Tough Girl Podcast
806 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsThe Tough Girl Podcast is all about inspiring and motivating YOU!
I will be interviewing inspirational women from around the world, who’ve faced and overcome difficult challenges and situations, they will share their story, their knowledge and provide advice and essential tips for you to overcome your own personal challenges.
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Yui Pow Redford - First Asian woman to visit every sovereign country in the world!
March 09, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 35.8 MBYui is an educator, writer, and accomplished traveller who has been to more than 200 countries and territories, including Antarctica and the Arctic. In 2017 she made history by becoming the first Asian woman to visit every sovereign country in the world. She also holds the record for being the first Singaporean to have visited all United Nations member states. Her work centers around the use of language and she has a particular interest in world language families and comparative ...
Ashley Manning - A plus-size adventurer who promotes body inclusion, equity and diversity in the outdoors.
March 04, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 41.4 MBAshley is a lover of the outdoors and is passionate about whitewater rafting and hiking. Ashley has been dreaming about hiking the Appalachian Trail ever since she was a little girl when her and her father would pick up thru-hikers and give them lifts into town. After graduating college in 2018, it was the right time to commit to taking on this challenge. Ashley was sponsored by the Thru Hiking Syndicate which is where she got her gear from. After a false start on the AT, and forget...
Dani Reyes-Acosta - Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside
March 02, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MBDani is a storyteller, strategist, advocate, and professional big mountain athlete redefining who plays outside and how we build community with others on this planet. Originally from Southern California, she has traveled through Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Andorra, Canada, and the USA building her craft as a split board mountaineer (plus climber, surfer, and runner) since 2014, when she graduated from corporate life with a one-way ticket to South America. Ever since then, she...
Helen Mort - Poet & Author - ‘Never Leave The Dog Behind’ who explores the relationship between people, dogs and the great outdoors.
February 25, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBHelen Mort has published two poetry collections with Chatto & Windus, ‘Division Street’ (2013) and ‘No Map Could Show Them’ (2015). She won the Fenton Aldeburgh Prize for best first collection. Her novel ‘Black Car Burning’ was published in 2019. She teaches creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and she is also the author of ‘Lake District Trail Running’ (Vertebrate). Her new book is ‘Never Leave The Dog Behind’. Inspired by the story of Missy, a German ...
Lee Vue - Paddling the Mississippi River (2,300+ miles) and her team winning first place in the Women’s Voyageur Division in the Yukon River Quest, paddling 444 miles in 53 hours.
February 23, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 41.7 MBLee Vue is a creative professional with deep knowledge in communications and digital strategy committed to social impact. She graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities with a degree in political science. Her professional career spans across multiple industries that include startups, academia, small businesses and nonprofit organizations. As a current board member of Camp Menogyn, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness and Building More Philanthropy with Purpose (BMPP) ...
EmmaLucy Cole - The joys and challenges of being a solo woman researcher, explorer and biker. Sharing more about spending 2 years with a Bedouin tribe in Sinai.
February 18, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.4 MBEmmaLucy Cole is a UK-based speaker, writer, explorer and researcher. She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy as a lecturer and co-director of the Vicarious Festival of Travel Storytelling. EmmaLucy is currently studying towards a PhD at the University of Bristol, researching how travel writers represent Arabic and Middle Eastern (SWANA) cultures. After over two decades spent studying and representing North African and Middle East...
Monisha Rajesh - Author of “Around the World in 80 Trains”, Nat Geo Traveller Book of the Year.
February 16, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 43.1 MBMonisha Rajesh is a British journalist and travel writer whose writing has appeared in Time magazine, The New York Times, The Guardian, Vanity Fair and The Sunday Telegraph in which she wrote a monthly column about travelling the world by train. Her first book Around India in 80 Trains (2012) was named one of The Independent’s top ten books on India, and her second book Around the World in 80 Trains was published in 2019 to great acclaim. Monisha was born in Norfolk and mostly ...
Kat Young - Hiker & Blogger at Attitude over Ability - Hiking the Coast to Coast UK, Alpine Pass Route, Switzerland and the South Island of New Zealand.
February 11, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.3 MBKat is a climate change consultant based in Oxfordshire. Striving for a healthy work-life balance Kat spends as much time as possible outdoors, mostly walking and cycling, with a splash of paddle boarding. Kat also spends a lot of the time with grease on her face as a volunteer mechanic for Broken Spoke, a community bike project in Oxford. Listen to Kat on the Tough Girl Podcast!! New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - M...
Santia Deck - Professional athlete making history as the highest paid Female Professional American Footballer.
February 09, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 31.2 MBThe Queen Of Abs, Santia Deck, is a history-making Female Professional American Footballer and Social Media Influencer with over 700,000 loyal and engaged followers. Santia Marie Deck was born in South Carolina and raised in Houston, Texas. She now resides in Atlanta and travels often. Since childhood, Santia has been running full speed after her dream of success. Now, she works tirelessly to inspire and empower young people and women around the world with her passion and determination...
Kim Ingleby - International Award Winning Mind & Body Coach. Passionate about helping people embrace fear, grow their confidence, and take action.
February 04, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 42.3 MBKim in her own words I'm Kim Ingleby, Multi Award Winning Mind Body Coach, Author and TEDx Speaker. With a passion and purpose to help you sharpen your mind, define your body, awaken your soul and lead the life you hope and wish for. I am passionate about helping people embrace fear, grow their confidence, commit to themselves and take action. I coach incredible people from all walks of life around the World, including Team GB Athletes, Strictly Come Dancing Pro's and Media P...
Sophia Danenberg - The first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest.
February 02, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.2 MBIn 2006 Sophia became the first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest in the Himalayas. Sophia first major climb was at Mt Rainier in Washington State in 2002. Over the next two years she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt Baker, and Mt Kenya. In 2005 she scaled five peaks: Grand Teton, Mount Katahdin, Mount Denali, Mount Tasman, and Ama Dablam. During this episode Sophia shares more about her passion for mountaineering and how her climbing evolved. Soph...
Lauren Woodwiss - Setting the WR for the fastest female pair to row the Atlantic Ocean & 8 weeks later coming 4th female in the Marathon des Sables!
January 28, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 47.5 MBIn 2019, Lauren Woodwiss, alongside her friend Jemma Rix, set the World Record for the fastest female pair to row across the Atlantic Ocean. 8 weeks after stepping on to dry land, she then went on to finish 4th female at the infamous Marathon des Sables. Currently living on the island of Borneo, she's also recently set up Frontier Sapiens; a UK-based film and live events company celebrating human spirit and the untold stories of inspirational people from around the globe. Althou...
Genny Brown - Aiming to be the first Aruban to ski to the South Pole and raise awareness on the devastating effects of Lyme Disease.
January 26, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 38.9 MBGenny is from the sunny Dutch Caribbean Island of Aruba and moved to London 12 years ago. Prior to moving to the UK, Genny attended the University of New Brunswick in Canada where she fell in love with the great outdoors and learnt to cross-country ski and snowshoe and got into white water rafting and kayaking. Genny in her own words: In June 2008, I moved to the UK and lead a fairly healthy and active life until late 2013 when I suddenly fell inexplicably ill. Unbeknownst to me ...
Katie Holmes - Independent sports historian writing about women's distance running and sharing stories of female runners over 50.
January 21, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 33.7 MBKatie Holmes is a UK-based runner and charity consultant who loves cross country, track and park run. On her website she shares the stories of female runners over 50 and highlights their achievements. Katie is also an independent sports historian, focusing on the history of women's endurance running. Her work is driven by a desire to capture stories which might otherwise be lost and to recover, and uncover, stories which have faded out of the collective memory due to the marginalisatio...
