She's Bold with Beth Whitman

Today's conversation is a bit unusual and hopefully you'll be as inspired as always. Today I'm the guest and Chris Fagan, whom you might recall from Episode 88 of the She's Bold Podcast, asks ME the questions.

This is all about my Epic5 run in Hawaii!

As a reminder, Chris and her husband walked 560 miles over 48 days to the South Pole, pulling sleds with all of their gear that weighed about 200 pounds. Yeah, super inspirational. If you're new to the show, be sure to go back and listen to that episode.

Chris suggested that we sit down and talk through my recent experience running Epic5. As an experienced ultra-runner herself, she had some great questions. We were able to talk through my preparation for running five 50Ks in 5 days on 5 Hawaiian islands, as well as the actual experience and then my recovery.

You'll also hear a question that was asked by Dana, one of my Patreon supporters. Getting to ask questions of guests is just one benefit you'll get as a supporter of the show. For just $5 month you'll also be added to our private Facebook group, and have access to bonus content that is usually in the form of a question that I ask the guest after we've finished recording the main part of the show.

I hope you're feeling generous right as I'd love have you more involved with She's Bold community :-)

Check out shesboldpodcast.com/patreon for details. Before I get to our conversation, I do want to give a huge shout out to the Epic5 race directors, Rebecca Morgan and Chris Brennan and our photographer, Colin Cross. These folks did an amazing job at supporting our small group of runners. I can't thank them enough for making this event happen, given our small but mighty numbers.

And thanks to Peter Jurt for running Epic5 for the 2nd year in a row. As I told him, given that he knew what he was about to get into, I was even more impressed that he showed up.

The folks at Epic5 are best known for their triathlon races – where participants complete 5 triathlons in 5 days on 5 Hawaiian islands. And next year they are doing 10 triathlons in 10 days.

So throughout my runs, I knew it would be nothing compared to what the participants in that event would be taking on.

If you're a runner and want to challenge yourself, I highly recommend the Epic5 run. It was truly a fantastic experience for me. And while there were just 3 of us running it this year, it's limited to 12 so it'll always be an intimate group of people that you'll get to know well during the experience. You can see more about them at epic5.com.

With that, please enjoy this conversation with me about Epic5!

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Links/books/people mentioned Racing the Planet Epic5 Marathon de Sables Cascade Super Ultra Nuun (Amazon) Tony Robbins Events Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend Marianne Williamson quote The Expedition by Chris Fagan (Amazon) MarcPro (Amazon) Oura Ring

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Today's conversation is with Jean Godden.

Jean is a journalist, a former Seattle City Council member and the author of Citizen Jean: Riots, Rogues, Rumors and Other Inside Seattle Stories.

She's been part of my world in one way or another for pretty much my entire time in Seattle, which is going on 30 years now.

First as a journalist at the Seattle Post Intelligencer, then the Seattle Times and then as a Seattle City Council member. I've been really interested in having her on the podcast because she has been such a visible presence and influence in the Seattle area but it wasn't until I started really researching her that I discovered that she's 88 and still very active on many levels. That's when I really really wanted to have her on the podcast.

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to chat with her and learn firsthand about her background and what has made her such a special woman and what keeps her going and inspired.

So in this conversation, we chat about what led her to becoming a Seattle City Council member at 71 and what she accomplished during her 12 years on the council.

We also dive into her background and what it was like growing up having lived in 116 places with her family (no, they weren't fugitives on the run) and that was before she finally settled in Seattle.

Also in this conversation, you'll hear her secret to longevity.

With that, please enjoy this conversation with Jean Godden.

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Links/books/people mentionedCitizen Jean: Riots, Rogues, Rumors and Other Inside Seattle Stories (Amazon) Westside Seattle (her column) The Bridge Seattle (radio)

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Today's guest is Robin Layton.

Robin is a Seattle-area photographer who has a new book out called The Lake. The book is a culmination of her body of work over a 10-year time period photographing Lake Washington.

Now, I say that she's a photographer, but really, she is so much more than that.

Robin started her career as a photojournalist, working at a number of newspapers and really learning her craft there. By the time she was 24, she was honored by LIFE Magazine as one of the top eight photographers in America.

She went on to become a photographer to the stars (we're talking Oprah, Jennifer Aniston and others) and she now finds herself making a living as an artist / photographer and filmmaker. Robin is currently a Nikon Ambassador.

You'll hear all about how her career unfolded during our conversation.

It's obvious that following her passion led Robin to living a successful, fascinating and enriched life. She doesn't have a formula to help make others successful but it's evident that being kind and grateful to others as well as true to herself has helped her create this beautiful life that she leads.

