"I walked 454 miles and still feel like I failed" a real talk about hiking the PCT with Vanessa Friedman

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    On this episode, I get to talk with Vanessa Friedman!

Vanessa is a 28 year old queer feminist writer and photographer based in Portland, OR. She's fat, femme, and opinionated. Her words have been published at Nylon, SHAPE, and Autostraddle, where she is also the community editor. In 2017 she hiked 450 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail and 230 miles on the Camino de Santiago; in 2018 she plans to embark on another long hike, hopefully with 100% less toxic masculinity on trail! When she's not sharing all her feelings on the internet or walking long distances, you can find her cooking, crafting, caring for kiddos, and talking about astrology. She's a Capricorn sun, Gemini moon, Virgo rising, in case you were wondering. Follow Vanessa on twitter, instagram, and at her personal blog, vanessapamela.com.

In this episode we discuss: goals, intentions and adventure, how we categorize failure, body image woes and toxic masculinity on the PCT, Carrot Quinn and the Lowest to Highest Trail, social media addiction, and so much more!  

A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at [email protected]!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon    You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at [email protected].   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    On this episode, I get to talk with Vanessa Friedman!

Vanessa is a 28 year old queer feminist writer and photographer based in Portland, OR. She's fat, femme, and opinionated. Her words have been published at Nylon, SHAPE, and Autostraddle, where she is also the community editor. In 2017 she hiked 450 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail and 230 miles on the Camino de Santiago; in 2018 she plans to embark on another long hike, hopefully with 100% less toxic masculinity on trail! When she's not sharing all her feelings on the internet or walking long distances, you can find her cooking, crafting, caring for kiddos, and talking about astrology. She's a Capricorn sun, Gemini moon, Virgo rising, in case you were wondering. Follow Vanessa on twitter, instagram, and at her personal blog, vanessapamela.com.

In this episode we discuss: goals, intentions and adventure, how we categorize failure, body image woes and toxic masculinity on the PCT, Carrot Quinn and the Lowest to Highest Trail, social media addiction, and so much more!  

A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at [email protected]!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon    You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at [email protected].   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill