of community, and especially, female communities in sport. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at www.orca.com/ Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series!

The standards placed upon women in North America and beyond are impossible. We are told to care for the family, but stay in shape; "get up and work", but be engaged mothers. We are genuinely, damned if you do - damned if you don't. This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss these impossible standards and the ways the greater systems and institutions within our society are working to maintain these standards. Using examples like body image, motherhood, and sport, the duo unravels the true oxymorons of our society and highlight the women that are trying to create real change. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast* InsideTracker: Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Orca: Use code IRONWOMEN15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit http://hammerhead.io/ (hammerhead.io) and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series!

Not to pick favorites, but here at Feisty - this is definitely a favorite. With almost 50 years of experience as an athletic director and inductions into seven different halls of fame, Joan Cronan has A LOT to say about Title IX and gender equity in sport. Graduating college in 1966, Joan was part of intercollegiate sports before women had the federal right to equally compete. This week, our co-host of Girls Gone Gravel, Kathryn Taylor, interviews Joan and asks her about what she calls "her journey." Joan shares the story of her life so far, beginning at the age of twelve when she decided she was going to create change for women in athletics. To do so, in 1972 Joan made a cold call to the president of the College of Charleston and left his office as the women's basketball coach, volleyball coach, tennis coach and overall athletic director. From there, she made innumerable changes to women's athletics that will forever go down in history. If that isn't feisty, what is? ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit http://hammerhead.io/ (hammerhead.io) and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series!

We are overwhelmed with excitement to share the first episode of our limited Title IX series. This week, Haley Chura - co-host of Ironwomen - interviews the renowned Wendy Mink. Wendy is a professor of politics, women's and gender studies, as well as the daughter of the very first woman of color in congress - Patsy Mink. Patsy was the co-author of the Title IX legislation and paved the way for women's participation in sports.  Wendy shares her mother's journey and the reasons that prompted her to fight for change. Haley and Wendy discuss what Title IX was created for, and they give us the groundwork for the rest of the series. https://nyupress.org/9781479831920/fierce-and-fearless/ (Click here) to purchase a copy of Wendy's new book! ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit http://hammerhead.io/ (hammerhead.io) and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series!

We each hold a variety of privileged identities such as sexuality, race, socioeconomic status, and education, to name a few, but how do we recognize they are privileged in the first place? This week, Shaunna and Lisa reflect on an episode of Red Table Talk about the process a former white supremacist went through as he made the decision to turn away from hate. An ongoing question for many of us who work to educate others is: what factors can help people recognize their privilege? Using their own personal experience with privilege awareness, Lisa and Shaunna explore whether there is a moment in time where the proverbial lightbulb switches on or whether the awareness is more incremental, happening over time. They focus on privileges beyond race and gender in this discussion, since identity privileges receiving less exposure may be harder for each of us to identify as we journey towards a more inclusive personal and professional practice. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) *Until July 15th, take advantage of exclusive savings with 31% off your entire InsideTracker order! Go to http://insidetracker.com/feisty (InsideTracker.com/feisty) to get 31% off* Orca: Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Life Time: Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Hammerhead: Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit http://hammerhead.io/ (hammerhead.io) and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout

This week, we are sharing a replay from almost a year ago. Our one and only male guest that has been on Un[Phased] has his new book coming out imminently, so we wanted to remind our listeners of Dr. Shaun Anderson and his message. Dr. Anderson is an associate professor of organizational communications and author of the forthcoming book, The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter. He reminds us that sport and politics have always been mixed; athletes have long used their public platforms to call out social injustice. The difference now however is that, through social media and other outlets, athletes can control the way that they are engaging in the narratives around social injustice. The next step for all of us in the sporting community, is to begin to use these platforms to push towards engaging in true policy reform. It is not an easy fight; we are pushing against a systematic regime that has been in power for ages, but by educating ourselves, building a platform and speaking out, we can begin to make positive changes in sport and society. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series! Get a FREE heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit http://hammerhead.io/ (hammerhead.io) and use promo code UNPHASED at checkout

