The Dareful Project

"Don't ever not be curious." That's Kris Evans' advice to tapping into our creative superpowers. Evans is an award-winning makeup artist with experience in feature films, TV, commercials, music videos, fashion editorial and advertising. She started her career in New York City working with Barbara Walters, Saturday Night Live, feature films and episodic television. Her film career spans more than 35 features and she has worked with Bob Costas for every Olympics from 2002-2016.

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"What I realized about getting my pilot's license," recalls Sue Mead about her latest accomplishment, "is that I was more afraid of not trying than of trying and failing. I have to see things through." Seeing it through has also made Mead one of the best off-road drivers out there. Her goal: bring other women along--new and seasoned--to the adventure of off-road driving. And that could be you, she says.

Sue Mead's automotive career began as a freelance evaluator in 1988, on the first team that included women as testers. Today, she travels the world test-driving cars and trucks, and working as a photojournalist/feature writer. Her books include Monster Trucks and Tractors; Off Road Racing: Legends and Adventures; and Rock Crawling. She has been to 70 countries and driven enough off-road race miles to have circumnavigated the globe twice. Mead won the Open Production class at the 2011 Dakar and is an inductee into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame. She also is a private pilot.

https://www.rebellerally.com/

It was supposed to be their adventure together. Colleen Kelley and her husband Bob were in the middle of buying an "off-the-grid" lodge in Alaska when Bob suffered a fatal heart attack. Now Colleen had to decide: head back to the lower 48 or stay and build a life in Alaska on her own. She chose Alaska. And it has been a great adventure. "I've learned that you get to choose who you want to be," says Kelley.

Colleen Kelley, Ph.D., MSN, RN is owner of Clearwater Mountain Lodge on the Denali Highway, Alaska. She's also an adjunct faculty member at Alaska Pacific University, Institute of Health and Wellness.

https://clearwatermountainlodge.com/

"There is nothing that makes me feel like I don't belong more than reading profiles on dating apps," writes Martha Carr in her Los Angeles Times essay on being 67 and dating. But she also says it's been insightful journey: "I've learned relationships can be whatever I want them to be."

Martha Carr is a writer and psychotherapist in private practice in Burbank, California. Her website is: http://mcarrmft.com/

Read her essay here:

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-03-06/la-affairs-online-dating-at-67-feels-like-high-school

Ford futurist Sheryl Connelly doesn't see into a crystal ball but she does devote her professional life to teasing out hunches that turn into future trends. Connelly has served as Ford's corporate futurist for over 15 years, helping lead discussions on long-term thinking, planning and strategy. She's been a featured speaker around the world including TED2018 and TED Global 2013.

https://corporate.ford.com/microsites/fordtrends/index.html

Amy Lerner is a mother of two and former Wall Street trader turned adventurer whose love of adventure has taken her around the world through the sport of off-roading. In January 2021, Lerner competed in the Classic division at the Dakar Rally, a grueling 4,751-mile race across the Arabian Desert in Saudi Arabia, widely considered one of the toughest competitions in the world.

https://www.dakar.com/en/competitor/202

David Stewart is the founder of AGEIST. A passionate champion of the modern 50+ lifestyle, he frequently shares his insights with major media publications including WSJ, The Times of London, Forbes and Fortune. He also consults for a range of Fortune 500 brands and businesses.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/superage-live-better/id1514482663

https://www.weareageist.com/

As founder of Shine Scout, Lynn Casey has made it her life's work to help businesses read the tea leaves of culture, trends and emerging conversations. Like all of us, she's also been looking closely at what 2020 has brought and what 2021 is turning out to be. There are gifts that come with uncertainty, she says, if we can dive in past the breakwaters of fear. There is a whole new world just waiting for us to discover.

https://shinescout.com/

This is a podcast series about our 2.1 life. Our dareful life.

Like you, I've built a career, raised kids, juggled life and now I need to know how the next part works. My hunch is that between the noise, there is space to reinvent ourselves.

So let's talk with people who are doing that.

Every week, I'm interviewing old and new friends about careers, adventures, relationships, our bodies, our minds and all the messiness that comes with living deeply. Living darefully.