35: Moms Who Inspire - Meet Angela Davies!

In this inspiring episode of Group X Appeal, Kimberly and Terry welcome fitness entrepreneur and supermom Angela Davies, who has built a thriving business while raising four boys. Discover how Angela turned the challenges of motherhood into strengths, created a supportive community, and crushed mom guilt to become a powerhouse in both family life and fitness. Whether you're a working parent or aspiring entrepreneur, Angela's authentic approach to balancing it all will empower you to embrace your full potential.

What You'll Learn:

• ✅ Practical strategies to overcome mom guilt and embrace outside support
• ✅ Why flexibility is the superpower every working mother needs
• ✅ How building community transforms both parenting and professional success
• ✅ The art of authentic leadership without imposter syndrome
• ✅ How to turn last-minute schedule changes into opportunities, not obstacles

Plus, get exclusive insights into Angela's upcoming projects: Fit Expo and Yoga Ed. Perfect for parents seeking work-life harmony, fitness professionals building their empire, or anyone wanting to live authentically while pursuing multiple passions.

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Transcript

Today we are kicking off our Moms Who Inspire series, a celebration of working mothers in fitness with someone who wears more hats than most of us can even count. Angela Davies from co-owning fitness partners and producing national events like the Fit Expo to bringing mindfulness to schools with Yoga Ed. Angela is a powerhouse in the industry. She is a leader. She is a mom of four, which means she has a cape that she shoves down her shirt. She is a true community builder.

Angela Davies (00:29)
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Kimberly/terry (00:30)
We are honored to have her here to share her story of balance, purpose, and passion in both business and motherhood. So stay tuned to be inspired by today's Supermom.

Kimberly/terry (01:15)
Hey there, welcome to Group X Appeal. Terry Shorter here with. Kimberly Spreen Glick My co-host. What's up? My sister in crime. Sister in crime? What crimes have we committed? So many that we can't talk about on air. Well, maybe one day. One day we'll uncover all the good stuff, the juicy stuff. But we got juicy stuff for you today, you guys. This is episode number 35. And as you heard in the introduction, we have a powerhouse mom here who's in studio with us. Actually, she's in San Diego. She'll tell you all about that in just a minute.

Ms. Angela Davies coming in live. are you, Angela?

Angela Davies (01:49)
I'm doing great. Thank you so much for inviting me to talk about my favorite topic, which is being a mom. Like, yeah, and if I inspire too, I love it. But being a mom has just been the most amazing, important thing I've done in my entire life.

Kimberly/terry (01:55)
Yeah. Yay. ⁓

Well, Angela, you're a mama for you have already inspired me. So I bow down. Yeah. they're all boys too, right? Oh, yeah. I was raised with four brothers. I'm not kidding that you have a cape.

Angela Davies (02:11)
People say that.

That's what I wanted to mention. Yes. They're all men.

Kimberly/terry (02:23)
Yeah. she's Kimberly speaks from experience. So we are honored to have you today. You know, we only gave you gave the listener a brief, you know, kind of background about you, but we're really going to dig in deep today, which we're so excited to, to share with our listeners today. And again, hopefully like Kimberly said, inspire those who are out there as we've mentioned, you've already inspired us and we haven't even gone. know we haven't asked a question. ⁓

Angela Davies (02:23)
That's funny.

Aww.

Kimberly/terry (02:53)
So, ⁓

yeah, so we're going to go ahead and dig right right now deep into just a few questions so listeners can get to know you. I've had the privilege of knowing you now for 12 years in this industry through this amazing thing called group exercise. And so, you know, the first question, Angela, we live today in a world where it's, of course, not uncommon for women to become moms and work outside the family.

right? And others like yourself even chose to take a more entrepreneurial route. So what inspired you to start your own business while raising a family?

Angela Davies (03:35)
Yeah, I think the phrase is necessity is the motherhood of all invention. Is that the phrase? So it was just necessary, right? So flexibility in the workday was very important. I was already a group fitness teacher when I gave birth to my first son. And ⁓ at that point, I was the vice president of a health club organization. And I feel like I was able to

Kimberly/terry (03:43)
Mm-hmm.

Angela Davies (04:04)
I mean guess you could say hold it all together with one child and even then it probably wasn't. But let's just go with it. I was doing it. And then when baby number two came along, yeah, I just, really was having a hard time really serving everyone around me and then finding time for myself. And so the opportunity presented itself for that flexibility in the work day and I found it.

by jumping out on my own and taking my interest and passion in group fitness and my management, project management, ⁓ communication skills, and my passion for programming and live events because I had been a live event manager and I put them all together in this big bundle and I decided that I would be able to forecast a little bit and be able to be

Kimberly/terry (04:56)
Mm-hmm.

Angela Davies (04:58)
the powerhouse business person that I love to be, teach the group fitness classes, and with the flexibility and the forecasting, be able to serve my family and still get some time for myself. So it was really the ability to earn more income as I needed it to, because the way it goes with raising a family, you know, you've got your budget set just right, and then the kids are in three sports each, and that's...

Kimberly/terry (05:26)
Right.

Yeah.

Angela Davies (05:27)
you know, the costs go up

exponentially and even just in terms of building your family, the first house that we lived in was big by any standards, but once you start, you know, putting two and three to a bedroom, at one time I had three in one bedroom, you got to get a little bit of elbow room, so then that's where the income is needed and so, you know, that entrepreneurial spirit tells you, hey, I'm going to capitalize on my abilities.

Kimberly/terry (05:41)
Mmm.

Mm-hmm.

Angela Davies (05:52)
but maintain a little bit of margin for error so I can do this with my family. ⁓ And then the other piece about being an entrepreneur that was important and what led me to start the fitness projects, which my mantra was any project in fitness or projects that fit. And that mantra has served me well because sometimes I had to sort of step out of the group fitness or live event or programming space. ⁓ But I was able to push the press. ⁓

press the pause button sometimes too, you know, like third pregnancy, fourth pregnancy, you know. Oops, let me see how this is gonna work. And ⁓ I think also being an entrepreneur, if you are the president of your own company and you know that you're a mom and you're happy to say to everyone, hey, I'm a mom, that sound in the backseat that sounds like a bunch of kids on this conference call, those are a of kids.

Kimberly/terry (06:23)
Mm-hmm.

Right. ⁓

Angela Davies (06:49)
I'm on my way to soccer practice. And I think it also would bring a little bit of humility to any business call, just the understanding like, I'm a mom. This is what I do, but we can, I got you in my earbuds and I'll throw a juice box to the third row and we can keep talking about ⁓ how we're gonna fill this Monday morning 9 a.m. or whatever the task at hand may be.

Kimberly/terry (06:58)
Sure. Yeah.

I love it because it's not only, yeah, I'm a mom, but it's like, I'm a mom and I'm a strong business woman. It's being able to own both of those with such confidence and put it out there. Yeah, I love that. It's cool. So I have a question for you. What would you say would be one of your biggest challenges? One of the biggest challenges that you faced as a working mom in the fitness industry, and then of course, how did you overcome that challenge?

Angela Davies (07:32)
Okay.

You know, I think this is going to be a universal challenge in the group fitness space and I think you know that I'm about to say last minute substitutes.

Kimberly/terry (07:52)
⁓ yeah.

⁓

Angela Davies (07:55)
really is a

challenge. mean, it absolutely is. it almost is, you know how sometimes you reap what you sow, like things that you did in your early business life came back to haunt you. So funny story, ⁓ Glenda was a step teacher that worked for me when I was a program director and she was an amazing step teacher, but she had two little kids before I ever had my first child. And she was awesome.

But the problem was, when you have little kids, they get sick a lot. And I believe my pediatrician told me they have to have thousand viruses before they go to elementary school. So every time you have, they have a cold or some kind of sickness, you go 999, 998, the countdown, like they're gonna get sick. And I remember telling her, Glenda, you're amazing, but you can't have Monday, 9 a.m. step. It's too close for comfort.

Kimberly/terry (08:40)
Right, do the countdown.

Mm.

Angela Davies (08:54)
You know

what, let's find another time slot for you because kids are going to get sick and we can't find out at 8.30, right? So fast forward a few years and you asked me about my challenges. I mean, honestly, yeah, especially with four, my husband used to say, we have a lot of moving parts. Hedge your bets, you know, make plans for everything that can go wrong will. Contingency, any notes?

