Ellen Miller is the first American to summit Mt. Everest from both sides (!!!) and in this episode we explore taking calculated risks, cultivating self-awareness, grit, and navigating the light and dark that exists within all of us.

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Show Notes:

2:30 How Ellen got into mountain climbing

5:30 Climbing Everest twice was never a goal

6:25 Life is going to unfold in ways that you can not possibly plan for

8:03 Breaking the glass climbing ceiling as a female

9:06 This one's for the nay-sayers

10:30 How the ego can be helpful

11:18 One step at a time

14:14 You are in the driver's seat of your thought patterns

17:30 Metacognition 

19:55 The 100 Gratitude things challenge

20:10 How to fill the Grit Reservoir

26:42 How Life is prepares us for where its going to take us 

30:43 Battling the light and dark 

36:15 Failing on the mountain & what 

43:07 The space between the stimulus and the response

46:10 Restorative Yoga & Visualization

51:30 Grounding as a practice; link to the video we mention is here

54:03 Being inspired by young activists

56:10 Book recommendations from Ellen

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