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Tough Girl - Daily Podcast - SEASON 2

After working in finance for 8 years, I quit my city job and spent 18 months travelling the world, climbing Kilimanjaro, backpacking around South America and doing a ski season. I used this time to help me decide on what I wanted to do with my life. ​ I set up Tough Girl Challenges as a way of motivating and inspiring women and girls. I'm the host the Tough Girl Podcast where I interview inspirational female explorers, adventurers, athletes and everyday women who have overcome great challenges. I completed the Marathon des Sables in April 2016 and in 2017 I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail (2,190 miles) in 100 days! In 2018 I will be cycling the Pacific Coast Highway and the Baja Divide! This is my daily update of what I get up to! I want to share the journey, the high points the low points and what it takes to build a business while having fun and going on adventures! ******************************************* SEASON 2 I’ve been wanting to go back to the Tough Girl Daily Podcast for a while. But I’ve just had so much on, I needed to let it go while I focused on my Masters getting back to full strength after the Appalachian Trail and working on building up Tough Girl Challenges into a viable business which can support me. At the moment I do work part time jobs to enable to me to do what I do and I do live with my parents (who are beyond amazing and supportive) but I do need to make this work, I need to be able to earn a living. I feel there is an illusion about how easy it is to build a business, build a brand and being able to earn a living from it. It’s not - it’s hard work and I hope through this daily podcast you will be able to see what is going on behind the scenes. I will share the good bits and the bad bits, the high points, the low points.
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May 4, 2017

Tough Girl Daily - 3rd May - #Interviews #DontCheckTwitterAtNight

 

  • Interview day
  • Not sleeping well
  • Interview at 9 am with Catherine Edsell
  • How I first heard about Pip Hare
  • 3 Peaks Yacht Race
  • Watching documentaries 
  • Voting for Liverpool Mayor
  • Women’s Equality Party
  • No more old, white men telling us what to do
  • 2nd vote to the Green party
  • Plans for tomorrow
  • Come and check out Instagram stories!! @toughgirlchallenges
  • xx 

 

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Twitter - https://twitter.com/_tough_girl

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/toughgirlchallenges/ 

Blog/Website - https://www.toughgirlchallenges.com/ 

FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/ToughGirlChallenges/ 

TRIBE  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ToughGirlTribe/

Tumblr - http://toughgirlchallenges.tumblr.com 

Pinterest - https://uk.pinterest.com/Tough101/ 

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ToughGirlPodcast?ty=h

 

May 3, 2017
  • Having a wonderful day
  • 100th episode with Cheryl Strayed
  • Social media morning
  • Facebook boost - not getting the result I wanted
  • Walking 12 miles with my new backpack
  • Heading over to Hilbre Island
  • Doing some Instagram stories @toughgirlchallenges
  • Ice-cream…
  • Taking some time to think and evaluate where I am
  • Epsom salt bath
  • Editing Laura Maisey Podcast
  • Being interviewed for a new podcast - By Kelly Coves
  • Feeling drained..
  • 9.30… bed 
  • xx 

 

You can listen to the Tough Girl Podcast on the go via iTunes, Soundcloud & Stitcher!

 

 

 

May 2, 2017
  • Having a productive day
  • Applying for a campaign through Freestak (ISPO, Stance, Fori bars etc)
  • Creating my video….
  • 4 more podcasts uploaded
  • 3 more to go!!
  • By Wednesday all the podcasts will be recorded
  • The final push… trying to stay focused and not get distracted
  • Completing this project first
  • Working with my PT - Chris Thomas
  • Box jumps, hops, calf raises, hanging knee tuck, kettle bell swings, reverse prowlers
  • Leg burn… brutal
  • I need to share my new strength and conditioning program
  • Patreon goal for April 104 patrons - $444 per month
  • Goal for May $500 before I start the trail
  • Food budget $100 a week for food?
  • Re evaluation on millage at the start.. starting off with lower millage and building up to it gradually
  • I like being in control
  • I like being ahead of the game
  • My personal development goals
  • Training to failure
  • Mastermind May Call - why I started the group
  • Levelling up - why you need to surround yourself with people who can do that
  • 2nd May - 100th episode - Cheryl Strayed
  • Boosting the episode through Facebook - £10… £15
  • 285,000 downloads… I need to average 27,000 each month to hit 500,000 by the end of the year
  • Plans for my week - everything is scheduled in…
  • What have I forgotten?
  • Putting on weight…. love handles…
  • Future blog posts - body, team, plans for while I’m away, how people can support me on the trail, what if, favourite podcasts
  • Financial support - how to say it? how to ask for it?
  • Don’t create - Document
  • Have an amazing week - know what you want to achieve, be specific, add in breaks
  • Watching - Losing site of shore - with Natalia Cohen - watch on Netflicks
  • Julia Williams will be coming on the Tough Girl Daily Podcast!
  • Getting to meet members of the Williams Family!!
  • Only 30 more days of the daily podcast!!
  • xx 
May 1, 2017

The questions I answered

 

Please see below for questions:
 
  1. Firstly what spurred you on to change your lifestyle from working in finance to now being a fully fledged adventurer?


  1. Out of the many expeditions that you have set yourself, which one challenged/pushed you to the limits both physically and mentally?


  1. Is there one piece of equipment that you cannot go without whilst on an expedition?


  1. Your podcast Tough Girl Challenges has now been running for many years. What inspired you to set this up initially and how much work goes into creating your podcasts?


  1. You interview women from all walks of life. Do you feel that this has inspired you as a person to try new things?


  1. You are next planned expedition is to embark on a 100 day hike across the Appalachian trail. How long does planning such a trip take?


  1. Finally as it is International women's day what piece of advice would you give women out there who may only just be starting/keen to start up their own adventures and try something new?
 
Thanks again and hopefully we will get to meet you in person some day soon
Dani @mountainandco
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