Kimberly/terry (09:01)
Yeah.

Yes.

contingency plans, plan B, C, D,

E to Z.

Angela Davies (09:25)
And so what I would do, I'd do a couple proactive things to take care of that challenge. The first thing was I would always find a counterpart that was if I was teaching Monday, they were teaching Friday. And I would literally stalk them. Like, hey, Terry, you teach Friday, I teach Monday. Can you ever teach Monday? And then he'd say, I'm not free on Mondays. OK, move along. Hey, you teach Wednesdays. Can you ever teach a...

Because I'm going to keep myself free on Wednesdays to help you, can you help me? And that worked well, that served me well. The other thing is whenever I would ask for a sub, I would always say, hey, I'm about to ask for a favor, but first, how can I help you? What do you need help with? And then finally, I was never afraid to pay people.

Kimberly/terry (10:10)
Mm-hmm. Right.

⁓ interesting.

Angela Davies (10:17)
Yeah,

I would say I got a $20 bill in my pocket. I don't think anyone has that anymore, right? I still teach, but I don't need to whip out the $20 bills anymore. But yeah, no, it was a definite challenge. And because I'm a program director too, it's particularly important that I make sure. And over time, even when my kids weren't babies, you know, there's last minute things. Seven-year-olds can't be left unsupervised when they have a fever at your house. They can't be taken to the gym.

Kimberly/terry (10:23)
I'll venmo you.

Angela Davies (10:47)
And even in today's world with online classes that we're teaching, you know, you're doing an online class, you've got a captive audience, and even the 10-year-old is going to beat down the door and let you know he's hungry or he's thirsty, right? So, you know, I think in all aspects of what we do in today's lunch of how we teach live or virtual or whatever we do, the whole...

Kimberly/terry (11:01)
For sure.

Angela Davies (11:13)
You can't be two places at once is a big challenge.

Kimberly/terry (11:16)
Yeah.

Yeah. I think that's great that you had that support system on that professional side. And you were very proactive. You were ⁓ just very mindful and just really thinking ahead, which is awesome, by approaching the people and finding out what their availability is like. And so that support system sounds really strong. that method sounds strong. How important would you say community is on the motherhood side? Where would you get the support?

from the family side, especially with four boys. And I'm sure they were quite busy. You mentioned several sports. Busy. That's an understatement.

Angela Davies (11:49)
Yeah.

yeah, sports and after school activities

and play dates and you know, I was so fortunate to have a mother-in-law that just wanted to be with my kids ⁓ so much. when it comes to community, again, I think that partnership is a part of my DNA, whether it's in business deals or whether it is ⁓ in community. And always, ⁓ I would be the first person to offer to help.

Kimberly/terry (12:05)
Hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Angela Davies (12:24)
I would give help before people would even ask in order to get the help later because I just knew things would go sideways. And so, so many times in the community, whether it was carpools ⁓ or school ⁓ activities as I raised my family, people would say, you're so nice. I would say, am I nice? Because actually the drop's coming. I'll let you know when I need some help. And they'll be like, okay. ⁓

Kimberly/terry (12:28)
Mm-hmm.

⁓ I'm glad you feel that way.

Angela Davies (12:52)
I'll help." And I was like, yeah, you will help. You just don't know it. You don't know yet. I'm going need help. So I would just pay it forward. And I think that's important in any community. You can't go asking for stuff if you haven't given of yourself first. so building that community. But one thing I will say that is interesting in the group fitness space, but also in business, is that in crisis,

Kimberly/terry (12:55)
You don't know it yet. I love it. There you go.

For sure.

Reciprocity.

Angela Davies (13:22)
the community that you've built around you by being accessible, by being willing to help, by putting yourself in other people's shoes. When you have a crisis, people come forward and it's humbling. It's really humbling how people will want to help you and you feel so thankful that you made your community a priority by helping at times when it wasn't helpful to you, you know?

Kimberly/terry (13:34)
It's true.

Angela Davies (13:50)
And so I had a personal crisis, you know, a few years ago. And I remember people dropping off meals. I remember people coming by and I had this one lady who came to my door and she was, I had been the room mom in her son's class. So that's a community outside of group fitness, but you know, community nonetheless. And she said, I don't know what's going on with you, but I'm picking up on there maybe some health concern or what have you. And I just wanted you to know.

