Today we sit down with Laura Kinman, an entrepreneur in the women's outdoor industry. After 12 years working for Patagonia making sustainable and fair-trade women's surf wear and outdoor gear, she made the decision to create her own business, Coastal Range Collective, a women's swim and surf brand. Take a listen as Laura shares her journey in building sustainable products, career pivots, and how surfing and foiling changed her life.

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Tune into our most recent check-in with Jackie and Holly as they discuss life updates, new retreat locations, and reminisce on some epic stories of the early days of SWA retreats in Costa Rica.

Today we sit down with Danielle Cass, a mother and writer working in AI safety and responsible usage at Microsoft. As someone currently undergoing breast cancer treatment, she shares her cancer journey and how surfing helped her regain autonomy, agency and confidence throughout her treatment. We discuss the future of AI and conscious technology and what kind of role we play in allowing it to influence our lives, for better and for worse. Take a listen to Danielle's thought-provoking conversation for insight into how we can empower ourselves at whatever stage of life we may be in.

To learn more about Danielle and her story, check out her blog here.

In today's chat we sit down with Christina Stapke, an integrative and functional dietitian, and owner of Sea and Spruce Nutrition. After years on different meds for a variety of health issues, Christina sought to heal herself holistically and turned to personalized nutrition. She shares her journey and practical tips for maintaining a healthy diet, especially for women.

Today we sit down with Lenet Rivas, Amiga and Financial Advisor who recently launched a business focused on helping women manage their finances. With a background in male-dominated corporate finance, Lenet realized she wanted to pivot and empower other women by launching her dream business. She considers herself a personal trainer of the finance world. For anyone interested in career pivots, building something of their own in a traditional industry, and looking to obtain financial independence, take a listen. 

To learn more about Lenet and her business, click here or check out her Instagram, @blueotterfinancialplanning.

After years of climbing the corporate ladder and navigating major life transitions, amiga Kati took a leap: walking away from stability to build her own consulting business from the ground up. In this episode, she shares the mindset shifts, hard lessons, and unconventional tools that shaped her journey. Her greatest key is her “joy menu," a personal system she created to break out of ruts, interrupt bad habits, and reconnect with what actually fuels her. Sit down with us as we chat about what it means to redefine success on your own terms, and how to create career and mindset shifts that align with your personal growth.

Accidents while surfing in crowded lineups is a great fear for most surfers. However, after Layna's surf accident in the Maldives she was able to turn a terrifying experience into a deep healing journey and make radical life changes. In this episode, we hear Layna's story but also dive into a deeper discussion about etiquette, compassion and how we can make the ocean a safer space for everyone.

How do you think about the future? Does it make you anxious? Are you an optimist or a doomsdayer? Today we sat down with Florence Gaub, a futurist and author at NATO, who shares her unique journey from growing up in Munich to becoming an avid surfer and a key figure in today's world of geopolitics. We chat about her unique approaches to living life in the present and how to balance future challenges with optimism, action, and a bit of what she calls compassionate courage: how to stay grounded in the present but still be ready for what comes next.

Ever wondered what's really important to look at when viewing a surf forecast, or what truly influences wave formation? In this episode, we sit down with Oceanography PhD and TikTok star Paige to uncover the science behind swell period, wave height, and the mysterious wave energy numbers we see on forecasts. Paige breaks down all of this and more while encouraging us to maintain our curiosity about the natural world and sharing insightful and inspiring ocean facts.

Could training the small muscles you can't see be the secret to real strength? Pilates instructor and Foundation Training expert Gabrielle Cahoon would say it definitely is. Today, she sits down with us to break down how foundation training is an essential tool in your longevity wheelhouse. She dives into how stabilizing exercises can relieve pain, improve mobility, and prevent further injury. She shares how simple practices, from breathwork to spinal decompression, changed her life, and can help us build more resilient, aware bodies and minds.