The Outspoken Summit has launched!! New, improved, AND in-person! But that's not all - to precede the Outspoken Summit, we are launching the inaugural Inclusive Sports Leadership Academy (ISLA). This is an intensive and immersive experience aimed at helping a small cohort of people really dive into diversity, equity, representation and inclusion. Over 2 and a half days, we will prepare folks with the tools to activate social change in their endurance sport organizations. ISLA is the first professional development opportunity of its kind in endurance sport and fills a gap in endurance sports leadership education. It will bring together endurance sport athletes, coaches, and industry professionals to explore diversity, equity, representation, and inclusion in endurance sport. This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the benefits of this type of specific training for professionals working within the endurance sport field. As we prepare for the inevitable recession coming our way, now is the time to make certain that your company's DEI team is up to date. To apply for this year's ISLA, taking place November 8-11th, https://www.shiftsports.org/inclusive-leadership-academy.html (click here)! To sign up to join us at the 2022 Outspoken Summit, https://www.womensperformance.com/outspoken (click here)! ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series!

If you have a menstrual cycle, do you find that male family members often tell you to "stock up" on menstrual products? No? Us either. That's why this week, we need to take a deep dive into why Shaunna's Dad told her to go to the drug store and fill that cart. Right now in the US, there is a shortage of menstrual products available for purchase. Using this as a jumping-off point, Shaunna and Lisa discuss systems and how the interworking of these systems cause problems like this - to disproportionally affect historically and currently excluded people. Moving even further from the tampon example, the duo makes reference to systems like redlining, Jim Crow, and even a lack of lap pools. These systems work to create and contribute to systemic discrimination that is historically and contextually rooted. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series!

How can we trust our brands, if the brand doesn't communicate with us? Why do we put different expectations on some brands more than others? This week, Lisa and Shaunna unpack trust. Using the beauty company "Honey Pot" as an example, the duo discusses the expectation of transparency placed on black-owned businesses, vs. white businesses. It is undeniable that most beauty brands are not transparent about their ingredients, so why is it that there is such uproar when a small, black-owned business follows this exemplar? Trust itself is an active process, and Shaunna and Lisa share what this process could look like from a DEI perspective. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series!

Feisty Media Presents: IX Voices for Title IX Powered by InsideTracker. Listen to this trailer, where Sara and Selene tell us what to expect for this exclusive series. To be released on June 16th, just days before the 50th anniversary of Title IX,  the series will investigate the ways in which Title IX did and did not represent a cultural shift for women in sport. The nine-episode series will feature in-depth interviews with women who lived through the cultural shift that Title IX represented, including icons like Joan Benoit, the first winner of the women's Olympic marathon;  Marianne Martin, the first woman to win the Tour De France Feminine; Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon; as well as athletic directors and athletes who continue to press for change today. Subscribe to thehttps://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ ( Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to make sure you don't miss out! **Support our Sponsors** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Bonafide: Use code TITLE9 for 20% off your first purchase when you subscribe to any product at http://hellobonafide.com/title9 (hellobonafide.com/title9) Velorosa: Use code FEISTY15 at checkout and receive 15% off an order of full-priced cycling wear at http://velorosacycling.com/ (velorosacycling.com)        Life Time: Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Previnex: Use code TITLE9 for 15% off your first order at https://www.previnex.com/ (https://www.previnex.com/)

Okay, Y'all. You have heard us talk about allyship before, but what does it really mean to become an ally? What does that process look like? This week, using Melinda Briana Epler's stages of allyship, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the journey to becoming an ideal ally - and the tangible actions you can take to do so. Nowadays, it seems like you are either a "raggedy-ass ally" as Shaunna puts it, OR you are out there marching on Washington every single weekend. Things seem a little too black and white for our liking. From denier to activist, Epler's circular figure allows for an understanding of allyship on a continuum. For our first episode of Pride Month, Shaunna and Lisa uncover the stages of allyship, and how kindness can hinder growth. ***If requiring a transcript, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) Subscribe to the https://livefeisty.com/category/podcasts/feisty-womens-performance-podcast/ (Feisty Women's Performance Podcast )to catch our limited Title IX series!

