89: Rep Your Womanhood — Erica Hood

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on 5.6.7.EIGHT, Aleksandra speaks with Erica Hood, Chief Executive Officer at</span> <a href="https://www.hoodfitlife.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">HoodFit</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a fitness company that features Erica’s signature method in live and online classes and is all about promoting strong women. In fact, the company boasts a tagline encouraging women to</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rep Your Womanhood</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. With a background in professional dance, Erica builds her effective workouts by focusing on energy, rhythm, and choreographed precision — all of which connects the body with the soul. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Erica’s energy is extremely contagious and made for a fun, entertaining conversation spanning a wide variety of topics. On the podcast, Erica walks through her journey into establishing HoodFit, including the difficulties (and blessings) of building a company in the middle of a pandemic. Erica also shares some thoughts around the magic of journaling, the right mentality for entrepreneurship, and how technology is changing the dance world for the better.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Moving Quotes:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Women are so powerful and so strong. We are capable and do so many things. I think the most important thing is that women receive support and encouragement from other women."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As an entrepreneur, you have to roll with the punches and learn as you go."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think there’s a lot of power in technology these days to continue putting dance out into the world and making the arts more shareable with people."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When you feel like you’re at your lowest lows, always know there’s something you can learn from it… It’s more of a ‘you win or you learn’ rather than ‘you win or you lose.'"</s