Ep. 124 Strong Women Lift Each Other Up: It Starts With You with Molly Galbraith, Co-Founder of Girls Gone Strong
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On the podcast today is Molly Galbraith, CSCS, author of Strong Women Lift Each Other Up and Co-founder of Girls Gone Strong.
Girls Gone Strong (GGS) is a worldwide health and fitness movement dedicated to helping women feel strong, confident, and empowered in their lives and their bodies.
In today’s episode Molly and I chat about:
What it means to lift other women up, how we can lift each other up in big and small ways, and making an impact just by being yourself
Molly's experience hitting rock bottom, and how she found her inner strength and self-worth
The magic of the ripple effect
The connection between comparison and scarcity mindset, why comparison can be a good thing, and Molly's top tips for moving out of a scarcity mindset
How to discover your own unique superpowers
Girls Gone Strong (GGS), Molly's biggest dream, and so much more!
I’m so excited to share this week’s new episode with Molly, and I can’t wait to hear what you think! Make sure to join the conversation on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!
“That’s the beautiful thing, there’s no one right way to lift women up. We need all of us, and all of our unique skills, talents and passions.”
“In the last eight years every good thing in my life has come from lifting women up and being lifted up by other women, and that’s where that ripple effect comes in.”
As a young woman, Molly struggled with insecurities. Her time was spent chasing a number on the scale or the barbell. After 20+ years of wishing her body looked differently, she finally discovered how to stop comparing herself to and competing with other women. Since then, supporting women and being supported by them has changed every aspect of her life.
Today, the Strong Women Lift Each Other Up philosophy is woven through the fabric of the Girls Gone Strong movement. From employing and educating to featuring, collaborating with, and investing in women, GGS is dedicated to lifting up women all over the world.
They’ve consulted, collaborated with, and been featured by Yale, the Olympics, Johns Hopkins, Time, People, Today, ABC, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, and more.
“I’m not going to let what other people think of me and my body impact my own self-worth, I want to like myself and feel good about myself regardless of how I look, how much I can lift, or what people say about me. That kickstarted this really powerful journey for me over the last eight years about getting to a place where I feel good and comfortable with myself, and then helping other women do the same.”
As women, many of us have false beliefs about who we are and what we must do to succeed, and these beliefs pit us against other women—holding us back from strength, success, empowerment, connection, and making the kind of difference we’re here to make.
It’s time for a change.
Strong Women Lift Each Other Up is an evidence-based, actionable guide to creating a better life for yourself and a better world with more opportunity for women and girls.
If you’ve ever . . .
struggled with jealousy or comparing your life or body to other women
wanted to support or believe in women, but felt like they’re catty or tearing you down
felt like you’re competing with other women for opportunities that are scarce
or felt like you were made for more than the life you’re living now
. . . this book is for you.
Women are ready to stop the vicious cycle of criticizing, judging, gossiping, and comparing themselves.
We want to feel good in our own skin and know we’re enough, just as we are.
By the end of this book, you won’t walk into a room and size up other women. You’ll walk in feeling like you don’t have to compare yourself at all.
“I think my biggest dream would be to live in a world where all women and girls get the success and opportunities they need to thrive and succeed. To live in a world where women believe they’re enough just as they are, and they’re happy to see other women succeed. To live in a world where there’s equitable representation of women in all the important places where decisions are made.”
To connect with Molly visit her website https://www.mollygalbraith.com/ and on Instagram @themollygalbraith Facebook @mollymgalbraith and you can find her new book here
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