Is it just us, or have things become WAY too busy lately? Working yourself to your limit is a good thing, right? You wouldn't want to be lazy...This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the proverbial hamster wheel that is "America". It is undeniable that being busy is over-valued in North America, and many of us have become addicted to the feeling of being overworked. As Shaunna's grad student describes it, we are suffering from a certain comfort with overwhelm. Lisa and Shaunna dissect why it is that we feel the need to maintain a fast-paced busy lifestyle, and how this works its way into our biases about others. Further, they uncover the gendered dynamic of "busy" and the ways in which women lack the resources to move away from this overwork and overwhelm. Turns out, you don't have to be out of breath all of the time. ***If requiring a transcript of this episode, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Use code FEISTY15 for 15% off at http://trihard.co/ (trihard.co) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/)

What is it about white people that makes them think they always have *the* solution or answer to a problem? This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss Burritos. That's right - if you thought they had it all covered, think again. Recently, a group of white appearing students put their brains together to come up with a business idea - what if eating a burrito didn't have to be so messy to eat? They created an adhesive that makes it so this meal can be as clean as possible. At first glance, this doesn't seem like a problem. However, this tool takes away all of the cultural backgrounds of the burrito and imposes white western values of "cleanliness" onto this food. Taking a step back from this, Shaunna and Lisa discuss what it means to do DEI work correctly, and how white supremacy finds a way to "fix" things that were never a problem in the first place. ***If requiring a transcript of this episode, please email amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Use code FEISTY15 for 15% off at http://trihard.co/ (trihard.co) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/)

In relation to diversity, equity and inclusion, there is a lot of learning to be done - and we talk about this learning in each of our episodes. However, how often do we discuss the "unlearning" that needs to be done in order to both recognize one's privilege and become a better ally to diverse populations? This week, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the unlearning process and how we can begin to unlearn things that we are consciously unaware of. To begin, the two underline the ways we can recognize that what we may have been taught for our entire lives, could be completely wrong - or incomplete. Using Lady Gaga's recognition of her unlearning process as a guideline, Shaunna and Lisa dissect the possibilities for unlearning as a medium for change. **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Use code FEISTY15 for 15% off at http://trihard.co/ (trihard.co) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/)

The Leak (Episode 85) This week, Shaunna and Lisa bumped their scheduled episode to bring you one on the leaked opinion striking down Roe vs Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood vs Casey (1992), two Supreme Court decisions that enshrined a woman's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion into U.S. Constitutional law. On Monday, May 2nd, Politico published the leaked opinion (which is only a draft from February), and all hell broke loose. People demonstrated outside the Supreme Court, commentators reflected on what this means for the future of women's rights in the U.S.A. and a litany of emergency podcasts were released (including ours!). Shaunna and Lisa discuss why this likely decision to end the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. could have profound effects on women's access to sport - for fun and as a career. Being able to choose when and how to have a family is fundamental to a person's ability to engage fully in society. On the heels of the pandemic that has been devastating to women's participation in the workplace, forcing women and people who can become pregnant to carry a pregnancy to term is right out of The Handmaid's Tale. A lack of universal healthcare and paid family leave, horrific maternal mortality statistics, particularly for Black women, and the overall risks of pregnancy, women and people who can become pregnant are at an even greater disadvantage to enjoy the “Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness” the U.S. supposedly guarantees every citizen. On the 50th anniversary of Title IX which did so much for women's sport, there is a lot to say, and Shaunna and Lisa do not have time to say it all. But hopefully, this pod will make a little clearer the connection between this historic decision and the world of women's sport. Mentioned in the podcast What the SCOTUS leak could mean for abortion https://crooked.com/podcast/what-the-scotus-leak-could-mean-for-abortion/ (https://crooked.com/podcast/what-the-scotus-leak-could-mean-for-abortion/) ‘I only see it getting worse': Female athletes speak out on Roe v. Wade https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/03/sports-world-reacts-roe-wade-supreme-court-wnba/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/03/sports-world-reacts-roe-wade-supreme-court-wnba/) Athletes Express Support for Abortion Rights in Supreme Court Case Over Mississippi Law https://www.womensrunning.com/culture/news/athletes-express-support-mississippi-abortion-rights-case/ (https://www.womensrunning.com/culture/news/athletes-express-support-mississippi-abortion-rights-case/) Social Determinants of Health https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health (https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health)  ***If requiring a transcript of this episode, please contact Amelia at amelia@livefeisty.com*** **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code livefeisty15 for 15% off at https://www.orca.com/ (https://www.orca.com/) Use code FEISTY15 for 15% off at https://www.trihard.co/ (trihard.co) Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/)