Nazia Khatun - An award winning fitness specialist, connecting neuroscience and fitness to help you fall in love with yourself
January 19, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 33.7 MBNazia has been defying stereotypes from an early age, from fitting into her role as an athlete and what would be accepted as a Bangladeshi female. Her Story Nazia spent most of her life trying to attain the perfect body, leaving her mentally and physically tired. Calorie counting, fad diets all saw Nazia spiral into a destructive relationship with her mind and body. Insecurities and lack of self love eventually took its toll and she faced a dark period of depression facing unw...
Renata Chlumska - Adventure athlete who became the first Swedish and Czech woman to climb Mount Everest and in 2005 did a circumnavigate of the lower 48 States of the United States by her own power.
January 14, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 37.6 MBDuring a journey to Nepal and the Himalayas, she first began to dream about climbing the world’s highest mountain herself. And – following four years of preparation – she accomplished the feat of becoming the first Swedish and Czech woman to reach the summit. In 2005. Renata boarded her sea kayak at the quay in Lake Union in central Seattle. This was the beginning of an almost unbelievable adventure, circumnavigating the coast of the USA in 439 days, mostly in her kayak. The day on w...
Alice Dearing - British Marathon swimmer. World and European Junior Champion. Co-founder of Black Swimming Association.
January 12, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.7 MBAlice is currently the only black person swimming for Britain on senior team. She is the World Junior marathon swim champion (2016). and is training to qualify for the Olympic games and when she does, she will become the first black woman to compete for Great Britain at the Olympics in swimming. Alice is a Co-founder of the Black Swimming Association (BSA) which is promoting and advocating for the inclusion and welfare of people of colour in aquatics. Alice is studying for an MA...
Jeannette McGill - 1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world.
January 07, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40 MBJeannette is the 1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world. She is also the first South African to ever attempt Dhaulagiri, 7th highest mountain. She is passionate about leading individuals and teams to achieve things they never thought possible. She consistently achieves this with enthusiasm and empathy. Jeannette balances a corporate career leading the mining services business for a blue-chip Australian company with her mountaineering pedigree...
Lola Akinmade Åkerström - Award-winning writer and travel photographer exploring culture through food, tradition, and lifestyles.
January 05, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 31 MBLola has photographed and dispatched from 70+ countries for various publications. She is the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award recipient. In addition to contributing to several books, she is the author of the following books – 2018 Lowell Thomas Award winner for best travel book, DUE NORTH, & bestselling LAGOM: Swedish Secret of Living Well available in 18 foreign language editions. Lola has been recognised with multiple awards and nominations for her work, ...
Jen McMahon and Kara Wilson - Road to 50 Miles
December 31, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.8 MB“Road To 50 Miles” chronicles the journey of two women as they train for and run a 50-mile race, an ultramarathon. Their journey leads them on a discovery to find their true heroes and inspires an entire community to help them get across the finish line. Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUMZYK0Y_vU Kara Wilson in her own words: As a child I was always one of the fastest in the class. I was tall and skinny and though awkward I was light and could fly confident...
Alison Walker - UK-based Malaysian ultra-runner completing the Smog Graham Round running over 300-kilometres in 54 hours and 33 minutes
December 29, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 32.8 MBAlison Walker is a U.K. based Malaysian ultra runner who started running ultras in 2019. Alison holds several fastest Malaysian ultra times and has most recently the first person to complete the Smog Graham Round. Over lockdown, she had also completed 4 other FKTs from 18 miles to 120km. New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Make sure you hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out. The tough girl podcast is s...
Gillian Larson - Thru-rider, riding over 10,000 miles through the most remote and wild places in the US with her equine teammates.
December 24, 2020 07:00 - 58 minutes - 46.6 MBGillian Larson and her equine partners have accomplished numerous long distance solo rides on remote wilderness trails in the U.S. Together they have traveled from Mexico to Canada three times: twice on the Pacific Crest Trail (2014 and 2016) and most recently on the Continental Divide Trail (2018). Gillian has also completed the Arizona Trail and the Colorado Trail in 2017 and rode from the Grand Canyon across Utah to Wyoming in 2019. Since embarking on her first thru-ride at ...
