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028 | Follow up – Being a Female Strength Coach in a Male Dominated Field
Category: Health
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2019-07-10 19:40:58
Description: Being a female strength coach in a male dominated field - part 2 This is a follow up from episode 27 - being a female strength coach in a male dominated field. And I did a follow up because after that podcast, I had a lot of awesome conversation with some of you via my DMs over the gram. And a few common themes kept surfacing so I thought it was worth it to touch on those today. This is a much shorter episode than the last one mainly because the ground has been laid. So if you haven’t, go check out episode #27 and then come back and listen to this one. Alright - today I want to give you some practical tools + clear the air on and maybe reiterate some things from episode 27. NUMBER 1 Number one might be seen as a bit ironic, but my first pointer for you is to stop focusing so much on the fact that you’re a freaking female. Yes you're a female strength coach. But you're also just a strength a coach! In episode 27 when I mentioned that my certification says, "certified strength and conditioning specialist", it does not say "FEMALE certified strength and conditioning specialist." This is the idea I was getting at. I think we put too much weight on the “being a female” part of being a female strength coach. I had a conversation the other day with a male actually. About all of the women strength summits that are coming up. And while the intent behind those is good, and I support those, and I go to those, and I want to go to those; I do think that if women are wanting to be held in the same regard and with the same respect as men in this field that we need more of an integration rather than a segregation.  And that isn’t to discount any of the women only strength summit‘s that are happening. It was just a conversation that I thought was interesting and I thought I would share that point with you guys. If we want respect where the men are and we want to be seen as equal, then we need to be where the men are and where the industry leaders are in someway shape or form. Whether that’s with conversing with male colleagues or speaking at “normal” conferences, not women only conferences. It can look a lot of different ways. So, of course that all depends on where you are at, what impact do you want to have on the industry, and what your personal desires are, but I thought that it was worth bringing up in this conversation. Moving on, NUMBER 2 Everyone sees the world through their own set of lenses. You are not in control of that. You ARE in control of your own. And that should be both freeing and empowering to you. Right? You get to decide how you see things. If you’re looking for negative, there’s a 100% chance you’ll find it. If you’re looking for opportunity and positivity, there’s 100% chance you’ll EITHER find it or make it for yourself. That’s what I’m getting at with the lens conversation. And that goes for life, as well as the world of strength and conditioning or any male dominated field. NUMBER 3 Even with accepting that everyone sees the world through their own lenses and that’s not in your control, it is also wise, I think, to expect shit to happen. I’m a bit of a realist when it comes to this. People are broken, and flawed, and some are just straight assholes right? To expect that everyone is going to play nice is just ignorant in my opinion. And frankly you’re asking for a dog-pile of disappointment if that is your expectations. I’ve talked about this before on the blog - expectations are HUGELY important in any area of life, especially those involving other human beings. Expectations allow us to be pro-active and prepared for different scenarios. THE 80/20 RULE: If we expect that 80% of the time, people will be decent humans, and 20% of the time, someone will lash out, insult you, or make a mistake, then when that 20% rolls around, you aren’t completely blindsided. Now, everyone can have their own beliefs, and expectations around humans.
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