Emma Lovewell on How She Came Back From Her Lowest Point

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Emma Lovewell contacted Peloton during a time when she felt lost in her career and discovered that taking action towards finding one's purpose is necessary to overcome negative feelings about one's self. Read more at: https://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/videos/2800076/emma-lovewell-career-low-point/  Video credits VP, Video: Reshma Gopaldas Editor: Allie O'Connell

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00:00 Right before I reached out to Peloton to hopefully get a job there, I was feeling really lost

00:07 in my career.

00:08 And I was a fitness instructor, but I had sort of taken a sidestep and I was a little

00:12 bit lost and not really sure what I was doing.

00:15 I was commuting an hour and a half each way to get to this other tech company to teach

00:21 fitness there where I was not making great money and I was feeling super lost and like,

00:26 what am I doing?

00:27 What's my purpose?

00:28 And I think those moments are super necessary though to help guide us into the next direction.

00:32 So I definitely remember that.

00:33 It was sort of right before Peloton where I was probably at my lowest.

00:37 What got you from that lowest point to making that change?

00:40 I mean, obviously you got the job and you were able to make something of it, but that

00:43 takes something in you also.

00:45 It takes action.

00:46 It takes reaching out, feeling the feelings, but not just sitting there and staying there,

00:51 but actually going and making a difference.

00:53 Because what's going to happen if I just sit back and feel bad for myself?

00:57 You need to brainstorm, you need to talk to people, connect with people, get inspired,

01:02 get new ideas.

01:03 And then it took me hitting send on an email to John Foley to say, "Hey, do you have any

01:08 job opportunities for me?"

01:10 And just hitting send, closing the laptop and walking away from the computer and just

01:14 hoping for the best.

01:15 And yeah, now I'm here.

01:17 I'm always amazed at what happens when you just leave your house.

01:20 Right?

01:21 I mean, nothing's going to happen.

01:22 And by leaving your house, it could be sending an email, but nothing is going to happen ever

01:27 if you're just...

01:28 I mean, you can feel your feelings, you can reflect.

01:30 I'm a proponent of don't sweep things under the rug, you get a lumpy rug, just feel the

01:35 things.

01:36 But then you have to take action after that.

01:37 It's not enough to just acknowledge the feeling.

01:41 What's the next step?

01:41 (upbeat music)

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