Amir Armstrong: How Self-Love Is Your Legacy

An episode of the Seriously Authentic podcast, hosted by Larissa Victoria, titled "Amir Armstrong: How Self-Love Is Your Legacy" was published on November 16, 2023 and runs 69 minutes.

November 16, 2023 ·69m · Seriously Authentic

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Amir loves himself fully, deeply, and, above all, unapologetically. Hear how he does it.In this episode of Seriously Authentic, Larissa speaks with Amir Armstrong, co-founder of the Deadstock Run Club organized by Deadstock Coffee.Deadstock Run Club is a community-based run club that meets weekly on Tuesday evenings in Chinatown in the heart of Portland, OR. Amir and his co-founder's goal is to foster community while getting people active. Deadstock Run Club has partnered with fitness brands like Nike, New Balance, and more. In this conversation Amir & Larissa cover:Amir’s early childhoodAmir’s grandma’s influence and her legacy of helping other people outMeeting Ian Williams and connecting with Deadstock Coffee CommunityMoving from Philly to Portland, the culture shock, and being new to a cityDeadstock’s Run Club’s mission to make running accessible to everyone Amir’s experience working with household brand namesHow advertising can be opportunistic while also creating impactful changeAmir defines what starving his ego means to himHow Amir embraces self-loveHow self-care is a form of productivity, and how counter-intuitive that is The number one thing holding people back from going after their dreams is self-comparison Amir defines what he calls an “Off the porch moment,” aka going after what you wantHow sometimes some things inside of us have to die so we can start anewHow Deadstock Run Club was a healing space for people at the beginning of the pandemicHow Amir is practicing seeing asking for help as a strengthHow Amir is redefining his relationship with grief Follow Deadstock Run Club here: https://www.instagram.com/deadstockrunclub/Follow Amir:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_am.1r_/Follow Larissa:Subscribe to bi-weekly my newsletter, Seriously Authentic: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6345b7fedc1a7e7fee60a1f1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larissavictoria/?hl=enBook a free discovery call: https://o555h5sa51b.typeform.com/to/Ml9LPYHaLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larissa-board-0b78b252/Seriously Authentic Music by: Haile Meirow “Ghosts”Amir loves himself fully, deeply, and, above all, unapologetically. Hear how he does it.In this episode of Seriously Authentic, Larissa speaks with Amir Armstrong, co-founder of the Deadstock Run Club organized by Deadstock Coffee.Deadstock Run Club is a community-based run club that meets weekly on Tuesday evenings in Chinatown in the heart of Portland, OR. Amir and his co-founder's goal is to foster community while getting people active. Deadstock Run Club has partnered with fitness brands like Nike, New Balance, and more. In this conversation Amir & Larissa cover:Amir’s early childhoodAmir’s grandma’s influence and her legacy of helping other people outMeeting Ian Williams and connecting with Deadstock Coffee CommunityMoving from Philly to Portland, the culture shock, and being new to a cityDeadstock’s Run Club’s mission to make running accessible to everyone Amir’s experience wo

Episode Description

Amir loves himself fully, deeply, and, above all, unapologetically. Hear how he does it.

In this episode of Seriously Authentic, Larissa speaks with Amir Armstrong, co-founder of the Deadstock Run Club organized by Deadstock Coffee.

Deadstock Run Club is a community-based run club that meets weekly on Tuesday evenings in Chinatown in the heart of Portland, OR. Amir and his co-founder's goal is to foster community while getting people active. Deadstock Run Club has partnered with fitness brands like Nike, New Balance, and more.

In this conversation Amir & Larissa cover:

Amir’s early childhood
Amir’s grandma’s influence and her legacy of helping other people out
Meeting Ian Williams and connecting with Deadstock Coffee Community
Moving from Philly to Portland, the culture shock, and being new to a city
Deadstock’s Run Club’s mission to make running accessible to everyone
Amir’s experience working with household brand names
How advertising can be opportunistic while also creating impactful change
Amir defines what starving his ego means to him
How Amir embraces self-love
How self-care is a form of productivity, and how counter-intuitive that is
The number one thing holding people back from going after their dreams is self-comparison
Amir defines what he calls an “Off the porch moment,” aka going after what you want
How sometimes some things inside of us have to die so we can start anew
How Deadstock Run Club was a healing space for people at the beginning of the pandemic
How Amir is practicing seeing asking for help as a strength
How Amir is redefining his relationship with grief