(#76) She Trained for the Olympics, Crashed, and Won Gold Anyway - with Lori Montry

Squad, she's back — Lori Montry, author of You Are Not The Problem, joined us back on Episode 58 and I took approximately 47 mental notes I'm still unpacking. This time she's got an update, and it is NOT the one either of us expected. Meet Lori Montry: Somatic practitioner, author of You Are Not The Problem, and proof that even the person who wrote the book on not being broken can still fully spiral over a race. Also: a brand-new National Senior Games gold medalist, which — yeah, we're getting into that. 🔥 In This Episode We Get Into: 📚 The book launch update — and why something she didn't expect to be stressful nearly took her out 💥 The full crash: overtraining, an Oura Ring basically begging her to stay in bed, and the trainer conversation that stopped her in her tracks ("What's your priority?") 🏅 The National Senior Games plot twist — she almost didn't show up at all, switched to a race she hadn't run in 35 years with zero training, and then... won gold 🧠 Her reframe on hormones and midlife that made me physically gasp (estrogen is doing WHAT for us?) 💍 Why "I can be mediocre for free" might be the most useful sentence you hear all week 💥 Plot Twist Takeaway You don't have to be the superstar version of yourself to show up. Lori almost skipped her own comeback because she couldn't guarantee she'd be perfect at it — and she won gold anyway. Squad, that's the whole show in one sentence. Go be imperfect and show up anyway. Because midlife isn't a crisis — it's a plot twist. xoxo melis 🔗 Connect with Lori: 📸 [Lori's IG handle] 🌐 LoriMontry.com 📚 You Are Not The Problem — book one of a three-part series, get it wherever you buy books 📧 Weekly Readers Circle — Zoom, Mondays 5pm MT, kicks off August 17th, open enrollment anytime ⭐️ Loved this episode? Leave a 5-star review ONLY (we're not accepting anything less, respectfully 😌) 👉 RateThisPodcast.com/nowwhatwithmelis 📸 @motivatewithmelis ▶️ @NowWhatPodcastwithMelis 🎵 open.spotify.com/show/0MbAB2rFGYnUijWehLtN4C 🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/now-what/id1828005485 🌐 motivatewithmelis.com 📧 [email protected]