Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

There aren’t many people in the world who can say they haven’t faced some kind of trauma or tragedy in life. And while it’s not a competition – there are some whose paths are decidedly more rocky than others. People choose to handle that in different ways. Not all of them decide to climb Mount Everest. Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is an explorer, mountaineer, author, survivor and activist. Perhaps even in that order. Her recently published book: “In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage” weaves a tale of courage, addiction, abuse and triumph. Growing up in Peru, Silvia experienced traumatic events that would fuel her life – in some not altogether positive ways. Circumstances led her to begin mountaineering, a journey that also led to her diving deeply into activism supporting young women. In this journey of healing others, Silvia also healed herself and in this podcast, she shares about this experience, the drivers behind why she does what she does and notes that the absence of deep relationships with pets during traumatic years was a perfect mirror for the problems in the world that she now courageously endeavors to address.

What does leadership actually mean in today’s world? Good questions, right? That’s what Cathy Brooks, thought. And it’s why she created Talk, Unleashed – a new podcast of entirely candid conversations with fascinating people doing remarkable things. This weekly podcast will feature guests from arts and entertainment to business to technology to food to activism to politics (well, we’ll see on that last one). Talk Unleashed invites these influencers to consider the things that have led to them to where they are, the lessons they’ve learned and how all those things can come together to create a better world.

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