Humility in Human-Powered Adventures with HerOdyssey
November 29, 2022
Hosted by Sydney WIlliams
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Episode Description
The two-woman multi-sport, endurance athlete team of Bethany ‘Fidgit’ Hughes and Lauren ‘Neon’ Reed have completed a human powered expedition, traveling the length of the Americas connecting the story of the land and its inhabitants. Across 18,221 miles of hiking, bikepacking, and paddling, they engaged local populations in storytelling, connecting to how humans and animals are adapting to a changing planet. As women explorers, Her Odyssey put sweat equity into the uphill battle toward women’s empowerment and equitable acknowledgment. The ‘Herstory’ Series on their website highlight women creating change. The expedition challenges social norms and prejudices about women in the backcountry and tests the determination of the adventurers. IN THIS EPISODE: - How did Fidgit and Neon prepare for this expedition? Did they experience resistance along the way? - We can't control what the wilderness will throw at us, what was the first sign that things weren't going according to plan? How did they handle it? - This expedition was spread out over seven years to make it sustainable financially, mentally, physically, and to protect the landscapes they were traversing. In a world that seems more impressed with peak-bagging and fastest known times, what would they have missed if they tried to make this happen all in one shot? - How did the team use their privilege to leave the spaces better than they found them and improve the lives of folks they met along the way? - How did Sawyer step up, show up, and make a difference on this expedition for the communities you were traveling through?
Wellness in the Wilderness
Tuesday at 1 PM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel
Did you know that the average American spends 90% of their lives indoors? It's tragic and it's true - we have lost our connection to the wilderness from which we came, and it is impacting every aspect of the human experience. If you're ready to slow down and take a cue from nature to help you bring your best self to life, love, and work - welcome to Wellness in the Wilderness, we're glad you're here! Join Hiking My Feelings founder + CEO Sydney Williams and her guests as they explore how creativity, connection, and community are amplified by time spent outside. Through shared story and self-reflection, we can gain tremendous insights and inspiration from our journey on the Trail of Life. Tune in each Tuesday at 1pm PT to feel a little less alone in this world, and understand how the outer wilderness influences our inner wilderness to support optimal wellness of the mind, body, and spirit.
Sydney WIlliams
When former collegiate athlete and competitive skydiver, Sydney Williams, unexpectedly found herself on the receiving end of a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis while grappling with unresolved trauma from a decades-old sexual assault, she set out on a mission: turn her pain into power. Two hikes across Catalina Island and 80 miles later, she founded Hiking My Feelings to help others tap into the mind-body connection and healing power of nature that helped kick her self-limiting beliefs and disease into remission. Over the years, she’s been featured on the SXSW stage, as well as in Health Magazine, Diabetic Living Magazine, Psychology Today, US News & World Report, and numerous other publications. Today, she is the author of Hiking My Feelings: Stepping into the Healing Power of Nature, host of Wellness in the Wilderness on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment channel, a certified Wilderness First Responder, instructor at the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park, and travels across the country empowering others to summit their personal mountains on their way to becoming Well Beings.
