Ep9 Why we pivot after our world gets shaken & lessons from dealing with loss & finding peace
We’re back with another The Belinda Esterhammer Show x Fem Founded episode and this time fitness entrepreneur Madeleine Chu joined me as guest. I met Madi in my gym and she quickly became a favourite trainer of mine and we discovered that we share many similarities - from both being mixed Cantonese-Caucasians to our entrepreneurial spirit and to us both having lost our dad.
About Madi: Madeleine is a fitness entrepreneur who is dedicated to consulting both businesses and conscious individuals on their weekly lifestyle habits for improved productivity and longevity.
Through years of varied training in commercial enterprise and athletic performance, she has developed educational programming to encourage self practice. As a passionate, driven and motivated fitness healer, she believes in developing visions that provide balance, flexibility, strength and inner confidence to achieve any physical activity or goal.
Tune in to the episode and learn…
How an injury became her lucky escape from her dream of becoming a ballerina
Her journey to becoming a sports entrepreneur
What it felt like growing up in a small town in the UK as mixed Caucasian and Cantonese
How she struggled in school and begged her parents to move back to Hong Kong
The turnover time of baking organic doughnuts
How she got promoted from intern to store manager in her first job
How she created MAD bars (nutrition bars)
How there’s a lesson in every moment of sadness
How she took time out for herself and received bad news which put her on a complete different path in life
How her dad’s death changed her life and perspective
Lessons from dealing with loss
How she stopped saying no to everything and said yes to a yoga course in Thailand
Connect with Madi:
Join me in my podcast where I will share my thoughts, tips, hacks and generally anything you can imagine around life, business, marketing and my world and how to wing life. You can listen, find, download, share and worship this podcast anywhere you can find podcasts and if you feel the urge to get in touch with me drop me a message!
And in case you wondered why this podcast is about the art of winging it, it’s because I’m winging right now.