Megan Al-Ghailani - Youngest woman to run from John O’Groats to Lands End (JOGLE) completely solo and unsupported.
December 22, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.8 MBMegan is a runner, writer and adventurer from Manchester, UK. Megan in her own words: “I’m a relentless optimist who always tries to say yes to living life to the fullest. I was born hearing impaired, I am completely deaf in my left ear and partially hearing impaired in my right ear. In 2018, during one of the hottest heatwaves Britain has ever had, I ran from John O’Groats to Land’s End completely unsupported, becoming the youngest woman to do so. I covered around 1000 m...
Charlotte Fowles - The Executive Adventurer, solo hiking whilst on chemotherapy & crossing the Australian outback in a 4x4 truck!
December 17, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 44.6 MBCharlotte Fowles - also known as The Executive Adventurer - helps corporate leaders who are frustrated, lost or bored to rediscover their purpose, passion and fun without sacrificing their current success. She is an author and public speaker. Always one to practice what she preaches, she has spent a lot of her life pushing herself way outside her comfort zone in pursuits such as free-diving and scuba diving; marathon running; solo-hiking whilst on chemotherapy; and crossing the Austral...
Marinel de Jesus - Lawyer, writer, avid mountain trekker and a full-time global mountain nomad #BeAPeakExplorer
December 15, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 38.6 MBMarinel de Jesus was a former human rights lawyer from Washington, DC. In 2016, she founded her social enterprise, Peak Explorations, and media site, Brown Gal Trekker. Both entities aim to create equity and inclusion in the outdoor and travel spaces. In 2019, she launched the nonprofit organization, The Porter Voice Collective, which utilizes media to advocate for the rights of porters in the trekking industries of Peru, Nepal and Tanzania. Marinel is also a writer who focuse...
Chemmy Alcott - 4X Winter Olympian and one of Great Britain’s greatest ever skiers!
December 10, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 36.9 MBAs a 4x Winter Olympian, a career high ranking of 8th in the World, 7x British National Overall Champion and the only British female skier to ever win a run in a World Cup, Chemmy Alcott is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest ever skiers. In a time where competing at a Winter Olympics was unusual for a British athlete, Chemmy defied the odds and pioneered a skiing movement that has inspired a generation. Resulting in not just skiers, but British Winter Sport athletes as a whol...
Namira Salim - Space Diplomat, Future Astronaut, & Pioneering Polar Explorer!
December 08, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.6 MBNamira Salim, a Space Diplomat, Future Astronaut, Pioneering Polar Explorer and Artist, is a prominent Pakistani based in the Principality of Monaco since 1997. She is well renowned as the First South Asian and First person from Monaco to go to space aboard Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic –the first private space-line of the world. In March 2006, Sir Richard Branson, Chairman Virgin Group, personally introduced Namira to the world press as one of the earliest Founders and Future ...
Jean Muenchrath - Hiking, skiing and exploring wild places. Author of, “If I Live Until Morning, A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation”
December 03, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MBJean Muenchrath's passion for hiking, skiing and exploring wild places began as a child in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. In 1982 she skied 223 miles along California’s John Muir Trail using skinny Nordic skis without metal edges. Her strength, courage and determination helped her survive a near fatal mountaineering accident on Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental United States, and a five-day epic to self-evacuate. Her love for nature and travel has take her to South A...
Tazneem Anwar - aka Taz @ThisHijabiRuns. Championing diversity in running. Founder and Run Leader at Wycombe Women's Run Club.
December 01, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.7 MBTazneem is a UKA Run Leader, and works with ASICS Frontrunner. Her aim to inspire more women from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities to run. Tazneem works as full time Pharmacist and is mum to 3 boys. Tazneem in her own words “My name is Tazneem, but most people call me Taz. I live in Buckinghamshire and I'm a pharmacist working in the pharmaceutical industry. I started running in 2017 as a complete beginner and ran my 1st half marathon within 6 months of starting. ...
