Amir Armstrong: How Self-Love Is Your Legacy

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