When the Complaining Gets Called Out: A Raw, Honest Check-In

Buckle up, y 'all. I'm getting raw and vulnerable

in this one. So the funny thing about being one

of those people that works online is you're always

concerned about the line between privacy and

being transparent. I'm kind of going to skirt

that line a little bit today. You guys would

not believe how many... I guess at this point

it'd be hours of audio that I have never made

public. I record a lot. I record a lot, a lot.

For my bloggy friend show, for the new podcast

I'm launching later this year, and especially

for this one, the More Movement Please podcast,

which, by the way, hi, welcome. If you're new

here, welcome to More Movement Please, the podcast

where I hope to inspire you to move your body

more. I'm famous Ashley Grant, and at least that's

what I call myself on the interwebs. The funny

thing is, with every episode that I release of

my various podcasts, my goal has always been

the same. I'm trying to get my brand out there.

One post, one podcast episode, one Instagram

reel, one item at a time. One piece of content

at a time. And there's a lot of stuff that gets

recorded or written or produced and never goes

live. And I was listening to a content creator

that I follow, and she broke down in tears talking

about how there are times that she wants to share

stuff, but she gets so scared to because of some

of the hate that comes to her. And it's very

scary to be raw and honest with people. fearing

like, is this going to help anybody? Am I just

whining online? Am I just one of those people

that's complaining all the time and all that

jazz? And I guess the reason that I'm feeling

the way that I'm feeling this morning is last

week I got called out by one of my gym mates

because I was complaining a lot. And the truth

is I was. Last week I complained more than I

have in a long time. And I was just having a

really rough mental health week as sometimes

happens. And. I don't know, I guess for some

reason, the way that she said what she said,

it struck a chord with me and it really I've

been thinking about it nonstop ever since. I

mean, it's been almost four days since she said

what she said, and I can't get it out of my head.

And it's it's got me thinking about a lot of

things about how like, you know, I sometimes

will allow myself to get in the weeds. I will

allow myself to get in my head. And I think that's

also something that's happening even with this

podcast. I'm. Sometimes feeling a little bit

lost and sometimes feeling about a little bit

raw and vulnerable and trying to figure out how

much do you share? How far do you go? What at

what point are you still being helpful? And at

what point are you just the annoying girl that

winds on the Internet? So that's kind of where

I'm at today, what I'm feeling. And I just kind

of wanted to talk about it. There's a lot of

times that I will record something and I'll think,

oh, this is going to be. helpful to the person

like me who, you know, is just getting started

and needs to hear it. But then there are other

pieces of audio that I create where I'm like,

no one's going to give a crap about this. And

I guess I kind of just wanted to check in with

y 'all and kind of ask for some feedback. Are

you enjoying what I'm sharing? Is there something

I'm missing? Is there something that you wish

I was talking about? I know that I have done

some Q &As. I've done two interviews now with

my amazing instructor, Rhonda Good, and I've

shared those episodes and they get a lot of good

feedback. I've done voice notes with industry

experts and doctors and I've got more coming.

But I kind of just wanted to check in and see

what y 'all want, what you want to hear. The

whole goal whenever I started this was sort of

to be a... an audio diary of what it's like to

be a woman in her 40s trying to finally get fit

for the first time. That is still what I want

to be the main message is, you know, that you

can do it too and that I am rooting for you.

I want this to be a movement of movement. I've

said that from the beginning. But I am curious

if there's something I'm not sharing here that

y 'all want to hear. So do me a favor, hit me

up. If you go to famousashleygrant .com backslash

feedback, you'll see a form there and you can

fill it out and just kind of tell me what you

think about the More Movement Please podcast.

I would absolutely love to hear from you. And

if you want to be on the show, if you want to

share your journey of what you're going through,

if you're willing to be raw and vulnerable like

I've been, I would love to hear from you too.

Famousashleygrant .com backslash fitness. You'll

find a form there where you can. submit some

audio that could end up on a future episode.

Or if you're an industry pro and you want to

share your tips with the world about how to get

in shape after 40, I would love to hear from

y 'all too. Famousastrogram .com backslash fitness.