Alexandra Silver Fagan

Hi everyone…I’m back! 

Life got pretty full there for the past few months - I started a new job and that kind of soaked up all my energy and time, so no complaints but I finally just sat down to edit some of the episodes I recorded this fall and wow, i’d forgotten how good these were…and it just feels really nice to pick this back up again and put these stories out into the world.

Today’s episode is with the lovely Alexandra Silver Fagan. Some of you may know her from the fitness world…she’s a Nike Master Trainer, a yoga and strength coach and currently teaches her personal blend of mindfulness and movement at Open, which happens to be one of my favorite companies in the game. 

Her story is one of finding success and recognition at an early age – a picture perfect life for the eyes of her friends and followers…yet when those external validations started to dissolve, it left her in a dark place, questioning who she was, battling her mental health, and that journey took her to her absolute rock bottom. That experience, which she shares with a lot of vulnerability and grace, has reshaped how she looks at the world, what she values, and ultimately who she is today.

I couldn’t help finding an incredible number of similarities between her story and Lee’s…and it was so incredibly eye-opening to sit down with someone who had been in much the same position and whose story turned out thankfully so differently. 

We dive into:

* Hitting rock bottom and both the power and the stigma that brings to the journey back to health

* The power of vulnerability and where to draw the line with what you share

* The illusion of social media and how everyone is fighting a battle you can’t see

* The magic of saying yes

This conversation was a pleasure to have and revisiting it felt like finding a little treasure you forgot you had…I hope you enjoy it as much as I did…Let’s see where this goes.

Intro music by @joshjameslim

All other music licensed by Epidemic Sound

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