Joanna Baldwin

Role - Community Centre Manager, Support hub creator, student NZ Cert Health & Wellbeing

Wāhine or kōhine role model

Turia Pitt - after such trauma she has continued to rise to her best self and inspire others.

Valerie Adams - 5yrs younger than me. When I was a teen Valerie was just making the news. The media and others were constantly describing her by size. Height, weight etc. She rose above them and kept pushing. No doubt in my mind that it would have been hard to ignore.

SUPER WOMAN power

- Connecting with others.
- Self awareness and self analysis
- Determination. Set my mind to things and just get it done. Eg. Lose 40kg, give up alcohol, give up meat

SUPER WOMAN nickname
Consciously Jo

Main motivations to be active
-Aging and mobility- move it or lose it

-Family history

-Teaching my kids, leading by example.

-Feel better

Advice to inspire wāhine in Sport and Active Recreation

Everyone is working on themselves in some way. Everyone is fighting a battle somewhere in their life.

Find something that YOU enjoy doing and do that, don't worry what others think.. chances are they are thinking about themselves or their own lives.