Ep 77: Get Loved Up with Koya Webb
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Ep 77: Get Loved Up with Koya Webb
Episode 77: Show Notes
Sometimes, the luminaries on this show start movements or write books that inspire people. In the case of this week's guest, she created a thriving platform called Get Loved Up, which consists of her bustling social media channels, her YouTube channel, books, and a podcast of the same name. Her name is Koya Webb, and she grew up in a small town in Tennessee with dreams of becoming an Olympian athlete in track and field.
She was first introduced to yoga after a debilitating track injury that forced her to drop out of training. Once she recognized the physical and mental benefits of yoga, Koya shifted her focus to personal training and life coaching, combining the work ethic of an athlete with holistic health practices that anyone can follow to live a healthy and active lifestyle.
While she still runs a mile a day, her mission is now to connect with her millions of followers and create content that helps them heal themselves and be self-sufficient on their own spiritual paths. Today, Koya is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, celebrity holistic health coach, author, speaker, and vegan activist whose core mission is to promote daily self-care, oneness, and eco-friendly living to combat some of the world’s biggest challenges, including mental health, social injustices, and global warming.
In this episode, Koya shares her journey from track star to yoga teacher to vegan chef to internationally renowned wellness influencer and some of the lessons she has learned along the way.
As always, you will hear about her upbringing and how it defined who she is today, and Koya offers some insight into what she learned about nurturing from her mother and what basketball taught her about resilience.
We also touch on how she learned to love her natural hair, how she realized she didn’t need a gold medal to have an impact, and how she stays true to doing what she loves, plus so much more! Make sure to tune into this powerful and insightful conversation with Koya Webb today.
Key Points From This Episode:
Learn about Koya’s upbringing in Humboldt, Tennessee, and how it defined who she is today.
The gratitude she learned from Christianity and the fear that she had to unlearn.
How young Koya thought about success and why she wanted to see the world.
What she learned about nurturing and divine femininity from her mother.
Koya shares her early love for basketball and the resilience it taught her.
Hear about her college career in track and field and the freak injury that ended it abruptly.
How a book by Louise Hay began Koya’s search for deeper meaning and deeper healing.
Her introduction to yoga and the deep breath that let her know she was in the right place.
Reflecting on Koya’s triumphant return to track and field and her move to California.
The story of her path to the Olympics and the yoga certification that changed her life.
How Koya came to realize that she didn’t need a gold medal to make a difference.
Her time as a vegan chef and her desire to be on the cover of Oxygen Magazine
The process of learning to love her natural hair while working as a model.
Hear about her transition from yoga teacher to wellness influencer and how she stayed true to doing what she loves.
Find out why Koya never wanted a nine-to-five; because impact was her biggest cause.
Articulating her mission today: creating what she wants to create for herself.
What she is most passionate about right now, from building community to eco-friendly living.
How Koya views success these days; why she believes that success is a choice.
Tweetables:
“I love variety. I love diversity. I feel like diversity really helps us get to know [ourselves], because we see how we're different, we see how we're alike.” — @KoyaWebb [0:15:06]
“I felt like everything that I worked for and all the progress that I had made had been taken away from me. I know a lot of people feel like that now, because the world has changed. [One day, you’re] enjoying the world as one thing and, the next day, it’s something else.” — @KoyaWebb [0:27:14]
“I loved the spiritual connection that I [felt] through Louise Hay and Wayne Dyer. That began my search for deeper meaning in life and deeper healing, but I had no idea what I was getting myself into.” — @KoyaWebb [0:30:30]
“I started to see the value of my life. I learned to live in the present through my yoga practice, through the eight limbs of yoga. I started to find gratitude in just being.” — @KoyaWebb [0:40:59]
“I don't need a gold medal to make a difference. I'm just going to do this through using my voice, through sharing my story, through studying everything I can about holistic health and wellness, and sharing that with my community.” — @KoyaWebb [0:59:15]
“The more that I educate myself, the more that I realize that it is really about what you want to create for yourself. I just started creating. I just started pouring and giving and I haven't stopped.” — @KoyaWebb [1:00:18]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Let Your Fears Make You Fierce
Heal Thyself for Health and Longevity