This week, Lise is joined by Vicki Anstey, world record-holding adventurer, entrepreneur, speaker and author of new book Other People Are Like the Weather. From rowing across the Pacific Ocean to cycling across America, Vicki has built a remarkable reputation for taking on extreme challenges. But this conversation goes far beyond adventure.
Together, Lise and Vicky explore what happens when women in midlife stop living according to other people's expectations and start trusting themselves. They discuss fear, identity, relationships, self-belief and the transformative power of stepping outside your comfort zone.
In this episode, join Lise and Vicky to discover:
Why Vicky walked away from a 20-year relationship and the life-changing lessons she learned about self-trust and independence
How a childhood near-drowning experience led to a profound fear of water, and why rowing the Pacific became her way of confronting it
What really happened during her 60-day world record ocean row and the unexpected challenges that nearly broke her
The powerful meaning behind her book title, Other People Are Like the Weather, and why trying to manage everyone else's reactions leaves us exhausted
How difficult conversations before a challenge can transform team dynamics, relationships and everyday life
Why midlife can be the perfect time to reinvent yourself and discover who you really are beneath years of expectations and conditioning
Vicki's insight that the fear of failure is often actually a fear of success, and what happens when we start asking "What's the best that could happen?"
Quote of the episode
"Sometimes, the fear of failure is actually a fear of success. We're so conditioned to think about what's the worst that could happen, we don't think about what's the best that could happen." -Vicki Anstey
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