Kimberly/terry (13:50)
Mm-hmm.

Angela Davies (14:18)
people will help. All you have to do is just let them know what you need. And that just really made me see you pay it forward, you're always present, and then you allow people to throw their love and grace and blessings on you when you need the help. Don't be too strong and try to suffer quietly when you have a crisis because people are happy to help.

Kimberly/terry (14:22)
Wow.

Huh. Huh. I think you should say that a little louder for this one to hear you a little bit

more clearly, be one of our themes in the last few episodes is community. I love it. I love it. That's awesome.

Angela Davies (14:53)
Yeah, you've paid

it forward, Terri. You've totally paid it forward. You've built an amazing community. yeah, mean, just being there to help, right? Being there to help, being willing to help, puts that community around you. But you can't do anything without community. so I've always made that a priority.

Kimberly/terry (14:58)
Well, thank you.

But I love what you said about not only being willing to help, but being willing to receive because it's a win-win. You know, it goes in both directions either way. If you're the one helping or you're the one receiving and allowing someone else to step in and support you. So we're all in this together. So I really appreciate you sharing that. So a lot of our listeners. ⁓

Angela Davies (15:31)
Especially as a mom,

I wanted to say too because the mom piece in the community is the kids too. Because sometimes your kids need help. And when you've built that community around you, people have other information that can serve you to be a better mom. So I wanted to point that out as well.

Kimberly/terry (15:39)
sure.

And dads, the way, too, can help be better fathers, right? That's true. Yeah, that's true. So Angela, many of our listeners, I would say, definitely struggle with mom guilt or perhaps burnout. What advice would you give to women who are trying to prioritize their health, their wellness, their dreams, but also care for their families?

Angela Davies (16:16)
I think the biggest piece of advice that I would give ⁓ is to understand that your children are a gift. And you know that because they're a gift to you, but they're also a gift to other people. And so the mom guilt is that if you aren't with your kids, they're suffering. And that's not even true. As you say that out loud, you realize that's not true.

Kimberly/terry (16:41)
Right? That just sounds ridiculous.

Angela Davies (16:46)
That sounds ridiculous. They could...not

only can they thrive without you, they do thrive, but you have this idea that you're making your kids suffer if you're not there, whether it's for a night or a weekend or a week. I mean, all these things sound like such a long time and it comes from a place of intuition. And to your point, Terri, it's not just moms.

family network and it can be moms and dads, it can be extended clan, but once you get a child into your ecosystem, you have these instincts that you're there to nurture and protect and those take over. So by virtue of those nurturing instincts, if you're not there, they must be suffering. But if you flip the script and if you get rid of that mom guilt by understanding that every time you share your child,

with another group or another person, not only is the community gonna enjoy the time with them, but your kids are gonna benefit too. And so what I love to say to new moms is that as I look back, having raised my family, I see a little bit of Gracilla in my second child. I see a little bit of Dorothy in my first child. Even the people that my kids met,

at the childcare at the gyms where I've taught over the years have made an impression on my kids in little ways. Like I remember leaving a 24 hour fitness and one of my sons said, do you know they've got hand held devices we can use to play our games? And I was like, do they? I'm pretty sure they don't. It only happens on a TV when I say, he's like, no, they got these little devices.

Kimberly/terry (18:17)
out.

Angela Davies (18:43)
I shared them with the child care at a 24 hour fitness and I ended up with a $199 device that was purchased at Christmas or something like that. But yeah, it's a gift that you're giving and they're learning something and each child, if you have one child or you have four or you have ten, they're all getting something different. And in some ways, it's like their cup is getting filled up with

external voices and I think it adds to diversity too. And to that point my oldest son who was with me in so many places, he knows four languages. And that's because his first caregiver who was a part of making me be a mompanoor, allowing me to start my business, allowing me to ⁓

Kimberly/terry (19:16)
Mm-hmm.

Wow

Angela Davies (19:40)
show up for business meetings and show up for classes when he wasn't feeling well, ⁓ English was her second language. So she would sing to him in Spanish. And then our next door neighbors who jumped in whenever grandma wasn't available or Grace wasn't available were Turkish. And so I loved seeing that dimension and, ⁓ you know, over time he's my world traveler.

