Shawn Johnson East has accomplished a lifetime of achievements that include 4 Olympic medals, two New York Times best-selling books, starting a business, a career in broadcast, and winning ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
After her gymnastics career, Shawn decided to focus on herself and her passions. She wrote 2 books, Shawn Johnson, Olympic Champion: Stories Behind the Smile and Winning Balance: What I’ve Learned So Far About Love, Faith and Living Your Dreams and became a philanthropist. In these books, she focused on her life and journey in the Olympics and how her intense training affected her personally and physically.
Her books led her to be the co-founder of The Body Department, a website dedicated to helping women accept and openly talk about self-image, health, wellness, and fitness. She realized that her entrepreneurial goal was to reach women that experienced and struggled with the same things she went through during and post Olympics.
She married her husband and NFL player, Andrew East, in 2016. Both Shawn and Andrew started a YouTube channel where they share about their everyday lives and Shawn’s Olympic journey. In 2018, Shawn launched her own fitness brand geared for women called Fyt. Fyt Life is all about positivity since she was constantly striving for perfection during her gymnastics career and got tired of it. She wanted women to have a real platform where they could feel safe and motivated. In 2019, Andrew and Shawn just launched their clothing line, The East Fam, which inspires people to use the influence they have in their daily life for good and to live an authentic life full of love, faith, and joy. They define this as FAMe, per the name of the clothing line.
Shawn has done a great job of sharing her struggles and her story with the world so her experiences can help others. Through her accomplishments and entrepreneurial journey, she was able to get to her goal of reaching women. Shawn recognized that there was a window of opportunity for her to share her story with others, and she did it very well and impacted so many women.
Shawn Johnson East sounds like such an inspiration for women. I love how much positivity and encouragement it sounds like she spreads. I think that is what we need to live healthy lives is encouragement from others, it can make a huge impact in others lives.
I was such a fan of Shawn Johnson in the Olympics years ago and still keep up with her life and endeavors. It’s so encouraging to see people become entrepreneurs as a second career through their many interests.
wow that was such an incredible piece. I never knew that… soooo fascinating. I didn’t really think one was capable of achieving such amazing accomplishments. well just goes to show you.. humans sure are incredible. Great job on this blog post!