Katie Visco - Adventurer and ultra endurance runner - Ran across America 2009 and ran across Australia in 2019!
November 26, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 43.5 MBKatie Visco, who has been called a "bubbly and offbeat running, biking, soup-making, people-loving, community-building exclamation mark," started running when she was in middle school, duped into the sport thinking it was some kind of soccer conditioning camp. Oops. She quickly fell in love with running, and then... In 2009, promoting the importance of a bold and passion-driven life, Katie ran solo across America, from Boston to San Diego, and became the 2nd youngest and 13th woman ove...
Amazin LeThi - Athlete and Global Advocate for LGBTQ equality in sports
November 24, 2020 07:00 - 58 minutes - 46.6 MBAmazin LêThi was born in Saigon where she was left in an orphanage by her mother. Amazin was then adopted by a white Australian family and became a trans racial adoptee and grew up in Australia. As a young adult, she was homeless for a period of time and it was at this lowest point, contemplating suicide, Amazin realized her passion and love for sport could help her survive. Amazin got into weightlifting as a young age and through this, she gaining physical and mental strength, which ...
Amy Palmiero-Winters - Extreme Ultra Endurance Athlete and first female amputee to finish Western States and the Badwater Ultramarathon!
November 19, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBAmy is a professional athlete, career-woman, mother and the founder of the One Step Ahead Foundation. After losing her left leg below the knee due to a motorcycle accident that occurred in 1994, Amy compiled a tremendous portfolio of world records and firsts for a female amputee in marathons, ultramarathons, triathlons, and ultra-triathlons. As she attained more and more achievements, she found herself in the position of being a role model, especially for young people with physical di...
Loretta Claiborne - Special Olympics Athlete, World-class runner and motivational speaker.
November 17, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MBLoretta was one of 9 children, and lived with her single mum and siblings. Loretta was born partially blind and intellectually challenged, she was unable to walk or talk until the age four. Through the support and commitment of her mum, Loretta eventually began to speak, walk and soon started to follow her big brother into running. After being introduced to the Special Olympics her life started to change. She introduced President Bill Clinton at the 1995 Special Olympics World Summer ...
Tracy Edwards MBE - Round the World Sailor and Social Activist currently running The Maiden Factor Foundation fighting for the rights of all girls to an education
November 12, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.1 MBTracy was expelled from school at the age of 15 and with no exams or qualifications she left to travel the world. She began working on charter yachts in Greece at the age of 17 and learned how to sail. Tracy took part in her first Whitbread Round the World Race as cook aboard ‘Atlantic Privateer’ in 1985/86 becoming the first woman to race around the world on a Maxi. Upon completion she decided to enter the first all-female crew in the 1989/90 Whitbread and ‘Maiden’ crossed the ...
Susan Doram - Covert Adventurer, Pfaffing & spending 2.5 years cycling around the world!
November 10, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.1 MBSusan took up cycling as a hobby about 10 years ago and since then has gone on to spend over 2 and a half years on a cycle tour around the world. Susan visited 15 countries on four different continents. Meeting amazing people along the way and having fantastic experiences, which she has shared on her blog. Since then, Susan has gone on to become a Breeze Champion and she set up Leicester Women’s Velo with a few other Breeze Champions in Leicester. Susan is also one of Cy...
Dr Kerri Andrews - Author of Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
November 05, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 28.1 MBKerri Andrews is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Edge Hill University. She writes about literary history, particularly untold or forgotten histories, and has published widely on women’s writing. Her book, Wanderers: A History of Women Walking, published by Reaktion in September 2020. Tracing the footsteps of ten women walker-writers from eighteenth-century parson’s daughter Elizabeth Carter – who desired nothing more than to be taken for a vagabond in the wilds of southern En...