Kimberly/terry (19:52)
Mm-hmm.

Angela Davies (20:09)
And I have to think it's because his early experiences were seeing different cultures. I mean, live in, I live in California, so you're going to see that anyways, but they were upfront and close and personal. Hearing the next door neighbor speak Turkish to his daughter and then getting to spend time with her, you know, whether it was for the afternoon, the evening, or there was one overnight because my husband was out of town and I was managing a live event and I literally could not miss my flight.

Kimberly/terry (20:09)
You

Angela Davies (20:38)
So my older son had to spend the night at the next door neighbor's and again there's that mom guilt that you open the discussion with. But it ends up that it's a gift because you're sharing.

Kimberly/terry (20:39)
you

Yeah, I love that perspective. It's great. And let me ask you, Angela, you've got four boys. What are their what are their ages right now?

Angela Davies (20:58)
Okay, so now they're all grown up and Terry, thank you so much for not mentioning the G word, but I'm going to go ahead and do it.

Kimberly/terry (21:01)
Good job, mom.

All right.

Angela Davies (21:09)
I'm about to be a grandma. I don't like to...it doesn't fit with the narrative. I don't like to admit my age, but yes. Yeah, I'm telling you. So, this conversation is so relevant because I have a daughter-in-law and I'm, you know, I'm getting ready to be grandma and see everything that she is gonna go through and she's a very business minded person. I'm excited to see.

Kimberly/terry (21:10)
No, it fits fine with the narrative. No, it fits just great with the narrative. I love it.

Hmm.

Angela Davies (21:38)
how she rolls out her life as a mom. As a business person, she's a successful executive, and how much time she's gonna need to share, and how it's gonna work for her. But so I've got 22, 24 now, 28, and my older son just turned 30. They're up there. yeah, at one point I had four kids under eight.

Kimberly/terry (21:43)
Mm-hmm.

Wow. ⁓ The staircase, the staircase.

Woo. It just feels ill-advised. So you got a lot of steps in before Fitbit even came out. Right. You were doing like 20,000. Oh, wow.

Angela Davies (22:11)
and two dogs.

I I did, I did. And some days I got no steps. Some days I got no steps

because these kids were jacking my swag. know, so I remember one day famously I ⁓ was determined to get another workout in and we had bikes. So I thought, we're just gonna all jump on a bike. I'm a spinning instructor. We're going, right? Four kids on a bike. And I did not realize how a...

Kimberly/terry (22:36)
Uh-huh.

Jump on a bike.

It's like herding cats.

Angela Davies (22:48)
I didn't realize how many hills there were in my neighborhood.

Kimberly/terry (22:52)
Okay, until you're on the bike. Too late.

Angela Davies (22:54)
know why

I didn't notice, but there was a lot of hills.

Kimberly/terry (22:56)
Cause you were never on

the bike? Yeah, cause you were in the car, the mini van.

Angela Davies (23:01)
Wow, that was a bad idea, but yes.

Kimberly/terry (23:05)
⁓ I love it. Well, congratulations on your grandchild on the with the due date.

Angela Davies (23:09)
Thank you.

she's a girl and it's gonna be, so this is gonna be new. ⁓ And I always said I was glad I had boys because I have so many fabulous women in my life. From my community I've built, I'm on Fabulous Woman Overload, like all the time. Like there's another fabulous woman in front of me now, Kimberly. ⁓ But so we're bringing a girl into our future and she's due June 5th. So fingers crossed.

Kimberly/terry (23:28)
Mmm.

⁓

wow, coming

up six weeks. Awesome. Love it. Well, congratulations. And I guess that that's a good segue into the next question. If you could go back now to your younger self, just kind of starting out as a working mom. And this would probably help your your daughter in law, you know, for her to hear this as well. ⁓ Or any other soon to be brand new moms, what direction would you give?

Angela Davies (23:43)
she will be a Gemini, like me.

Kimberly/terry (24:08)
to help you on your journey if you can go back to see your younger self.

Angela Davies (24:14)
don't think anything worth having is worth working for. So I think I say that a lot. It's just gonna take work. I think every stage in my life as a business person and as a mom, there's been unique challenges and this too shall pass. Every single time I would find a new solution and then there'd be a new problem. It's like I'm a problem solver. It's never ever a panacea. ⁓

Kimberly/terry (24:32)
Mm-hmm.

