Bad Ass Besties is a podcast hosted by best friends and fitness business owners Michele Hartwig and Irene Kok. Both women are passionate about helping others become stronger, healthier, and more confident in their everyday lives.

Michele is the founder of Ornery Mule Racing, a trail and ultrarunning company that hosts races throughout Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Irene Kok is an FDN Practitioner and nutrition coach who helps people improve their health and reach sustainable weight loss goals.

Over the years, Michele and Irene have become each other's sounding board for life, business, self-improvement, confidence, wellness, and all the messy in-between moments that come with being women trying to grow through life. Eventually they realized… maybe other women would enjoy being part of these conversations too.

So they hit record.

In this first episode, they sat down with absolutely no plan and let the conversation naturally unfold. What followed was an honest discussion about making sustainable goals, building habits that actually fit your life, and learning how to grow without constantly chasing perfection.

Real conversations.
Real friendship.
Real life.
With a little sass, a lot of encouragement, and two besties figuring it out together.

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