With that, please enjoy this conversation with Robin Layton.

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Links/books/people mentioned The Lake by Robin Layton A Letter to My Dog by Robin Layton 12 by Robin Layton hoop: the american dream by Robin Layton David Alan Harvey George Winston William Ackerman Todd Boston Something Good (video) Snatam Kaur (Amazon) Yungchen Lhamo (on She's Bold Podcast)

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Today's guest is Mina Yoo.

Mina is the founder of HeroClip. This is a super handy device that combines a caribiner with a hook so you can take your purse, your backpack, your water bottle, pretty much an endless number of things and hang it on a hook, a tree branch, fence post, pretty much an endless number of things in order to keep your hands free. I actually brought two of them with me to Ireland.

You'll hear Mina describe it and how it came about and it'll make a lot more sense.

Anyway, you'll hear Mina's story of how the HeroClip came about and how that experience, being a creator, an inventor, then gave her the idea of her new book which she co-authored with Hilary Meyerson. The book is due out on October 22, and it's called Be an InventHer: an Everywomen's Guide to Creating the Next Big Thing.

In this conversation, we also talk about the reality of juggling all of this. What it's like for her to be an overextended parent and the guilt associated with trying to juggle a business, being a wife as well as a mother to two children. And we go into how men are treated differently with regards to juggling the work/life balance and the different societal expectations for women and men.

We also talk about taking the leap of faith as Mina did when she left a very secure job as a university professor to jump into the unknown to launch a business.

Let's just say, Mina is super inspirational.

With that, please enjoy this conversation with Mina Yoo.

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Links/books/people mentioned Seattle Chocolate Company Jean Thompson (on She's Bold Podcast) Be an InventHer (on Amazon) HeroClip video

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Today's conversation is a bit different for several reasons.

First, a portion of this episode was initially featured on Beth Baker's podcast, Why We Run. I so enjoyed that conversation that I wanted to include the full-length version here.

So in this episode, the tables are turned a bit and Beth Baker is asking ME the questions.

But there's something else that's a bit different about this episode. It's recorded while we are running. So you're going to hear a lot of heavy breathing throughout our conversation. And you're going to hear ambient noise and us talking about the bunnies and other things going on around us. I wanted to keep that in because that's what happens when you're running. You notice things.

Beth and I talk about a lot of different things here and there are a ton of links in the show notes with more information. I think there are more links than I've ever had to add before. But I think that'll make for a very informative and interesting listen.

Also, not too long after we recorded this I had Beth on the She's Bold Podcast, that was episode #103 so you can go back and listen to our conversation (not while we were running) so you can learn more about Beth Baker.

With that, let's get right to this conversation with me and Beth Baker.

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Links/books/people mentionedRich Roll Podcast Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast Too Funny to Fail with Dana Carvey Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo book WanderTours iPod Shuffle Honolulu Marathon Tokyo Marathon Seattle Ghost Marathon Seattle Marathon Quadzilla Foot Traffic Flat Marathon on Sauvie Island Epic5 Cascade Super Series Ultra 4 Deserts / Racing the Planet Marathon des Sables Dr. Bubbs podcast Peak by Dr. Marc Bubbs (Amazon) Cronometer app Radio Paradise KEXP Runner Powered Podcast John Richards at KEXP Running Evolution Easy Street Records Skratch electrolytes (Amazon) Nuun (Amazon) Ultimate Direction Chris Mackay on She's Bold Podcast A Plastic Ocean (Amazon) Gu Gel Mirna Valerio Papua New Guinea tour The Gits Title Nine Oiselle Sally Bergesen on She's Bold Podcast Kelly Herron on She's Bold Podcast

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Today's conversation is with Danielle Bogardus.

Danielle is a philanthropist and an entrepreneur. She's the Founder, President and Board Director of Connect-3, which she started in 2014. Connect-3 assesses the educational, waste management and water needs in developing communities and empowers the local people by helping them find solutions to the identified issues.

The program started in Peru where Danielle was doing undergraduate work with the University of Washington. She's now working in Ethiopia and plans to broaden this program to other communities around the globe.

All of this is pretty remarkable. But what is even more remarkable is that she's just 23.

I have a lot of inspirational women on this podcast but I can't say that I've ever met someone quite like Danielle. I just don't know how someone so young has such a mature, well-rounded view of the world and so much forethought and compassion to dedicate her time to bettering the world. And I'll fully admit that that might say more about me than about Danielle because, as I say in the podcast, I just didn't have her level of maturity at 23. So big big kudos to her.

I know you'll love this conversation with Danielle Bogardus.