Angela Davies (24:44)
The one thing in terms of group fitness also translates to business, and that's the imposter syndrome. You know, you learn a new skill set for group fitness, like when I first learned to teach yoga, it took me seven years before I would ever teach yoga. And then fast forward, I end up getting to be the interim COO of YogaFit, the largest certification organization in the world. But at first, I felt like an imposter. How could I ever teach yoga, right?

Kimberly/terry (24:51)
Mmm.

Mmm.

Angela Davies (25:12)
I think that what I learned and what I would advise on my younger self is that you're not an imposter, you're yourself. And you're a magnet to other people that are like you and that are interested in the things that give you joy in how you construct your class. So I would remind myself that I can teach

any class from the Angela Davies perspective with the right training and respect for science and safety. I'm not an imposter. always have to just put my authentic self into it and not be afraid that everyone's going to like what I do. Just hope that most people like what I do and that there will be that one person who complains that I talk too much during class. It's going to happen, right?

Kimberly/terry (25:57)
Mm-hmm.

Angela Davies (26:05)
But that's who I am and they have other options on the schedule. And as a program manager, I've always really respected that as well. It's that when complaints come at you or if people always prefer and love XYZ person, that I would always feel like this person has their group. You just have to find your group. And sometimes a good thing that I've done can help other group fitness. ⁓

teachers but also can help business people is I teach one class at every facility. I don't teach five. I move myself around. That's a little more work being a part of other communities but you get a little bit of Angela, that's all you get. Yeah, there's no overload. Keep me in demand. Yeah, you don't like my Wednesday morning class. I only teach Wednesday. That's it. There's other time slots. ⁓

Kimberly/terry (26:45)
Mm. Okay.

Keep you keep you in demand. Yeah.

Yeah, show up then.

Angela Davies (27:05)
More often than not, it works like that in business too. I've always felt my sweet spot as an entrepreneur managing my own business is three projects. And that's kind of a fun number too. Maybe one project like the Fit Expo was always like my 40 % project. And then being a program manager was another 30%. And then I had another 30 % where I could consult on other projects.

Kimberly/terry (27:16)
Mm. The triad. Yep.

Angela Davies (27:33)
And then sometimes I could only do 50 % of the work that I used to do because of things that were trending in my family. ⁓ But yeah, the advice to myself if I could go back would be that I'm not an imposter and I can do anything, but I'll do it my way and ⁓ I'll be proud of the unique spin that I bring ⁓ to the projects I work on or the classes that I teach.

Kimberly/terry (28:01)
love it and your people love you for that. Yeah, most definitely. You know, one of the things that comes up for me when I whenever I think of imposter syndrome, we talk about that feeling like a fraud. That feeling cannot surface unless we're in a circumstance where we've left our comfort zone. And what do we want to do as as entrepreneurs, as business people, as human beings?

We want to grow. We want to evolve, which requires moving beyond our comfort zone. But when you move beyond your comfort zone, that's when the feeling of fraud and the imposter syndrome can surface. So I love how you just position that, Angela, where it's like, just take you with you. Just bring the authenticity with you into this new expanded place and just keep showing up and make it your own. really, really like that. Yep. And not everybody's going to love you.

And that's okay. But I learned that early on. We'll find you. Absolutely. People will find you. People will love you and come to your Wednesday classes. Your only Wednesday class at that facility. Get their Angela fix. ⁓

Angela Davies (29:10)
That's it. A limited

time engagement.

Kimberly/terry (29:16)
Exactly. Love it. So is there any other advice that you could share that you wanted to impart upon us or acknowledge?

Angela Davies (29:25)
Yeah, you know,

because I'm at the end of the road, right? I'm getting ready to be a grandma. I've raised my family. Well, I mean, in terms of motherhood, like I'm, I'm, I'm like, on the continuum, I'm now to this next thing, this next phase, getting next new season, yeah. Yeah, I, um.

Kimberly/terry (29:31)
Wait, no, no, no, you're not at the end of what kind of end of the road are you talking about? Get back. Well, I was like, what?

Next season, this new season. Yeah, not end of the road. That's not a very final.

