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Amir loves himself fully, deeply, and, above all, unapologetically. Hear how he does it.

In this episode of Seriously Authentic, Larissa speaks with Amir Armstrong, co-founder of the Deadstock Run Club organized by Deadstock Coffee.

Deadstock Run Club is a community-based run club that meets weekly on Tuesday evenings in Chinatown in the heart of Portland, OR. Amir and his co-founder's goal is to foster community while getting people active. Deadstock Run Club has partnered with fitness brands like Nike, New Balance, and more. 

In this conversation Amir & Larissa cover:

• Amir’s early childhood
• Amir’s grandma’s influence and her legacy of helping other people out
• Meeting Ian Williams and connecting with Deadstock Coffee Community
• Moving from Philly to Portland, the culture shock, and being new to a city
• Deadstock’s Run Club’s mission to make running accessible to everyone 
• Amir’s experience working with household brand names
• How advertising can be opportunistic while also creating impactful change
• Amir defines what starving his ego means to him
• How Amir embraces self-love
• How self-care is a form of productivity, and how counter-intuitive that is 
• The number one thing holding people back from going after their dreams  is self-comparison 
• Amir defines what he calls an “Off the porch moment,” aka going after what you want
• How sometimes some things inside of us have to die so we can start anew
• How Deadstock Run Club was a healing space for people at the beginning of the pandemic
• How Amir is practicing seeing asking for help as a strength
• How Amir is redefining his relationship with grief 

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Amir loves himself fully, deeply, and, above all, unapologetically. Hear how he does it.

In this episode of Seriously Authentic, Larissa speaks with Amir Armstrong, co-founder of the Deadstock Run Club organized by Deadstock Coffee.

Deadstock Run Club is a community-based run club that meets weekly on Tuesday evenings in Chinatown in the heart of Portland, OR. Amir and his co-founder's goal is to foster community while getting people active. Deadstock Run Club has partnered with fitness brands like Nike, New Balance, and more. 

In this conversation Amir & Larissa cover:

• Amir’s early childhood
• Amir’s grandma’s influence and her legacy of helping other people out
• Meeting Ian Williams and connecting with Deadstock Coffee Community
• Moving from Philly to Portland, the culture shock, and being new to a city
• Deadstock’s Run Club’s mission to make running accessible to everyone 
• Amir’s experience wo