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054 Secrets to Getting and Staying Strong with Mandy Hoffman - Flight Attendant, Fitness Coach, and Mom
Mandy Hoffman seems to do it all. Balancing being a flight attendant, business owner, and mother of two children may seem like an impossible task. Her secret? Put your oxygen mask on first!
In this episode, Sylvia and Mandy discuss finding the courage to stand up for what you believe in and pursue your dreams. They discuss the complicated balance of wellness, how Mandy’s online fitness program Strong Flight is helping people meet their fitness goals, body positivity and body shaming, why fitness needs to end its obsession with skinny, and much more.
Topics Include:
- Making career pivots after becoming a mother
- Turning a dream into a business
- Risk mitigation in aviation, and how we can use it in our lives
- How contingency planning can nurture resilience
- How to perform an emergency landing in your life
- Living a life of service
- Catalyzing change for others
- Goal setting
- How to use the “Five Whys” exercise to form a new habi.
- Mindfulness and the power of intention setting
- Navigating social media as a business owner
- And other topics ...
Mandy Hoffman is the owner of Strong Flight, an online home fitness service without sacrifice. Her passion is celebrating movement with people, whether through exercise classes or one-on-one personal training. She is also a part-time flight attendant and manages to balance these two occupations with the busy job of being a mother. Through her work in fitness and aviation, Mandy discovered that many of aviation's unique approaches to repetitive actions and system management could be applied and interwoven into other areas of life. She holds a degree in exercise science from Salem State University.
Resources Mentioned:
Instagram: @mandystrongflight
TikTok: @mandystrongflight
Website: https://www.strongflight.com/
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