Tarin It Up

Tarin It Up
Tarin It Up
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Real conversations with women in sports, business, and everyday life — no highlight reels, no perfectly packaged advice. This is where women talk about the messy middle: career pivots, athletic pursuits, building something from scratch, and figuring it out as they go. Tarin brings you honest, unfiltered interviews with women entrepreneurs, athletes, fitness professionals, and everyday women doing extraordinary things. If you're a woman in your 30s or 40s who's done pretending life is linear — and ready for conversations that actually reflect your reality — you're in the right place.

  1. 3d ago

    No Mission, No Margin: Can You Build a Business Without Selling Out?

    We're back on bikes! 🚵‍♀️ I'm so excited to bring you this conversation with Lindsay of Moonspin — a by-women-for-women mountain bike and adventure apparel brand. I found Moonspin through another podcast guest (Nora from Neve), and got to meet Lindsay in person at Sea Otter before we sat down for this one. This is exactly why I love this platform, it's opened up this whole spider web of incredible women I never imagined I'd get to know. Lindsay joined me from her hometown of Bozeman, Montana, and we covered so much ground: her childhood mountain biking in the 80s, moving to New York for college and law school, a decade of nonprofit and social justice work, and how she eventually found her way to launching Moonspin about a year and some change ago (though she's been building it for 3.5+ years). Highlights from our conversation: 🚲 Lindsay's outdoor roots go back to age 3 — training wheels off, skiing at Bridger Bowl, and mountain biking before mountain biking was really "a thing" 💸 We got real about student loan debt, risk aversion, and why Lindsay is self-financing Moonspin instead of taking on investors — "no margin, no mission" as one founder in her community put it 🧵 From upcycling thrift clothes into tank tops with her twin sister, to altering her own wedding dress the night before her wedding (not recommended, but iconic), Lindsay's tactile, creative side has always been there 👖 The real behind-the-scenes of building an apparel brand — trade shows, tech packs, working with a product designer, sourcing trims, and yes, everything running about two months later than planned (relatable) 🌕 Where the name Moonspin came from 🧦 How Lindsay built trust with her first product (a sock collab!) before working her way up to shorts, pants, and her soon-to-launch hemp adventure shorts If you're building something of your own, thinking about financing decisions, or just need a reminder that values-driven business is possible, this one's for you. Links & Love Find Moonspin at moon-spin.com and on Instagram @moonspin_ — Lindsay is genuinely open to DMs about fit and sizing, so don't be shy. Follow the podcast: @tarin.it.up.podcast Newsletter: tarinitup.myflodesk.com Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/tarinitup

    No Mission, No Margin: Can You Build a Business Without Selling Out?

  2. Jul 16

    Foundation of Joy: Finding Hope, Resistance, and Rest in the Outdoors

    Grab your coffee and go stand in a patch of sun for five minutes, because this one's about remembering why we do any of this in the first place. I get into it with Teresa Baker, founder of the In Solidarity Project and co-director of the Outdoor Diversity Alliance, about accessibility, burnout, cold emails that actually work, and why joy might be the most radical thing we do right now. ✨ Highlights: 🐎 Teresa's origin story as the only girl of nine siblings, growing up competitive on a horse ranch in the Salinas Valley 🏞️ The Yosemite trip that changed everything noticing she was the only Black woman in the park and reaching out to the National Park Service to do something about it 🎬 How that turned into a film, calls from brands like Patagonia, and eventually the Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge 👩‍🤝‍👩 Building the Women's Outdoor Summit — from 150 attendees six years ago to 200+ applications for just 65 spots this year 🎒 Breaking down the "gear gatekeeping" myth, you don't need the $500 tent to get outside 💌 Why cold emails and DMs to people you admire actually work more than you'd think 🌿 Reframing joy as resistance, not indulgence, especially when the world feels like a dumpster fire 🕊️ The permission we all need to smile, laugh, and rest without guilt 🐦 Why a solo walk listening to birds might be the most important thing you do this week Links & Love Follow Teresa Baker: @teresabaker11 Learn more/get involved: insolidarityproject.com Follow the podcast: @tarin.it.up.podcast Newsletter: tarinitup.myflodesk.com Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/tarinitup

