Find Your Strong Podcast With Sara

In episode 11 of the Find Your Strong Podcast with Sara, my guest, Angie Callen and I go deep into conversation on some hot, hot topics.

From living big, impactful lives from our tiny homes to literal hot topics: we discuss consumer culture and its impact on climate change. We load you up with ideas and solutions on how you can make a positive impact in your local area. We discuss high alpine lake fishing adventures, backcountry foraging for mushrooms, and extreme white-water sports.



About my guest:

Angie Callen is the Founder and Principal of Career Benders, Inc., a full-service career and business coaching company providing career coaching, job search strategy,  resume writing, and solopreneurial coaching for clients across the country. 

As a former engineer, Angie takes a practical, action-based approach to coaching. By inspiring confident professionals, Angie and her team help people rise above this norm, build confidence, discover their value, and align these elements for future purpose and satisfaction. 

Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, with a six-year stint in Boston post-college, Angie has called the Colorado Mountains home for nearly 13 years. When she's not logging hours on Zoom, you can find Angie, her husband, Jim, and their four-legged kid, Foster, whitewater paddleboarding, fly fishing, backpacking, foraging for mushrooms, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, or enjoying whatever the mountains have to offer. 

Get in touch with Angie here:
[email protected]
www.careerbenders.com

Season 2 of the Find Your Strong Podcast with Sara kicks off with an incredible discussion with April Archer,  CEO, Founder, and majority owner of SaraBella Fishing,  where they create "smart, beautiful fly fishing rods that perform with excellence + make a positive impact." They are woman-owned, Colorado-made.

In this episode, we dig into the silver linings of the COVID pandemic, resiliency in the face of hardships and roadblocks, finding grace, leading a life with impact, environmental impact, and the power of water and the healing properties of fly fishing.

As a successful mother, CEO, wife, and friend, April shares with us multiple health and wellness strategies she utilizes in her day-to-day life.



Contact and where to shop SaraBella Fishing:

April Archer
www.sarabellafishing.com  
[email protected]
IG and FB: @sarabellafishing
Twitter: @sarabellafish
#SmartBeautifulFishing

My guest today is Kelsey Pyde, a badass outdoorswoman, mental health advocate, and more. You can find Kelsey in the outdoors where she’s hunting, fishing, or exploring. In this episode, we dig into all things outdoors, social media and mental health, and more!



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In Episode 7 of the Find Your Strong with Sara Podcast, Sara sits down and tells her story of how she went from being an animal rights activist for PETA to a hunter who prioritizes hunting her own meat. She walks through her top 3 tips for preparing wild game to ensure it tastes time of the line, every time, and how to prioritize your protein no matter how busy you are from the boardroom to the backcountry.

Resources in this episode:

Buck Buck Moose by Hank Shaw

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In this episode, I talk with Jessica Haydahl Richardson. She’s a professional photographer and has been shooting commercial fishing work for over 10 years. In this episode, we talk about the upcoming release of her featured film which is breaking barriers in the fly fishing world in being the first female produced and directed fly fishing film with an all-female cast. We dig into some of the silver linings of covid, talk shop about mountain biking, and much, much more.

You can find Jessica on IG HERE.

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In this episode, my guest Karlie Roland and I discuss what it's like being a female fly fishing guide, hunter, and outdoorswoman. From her days studying Biology and Conservation to traveling through Patagonia, this episode provides a glimpse of what happens when passions and careers intersect. We dig into topics such as women supporting women, a wild Bison hunt in the Henry Mountain Range, healthy eating on the river or in the backcountry plus so, so much more.


About our guest, Karlie Roland:

Karlie grew up with a fly rod in one hand and a fly tying vise in the other. She spent her summers in Last Chance, Idaho, where her family has fished the Henry's Fork for multiple generations. Over the years, Karlie has traveled from the Rockies to the Pacific northwest to Patagonia as part of her ongoing search for trout, salmon, and steelhead. A tireless advocate for fisheries conservation and watershed protection, a passionate angler and educator, and a veteran guide with extensive experience leading fly fishing schools and hosted travel, she now works for TroutHunter on the river that started it all - the Henry’s Fork.

How to book a trip with Karlie via Trout Hunter's Lodge in Idaho.

https://www.trouthunt.com/lodge/lodge-henrys-fork

In this episode, I interview Katie, the founder, and host of the Fish Untamed Podcast. We dive into topics and share stories about our times on trout streams and what it means to be a woman adventuring solo in the backcountry. We share safety concerns and suggestions along with discussing what it means to be a hunter. Stories from the field while archery hunting all the way to crawling through the desert terrain rifle hunting pronghorn, this episode is full of strong, female-focused adventures from the boardroom to the backcountry.


9 minutes: Being an outdoorswoman and solo backcountry adventures

11:00 Getting outside your comfort zone in the outdoors and in the gym

15:00 Safety concerns for women in the backcountry

18:45: Taking action to live the life you  want

20:00 Fly fishing fears

23: Responsibility in the backcountry

29: Fishing with Karlie Roland from Trout Hunters on the Henry’s Fork

30:Solo hunting

32: Katie's first archery kill

33:  Differences between eastern and western hunting. 

34: Sara's first archery hunt and  resiliency

35: Getting your butt and body kicked western hunting

36: Strength on the mountain

30: Indoor Elk Training

43: Pronghorn hunting in Wyoming 

45: Favorite wild game to eat and hunt

47: Best part about hunting is the meat, here's our take on some of the best big game 

50: Insights on essential hunting gear Katie loves and Sara needs

51: Packing out animals

52: Hard lessons learned about field dressing: popped stomachs and lung blood

54: Emotional side of hunting and harvesting animals

55: Going beyond your comfort zone


My guest today, Katie, has  been obsessed with chasing fish and exploring the beautiful country they inhabit. An avid outdoorswoman, she strives for complete self-reliance in the outdoors, be it field dressing and packing out animals or alpine fishing adventures. Her favorite places are the remote, backcountry areas of public land that rarely see human activity. She started Fish Untamed Podcast to not only scratch her fishing itch when she's stuck indoors but also to provide valuable information and discussion to those who fish the backcountry.

No matter where you’re at: in the city at the office or sliding into waders in the backcountry, or loading the car for a multi-day adventure  - there are super easy, sustainable ways you can set your nutrition and healthy lifestyle up for success.

In this episode,  you'll uncover:

- How to stop being too busy and start succeeding at your healthy habits

- Eating healthy when you’re busy at work/in the city

- Eating on the go: from the boardroom to the backcountry

In this episode, Sara shares stories of health and fitness that are personal to her but relatable to everyone.

Highlights in this episode include:

- 4:00 Long-distance running and the runner's high
- 5:00 On taking up more space: literally and metaphorically
- 9:00 Movement as a purpose, our bodies serving a function in our lives
- 14:00 Health and hobby longevity secrets
- 15:00 The low-down on being a coach in the fitness industry
- 20:00 2 action items to explore in your own health and with your own body

As a fitness and nutrition coach with over 8 years of experience and having coached hundreds of women on their health journies, I've learned a thing or two about what it takes to create, implement and sustain any health-based habits. In this content-packed episode, you'll get all the high-level strategies you need to create, keep and continue on with your healthy lifestyle.