In conversation with Strategist and Podcast Host Sydney Allen-Ash

Last year in May, I sat down with dear sister friend, strategist and podcast host Sydney Allen-Ash.

Then, we spoke about how she created her own job, what sports mean to her including running, boxing, dancing and yoga, what makes her feel home, her transition from Toronto to New York and how she reclaims being a woman. We recorded our conversation for my podcast, supported by Canal Street Market and Listening Party Presents.

Two of my favourite quotes from this episode:

“Sport is a place for me to build community, a place for me to express myself, especially recently, sport has been a place for me to find growth within myself that is not connected to my job.”

And then later on, she shares one of her mantras “Tend to what is already yours.”

“To me that statement has really helped me not only letting go of consumption needs, like the need to buy shit all the time in order to feel cool, or hot or whatever, but it also helped me focus my attention on what is already within my midst, appreciating my body that currently is, appreciate my brain for how it currently is, appreciate the friends and relationships I already have and just be a little bit kinder rather than trying to be so productive and like aspirational all the time. Rather than looking externally for motivation or comparison, rather look internally and look at what I already have.”

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xx

Huyen