Have you ever had your symptoms dismissed by your doctor? Been told you were “making things up” in a medical setting? Not had your physical pain taken seriously? These are all forms of medical gaslighting. Due to an intense history of exclusion or abuse within medical spaces and studies, women, especially marginalized women, experience higher rates of medical gaslighting than cisgender heterosexual white men. This week on the podcast, Shaunna and Lisa talk to Dr. Karen Lutfey Spencer to discuss the concept of medical gaslighting and how it disproportionally affects marginalized populations. Further, they brainstorm ways to recognize medical gaslighting in the moment and to advocate for themselves. Dr. Spencer is a medical sociologist and Professor of Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver. She researches medical decision-making, health disparities, and patient-provider relationships, including medical gaslighting. ** If requiring a transcript of this podcast episode, please email amelia@livefeisty.com** **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: 25% off at insidetracker.com/feisty  Tri Hard: Use code FEISTY15 for 15% off at trihard.com Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ (https://www.nyctri.com/) and, until April 30th, 2022, register to win one of two FREE entries to the race at https://livefeisty.com/giveaways/nyctri (https://livefeisty.com/giveaways/nyctri) Orca Sportswear: 15% off with code livefeisty15 at https://www.orca.com/us-en/ (https://www.orca.com/us-en/)

What do Diversity, Equity and Inclusion mean, internationally? What does it look like to promote DEI work in a non-U.S. setting? The United States' deep and traumatic history in terms of racial injustices may make its DEI work un-translatable in some corners of the world. How do we create spaces for DEI work that is g[local] - taking into consideration that global perspective, while also making room for local understandings and adaptations? In this episode, Shaunna and Lisa discuss the implications wrapped up in the exportation of professional DEI work from the United States to other countries. Further, they dissect what blackness may mean outside of the United States and the importance of having that nuanced understanding as one example of many. **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: 25% off at insidetracker.com/feisty  Tri Hard: Use code FEISTY15 for 15% off at trihard.com Register for the 2022 Verizon New York City Triathlon at https://www.nyctri.com/ and, until April 30th, 2022, register to win one of two FREE entries to the race at https://livefeisty.com/giveaways/nyctri 

History was made as Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 7th. Soon to be Justice Jackson, is constantly, and will continue to be under the scrutiny of the public eye. Arguably more so, based on her gender and race in comparison to the others that have come before her. What does this mean for her husband, Dr. Jackson, a white man? How can we work to understand the oppression that comes from being in an interracial relationship? This week on the podcast, Shaunna and Lisa discuss second-hand oppression, and what it means to be an ally. Further, they dive into how allyship is hindered based on the expectation of perfection. Using Dr. Jackson and the First Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff as examples, they dissect the spaces that these men must navigate as white spouses to women of colour, and how they act as allies to their wives and children.

It seems as though the entire world is talking about the Oscars incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. Everybody has an opinion on what should have happened or who shouldn't have done what. However, how many of these opinions take into consideration the history of blackness within the academy and beyond? How many of these opinions take into account both Will and Chris' personal histories of experiencing violence? This week on the show, Shaunna and Lisa welcome two very special guests, Malika Clinkscales and Andrea Rodriguéz, to dissect this night at the Oscars. Underlining the nuance surrounding Will's choice to assault Chris Rock, the group discusses how Blackness, as understood by white America, shaped this moment.  Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 25% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  Orca Sportswear: 15% off with code livefeisty15 athttps://www.orca.com/us-en/ ( https://www.orca.com/us-en/)

Language changes quickly, and some of the language that has been used in DEI work for years, has now been called outdated. It can be hard to keep up, but maintaining a critical lens on your own language, as well as the language of those around you is important to do justice to underrepresented communities - to which this language is often directed. How do we know where we're at? How do we know when we're outdated? This week on the show, Shaunna and Lisa discuss stale language and the ways we can work towards using more intentional language that represents inclusivity. Using phrases and words like authenticity, tolerance, safe space and civility as examples, Shaunna and Lisa dissect the problems with this language - giving listeners a reference point for how to critically analyze their own word choices.  Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  TriHard: FEISTY15 for 15% off at http://trihard.co/ (trihard.co) Orca Sportswear: 15% off with code ironwomen5 athttps://www.orca.com/us-en/ ( https://www.orca.com/us-en/)

