3.15 Porch Talk, Episode One: Olivia Stuart, founder of The Optimist Pilates, Birmingham AL

We’re kicking off Porch Talk with Olivia, founder of The Optimist Pilates. SPOILER: Claire invited Laura and she didn’t go. But Claire is a Pilates Believer. Before building one of Birmingham’s most loved boutique Pilates studios, Olivia was a professional ballet dancer with the Nashville Ballet—a career that shaped her discipline, her identity, and ultimately, her pivot. After an injury changed everything, Pilates became more than recovery. It became a reset. On the porch, we talked ab...