You Are Enough: Ronda Rousey's Relationship with Perfection and People Pleasing

This episode is brought to you by the following: HomeChef: For a limited time, HomeChef is offering my listeners 18 Free Meals PLUS Free Dessert for Life and of course, Free Shipping on your first box! Go to www.homechef.com/VALERIA Biom: Use code NOTALONE at www.betterbiom.com for 10% off your first one-month jar of NOBS Toothpaste Tablets Today, Valeria is joined by the one and only Ronda Rousey. Uncensored and finally speaking her truth, Ronda Rousey is in a new era of her life, moving on from and exposing the UFC and WWE. Ronda also opens up about the dark time in her life after losing her fight with Holly Holms, the abusive dynamics between coach and athlete, and how motherhood has changed her for the better. Join Valeria and Ronda as they dive deep into self-ownership and authenticity, particularly in the face of public demonization and personal tragedy. Ronda completely transformed the world of martial arts, most notably, through her record-setting career as the UFC’s first and most dominant female fighter. She was the first woman inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, in 2018, the same year she exploded onto the WWE scene. During her time in WWE, she held the Raw, Smackdown, and multiple tag team titles. Ronda is also a New York Times bestselling author and an actress. Check out Ronda’s new book, Our Fight: A Memoir - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Fight-Memoir-Ronda-Rousey/dp/1538757370 Ronda is on: https://www.instagram.com/rondarousey https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKbnaWUi04RpY1M0yBidBw What We Talked About: 00:00 Intro 01:42 Owning your narrative 04:13 Demonized by the world 05:47 It became our fight 07:25 My own personal tragedy 10:39 Be everything to everyone 14:09 “People thought I was making excuses.” 15:22 Your health against your career 16:45 “I knew I did it, that's what matters.” 18:40 Getting caught up with fame 22:17 The champions burden 25:47 Disadvantages of being a woman in MMA 29:53 Finding opportunity in anything 34:15 When did you figure out your purpose? 36:08 Everyone gets a medal 38:51 Functioning as a fraction of yourself 41:35 Getting into depression and grief 46:41 How WWE helped me 48:43 You had to figure it out 50:06 The coach-athlete relationship 54:08 Boundary between pushing for excellence and abuse 56:31 Have you done therapy? 58:17 Self awareness 01:00:36 Enjoying the process 01:04:01 Regenerative farming 01:07:42 Motherhood is humbling 01:11:33 Baby name meaning 01:12:37 The biggest lesson learned Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices