Loving This Life

In the fourth episode of the Advocating for Athletes Series, attorney Michelle Simpson Tuegel joins me to shed light on her experience with USA Gymnastics, what needs to change in the sport, and how we can shift the culture. This episode is jam packed with knowledge bombs on the legalities behind sports and athletes and reporting, as well as addressing the issues with the governing bodies such as USA Gymnastics and the USOC. Michel...

In the third episode, Mckenzie Wofford and her mom, Kristie Wofford, join me as they share their experience with being an elite gymnast and parent. Mckenzie describes her experience at the Karolyi Camp, abuse experience with Nassar and Valeri Liukin. Mckenzie is proof that your future is not determined by her past. She experienced being black-listed as an elite gymnast and how she overcame that and went on to win championships for ...

In the second episode of the Advocating for Athletes series, Adam Miller, the head coach at Crenshaw's gymnastics in Austin, TX shares his experiences as a gymnast, coach, and sheds light on what it is going to take to educate coaches on how to successfully train athletes and gymnasts. 

Adam believes that there is a need to kill certain stigmas. That the children we coach aren't just athletes, but people with problems like any adul...

In episode 1 of the Advocating for Athletes series, Abbie Hillis is hosted by Meghan Romere, who was also a co-founder of the 12th Woman. In this episode, Abbie Hillis specifically shares her experience at Capital Gymnastics in Austin, TX as both an athlete and as a coach. She describes her experiences as the subject of emotional abuse by different coaches throughout her gymnastics career, and describes stories of abuse she witness...

In this introduction episode to the Advocating for Athletes Series, Abbie Hillis, the host of the Loving This Life Podcast, approaches emotional and physical abuse as well as sexual assault issues surrounding competitive athletes from multiple perspectives. Each episode hosts one guest and includes their story and involvement of adolescents in sports, and how they believe society as a whole needs to change and it needs to happen no...

In Episode 23, Monique and Emily, two licensed therapists out of Dallas, TX join me as we talk all about how secure attachment relationships in our life effect our boundaries, or lack there of, and how all of that transitions to how we see our self-worth as an adult. You can think of this as a free therapy session! These ladies explain the root cause of so many issues we have as adults which really allows you to dive into your own ...

A dear friend of mine, Liz Hopkins, joins me in Episode 22. She has been through incredible loss in her life, and has shared little details about her personal life. In this episode, Liz opens up publicly about her family and the loss they have experienced, how she went through dark times, and how she is now thriving in a life that she didn't exactly anticipate but is learning to embrace it. 

Liz shares her struggles with loosing bo...

In this episode, intentional life-style enthusiast, Jantzen Jolly-Miller, joins us to chat about goals and habits that she uses to live an intentional life. We dive into the realness of marriage and how it is impacted during the quarantine and she also shares things that she does each day to make sure she starts her day with an intentional mindset. This episode provides simple but tangible habits that you can start implementing tod...

In this episode, our host, Abbie Hillis, chats about the change of life with the quarantine associated with Covid-19. This is a virus that does not discriminate and everyone is struggling with the new normal. Abbie shares her struggles but also addresses ways she is thriving through the emotional roller coaster. 

We have a choice how to live each day during all of this, and we have to choose to be positive, love each other, and tak...

In episode 19, Susie Robb, founder of Shop From Susie and the 626 Foundation, comes on and opens up and shares her divorce story. She opens up about how hard it was to leave and walk away, but talks all about how she built herself back up from being broken. Susie believes you have to be worth of a life you love. When we go through hardships, you have to choose to let go and surrender, and then receive the value and the worth that i...

What does speaking your truth in 2020 look like?

We all have different experiences and we are all different people so your truth will look different than any other person. Speaking your truth means: having courage, being vulnerable, embracing risk and exposure, showing up when you can’t control the outcome, defining your own success. In this episode, Abbie dives deeper into what speaking her truth in 2020 looks like. 

Show up - spe...

In this solo episode, Abbie opens up about the hardships she endured both personally and professionally at the end of 2019. Sharing all that she has learned recently, she chats about her vision for 2020 and theme which is Speak Your Truth!!! She opens up about finances, goals, and family. 

When you go through something difficult, talk about it. Let's lean on each other and take on 2020 Speaking our Truth and being honest and open w...

Episode 16 is an exciting new twist of recording for both Abbie and Amanda. Amanda has her own podcast, The Girl Gang Podcast, so we decided to record our conversation and use it for both platforms! Amanda is a total boss babe who is an elementary school teacher all while ramping up her incredible side biz of events that bring women together in Dallas, TX and empower them. We met in Waco to start planning her big conference for 202...

In this episode, we wrap up 2019 and end it with a tell-all episode with Legacy Real Estate Group's Founder, Nicole Marburger. She shares her open and honest story of becoming a mom and a business owner at very young age and how she chose and continues to choose making results and changes in her life over making excuses. Nicole is all about empowering women and building a business with integrity and empathy. She is an incredible mo...

Join me on Episode 14 as I work through something I recently found to be a struggle for me. I have always viewed others happiness as a goal for me to seek for my own happiness. How they live their life, what they do, how they run their business, etc. This has lead to some not-so-great-moments for me, and days where I truly feel like I'm failing. After working with my therapist, I am now on this journey to seek my own happiness and ...

We all know what it is like to look fear in the face and tell it to get lost. But this choice is not always the easiest and sometimes fear can keep us from chasing our most important dreams and aspirations. Brittany Goff, owner and founder of Wheat & Honey Co and The Wheatful Woman Event, joins me as we open up and talk about choosing courage to make big changes in our life over choosing fear. There are days when our bank accounts ...

In this episode, Abbie Hillis does a full, raw, and deep recap directly following her therapy session with her therapist. This episode is real and dives deep into the work that Abbie and her therapist are working through. Abbie explores her process of setting boundaries in her life, which she has struggled to set in the past. She also chats about comprehending drinking and smoking as a coping mechanism. 

Please note this episode ta...