She's Bold with Beth Whitman

Today's episode is another deep dive with myself and Chris Fagan.

I didn't want to necessarily record one of these episodes ALL about the coronavirus. There's plenty of information and resources out there. But I also didn't want to completely ignore it and what it's doing to all of us right now.

I've seen a lot of people on Facebook expressing their struggle with not being motivated and not wanting to do things because everything is so uncertain.

I think the current challenge for most of us is staying focused, staying upbeat and actually getting stuff done.

Now I don't want to just gloss over the enormity of what's going on right now, but I also can't allow it to distract me, to derail me, to paralyze me. I have to keep moving forward.

Look, I'm not judging people who are having a difficult time but I encourage you to get creative with your time, get creative with your work, focus on your health and let's get through this without losing our sanity.

With that in mind, what I wanted to do with Chris was talk about what's going on now but also put it into a broader context. Specifically, what do we do when we feel like things are uncertain and we feel powerless or helpless. What kind of decisions can we make when things feel out of control (apparently buying toilet paper is one of those things!).

But seriously, we need to be mindful about how we're responding to events—the big things and the small things. And that's what Chris and I do here – we take a deep dive into how to avoid feeling paralyzed and derailed by outside circumstances.

I will say that Chris and I recorded this a week ago. And things have changed so quickly even since then and I'm sure they'll be changing rapidly in the days to follow. So please listen to this in the context of it already being a week old.

Chris and I are sitting down on occasion for these deep dives. If there's anything YOU'D like us to discuss in the future, lemme know by sending an email to [email protected]

Please enjoy this deep dive conversation and let me know what you think of these. With that, here's Chris Fagan and myself.

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Links/books/people mentionedData Wrapper stats Harriet Baskas Stuck at the Airport Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson (Amazon) Travel is Worth the Carbon Footprint by Cassidy Randall (Outside Magazine) Brene Brown

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Today's conversation is with Anastasia Allison. Anastasia is a woman of many talents and interests.

Early in her career she worked as a park ranger (a dream job for her) and then as a law enforcement officer for BNSF railway. She had a near death experience in a car accident that turned everything around for her.

It was then that she stopped letting her fears get the best of her and it was at that point that she opened up to new possibilities including her work now as an entrepreneur with a very innovative, yet much needed product for women hikers.

Fair warning that we dive right into a topic that isn't usually discussed publicly but is at the core of her company, Kula Cloth. Oh, and to top it off, she plays violin and calls herself a musical mountaineer – and you're going to hear a beautiful story about that.

Anastasia Allison is a really thoughtful, reflective human being and I know you're going to love this conversation with her…

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Website | Instagram (Anastasia) | Instagram (Kula Cloth) | Instagram (Musical Mountaineers)

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Links/books/people mentionedKula Cloth Musical Mountaineers (Youtube) Insight Timer KulaPalooza Spoken Wild These Concerts Are for Very Lucky Hikers Only (Outside Mag) Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo (Amazon)

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Today's conversation is with Sarah Tuttle.

Sarah teaches introductory astronomy and observational astrophysics at the University of Washington.

You'll hear how and why I was so eager to chat with Sarah at the beginning of our conversation. And then as you hear her talk about not only her work but about her activism, you'll understand why she is such a great fit for the podcast.

In this conversation, we talk about how she got into astronomy, which she describes as a pretty circuitous route. And I think one of the key takeaways from this episode is that sometimes the path to our passion is not always direct.

We also talk a lot about her social activism and her goal to bring more diversity into the field of astronomy.

I'll tell ya, she really left me thinking a lot about how I can make this world a better, more inclusive place.

With that, please enjoy this conversation, with Sarah Tuttle.

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Links/books/people mentioned

Neil deGrass TysonAstophysics for People in a Hurray by Neil deGrass Tyson (Amazon)Goldendale Observatory Sloan Digital Sky Survey Kitt Peak National Observatory McDonald Observatory Lick Observatory Alma Observatory Americorps Vista Avodah LIGO Geoffrey Marcy Sarah's Medium Articles

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Today's conversation is with Kelly Lewis.

I was really psyched to have the chance to sit down with Kelly. I've known her for a long time from the travel world, I even spoke at her conference about seven years ago. But we never had an opportunity to just sit and talk at any length. She just recently moved to Portland and during a trip I made down there, we finally had a long-overdue chat.

Kelly is the founder of Women's Travel Fest. She's also the author of a guidebook series called Go! Girl Guides and she runs Damesly, a women's tour company.

So as you can imagine, we have a lot of things in common.

In this episode we talk about her growing up in Hawaii with little chance to travel off-island, her move to the mainland for college and then getting hooked on travel after she graduated, her years in NYC where she was determined to take it by storm (which she did) as she built her business and her most recent move to Portland (Oregon, that is).

We also talk about how she came about building her businesses and why her move to Portland has been so great for her.

We recorded this a few weeks ago and she does mention Women's Travel Fest. I just want to clarify that , WTF is coming up on March 6 – 8 in New York City. So if you're in New York or can get yourself there, there are still some tickets available for that wonderful event. I'll link to it in the show notes but you can also just search online for Women's Travel Fest.

OK – with that, please enjoy this conversation with Kelly Lewis.

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Links/books/people mentioned

Women's Travel Fest Go! Girl Guides Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Amazon) Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (Amazon) Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard (Amazon) The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron (Amazon) Oneika Raymond Damesly

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Today's guest is ocean rower, Lia Ditton. I chatted with Lia back in episode #80 almost exactly one year ago. I highly recommend going back and listening to that episode if you haven't already hear it or if you did hear it and want a refresher, it's going to give you a lot of background on today's episode.