Angela Davies (29:54)
I think that just the other thing, and this goes for being a mother or a father or the aunt that raises the tribe. It doesn't matter. The caregiver, the parental figure, it's all the same. But what's so fascinating is looking to see who the babies that I raised are choosing. And they all four have...

Kimberly/terry (30:19)
Mmm.

Angela Davies (30:23)
So different personalities, there's nothing similar about each of them. They're all great friends. But they're picking strong women. Very strong women. So strong that be careful what you wish for. I'm the mother-in-law and that's gonna be four times over. So I just have to be thankful that I raised these lads to appreciate strength.

Kimberly/terry (30:32)
Just like their mama, just like their mama.

Yeah. And to honor it.

Angela Davies (30:50)
and know my role in this

next gen, this next season. But no, I'm thankful because, you know, as my kids have made their way through life, I learned very young that people are meant to be in pairs. And when you're in a pair, when you're first born, it's going to be mom and then it switches where your dad's best friend or your grandma's favorite or whatever it is.

Kimberly/terry (30:54)
Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

Angela Davies (31:19)
And then you come school age and you find that best friend. And as we go through life, in everything we do, partners are amazing because they, they are better, you're better together, you know, the yin and the yang. And so what you want in business is a community that's around you. And if you choose to partner, you want a partner that is going to balance you. And so that's what, as a mom,

as you raise them to, with good modeling for them to see that I'm not, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes. I break down. I need to hit the pause button. ⁓ you know, I, I, ⁓ you know, things, there's no perfection in the person that I am, but I try really hard and I learn as I go. And then when they, ⁓ attract in their personal lives,

to other partners that have that similar mindset, you know that they can make their way in the world and find joy and then also beyond finding joy, they can bring goodness to others, you know, because they will find their center by knowing that as an individual you can do X, but when you partner or you bring the community around you can do so much more.

Kimberly/terry (32:41)
Definitely. Amen. Well said. ⁓ Fantastic. And so Angela, so the listeners know what projects are you working on. I know what they are, but just so. And I'm excited about them. But share with the listeners out there where they can find you, what projects you're most excited about working on right now, any upcoming events that you're putting on as well that they can attend and perhaps meet you at as well.

Angela Davies (33:10)
Well, thank you for that opportunity to share that because actually ⁓ part of being a mom and a busy executive on the go, ⁓ class preparation has always been something that's been important to me. I take a lot of joy in it in terms of choosing music and class design and feeling like I'm putting together an inspirational workout. And Terry and I... ⁓

We've teamed up and we started a brand that's going to launch in the next week or two called Yoga Ed. Right? And this is your next class delivered. And as the creative director, I'm working with Terry on this project. He's the right person with all of his background in creating programs for Ripped and Rumble and just such a beautiful maestro.

Kimberly/terry (33:43)
Awesome!

Angela Davies (34:04)
in terms of the flows that you create and that I've seen. And then my part, the business side in terms of partners that I draw to it, but I'm just super proud, of what we've created and we're getting ready to launch because what we are going to be providing for our clientele, our subscribers, is all of these class flows delivered in one platform where ⁓

Kimberly/terry (34:07)
Thank you.

Wow.

Angela Davies (34:33)
Group X teachers, yogis can arrive, see a beautiful flow that was curated on a year-round track and then curated to match up the mood, the sense connected to yoga themes, yogic words, meaning, the Sanskrit and breaking it down and then, but most importantly, ⁓

being able to print it out, get music suggestions that make sense to really bring that inspiration and go. So whether you're substituting a class that you find in the Yoga Ed library, I'm super proud, Terry, of what you're creating, what we're doing together, that's getting ready to launch. It's gonna solve a lot of problems for mom-peneurs, that's for sure, because it's sitting there.

The other thing is the upcoming FitExpo events, you know, grounded through group fitness as I am, I've always been a part of the training and wellness zone. We build out beautiful stages. have, ⁓ every event has a different personality. We're building towards our Anaheim event, ⁓ where we'll debut the first ever AI wellness pavilion, which is that technology piece. And then the third thing that I'm working on is the

program management for a residential fitness program. And that keeps me grounded because, you know, most of us that teach in a health club environment, when you're working with class participants that are at a health club, they're already 10 steps ahead of the average Joe, right, the average American. And when you arrive on site in corporate fitness or in residential fitness, you get the average person and

Yeah, it's a very different style of teaching. You need to really back it up a few steps. It hones your programming and your ⁓ teaching skills and really just the modifications. So I'll continue working on that through August when things will be heating up for the Los Angeles Fit Expo and I'll really have to roll off that programming project. ⁓ But those are some of things that I'm working on right now.

and I'm excited about all three of those projects.

