You may have heard the term “hot girl walk” and wondered what your 20-something-year-old coworkers were talking about. It’s a term coined on TikTok that encompasses (what I think) are the positive aspects of 2020-2022: exercise, getting and staying healthy, mindfulness, being intentional, normalizing and prioritizing mental health, manifestation, and positive energy. Read on to learn more about the viral hot girl walk, what it is, what it’s NOT and the best hot girl walks podcasts to listen to while you’re on your hot girl journey.
This post is all about the best podcasts to listen to while you’re on a hot girl walk
What is a ‘hot girl walk’?
Between parenting, working, and trying to keep afloat (just me?), it can be challenging to do any kind of intense exercise regularly. Enter: regularly making time to walk. You probably already know that walking in itself as a lightweight exercise has many health benefits like burning calories and stimulating digestive system. It even has some surprising benefits like curbing a sweet tooth, potentially reducing the risk of breast cancer, easing joint pain, and boosting immune function. Walks are a really easy way to kick start or get back on the health and fitness wagon, so to speak.
However, according to TikTok user Mia, who claims to be the creator and “CEO of Hot Girl Walk™,” the ‘hot girl walk’ isn’t about weight loss, it’s about “internal transformations.”
Also according to Mia, a hot girl walk needs to be:
- 4-miles
- Outside
- Everyday
Easy enough, right? Well, while you’re on your 4-mile walk, you should be focused on:
- Things you are grateful for
- How ‘hot’ you are (positive self-talk)
- Goals and things you want to achieve
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that your mind is wandering all over the place when you’re exercising or taking a walk. You’re thinking about your to-do list, laundry, the unanswered emails that are piling up, the eyebrow threading appt you need to make, the future of NFTs, whether or not the 529 you started is worth it… but that’s not the point of a hot girl walk. The point is to intentionally focus on yourself.
Benefits of the hot girl walk
Let’s pause here and acknowledge that while the term ‘hot girl walk’ is silly and if you’re like me and well beyond your 20’s, a hot TikTok trend is something you’re likely not interested in.
I get it. Beyond the laughable phrase, the point of the hot girl walk is to get your body moving outside and focus your mental energy in to positive affirmations and re-centering your mind to focus on your goals. There are so many benefits to purposefully making time to practice gratitude and proactively think about the goals you want to achieve and how you’re going to achieve them.
Focused and intentional thinking can apply to all aspects of your life – from personal relationships, career, to parenting. Now when you think of it like that, perhaps it isn’t so silly after all. Who would have thought that something as simple as a walk would be rebranded into something so strategic and fulfilling?
In a way, making time for myself creates MORE time.
The best podcasts to listen to while on a hot girl walk
Now for the real REAL talk: 4 miles every day can sound daunting and could take anywhere from 1 to 1.5 hours depending on how fast you walk. Sure, I’d love to be able to get to a point where I can focus myself to only think about those three things for 1.5 hours but I’m not quite there yet.
Enter: hot girl walk podcasts.
Admittedly, I spend about 20 minutes thinking through Mia’s 3 things but after that, I’m catching up on my favorite podcasts. Hear me out: Since learning about hot girl walks, I am now very intentional about what kind of podcasts to listen to during my walk routine. I save the news/current affairs, comedy, true crime, etc podcasts for when I’m doing chores and instead, choose podcasts that inspire, educate or give me clarity. All of the podcasts below fall into the themes of self-development, motivation, mental health, and health/wellness – which I’d say embody the ‘hot girl’ ethos. These hot girl walk podcasts keep me thinking about being intentional with my health, time, and energy well beyond my time outside.
Business Podcasts
These podcasts range from big business ideas to leadership advice from entrepreneurs and executives. Whether you work for yourself or a large company, these podcasts will inspire the business side of your brain.
- HBR IdeaCast: Weekly podcast featuring executives and leading thinkers in business and management. If you work in a corporate environment, this is a great podcast. It covers management, productivity, leaderships, and workplace EQ.
- The $100 MBA show: This podcast is a self-proclaimed “alternative business education online” and covers practical business lessons for the real world. Guests are top experts who share business lessons they’ve learned that weren’t covered in business school. Another podcast similar to this that I like is Everyday MBA — another podcast that has practical and actionable advice.
- Strictly Business: If you work in the Entertainment or Media industry (me!) then I’d recommend Variety’s Strictly Business Podcast. Each week, different media industry leaders talk about big business deals, strategy and the future of the entertainment business.
- The Side Hustle Show: This podcast is marketed towards part-time entrepreneurs who are looking for business ideas, actionable tips to start a business, or strategies on how to turn their side hustle dreams into a growing business. This podcast talks a lot about creativity and grit which can still be inspiring even if you aren’t actively looking for a side hustle.
- Business Unusual: I’m a huge fan of the show SharkTank so it’s no surprise that l also like Barbara Corcoran’s podcast. Some of my favorite episodes include “Mentors, Managing, and Making Up Your Mind,” and “The Tea on NFTs.” She also occasionally features the founders of the companies that she has invested in.
