Emily Vidmar Day: Building Her Own RoutineHer Y • Season 4, Episode 25
Mar 4, 2026 • 33m
Former BYU gymnast Emily Vidmar Day joins host Lauren McClain to share her journey from competing on beam, bars, and floor at BYU from 2013 to 2016 to building an eight-year career as a pediatric and cardiac ICU nurse at Primary Children’s Hospital. The daughter of Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar, Emily talks about growing up in a gymnastics family while carving out her own identity, and how the mental focus she developed on beam—blocking out distractions, handling pressure, and staying present—became her greatest strength in life-or-death moments in the ICU. She shares the whirlwind of getting into nursing school with just ten days’ notice, turning down her dream job as a life flight nurse just weeks before welcoming her second baby, and ultimately stepping away from healthcare after her third child was born. Now a mother of three, Emily reflects on choosing to be present during these irreplaceable years and what it means to build a life beyond the titles of athlete and nurse.