I wanted to circle back around with her because she is about to embark on a pretty incredible journey. She's planning to be the first person to row across the North Pacific from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco. She had originally intended to do that row this year but she's pushed that until next year and this year she will be rowing from San Francisco to Hawaii – getting herself and her boat part way to her start in Japan.

When she completes this trip from Japan, she will have been the first person to have done so.

In this episode she describes her most recent training rows that she's done that have put her up close and personal with sharks as well as close encounters with other boats—the captains of some of these boats likely thought she needed rescuing (which was actually quite far from the truth). But in these training rows she had some harrowing experiences which she goes into in some great detail. The thing that strikes me about Lia is how methodical she is in her approach to her ultimate goal of rowing the North Pacific. If a person were to just hear about her adventure and ultimate goal, they might immediately have doubts about whether Lia could accomplish this mission. But when you hear ALL of the preparation that goes into it, all of the training, all of the hardships that she endures in the name of training for this big expedition, you realize that her goal is really quite possible.

She's planning on departing for her San Francisco to Hawaii row sometime between mid-April and mid June (it will all be weather dependent) and you can follow her at rowliarow.com.

With that, please enjoy this conversation with Lia Ditton.

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Links/books/people mentioned

Rui-Han Yu Roz Savage Perseverance (Vimeo) Determination (Vimeo) Tenacity (Vimeo)

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This week the conversation is a bit different than the usual sit down I have with guests. This week I've brought back Chris Fagan so that we could do a deep dive into a topic. Chris, as long-time listeners likely know, is the author of The Expedition which chronicles her adventures when she and her husband walked to the South Pole.

Chris and I chatted about that adventure in Episode 88 and, in December, she returned to ask ME questions about my Epic5 runs in Episode 110. Today's conversation basically spun out of that most recent episode. We had a great chat but realized there were so many other topics we could explore together that we decided to do a Deep Dive.

So today you're going to hear us chatting about how we make decisions when it comes to choosing a challenge, an adventure, a goal, an expedition, whatever you might call it. We talk about the criteria we use to get to that decision and we wander into some other topics as well but all with this central focus of pursuing goals.

Now the plan is for Chris and I to get together every so often, perhaps every six weeks or so, and do a deep dive into a topic. If there's something that you'd like to know more about, here's a great opportunity. You can send me an email at [email protected] and let me know what it is you'd like to hear more about and this doesn't have to be just about big adventures. We all have our own Everests, we all have our own hurdles. What's yours?

Topics we'll likely cover include dealing with fear, who our mentors are and who inspires us, staying healthy, keeping mental focus, training plans. What would resonate with you? What do you want to know more about? Don't be shy. Let us know! [email protected]

With that, please enjoy this conversation with Chris Fagan.

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Today's conversation is with Susan Conrad.

Susan is a kayaker and the author of Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage. The book, released in 2019, chronicles her 1,200 mile journey that took her north to Alaska along the Inside Passage as she paddled solo in an 18-foot kayak.

In our conversation, we talk about the events in her life that came crashing down on her that brought her to the decision to paddle for 66 days alone in her kayak. And how now, 10 years later, she's going to push the reset button and venture off on a similar journey of the Inside Passage.

Susan explains in fascinating detail about the logistics of putting together these trips and we dive into how things have changed not only for her but with technology as she embarks on a new journey this summer.

I just know you're going to love this conversation with Susan Conrad.

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Links/books/people mentioned

Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage by Susan Conrad (Amazon) Wildly Inside: A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage by Susan Conrad (Amazon) Spirited Waters by Jennifer Hahn (Amazon) Navionics Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage by Audrey Sutherland Pacific Wild

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Today's conversation is with Sharon Wood.

Sharon is very unassuming (as Canadians tend to be) yet she has accomplished something pretty incredible.

Sharon was not only the first North American woman to summit Mt. Everest but she did it on the West Ridge route.

The first thing that's notable about that, is that this is a route that has never been successfully summitted since. And that was 34 years ago when Sharon was 29. But what is also notable is that she and her group attempted their summit bid without Sherpas – meaning they were on that mountain carrying all their own gear, fixing all their own ropes without support.

When you consider how the mountain is being climbed today, you can imagine how incredibly difficult that must have been.

But Sharon's story starts at age 16 when she left home to find adventure in the mountains. And, really, she's never looked back.

Sharon has a new book out called Rising: Becoming the First North American Woman on Everest. And she's had these years to reflect on that experience and also see how summiting the planet's tallest mountain has changed in the decades since her summit.

In our conversation, we not only talk about what led up to her summit bid but the experience itself as well as what she calls the "aftermath" that occurred post-summit.

I just know you're going to love this conversation with Sharon Wood.

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Rising: Becoming the First North American Woman on Everest by Sharon Wood (Amazon) Yamnuska Adventures Annie Whitehouse (Outside Magazine)

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Today's conversation is with Jennifer Cobb Moynihan.

Jennifer is a communications coach who works with executives and leaders from a wide range of companies, including Fortune 10 firms. Her specialty is helping people tell their personal stories in a way that ties into their business and how they're showing up in a public facing way.

As you'll hear, Jennifer is a keen observer of people and it's this skill that 's helped her create a business where she coaches people on how to better connect with customers as well as colleagues.

You don't need to be an executive to get something out of this conversation. Jennifer's got some great insight into how we all might better shape our story and how and where we should incorporate our opinions into our public personas.

With that, please enjoy this conversation with Jennifer Cobb Moynihan.

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Links/books/people mentionedPam LeBlanc (on She's Bold Podcast) Oiselle Title Nine Warren Buffet – 25/5 rule (Inc Magazine)

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As I look ahead to 2020, I give some serious thought about Being Bold, how we can better approach Being Bold on a daily, weekly, monthly basis and also the importance of creating a mission statement to live by every day.

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