Miesha Tate became a world champion and still felt empty.
For years, she believed that if she won the belt, became the best, and proved herself at the highest level, happiness would finally come. But when she got there, she realized the achievement she had chased could not fix what was happening inside.
In this episode of The Visibility Podcast, Lauren Cobello sits down with Miesha Tate, former UFC and Strikeforce champion, Celebrity Big Brother winner, certified behavior change coach, and host of Built for Growth, to discuss identity, fame, purpose, women’s health, burnout, hormones, motherhood, and what it really means to show up for yourself.
Miesha opens up about her early years in wrestling, how she found MMA, and what it felt like to become part of the first generation of women fighting their way into the sport.
Chapters
0:00 Chasing Happiness
1:27 Leaving The UFC
3:48 The Happiness Trap
6:29 UFC And Big Brother
11:11 Choosing Wrestling
13:02 Discovering MMA
15:49 Turning Pro
17:38 Fighting Ronda Rousey
21:18 Fame And Validation
25:55 Losing Herself
33:34 Women’s Hormone Health
45:58 Fertility And Miscarriage
53:44 Helping Women Heal
What You’ll Learn
🥊 How Miesha Tate became one of the defining women in MMA
🏆 Why becoming champion did not bring the peace she expected
🧠 How fame and external validation can affect identity
💔 Why success can still leave people feeling broken insid
📺 What surprised Miesha most about Celebrity Big Brother
💪 How wrestling helped her learn to do hard things
🔥 Why she believes happiness is not the real goal
🌙 How women’s hormones affect energy, mood, and performance
🤰 What Miesha learned through fertility, pregnancy, and miscarriage
🧘 Why showing up for yourself starts with listening inward
👤 GUEST
Miesha Tate
https://www.instagram.com/mieshatate/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4Oc_nx8stVnVBZB7S57Aqf6d04fvztbU
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-for-growth-by-miesha-tate/id1768061788
https://www.threads.com/@mieshatate
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Website: https://leveragewithmedia.com/
🎧 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
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