Selena Samuela: Twin Pregnancy, Postpartum Mental Health & Returning to Peloton

In this week’s episode, Rob and Becs speak with Peloton instructor Selena Samuela, who opens up about raising identical twin girls, Stella and Frankie, and the mental and physical challenges of returning to movement postpartum. Selena reflects on body image, motherhood, rebuilding fitness slowly, and her powerful mantra: acceptance is not the same as complacency. Now, 24 weeks after giving birth, she’s back teaching live at Peloton and rebuilding her running day by day.

NOTE: This episode explores one runner’s journey with fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth

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0:00 - "I'd run a marathon every day for a year"
0:14 - Welcome: Mental Health Awareness Month meets motherhood
2:58 - Meet Selena Samuela
4:34 - The day she found out it was identical twins
8:31 - What a twin pregnancy actually feels like
10:55 - Placenta previa: when running was taken away
12:55 - Finding walk-runs as a replacement
17:55 - The final months and birth at Mt. Sinai
21:44 - Three weeks in the NICU
23:10 - The questions people ask about identical twins
26:39 - Tandem feeding and the chaos of twin-mom life
29:41 - Coming back to running, piece by piece
35:04 - The vulnerable side of being back on camera
38:50 - The "mom pouch" post and the body after twins
42:16 - The "bestie shadow" reframe
45:39 - Acceptance is not the same as complacency
46:58 - Trust the process — and a postpartum PR
50:17 - Selena's advice for moms in the thick of it
53:16 - Closing thoughts