Kimberly/terry (36:54)
Sounds exciting. There's a

lot. So we have Yoga Ed in a week and then the Anaheim Fit Expo. When is that coming around?

Angela Davies (37:03)
Yeah, that's

August 2nd and 3rd and if people have been sitting on the sidelines and saying, yeah, I'll go to yoga, I'll go to FitExpo someday, this is the event to go to because the AI Wellness Pavilion is even gonna have robots spinning around. They've got these beautiful mirrors where these avatars pop up and you can ask them any question.

Kimberly/terry (37:05)
Okay.

questions.

my gosh.

Angela Davies (37:28)
They're filming

a movie, like this is gonna be next level. So I'm excited for that. And Terry will be there doing his next flow, his August flow, probably a back to school flow ⁓ for ⁓ August 2nd and 3rd ⁓ at the Training and Wellness Zone. But yeah, those are the events that are coming up and we're super excited always to be bringing those opportunities. ⁓

Kimberly/terry (37:33)
Mm-hmm. Fun. Right in our backyard. Yeah.

Thank you.

Angela Davies (37:56)
And one thing about the FitExpo for group fitness and for mom-peneurs is at the event, there's a lot of business opportunities and networking too. So, so many times when new moms are thinking about their life now as it changes, there could be a whole new direction for them, something new and exciting that they can unlock ⁓ by being open, as you mentioned before.

to new opportunities and get in our other comfort zone.

Kimberly/terry (38:28)
love it. So there's a lot on your plate. Where do you keep your cape at?

Angela Davies (38:36)
Well, you know what? My cape got commandeered by my second son when he was a little kid. he was, he, for two weeks, he was a different character, but it always involved a cape. And he would come down the stairs and we would say, who are you today? And he would say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And like on the 14th day when we were ready to get a public health or professional involved thinking that he was...

Kimberly/terry (38:48)
I love it.

Angela Davies (39:05)
⁓ A diff...you know, schizophrenic potentially. He came down and I said, who are you today? And he's like, Kyle, who else would I be? So he has a cape hanging in his 28 year old bedroom even today and ⁓ so he's got my cape. I gave it to him. I'll just make my way ⁓ as ordinary Angela. I'm happy to be ordinary.

Kimberly/terry (39:15)
What are you talking about, ⁓

and love.

I love it. You can keep it.

Nothing ordinary about you. And we're so thankful that you joined us again today. Such an honor, such a privilege, you sharing your heart, your wisdom, your experience with us today, your inspiration. And you've really just shown that it's super possible to run multiple ventures, stay rooted in service and still be present for your family. that's everything. That's huge. huge. Yep.

And so we know our listeners are walking away inspired to create deeper alignment in their own lives. And so we thank you for that so much, Angela. Yeah. For everyone listening or watching on YouTube, feel free to share comments or questions. We'll be sure to pass them along to Angela and check out the great project she's working on and definitely share this episode with anyone that you feel could be positively impacted by it. I know a few people come to mind for myself already. So for sure.

So that is it for our episode number 35 featuring Ms. Angela. Thank you, Angela. Yes, we appreciate your time. We appreciate your treasure. We appreciate your talents. And again, make sure you follow Angela. And where can they find you on social media, by the way, before we wrap? Because we didn't mention that.

Angela Davies (40:28)
Thank you guys.

Yep,

it is thefittexpo underscore partners on Instagram. Yes.

Kimberly/terry (40:48)
FitExpo partners on Instagram. There we go.

Fantastic. Well, great. So thank you so much again. Thank you for sharing this with your friends out there, your family, for commenting, for liking, for subscribing and all that good stuff. Of all the things. Yeah, of all the things. And again, I'm Terry Shorter. I'm Kimberly Spreen Glick And we encourage you to make it a great day. Because why? Because it is a great day to have. Yes, it is. Take care. Much love.