The Mia Interview
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The Mia Interview
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Episode 5: The Mia Interview
Izzy interviews our resident scientist about her entire athletic journey. It starts with a 4-year-old leaping off the car roof into her dad's arms and runs through Level 10, Yale gymnastics, and her current life balancing a PhD and her young family. We get into the gymnastics lesson that set her up for science, the identity crisis, and raising kids without "manufacturing the struggle." She throws some reluctant love to THE NARP in her life as well…
*Content warning: this episode includes discussion of depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.*
Chapters:
00:23 — Intro: Interviewing Our Co-Host
01:20 — Immigrant Family Roots & Moving to Nashville
02:47 — How Gymnastics Became a Family Sport
05:06 — Olympic Dreams at Age 7
06:43 — Moving for the Sport & 40-Hour Training Weeks
09:58 — Mom the Hype Woman, Dad the Hardest Worker in the Room
14:36 — Learning How to Fall: Gymnastics → Science
18:09 — Recruitment, Injuries, & Choosing Yale
24:21 — "Yale Rocked Me"
31:50 — The Last Day & The Identity Crisis
35:19 — Med School vs. Falling in Love With Research
40:29 — Ed, the NARP Husband
43:30 — Parenting & How Hard to Push
46:08 — A Message From Coach Kwon