Lightening Trauma's Invisible Weight on the Trail: Sydney Williams

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English - September 26, 2018 09:32 - 43 minutes - 40 MB - ★★★★★ - 878 ratings
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Sydney Williams is more than a weight loss story, or an outdoors person with Type II diabetes, or a trauma survivor. But hiking the Trans-Catalina trail the second time helped her put it all together.

Women featured in this episode: Sydney Williams

Hosted by Gale Straub

In this episode, you'll hear

How Sydney hiked the Trans-Catalina Trail in Southern California two times: the first time it was the hardest thing physically, the second it was the hardest emotionally
Why a diagnosis of Type II diabetes was the best thing that ever happened to Sydney
The four things Sydney learned to manage when monitoring her blood sugar
Why stress can be so hard to regulate
How Sydney started hiking her feelings rather than eating and drinking her feelings
What was revealed to her about her past trauma on the trail
How hiking has helped her own her story
Why Sydney is going on a speaking tour in southern California to share her experience and where you can hear her talk
The lost potential of women due to sexual violence
How the outdoors helped Sydney coax healing from the trauma she carried

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Sydney Williams: Hiking My Feelings Website & Instagram
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Music is by Lee Rosevere, Kai Engel, Josh Woodward using a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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