In today's economy it seems like there are more jobs than there are employees. A result, in part, of the pandemic's historic job losses and the opportunity it afforded many to consider what they wanted from their work. However, despite employers upping their game in pay and benefits to attract candidates and despite many employers' commitments to diversify their workforces, we are still seeing the same old excuses emerge when companies struggle to employ people of color, women, and other communities often most marginalized by oppressive working conditions. This week on the pod, Shaunna and Lisa discuss these excuses - a lack of talent, or that no one applied - and how it shifts the blame for organizations' continued struggle to hire onto the potential employees. Using Wells Fargo CEO Charles Sharf's 2020 comment on a lack of Black talent as a jumping off point, they explore what this employee blaming does and who it serves. Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 25% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  Nuun Hydration: 30% off with code StayFeisty at https://nuunlife.com (nuunlife.com) Orca Sportswear: 15% off with code livefeisty15 athttps://www.orca.com/us-en/ ( https://www.orca.com/us-en/)

Have you ever considered the consequences of focusing so heavily on women and girls' confidence, or lack thereof? If women and girls are excluded from certain spaces and careers, or don't negotiate salaries, or struggle to ask for what they want in a relationship, the solution is often: “She just needs more confidence…She needs to believe in herself more!” On this week's pod, Shaunna and Lisa discuss their views on the harm created by an over-emphasis on women and girls' confidence and how it obscures the systemic nature of their inequality. In a culture so dedicated to individualism, “leaning-in,” and working hard, it is all too easy to focus on the need for women and girls to change something internally rather than on the traps inherent in the various systems they encounter. Whether employment, family, or sport, it isn't always a lack of confidence that holds women and girls back. This episode was inspired by the article https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/03/limits-women-confidence-workplace-inequality/626562/ (How Women's  Confidence Became a Cult) in The Atlantic, published March 7, 2022 by https://www.theatlantic.com/author/shani-orgad/ (Shani Orgad) and https://www.theatlantic.com/author/rosalind-gill/ (Rosalind Gill). Hell Yeah: Check out Turning Point, a 3-day journey to disrupt imposter syndrome and unleash your leader voice: http://www.christinesachscoaching.com/turning-point (http://www.christinesachscoaching.com/turning-point)  Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 25% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  Nuun Hydration: 30% off with code StayFeisty at https://nuunlife.com (nuunlife.com) Orca Sportswear: 15% off with code livefeisty15 athttps://www.orca.com/us-en/ ( https://www.orca.com/us-en/)

? Of The Year  (Episode 77) There are a litany of awards given annually to the best person in XXX field. Today on the podcast, Shaunna and Lisa talk about https://time.com/collection/women-of-the-year/ (Time Magazine's Women of the Year) and how it has attempted to atone for decades of excluding women from its prestigious trophy. Sadly, there are still many awards entitled “Man of the Year.” These awards may sometimes award a woman but over the course of their histories have given awards to women shockingly infrequently. Sport is definitely one of the fields where “Man of the Year” still reigns. Shaunna and Lisa encourage listeners to review the histories of their local sporting awards, whether in their state or their local club to understand what histories of exclusion exist for them. It is crucial to review the how and why of recognition exclusion to redress the imbalance. Tip: nominating/awarding one woman in 2022 is not sufficient.  https://tomandlorenzo.com/2022/03/times-women-of-the-year-2022-magazines-editorials/ (TIME's 2022 Women of the Year List) https://time.com/100-women-of-the-year/ (TIME's 2020 100 Women of the Year Project) Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 25% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  Nuun Hydration: 30% off with code StayFeisty at https://nuunlife.com (nuunlife.com)