Khadijah Diggs - Team USA and Silver IronMan All-World Triathlete. Her mission is to Promote a Positive Image of Muslim Women and Islam in General through Sport.
November 03, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 34.6 MB“I want to change the world, one race at a time” - Khadijah Diggs Khadijah is Mother, Project Manager and a Team USA and Silver IronMan All-World Triathlete. Her mission is to Promote a Positive Image of Muslim Women and Islam in General through Sport. Khadijah is currently ranked in the top 5% of her age group by Ironman Triathlon and is the first African American woman to represent Team USA in Long Course Triathlon and the first Muslim women to represent Team USA in any multi-s...
Claire Hughes - Doing the Rickshaw Run in India, as well as being part of a mixed crew to row across the Atlantic Ocean, earning her a World Record!
October 29, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 37.9 MBWhen Claire hit 30, far from settling down and considering herself approaching middle age, she discovered a new lease of life and re-engaged with her love of the great outdoors and travel. Claire loves a challenge and likes to set herself something new each year. This has led to a passion for water based and, in true British style, sitting down sports. She started rowing in 2012 and very quickly caught the bug, racing regionally and nationally. She also loves sea kayaking and the free...
Dr. Betty Holston Smith - 79 years young, running 60 to 100 miles per week, sharing her knowledge about running, health and fitness.
October 27, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBAt 79 years young, Dr. Betty Holston Smith has the fitness level of your average 30-year old and looks at least 20 years younger than she is! Dr. Betty was previously a 200-pound couch potato who loved junk food and smoking. Dr. Betty shares more about how she transformed her life 50 years ago. This really is a master class told by a phenomenal story teller, who goes into the details. During this podcast episode Dr. Betty shares more about her early life, how she got into runnin...
Hetty Key - Adventurer and Lead Researcher into Women in Adventure - Investigating the association between the outdoors and mental wellbeing in women.
October 22, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.4 MBHetty in her own words: I live for adventure. Being outdoors is more than a hobby to me - I thrive on it, rely on it and couldn’t imagine life without it. When I am not out exploring, I'm usually planning or daydreaming of my next adventure - which could be anything from a weekend running around my local hills to some epic endurance event or obscure challenge further afield. I love pushing myself both physically and mentally to find my limit. I can't explain quite why this is, bu...
Jools Walker - AKA Lady Velo, is a cycling advocate, activist, blogger, presenter and award winning author.
October 20, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBJools shares more on her award-winning blog, VéloCityGirl, which focuses on different aspects of cycling, including cycle-style, her own adventures on two wheels, and how to widen participation in cycling. Jools’ blog and social media presence have evolved from being her ‘tiny corner of the internet’ (as she still calls it) to inspiring women and young girls around the world to get on the saddle and ride. Leading publication BikeBiz lists her as one of the most influential women in the...
Deana Ortega a badass single mom who has jammed her way around the roller derby circuit for the past 12 years. Author of My Derby Romance.
October 15, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 32 MBDeana Ortega is a badass single mom who has jammed her way around the roller derby circuit for the past 12 years. Having overcome addiction, negotiated difficult relationships, and endured numerous traumatic losses within her family, she has survived against the odds to become a successful derby captain, triathlete, and hairstylist. Hailing from the vibrant border city of El Paso, Texas, she is the author of Forget Soldadera: A Book of Personal Poetry (Ghostlight Creative, 2018) and M...
Sara Safari - Aiming to be the first Iranian to climb the Seven Summits (only Mt. Everest to go!) and trekking 335 miles across the largest ice cap in the world, Greenland.
October 13, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 37.1 MBSara Safari is an author, speaker, mountain climber, college professor, Electrical Engineer and advocate for women empowerment. Sara was born in Iran and moved to the USA in 2002 to continue her education in electrical engineering. While teaching at California State University Fullerton, Sara met the founder of the Empower Nepali Girls foundation. She decided to climb Mt. Everest to raise funds and awareness for the girls who become victims of human trafficking or are forced into earl...