    Foundation of Joy: Finding Hope, Resistance, and Rest in the Outdoors

  3. Jul 9

    Doing Less to Go Further: Perimenopause, Recovery & Redefining Fitness

    It's another bike-adjacent episode! I'm joined by Marissa, a longtime cycling coach and athlete out of the Bay Area who specializes in coaching women 40 and up. We get into her own journey from elite road racing into coaching, the central nervous system fatigue that first tipped her off to perimenopause, and why so many of us are flying blind on what's actually happening in our bodies as we age. We also talk identity shifts, recovery, fueling, and why "doing less" is often the missing piece. In this episode: 🚴‍♀️ Marissa's path from elite road racing to coaching women 40+ 😴 The central nervous system fatigue that led her to discover perimenopause 🧠 Why there's so little research on active women aging into their 40s, 50s, and beyond 💪 Recovery, fueling, and strength training as the real foundation (not more cardio) 🎯 Letting go of the "competitive" identity and finding joy in a new discipline 🏕️ Tarin's first bikepacking trip and learning to go with the gear you have 🗣️ Why nutrition and training templates rarely translate person to person ✨ Chasing "the glow" — that feeling of doing a hard thing and coming out the other side Follow Marissa: @marissa.axell https://www.axnfitnessandcoaching.com/ Train w/Marissa Marissa's programs Links & Love Follow the podcast: @tarin.it.up.podcast Newsletter: tarinitup.myflodesk.com Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/tarinitup

    Doing Less to Go Further: Perimenopause, Recovery & Redefining Fitness

  4. Jul 2

    Geriatric Pregnancies & Cute Aggression: A July TNA Catch-Up

    It's a T & A (Tarin & Amber), and this one's a quick hitter after a much-needed offline vent session. Tarin gives an update on the off-grid power saga, while Amber shares where she's at in her second trimester, including a conversation about induction culture in Western medicine and trusting your own body. In this episode: ⚡ An update on getting off-grid power finally installed 🤰 Amber's due date, second trimester bliss, and the "geriatric pregnancy" label 🏥 A conversation about fear-based medicine and advocating for yourself 💑 Navigating your partner's differing experiences and holding boundaries with love 🐶 Deep dive into cute aggression and the science behind it (dimorphous expression of positive emotion, aka "cute aggression") 🎂 Tarin turns 38 and reflects on midlife transitions among her friend group ☀️ A very expensive run-in with a solar panel Links & Love Follow the podcast: @tarin.it.up.podcast Newsletter: tarinitup.myflodesk.com Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/tarinitup

    Geriatric Pregnancies & Cute Aggression: A July TNA Catch-Up

  5. Jun 25

    New Market, New Chapter: Real Estate, Reinvention, and Playing the Long Game with Brooke Pottle

    Brooke is back, and a lot has changed since her first episode. When we last talked, she had just left her job at Heather's Choice and was piecing together freelance marketing work. About a year later? She's a licensed real estate agent in Phoenix, AZ, going semi-viral on Instagram, closing deals, and demo-ing a 1958 house with her wife, Quinn. 🏡 We get into the unexpected path that led her to real estate, losing her elderly dog right after passing her state exam, how she built a brand new social media presence from scratch, and what it's actually like to start over in a totally new industry with no built-in client base. Plus, genuinely useful stuff for anyone who's ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of buying a home. Where to start, how to find an agent who will actually fight for you, and why your first call should probably be to a loan officer before you spend another night on Zillow. 🔑 Highlights ✨ What she's been up to since we last chatted 🏠 Why she got her real estate license (and the wild timing of it all) 🐾 Losing her dog and finding unexpected freedom in a hard season 📲 Going viral on real estate TikTok/IG 🔑 How she landed her very first client from an open house 💡 First-time homebuyer tips: where to actually start 🔨 The 1958 house renovation she and Quinn are currently demoing Find Brooke: 📱 Instagram (real estate): @brookepottle.azrealestate 🌐 Website: brookebarkerpottle.com/ 🏚️ Renovation & more content: @bkpottle Links & Love Follow the podcast: @tarin.it.up.podcast Newsletter: tarinitup.myflodesk.com Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/tarinitup

    New Market, New Chapter: Real Estate, Reinvention, and Playing the Long Game with Brooke Pottle

  6. Jun 18

    Tarin it up The Business of Being Yourself: Content Creation, Cycling, and Showing Up

