Some guests come onto Babies Down, Bottles Up and share advice. Some share a story. Then there are guests like Brit Culp, who somehow manage to challenge assumptions, make everyone laugh, and leave listeners questioning whether they’ve been limiting themselves all along.
Known to many as Miss Blind Fury, Brit wears more titles than most people can keep track of. She’s a licensed professional counseling associate, certified personal trainer, massage therapist, pole dance instructor, guide dog handler, and lifelong advocate for doing things people assume blind people can’t do.
By the end of the episode, the conversation had covered everything from guide dogs and counseling to bodybuilding, pole dancing, ADHD, tattoos, makeup, and self-expression, with every topic connecting back to one central theme: refusing to allow other people’s expectations to determine what your life looks like.
Growing Up With RP in Small-Town Texas
Brit’s story begins in Bishop, Texas, a town of roughly 3,300 people where everybody knows everybody. She was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at five years old, though concerns about her vision had existed since infancy. As her vision gradually declined throughout childhood, she navigated a world without many blind role models to follow.
Eventually, Brit attended the Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, an experience many blind adults describe as a rite of passage, learning independent living skills, confidence, and practical techniques. From there, she attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville, earning degrees in psychology and sociology before later completing a master’s degree in counseling psychology.
Finding a Career When Others Doubt You
Brit spoke openly about the barriers she encountered after earning her counseling degree. Despite her qualifications, she repeatedly found herself facing employers who couldn’t see beyond her blindness. Rather than waiting for opportunities to appear, she built a career from multiple passions: personal training, massage therapy, and eventually counseling.
Eventually, a chance connection led her to a private practice that had previously worked with another visually impaired professional. Today she balances counseling, massage therapy, and selective personal training, choosing work that aligns with her interests rather than accepting whatever opportunity comes her way.
Why Pixie Retired Herself
Brit’s guide dog Pixie has accompanied her through countless adventures, from personal training sessions to massage therapy school. Counseling sessions, however, were apparently where Pixie decided she needed boundaries. Brit explained that whenever clients became emotional and started crying, Pixie would dramatically remove herself from the situation, determined to communicate that whatever was happening in that room was not her problem.
These days, Pixie spends much of her time hanging out with Brit’s husband and enjoying life around the gym, fully committed to being everyone’s favorite employee.
From Bodybuilding to Pole Dancing
Long before pole dancing entered the picture, fitness had already become a major part of Brit’s life, though she wasn’t particularly athletic growing up. Everything changed when she entered the world of modeling, which led her toward fitness modeling and then bodybuilding. She competed for ten years, won shows, and qualified for nationals twice.
Yet eventually she found herself craving something different. Bodybuilding gave her strength; pole dancing offered artistry. Choosing to step away from bodybuilding wasn’t easy, but as Brit explained, sometimes growth means allowing yourself to evolve beyond the thing you once loved.
Learning to Dance Without Sight
One of the most fascinating parts of the episode centered on Brit’s experience learning pole dancing as a blind woman. From the beginning, she was honest about her blindness and how she learns best, relying heavily on touch, verbal instruction, repetition, and body awareness.
One class left her so frustrated that she cried afterward, feeling awkward and out of place. Brit kept showing up. Eventually she connected with an instructor named Audrey, who learned how to explain movement in ways Brit could understand, and movement stopped being something Brit was trying to imitate and became something she could genuinely feel. Perhaps the most meaningful validation came from her husband, who told her she looked like she floated when she danced.
ADHD, Hyperfocus, and Understanding Your Brain
The conversation eventually shifted toward ADHD. Brit wasn’t diagnosed until adulthood; like many women, her symptoms were overlooked for years because they didn’t match the stereotypes people often associate with ADHD. Receiving a diagnosis changed everything.
Using the acronym PINCH — Passion, Interest, Novelty, Challenge, and Hurry — Brit explained how people with ADHD often perform best when something captures their attention in meaningful ways. Rather than viewing ADHD as a limitation, Brit discussed learning how to work with her brain instead of fighting against it.
Makeup, Tattoos, and Self-Expression
Toward the end of the episode, the discussion moved into beauty, fashion, tattoos, and personal style. Brit explained that her interest in makeup grew through fitness modeling, and like many blind women learning makeup, the process involved trial, error, patience, and practice.
When Terrin shared that someone had recently asked why a blind person would even want tattoos if they couldn’t see them, the conversation became more meaningful. Brit’s tattoos aren’t for other people — they’re reminders, stories, and milestones carried on her body. Self-expression doesn’t require anyone else’s approval.
Final Thoughts
By the time the conversation wrapped up, it was clear that Brit Culp’s story isn’t really about counseling, bodybuilding, pole dancing, makeup, tattoos, or even blindness. It’s about curiosity, and refusing to let assumptions dictate what you’re willing to try. Whether building a counseling career after facing discrimination, stepping onto a bodybuilding stage, learning to pole dance, or navigating an ADHD diagnosis, Brit continually chose growth over comfort.
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