Self Development & Motivational Podcasts
Here are my favorite podcasts for growth or self-development, getting mentally unstuck, and overall motivation.
- The Mindset Mentor: This is a fascinating podcast hosted by Rob Dial that covers topics across neurobiology, early childhood development, cognitive behavior therapy and neurobiology. It’s geared towards anyone looking to be the best version of themselves.
- Unleashed with Alexia Panos: This one feels like a BFF who is genuinely hyping you up. But not in a toxic positivity kind of way. This podcast dives into topics that blend happiness, purpose, spirituality, success, money, motivation, and more. It’s a blend of interviews, Q+A, discussions, and more.
- Mindful in Minutes: Mindful in Minutes is a meditation podcast that covers topics like anxiety, insomnia, self-esteem and manifestation. Each episode is actually a meditation (not an interview or chat) to calm your mind and recenter yourself. It’s the perfect podcast for your hot girl walks.
- So Money: Hosted by finance expert, Farnoosh Torabi, So Money covers money strategies and stories from today’s business leaders, authors and influencers. There are episodes with celebs discussing intimate money topics, as well as a mix of the future of money: crypto, web3, and more. Money isn’t a widely or openly discussed topic, so hearing different perspectives has been really interesting to me.
- The Marie Forleo Podcast: Maria Forleo is a lifestyle expert and author of the book “Everything is Figureoutable” – true. Marie and her well-known guests share actionable strategies for greater happiness, success, motivation, creativity, productivity, love, health, contribution, and fulfillment.
- It’s About Time: This podcast is geared towards “ambitious women seeking better work, life, and balance.” Hosted by Anna Dearmon Kornick, a time management coach, the episodes cover time management strategies, accountability and focus.
- We Can Do Hard Things: No podcast list in 2022 is complete without this one by Glennon Doyle (author of Untamed). Doyle, along with her sister discuss hardships in life and bring on well known public figures and authors like Brene Brown, Ocean Vuong, and many more for in-depth and raw discussions that span heavy topics like addiction and illness to more uplifting joy, peace, freedome, setting boundaries, and more.
- On Purpose: Hosted by Jay Shetty, there’s a new episode everyday – so it’s perfect for your everyday hot girl walk! Jay talks with big names like Miranda Kerr, Lilly Singh, Tony Robbins on the most insightful topics like staying curious and altering your mindset.
- Moonshots: And lastly, the Moonshots podcast, “a practical guide to managing your attention.” It’s a really interesting podcast format. In each episode, the hosts explore the habits and mindset one business leader, celeb, or topic by cutting together different audio segments from other podcasts and then provide their own commentary around it.
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Wellness
If you’re looking to optimize different aspects of your life and be a healthier/happier/smarter version of yourself, check these podcasts out
- Healthier Together: Hosted by wellness editor and blogger, Liz Moody, this is one of my favorites. Moody interviews different guests and goes deep into topics that include: glowing skin, anxiety, the secret to success, ‘how to be truly happy’, ‘the ideal diet’, autoimmune disease, weight loss, relationships and more. For the most part it’s very upbeat and feels like a happy hour with your smartest, healthiest girlfriend. Bump this one to the top of your list of hot girl walks podcasts.
- Goop: Gwyneth Paltrow and Erica Chidi alternate in these podcasts episodes to talk about everything from relationships, mental health, medicine, and upbringing. My favorite episodes are Elevating Your Baseline Health and The Power of Surrendering.
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- Edit Your Life: This podcast shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. It also talks a lot about parenting and family-related issues.
- Huberman Lab: The Huberman Lab Podcast is rooted in neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health.
- Unf*ck your brain: Unf*ck Your Brain is a podcast for “high-achieving feminist women who struggle with anxiety, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome.” Topics include women’s invisible workload to what to do when “you don’t know what the f*ck is going on with your brain.”
- The Self Love Fix: This podcast is all about creating the abundant life you deserve and desire” and shifting from “shame, people codependency, low self-esteem, and self-doubt and into alignment, expansion, and unapologetic self-trust through spirituality and healing the inner-child.”
- Psychologists Off The Clock: Do you ever wonder what psychologists talk about during their time off? This is it. There are so many good gems including a talk with Nedra Tawwab, author of “Set Boundaries Find Peace” (I highly recommend this book!) and “How to Be in Adult Relationships.”
- Forever 35: I love listening to the two hosts of this podcast banter and get real about self-care and wellness topics. This podcast is full of wellness ideas to explore and it’s like going to the spa with your two funny girlfriends.
This post was all about the best hot girl walk podcasts to listen to.
Between all of those podcasts, I hope you find one that inspires you, helps you achieve your goals and regularly gets you out on your daily hot girl walk. Wishing you the most productive and wonderful 4-mile walk.