This week on the show, Shaunna and Lisa chat about mid-life crises: the what, who, and why. The generic cultural narrative usually centers a white, heterosexual, middle-aged man buying a flashy car, having an affair, or doing some other extravagant something as he reevaulates his life. Yet, folks of all gender identities may experience some kind of “mid-life” moment of reevaluation. We rarely see depictions of this in popular media, nor do we deconstruct whose “mid-life” we are even talking about. Life expectancy certainly is better than it was 50 years ago, but depending on a person's race, gender, wealth, access to healthcare, home location, and a variety of other socioeconomic and environmental factors, “mid-life” could be anywhere from 35-60. Yes, some people have lived to 120 years old. Shaunna and Lisa discuss how sport capitalizes (and whether it should) on this social and psychological phenomenon and how it might contribute to the ongoing assumption “mid-life” is experienced similarly by everyone.   Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 25% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  Nuun Hydration: 30% off with code StayFeisty at https://nuunlife.com (nuunlife.com)

This week on the show Shaunna and Lisa discuss several major sporting events that have been happening around the world in the last few weeks and the decision-making that comes along with sport.  Although they seem unrelated, we discuss such major events as the Beijing Winter Olympics doping scandal – including the comparisons between skater, Kamila Valieva and summer Olympics track hopeful, Sha'Carri Richardson; Super Bowl 2022 performers; as well as the Rooney Rule in the NFL and how it's NOT producing the results intended with diversifying head coaches. Although there is much to discuss in sport – like Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Dr. Dre's Super Bowl halftime performances and Coach Brian Flores suing the NFL and multiple teams – Shaunna and Lisa finally land in a place that requires change to be initiated from the top. Decision-makers in sport – all the way up to the International Olympic Committee –  must consider the global disenfranchisement of some, to the benefit of others. Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 25% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  Nuun Hydration: 30% off with code StayFeisty at https://nuunlife.com (nuunlife.com)

In today's episode, Shaunna and Lisa discuss what it means to hold up a mirror to up to the millisecond judgements we make about other people. Using the recent (unwarranted) critiques of Coach Syndey Carter's outfit at a Texas A&M basketball game, Shaunna and Lisa discuss what “professionalism” means in sport. The critiques of Carter's attire are embedded in histories of racism and sexism and again illuminate the double standard women are forced to manage. Negative comments are directed at individuals often because they are perceived as not to belong. Entering a space that has previously excluded a person based on their identities exposes them to baseless and shallow critiques. Despite qualifications and talent, encroaching on the power of white men who have largely dominated coaching and other professions for an eternity, is a threat. (Another point of reference for this is the nomination of an African American/Black woman to the Supreme Court in the U.S and the white response to it). Since attacks cannot be based on qualifications and track record, detractors look elsewhere - their body, their attire, or their personal lives. Tune in to learn more about these realities and struggles and why each of us needs to be better at disrupting our long held and learned assumptions about who belongs where.   Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 25% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  Nuun Hydration: 30% off with code StayFeisty at https://nuunlife.com (nuunlife.com)

This week on the pod, Shaunna and Lisa discuss what it means to really acknowledge a history of exclusion. Shaunna, fresh off of a trip to Chareleston South Caolina was impressed with the approach of the city in acknowledging its history of slavery and the oppression of African and African American people. Throughout her trip, she encountered memorials, museums, and other signifiers and signposts related to Charleston's history of racism. The city made every effort to make clear its past. This is refreshing. Many cities, organizations, and events refuse to publicly acknowledge their role in the oppression of others, and the perpetuation of slavery, in particular.  Shaunna and Lisa compare Charleston's acknowledgement and ownership of their history with how endurance sport needs to step up. Endurance sport needs to be more explicit in its discussion of its history of exclusion, particularly of women and people of color. Part of the challenge is the many levels of endurance sport. Bringing them together to collectively acknowledge their roots of exclusion is an easy task to avoid, when responsibility is so diffuse. The recognition of disparities and inequities in endurance sport cannot stay only in the present - at the tips of the tree - it must look backwards to move forwards. Without this open and honest retrospective, we will struggle to sustain an inclusive endurance sport landscape now and in the future.  Sign up for the Feisty Women's Performance Summit at https://www.womensperformance.com/ (https://www.womensperformance.com/)  Support the podcast and use our sponsor codes! InsideTracker: 25% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty)  Nuun Hydration: 30% off with code StayFeisty at https://nuunlife.com (nuunlife.com)