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Links/books/people mentioned40 Chances by Howard Buffet (Amazon) Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (Amazon) Savages by Joe Kane (Amazon) Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder (Amazon) Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Amazon) Angel Murdock (on She's Bold Podcast0 Chris Guillebeau Side Hustle by Chris Guillebeau (Amazon)

Also:Glerups Slipper contestTucscon event at Summit Hut

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Today conversation is with Kim Brown Seely.

Kim is an award-winning travel writer, a contributing editor for Virtuoso Life magazine and has written for National Geographic Adventure, Travel & Leisure, Town & Country, Outside magazine and many other outlets.

She's also a wife, a mother and, more recently, an empty-nester AND a sailor.

And it's these latter terms that bring us here today because she just published a book called, Uncharted: A Couple's Epic Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another which interweaves her empty nest experience with her sailing adventures with her husband.

And as I do here on the podcast, I wanted to dig into her back story and wanted to find out more about her and how the book came about. So we talked about when she was young and her early travels with her family and her getting hooked on these adventures and the outdoors so much so that she wanted to make a living from them. And she did just that.

She found her way into the travel writing world in New York City. Ultimately she landed here in Seattle, working for some very cutting edge companies in the early days of the dot com boom.

She has an interesting story to tell and the adventures have only just begun!

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Links/books/people mentionedUncharted: A Couple's Empty-Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another (Amazon)Mungo Park American Field Service Afar Magazine

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Today's conversation is with running coach and fellow podcaster (and fellow name-sharer) Beth Baker. If you've ever considered running or exercising or even just trying to figure out other ways to incrementally improve your life (and hopefully you ALL have, that's why you're listening), you're going to really love this conversation.

You could say Beth is a reluctant Seattleite. And despite us both being here for quite a while, we only recently got connected when I was a guest on her podcast, Why We Run (and I'm going to be releasing that episode here soon so you can hear our full conversation where she's asking me the questions).

Like me, Beth didn't get into running because it was something she had done all her life. She got into it as an adult and had to navigate her way through it without a lot of mentorship (or even online information). It took her a year to work up to a 5K race but once she did that, her trajectory was fast. But she still remembers her reluctance and the self-talk and doubts that initially kept her from running.

That's why today she's a running coach encouraging first time runners. Because she remembers what it was like to just start out.

You don't have to be a runner or have any interest in running to get inspired by this conversation and what it is that Beth does.

So with that, enjoy this conversation with running coach, Beth Baker.

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Links/books/people mentionedTitle Nine Clothes Papua New Guinea Tour Go Guarded Ring (Amazon) Kelly Herron (on She's Bold Podcast) Benjamin Gibbard Death Cab for Cutie Oiselle KEXP Radio

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Today's guest is Kellie Phelan.

Kellie is the founder of The Works Seattle. The Works offers DIY classes for a variety of things including cooking, canning, sewing, art classes, pumpkin carving, tarot card reading and much, much more.

But for Kellie, The Works is much more than just a classroom or a place for learning. It's a place for connecting. It's where people come together, and yes, they're learning a new skill, but they're also making friends in the process. Obviously this is resonating with people because The Works is growing by leaps and bounds.

Kellie shares her story of how The Works came to be. How it was an illness that made her realize she needed to leave a stressful job and find work that resonated with her, one in which she could create a lifestyle business.

I really do love Kellie's positive can-do attitude and the way that she's made the best of situations.

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Links/books/people mentionedNorthwest Surrogacy Center

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Today's guest is Nichole Doane.

Nichole is a trauma nurse at Harborview Medical Center here in Seattle. Harborview, as many people in my neck of the woods knows, is THE trauma center for the Pacific Northwest. It's where you want to be taken in the case of a traumatic injury or burn.

But I didn't want to speak to Nichole because of her work as a trauma nurse. Instead, it was because of an accident she had while canyoneering. This near-fatal fall changed the trajectory of her life.

Nichole was on a canyoneering trip in August of 2017 when she fell about 60 feet. What happened to her in the minutes leading up to the fall and the hours following it, when she was awaiting a rescue, was nothing short of a miracle. It's really incredible to me the way she processed what was going on—and then, frankly—lived to tell about it.

Since her accident and recovery, Nichole is now spending her time helping those in crisis—as a speaker by helping others through traumatic experiences and by bringing to light the PTSD that happens within the community of public servants. You'll understand what exactly I mean as you listen to our conversation.

In short, I've never heard anyone explain their near-death experience quite like Nichole does. I'm moved by the way she's taken that experience and turned it into such a force for good.

With that, please enjoy this conversation with Nichole Doane.

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Links/books/people mentionedBe Like Water Trailer Canyoneering (Wiki) Life is Beautiful (Amazon) Chris Mackay (on She's Bold Podcast)

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