    Fort Collins-based content creator and gravel cyclist Rebe Dunn (@rebeexplores) joins me on the pod this week and I am HERE for it. We're talking about how she built her outdoor content platform from scratch post covid, why she decided to treat it like a business from day one, and the wild west reality of brand deals, knowing your worth, and getting paid as a female creator. Oh, and we get into the very exciting new chapter she's opening — literally — with her cycling cafe and repair shop, Joyride. 🌵 Growing up in Dallas and finding her outdoor identity later in life 🎨 Why she leans into color, personality, and accessibility in her content 📲 Taking a course, hiring a manager, and approaching content creation like a business 💸 The real talk on brand deals, getting taken advantage of, and what it means to set a rate and hold it 🚵‍♀️ Finding gravel biking, falling for the community, and racing her first event in Nebraska 🔧 Joyride — the women and queer-owned cycling repair shop, retail space, and cafe coming to Fort Collins Links & Love Follow Rebe & Joy Ride: @rebeexplores & @joyridefoco https://www.joyridefoco.com/ Follow the podcast: @tarin.it.up.podcast Newsletter: tarinitup.myflodesk.com Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/tarinitup

    Tarin it up The Business of Being Yourself: Content Creation, Cycling, and Showing Up

  7. Jun 11

    Getting Far Out: Breast Cancer, Closing Coalition Snow & What Comes Next with Jen Gurecki

    Jen Gurecki built the only women-owned ski and snowboard manufacturer in the world, and ran it for 12 years on sheer determination, a lot of fight, and zero insider advantage. Then, in the summer of 2025, two days before a flight to Kenya, she found out she had stage two breast cancer. Everything changed fast. In this episode, Jen gets radically honest about closing Coalition Snow, going through chemo while running a business through Q4, and what it actually means to face your mortality and come out the other side asking different questions. She's not gutted. She's not hiding. She's building something new, and she has a lot to say about capitalism, climate change, creativity, and why community might be the only thing that saves us right now. Highlights ✨ 🎿 Why Jen closed Coalition Snow and why she refuses to call it quitting 🎗️ Getting diagnosed with stage two breast cancer, going through chemo during Q4, and what survival actually looks like (hint: it's not remission) 💡 The book she's reading about quitting and why quitting at the right time probably feels too early 🌍 Zawadisha, her women-led microcredit org in Kenya that's been running for nearly 20 years and why that's her definition of doing hard things ❄️ Climate change, the snow sports industry, and why she's done fighting for a space that isn't ready to evolve 💰 The capitalism rant you didn't know you needed — on growth, enough, and redefining success on your own terms 🎨 What Far Out is: a marketplace, group adventures, and original art rooted in creativity, connection, and culture 🤝 Why community is the antidote to rugged individualism, especially right now 🩺 Dense breasts, mammograms, and the MRI that saved her life Find Jen + Far Out + Zawadisha: Instagrams: ⁠@letsgetfarout⁠ @zawadisha Websites: letsgetfarout.com zawadisha.org Links & Love Follow the podcast: @tarin.it.up.podcast Newsletter: tarinitup.myflodesk.com Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/tarinitup

    Getting Far Out: Breast Cancer, Closing Coalition Snow & What Comes Next with Jen Gurecki

  8. Jun 4

    Unf*ck Tomorrow: The Mindful Drinking Revolution with Haylee Jordan of Fabric

    What does it actually mean to drink mindfully? Tarin sits down with Haylee Jordan, co-founder and Chief of Brand at Fabric — a Colorado-based non-alcoholic functional hop water brand on a mission to u****k tomorrow. We get into the non-alc space, low-dose THC beverages, brand building as a founder, and what it means to own your power as a woman in a male-dominated industry. Highlights: ✨ What nano-emulsified THC actually means (and why it's not what you think) 🍺 Zebra striping: the mindful drinking trend you're probably already doing 🎨 Going from brand strategist to beverage co-founder 🌿 Why Fabric gives back to mental health and what "mending the social fabric" really means 💪 Haylee's mantra for navigating male-dominated spaces: "I'm not here for them, I'm here for me" Find Haylee + Fabric 🌐 drinkfabric.com 📖 Haylee's Substack: Super Cult — brand building and the founder life for creatives 💼 Haylee on LinkedIn Links & Love Follow the podcast: @tarin.it.up.podcast Newsletter: tarinitup.myflodesk.com Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/tarinitup

    Unf*ck Tomorrow: The Mindful Drinking Revolution with Haylee Jordan of Fabric
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Real conversations with women in sports, business, and everyday life — no highlight reels, no perfectly packaged advice. This is where women talk about the messy middle: career pivots, athletic pursuits, building something from scratch, and figuring it out as they go. Tarin brings you honest, unfiltered interviews with women entrepreneurs, athletes, fitness professionals, and everyday women doing extraordinary things. If you're a woman in your 30s or 40s who's done pretending life is linear — and ready for conversations that actually reflect your reality — you're in the right place.

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  • Channel
    Tarin It Up
  • Creator
    Tarin O'Donnell
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    222
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tarin O'Donnell
  • Show Website
    Tarin It Up

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