Hey babes! This week we're talking mental health with Erin Herle. Erin is a BJJ black belt, mental performance consultant with her business Train Ya Mind, and founder of Submit the Stigma. Join us for a vulnerable conversation about mental health and mental performance.

If you want to learn more, check out Erin's website at: https://www.erinherle.com/

Hey babes! This week we're talking nutrition and fueling ourselves to train and compete with Mike, a nutritionist, blue belt, and owner of Unorthodox Nutrition. Listen in as Mike answers my questions about how to drop a weight class safely, the dangers of cutting weight without professional assistance, and nutrition advice to maintain a healthy weight while competing. My biggest takeway? If you could have the perfect body of your dreams, but the scale would say 500 pounds no matter what, would you take it? I would -- so don't worry about what the scale says.

For more, check out Unorthodox Nutrition at https://www.unorthodoxnutrition.co.uk/

Welcome to episode 6 babes! This week, Shelby Norment tells her story of her journey in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu -- how she got started, what it felt like at each belt (something I'm always curious about), and mat safety. The last part is important to Shelby -- she sustained a neck injury as a blue belt that has currently made her unable to train after major neurosurgery. We talk about things she's learned, and ways we can stay safe, and keep others safe on the mat.

This week we are changing it up a bit to interview Jeannie, a former Penn State All-American boxer, muay thai fighter, and BJJ newbie. Jeannie takes us through her 10-year journey in fight sports, starting when she started boxing at Penn State as a way to deal with the trauma of the actions of an abusive ex-boyfriend, to today, where she has branched out into Muay Thai, and a little bit of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, at Six Blades in Denver. Join us as we discuss how it feels to try a new martial art with a boxing background, the different challenges of each art, and the commonalities of what it is like to be a woman in fight sports.

Welcome back! This week I chat with Sophia Nordeno, a black belt under Alfredo Barum training and teaching here in San Diego. Sophia shares how she started training jiu jitsu over 20 years ago in Sweden, when there were only about four other girls training with her at the time, how she came to San Diego and began pursuing Jiu Jitsu full time as a career!

Hi babes! In this episode I reconnect with my childhood friend, Megan McCall, who practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and teaches Jiu Jitsu for self defense to women. Join us as we bond over our shared love of jiu jitsu, and talk about self-defense and trauma-informed training.

For my first interview, I sat down with the first female black belt I ever met - Ale Moss. Ale is a black belt under Professor Clark Gracie, and just opened her own gym, Sagaz Jiu Jitsu, in Pacific Beach, San Diego. Ale shares how she got into Jiu Jitsu while still living in Brazil, moving to New Zealand, and eventually San Diego, California.

Welcome to episode 1 of the BJJ Babes Podcast—a podcast aimed at telling the stories of women who love jiu jitsu! In this episode, I introduce myself, and the pod.