DR. DANI ESPINO, PT: Early Advocacy for Female Athletes

Send us Fan MailToday I speak with Dr. Dani Espino, a physical therapist, running coach, and accomplished runner herself! Dani shares her experience as a running coach who in a male-dominated field. She talks about her struggles with imposter syndrome and how she moved through those feelings into confidence. Dani believes in the importance of banding together and supporting other women who are also trying to important work in health. Dani has seen the lack of knowledge in coaching that is so prevalent in high school running, especially for females and their developing bodies. We go over the importance of building a network of trusted sources and how to tap into their knowledge. Dani has so much experience working with female athletes of all ages and levels. You don’t want to miss this interview! We talk about:-finding her voice as a Latina running coach-being each others cheerleaders-the lack in expertise how we treat female young female athletes-undoing harmful messaging learned as young athletes-preparing female athletes for all stages of life in sport-expanding resources and building a network-REDs and younger athletes  Time Stamps1:00 introduction2:03 experience as a BIPOC female in a male-dominated field5:12 the gap in understanding of female athletes in different phases of athletics10:40 how we can better prepare female athletes16:52 conversations about REDs with younger athletes 19:30 experiences in PT schoolCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH DANIIG: https://www.instagram.com/daniespino.dpt/The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.  This show has been a long time in the making!   You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.   If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!  If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)The Active Mom Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond for active moms & the professionals who help them in their journey.  This show has been a long time in the making!   You can expect conversation with moms and professionals from all aspects of the industry.   If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!  If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)