Janai DID IT!! 🏆 After months of discipline, sacrifice, questionable moods 😂 and an insane bodybuilding prep, she finally stepped on stage—and walked away with THREE medals and a trophy!

But what happens when the thing you've spent months obsessively working toward is suddenly… over?

This week, we're getting into the side of bodybuilding prep you don't always see online. Janai talks about the reality of post-show blues, the hardest parts of prep, what surprised her most about competing, her biggest regret, and whether she'd actually do it all over again.

And because Kelsi had a front-row seat to the entire journey, we're comparing experiences: what prep looked like from the outside vs. what Janai was actually experiencing internally. And most importantly…

Did either of us actually like "Prep Nai"? 😭

This episode is about bodybuilding, but it's also about what happens when you dedicate everything to a goal, finally accomplish it, and then have to figure out who you are when the chase is over.

Enjoy!

UP FROM HERE:
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KELSI LEE:
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JANAI IMAN:
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Janai is away this week, so Laila is stepping into the group chat—and we're getting to know her on a much deeper level.

In this episode, Laila opens up about growing up as a Somali Muslim woman and how her culture, family, and upbringing shaped the way she views success, relationships, and herself.

As the youngest of five children, Laila talks about yearning for attention from her parents and eventually discovering one very effective way to get it: achievement.

Doing well academically became more than getting good grades. It became a way to be seen, celebrated, and affirmed—and we unpack how those childhood patterns can follow you into adulthood long after you stop needing anyone's permission.

We also talk about growing up within a community where Laila often felt aware of how she might be perceived or judged, and how that contributed to a desire for approval. What happens when being "good," successful, or respectable becomes intertwined with feeling worthy?

Then the conversation shifts to something we have in common: one of our best friends, Myka.

And we realize just how differently the two of us love the exact same person.

Laila tends to lead with softness. She considers feelings first, approaches difficult situations gently, and wants the people she loves to feel emotionally safe.

Kelsi tends to lead with directness. Logic, facts, accountability, and telling the people she loves what she believes they need to hear—even when it isn't necessarily what they want to hear.

Neither approach comes from a lack of love. They're simply two completely different expressions of it.

So we ask: What does actually showing up for your friends look like?

Is being a good friend protecting someone's feelings? Holding them accountable? Knowing when they need softness versus honesty? And how much of the way we love our friends comes from the way we learned to give and receive love growing up?

This episode is about culture, family, approval, friendship, and understanding that two people can love someone just as deeply while showing that love in completely different ways.

Enjoy!

UP FROM HERE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xo.upfromhere
Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xo.upfromhere

KELSI LEE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekelsilee
Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@.thekelsilee

JANAI IMAN:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janaiiman
Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@janaiimann

What does it actually take to change your life?

In this episode, we talk about the part of transformation that doesn't always make it onto social media—the systems, thoughts, habits, and seemingly boring decisions that eventually create a completely different version of your life.

Janai reflects on how much bodybuilding prep has changed her outside of her physique. As someone who's always considered herself carefree, spontaneous, and admittedly a little chaotic, she's realizing just how much she actually thrives with structure.

Meal prep. Schedules. Routines. Planning ahead. Doing things whether she feels like doing them or not.

What started as systems she had to create for bodybuilding have slowly become systems she can't imagine living without.

Kelsi shares a different perspective on change: before you can change your life, you have to change your thoughts.

Before the new habits, new routine, new career, new body, or new version of yourself exists in real life, you have to be able to conceive of it internally. We talk about how transformation starts with the conversations you're having with yourself—and why wanting something isn't the same as thinking, behaving, and building a life that supports it.

Because maybe changing your life isn't one massive decision.

Maybe it's creating enough small systems that eventually your old way of living doesn't make sense anymore.

And because we can't be serious for an entire episode 😂, we also catch up on what we've been watching lately, talk movies, and Kelsi takes us behind the scenes of her recent Savage X Fenty shoot and what that experience was like.

This episode is for anyone who's been saying they want something different and is finally ready to ask: What would my everyday life actually need to look like to become that person?

Enjoy!

UP FROM HERE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xo.upfromhere
Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xo.upfromhere

KELSI LEE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekelsilee
Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@.thekelsilee

JANAI IMAN:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janaiiman
Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@janaiimann