Catherine Dixon (Cat) and Rachael Marsden (Raz) cycling around the world to set a new WR for being the fastest women to circumnavigate on a tandem!
October 08, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 34.3 MBCatherine Dixon (Cat) and Rachael Marsden (Raz) – known as TandemWOW – had an ambition to raise £1 a mile as they cycled around the world on a tandem bicycle. After 263 days they arrived back in the UK at the end of March 2020, just before lockdown. After cycling 18,000 miles they raised a massive £37,000 for charity. They also set a new world record, beating the previous men’s record by more than 17 days. Always with a smile they cycled through storms, monsoon rains, br...
Ruqsana Begum - Muay Thai world champion in 2016, and the world's first female Muslim boxing champion
October 06, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 38.3 MBAs a young woman from a Bangladeshi, Muslim family, Ruqsana struggled for years to balance her faith and culture with the fast, furious and brutal sport she fell in love with - even hiding her trophies. Now she's fighting to help other young Muslim women to find their own balance between fitness and faith. Ruqsana's story is a tale of empowerment that will inspire anyone who has ever had to battle against the odds and against all the opposition to achieve their goal. With the re...
Cath Pendleton - First Person to swim one mile inside the Antarctic Polar Circle!
October 01, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBOn 22nd February 2020, Welsh ice swimmer Cath Pendleton made history by becoming the first person to ever swim an Ice Mile inside the polar Antarctic circle. She swam in Hanusse Bay in latitude of 66:56 South. Cath is a single mum to two gorgeous girls and doing exercise has always helped her to manage her mental health. Cath discovered her passion for winter/ice swimming in September 2015, since then Cath has tried to go swimming everyday and she refers to it as her "Reset Button”. ...
Cara Yar Khan - Humanitarian and Disability Advocate sharing more about her life and doing a 12-day Grand Canyon descent and expedition on horseback
September 29, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 38.6 MBInternational human-rights advocate, Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, deep in the throes of an aggressive, fatal muscle-wasting disease, ventures out on a daring, 12-day Grand Canyon descent and expedition – on horseback and in whitewater rafts. The journey into the Canyon mirrors Cara’s personal journey, as she and her team battle physical and mental adversities that threaten to kill, wound, or undo them without warning. But a journey that begins as a quest for representation and dramatic ad...
Ashly Winchester - Ultra runner focused on FKT’s (Fastest Known Times) & Host of Womxn Of The Wild Podcast
September 24, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MBAshly Winchester an avid ultra-runner, backpacker, rock climber, and mountaineer. She also loves chasing FKT's (Fastest Known Times) and revels in immersing herself in solo, unsupported records in the wilderness. Ashly created and began hosting the podcast, Womxn Of The Wild, in December 2019 with the aim to inspire, educate, and empower women in the outdoors. Ashly in her own words: “As I developed my skills and proficiency in the outdoors, I started meeting and connecti...
Vedangi Kulkarni - The youngest woman to have circumnavigated the world on bicycle. 160 days to pedal 29,000km, across 14 countries!
September 22, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBVedangi Kulkarni recently became the youngest woman to have circumnavigated the world on bicycle. It took her 160 days to pedal 29000km, across 14 countries. She was 19 when she started, and 20 when she finished, celebrating her 20th birthday around the halfway point in Canada. Most of her journey was solo and unsupported. Vedangi in her own words: My childhood was a lot about my parents and I travelling out and about through every summer/winter break. I used to write poems and s...
Rosaria Barreto - Movement is Medicine - using exercise to help women and seniors with clinical health conditions
September 17, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.3 MBRosaria “Rosie” Barreto, also known as the Vitality Coach, helps women and seniors live happier and healthier through the power of exercise! With a background in clinical exercise, she is on a mission to change the mindset from 'exercise is for active individuals' to 'exercise is also for people who struggle to move due to clinical health limitations’. Rosie runs the Vitality Hub which is a health and fitness movement encouraging people who find exercise difficult to move more, eat wel...