Femmi Pod

We are so excited to introduce to you our NEW femmi running coach - the incredible, Dora Atim. Dora is a Nike Run Club coach and the founder of Ultra Black Running - a running community built for Black woman and gender nonconforming people to tackle the barriers that present for these marginalised groups within running. Dora is also a youth mentor, doing the incredible work of encouraging young pe...

In this episode Lyds and Est chat about the importance of addressing expectations vs reality when making plans and/or setting goals. We chat through the current situation we find ourselves in and how having a flexible mindset has allowed us to accept challenges as they arise. Follow Femmi on IG - @ femmi.co Head to our website - www.femmi.co

Welcome back! We are so excited to be back for 2023 and to continuing chasing our purpose of creating a more equitable sporting and exercise arena for women*. This episode we catch up about our time off and discuss our intentions for going into the year ahead. We break down words the resonate for us this year and how we are going to focus on building confidence through our physical bodies, our men...

Celebrating the year of 2022. Thank you for all of the support you’ve given to us this year. All of the community who have run with us at Femmi events, all of the athletes who run under our coaching guidance, all of you who tune in each week. This year has been a big one for us at Femmi and more than anything we couldn’t be more proud of our team. All of you who have helped join our mission of cre...

This week we welcome back our Femmi Physiotherapist Grace Coombs. If you haven't yet listened to our first episode with Grace, we suggest you go back to listen to Ep 26 first. Grace is a Womens Health Physio, and has expertise in working closely with females who may have pelvic floor or abdominal concerns secondary to pregnancy, postnatal, endometriosis and other hormonal disorders. This episode w...

In this episode we are having a conversation about male allies. We dive deep into the trolling misogynists on social media after we noticed some pretty unnecessary comments on an article about our recent guest, the incredible Erchana. We also chat through some statistics on how many more women face negative comments online compared to men and why we think this is the case. Follow us on IG - @femmi...

This episode we are joined by a total badass. Erchana Murray Bartlett is currently on an crazy 6,200 kilometre adventure in Australia, running from Cape York to Melbourne. Erchana is covering a marathon a day for FIVE months straight - 155 marathons in total. She is not only trying to raise awareness for wildlife diversity loss but also aiming to educate Aussies on the benefits of getting out to e...

Episode 50 !!! This episode we recap the IWG Women in Sport conference in Auckland, NZ. We attended the conference to learn from and engage with other incredible humans trying to change the game for women in sport. We get the opportunity to interview three amazing leaders in this space. Learn more about them below. * Pre-warning: The audio from the interviews are low quality due to the setting we...

In this episode we dive into our own journeys with disordered eating behaviours, from being a teenage girl struggling with body image issues to being a competitive female athlete. We talk through some challenging times and experiences that we both went through. We then introduce our Femmi Dietician Sara Widdowson to the conversation, who brings in her expert advice around eating disorders and diso...

We are back. And we would like to think better than ever! This episode we catch up on what we have been up to while we were on holiday and in particular with our running. We then dive deep into the power of the female athletes voice. We speak about the recent news around the Australian Netball team and the impressive stance Donnell Wallam took to push back on racism. And go further into the changi...

This episode we are honoured to interview the legend Izzi Batt-Doyle. Izzi is one of Australia's leading female runners, representing Australia at the Tokyo Olympics. Izzi also ran at the recent Commonwealth Games, placing an incredible 8th in both the 5000m and 10000m. Izzi is not only an extremely talented athlete, but she also coaches and heads up an incredible run community in her hometown, Ad...

This episode is all about the effects of psychological stress on our holistic health. Esther gives us an update on the challenges she has been facing in her personal life and we break down the impact this has had on other areas of her life. We talk about ways we deal with emotions and how to protect our mental health. Follow us on IG - @femmi.co Head to our website femmi.co

This episode we hand the mic over to our community members to speak. A handful of Femmi athletes and coaches tell their stories around how the lack of education in the female space impacted them growing up and why this education is so important now. The athletes and coaches talk through how learning about their bodies has changed the way they see themselves and what Femmi has done for their confid...

On this episode we welcome back to the pod our incredible Femmi Endocrinologist Dr Izzy Smith. Dr Izzy is an Australian based doctor working in endocrinology and is part of our expert team that created Femmi Theory, our new game changing online education course built to empower everyone to work better with females in sport and exercise. In this episode we deep dive into the importance of education...

This week Lyds is running solo. As Esther is facing a challenging time with her beautiful partner falling ill, she is taking some time out. In this episode Lydia chats through the importance of gratitude, especially when facing tough times, and gives a brief update on why she has pulled out of Chicago Marathon. Lydia also covers the up and coming launch of Femmi Theory. To find out more about Femm...

This episode we welcome the first ever male to the podcast. James Mortimer is an ex athlete, a long time friend and an incredible athletics coach to many of New Zealand's best sprinters. James has coached multiple women to National titles across sprint distances, and recently had huge success with New Zealand's fastest woman, Zoe Hobbs. Zoe broke the Oceania 100m record and made it through to the...

This week we had the absolute honour to interview Femmi Run Coach Meriem Daoui. Meriem is a shining light and a go-getter. Working as a shift nurse, training for marathons and continually doing things for others, Meriem inspires so many to also giveback. Meriem speaks to us about her challenging childhood, her journey with an eating disorder and mental challenges, to then finding running as a tool...

This week on the pod we are talking about a very exciting project we have been working on. Femmi Theory. An online education course to help educate others on how to empower women through sport and movement. We speak about the reason why we have created this course, our own experiences working with coaches who are lacking education and our hopes for the changes that this education will make for wom...

This week we speak to the incredible Megan Woff. Megan is an engineer, the female founder of a creative company called Bellish and is now the head of accelerator programme at Startmate. (For those who don’t know Startmate and missed episode 36 - Start mate is Australasia’s biggest Accelerator programme for Start Ups.) Megan speaks to us about her vast experience as a female in a male dominated spa...

This week on the Femmi Pod, Esther and Lydia discuss the importance of women supporting women, in order to get a step closer to gender equality. They dive into their thoughts around why women have traditionally found it hard to support one another. They also speak about instances where they found themselves competing against other females and how, by working on your relationship with yourself, you...

This week on the Femmi Pod we have a three time returning guest to the pod - none other than our Head Femmi Trail and ultra coach - Lucy Bartholomew. Lucy is one of Australia's finest ultra and trail runners, with a long list of accolades to her name. Recently Lucy was on a mission to run the famous Western States Ultramarathon in the US for the third time. Unfortunately Lucy faced a few challenge...

We have a very exciting announcement to share with you all. Thank you for being on this journey with us. @femmi.co www.femmi.co

This week on the podcast we have the amazing Annie Keown, not only Esther's sister but an expert in Social Justice. Annie is a passionate feminist who is studying towards her PhD in gender studies. Her honours paper looked into the genocide of indigenous women in Canada and the US and delved into New Zealand’s history to see if these same atrocities happened in New Zealand to indigenous Maori wome...

This week Esther and Lydia discuss two very important topics. The first one being the latest news in America - Roe v. Wade being over-turned. We talk through the details of this issue and the implications this is going to have on women going forward. We then change direction and talk in depth about the importance of keeping young girls in sport. We bring to light the reasons why we believe girls a...

This week we talk to the incredible Anneke Grogan. Annie is a Masters Psychology graduate and here to carry on the conversation about body image as an expert from last week. Annie studied in America on an athletics scholarship at SMU, and later pursued and completed her masters in NZ. Her Masters was on a topic that many runners can relate to - “You don’t look like a runner”. Annie’s masters looks...