Larissa Maloney is a former professional beach volleyball player and owns an online fitness and wellness company that serves both home school and brick and mortar school families! Active Kids 2.0 specializes in kids classes(boxing, karate, yoga, cheer, gymnastics, ballet, jazz, hip-hop dance, toddler time, strength, cardio, and many more!) She’s a kid fitness equality advocate as well as a mental health and human rights advocate!

Listen in to hear Larissa share:

How she is stepping up to #sharethemic during this cultural revolution
The specific steps she’s taking to take care of herself as a black female leader, advocate, and mom during this time
How she has experienced racism throughout her life, often as the only black child and young woman in white spaces
What microaggressions are and the ones she has experienced repeatedly
The deeply painful experience she had as a college freshman, experiencing loud and blatant racism, without any allies supporting her
Specific steps you can take to be a better ally
The debates she has been having with other moms about anxiety in parenting white kids vs black kids
The super successful company she built in the pandemic to keep kids active in the most fun and engaging ways

Links mentioned:

Enroll in my Construct Your Core Values Workshop: shamelessmom.com/values
Save on your Active Kids 2.0 membership: activekids2.com | code: SHAMELESSMOM10
Larissa on IG: https://www.instagram.com/larissa.maloney/
Active Kids 2.0 on IG: https://www.instagram.com/activekids2.0/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ActiveKids2.0/, https://www.facebook.com/larissawitherspoon

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