Rivers Hughey is a marketing and digital media strategists as well as an Evolve trainer. She talks abouther background in public relations and broadcasting and how it helped her get into the radio business. She talks about how she has always been strong in connecting with others and using healthy methods to find joy. Tune into this episode of The Up And In Show with Anthony Ranaudo to hear more.
2:30 rivers intro/background - from Starkville so she’s a Ms state fan 5 rivers talks about staying in Louisiana longer than expected and Anthony talks about not fitting in anywhere bc he’s been here longer than jersey but doesn’t identify as southern
7:30 more of rivers background, studying pr and broadcasting, not expecting to use her broadcasting classes in her career
8:40 rivers talks about her path to her career. Moved to br with husband, started doing marketing for a law firm. Quit bc she didn’t enjoy it. “I hate the thing I’m supposed to do. What do I do now?” Continues with her different stops, talking about taking on every opportunity “fun and interesting time”, learning strengths and weaknesses
12:45 talks about stumbling into radio gig, joked to the station about being hired then they actually hired her
14:30 river talks about being an empath and being strong at connecting people and being excited to help people
16 Anthony and rivers talk changing ideas of success, not having to commit to one career and stick to it
17:30 funny clip about rivers dealing with fomo. Anthony talks about “jomo” (joy of missing out) and being happy to stay home. They go back and forth about being able to say no.
21 - taking those little breaks and saying no allows you to reset and perform at a high level
22 her goal when she coaches people is that when they walk out the door they feel better. They might not be much stronger or faster or more in shape but they just feel better and relaxed
24:30 the best marketing is giving people a good experience
26 Anthony talks about a key to buddhism being finding joy through healthy methods and how it’s so simple to just provide people with a positive experience through positive things like cards or exercise 29 they talk about imposter syndrome and self deprecation and being able to get away from those feelings
32 funny story about someone coming up to her at sec media days who said “you just look like someone I should know bc everyone is stopping to talk to you” and she deflected it to be humble and needs to learn to embrace that more
34:30 she’s not a huge sports person, but her parents were huge sports fans and she grew up traveling to minor league games instead of disneyworld
36 t Bob and Hester were live at sec media days and Roman Harper walks up. Rivers was star struck and then Roman started helping her out with producing the show and tracking down guests
38 rivers talks about where to find her. She promos her gym, evolve, and the different classes she teaches. Reframing women to feel good about their bodies and not feel the need to conform to stereotypical expectations of female bodies. Also teaches at other studios
42 the joy of equipping people with the knowledge and skills to live a healthy life
44 Anthony talks about doing an entire workout with water in his mouth