Transitioning from university to 'the real world' with sports science graduates Grace and Ellie

In this episode of the Two Northern Lasses podcast we are chatting to Ellie and Grace, two sports mad fellow lasses (one northern, one midlands! Posh!?) about their journey in the sporting world from when they were young children and how even at that age, disappointment can somehow define the paths we take as adults. Both recall their work experience whilst at school done with professional football teams, the coaching qualifications they both have and Ellie's desire to coach a local girls football team, hopefully we can make that happen, connections are always good! On the subject of university to real life we talk about the support they had from Loughborough University in finding a job in their chosen field which as it turns out was not that great.  We are not sure if this is typical but we intend to find out and if by discussing such things we can address these issues then that would be amazing. Ellie is currently working as a Postie (post man, post woman - what's the PC term these days?  Who knows?) and has applied for a post graduate position with the Post Office, fingers crossed she has heard something about that by now, come on PO bosses, you need to snap this girl up before someone else does.  She is driven, fit and smart - what's not to love?  She doesn't feel at this point in life that she will end up in a career that uses her degree and do you know what?  That's OK! Most people don't! Grace on the other hand has landed herself a role working with English Boxing (yes she has met Anthony Joshua and yes, us two old birds are jealous!).  In what seems is typical Grace style she didn't really like it when she started (she is not good at dealing with new stuff!) but is really pleased she stuck it out and is now totally loving it!  And obviously she is building a career from something that she is passionate about and most people don't manage to do that either. What strikes us when we chat with Grace and Ellie who's early childhoods, teenage years and university days pretty much mirrored each other is that despite the fact that they are both on different career paths now, they are both happy doing what they are doing and yes, you guessed it, that is ultimately what is important in life!   They are both very much actively involved in sport and fitness and we discuss their foray into Instagram, now they are not exactly influencers but their page is all about fitness and nutrition shared in a real and down to earth way - no pouty big butt shots around here - and that is something that we, as two down to earth lasses ourselves, wholly celebrate.  Check out their Insta page here https://www.instagram.com/_eg.fitness/ and see if you can spot us on their too!  Did we mention that we recorded this episode in the gym after doing a session with them - try being middle aged and training with two super sporty 20 odd year olds!  Oooff!!  And Ellie wants us to come back for more! We finish the podcast with our usual getting to know you segment using the moments cards so you can get to know the people behind the voices a little more.  This tends to be when the more personal side of things comes out and we ended up discussing how sports injury can really affect your mental health and this happened to Grace when she had to stop playing football through injury, the importance of discussing these things can never be over exaggerated and sharing our experiences genuinely does help others. Hope you enjoy listening!