• Super quick day
• Catching up with Rae & Gemma from 7 women - 7 challenges
• Meeting Ellie!
• Meeting in real life
• Power nap
• Being naughty…
• Eating chocolate and watching a movie
• Setting SMART GOALS tomorrow for 2018

• Count down till the family are here!
• Patreon - How I make an income…
• Feeling despondent
• Youtube stats
• Patreon money…declining each month…
• “The creator wasn't engaging like I expected”
• Having a boost in patrons!!
• I hate asking for money
• Excited for new patrons! Goal $1,000 - $2,000 per month
• Lancaster - Gender, Sex & Bodies - technology and reproduction
• Critical Debates in Media Studies - Exam Question…
• Aura & Celebrity…. Angelina Jolie… 29th January…
• Plans for next week - Race & Black Feminism
• Traffic :-(
• Vlogging…. Vlogmas???
• Stopping the daily podcast?
• Summit Day Vlog - Day 100
• Final push for goals 2017
• 2018….
• 1 Million Downloads?!
• SMART GOALS

At just 26 years old, Mollie Hughes became the youngest woman in the world and the first English woman to summit Mount Everest from both sides. In 2017, Mollie stood on top of the world for the second time after her first summit from the south side in 2012. From this major feat, Mollie experienced a whirlwind of ups and downs that led to lessons that can be applied to any adventure.

1. Find Your Inspiration

Everest hadn’t always been on Mollie’s mind. In fact, it wasn’t something she considered herself capable of climbing. At her final year of University, Mollie chose to write her dissertation on the psychology of climbing Mount Everest. She interviewed 7 men who climbed Everest and how they dealt with the psychological barriers and pressure. After the first interview, Mollie was hooked and she knew she wanted to climb Everest herself.

Talking to people who’d already been on the adventure inspired Mollie. In her search to find women who climbed Everest, Mollie found a woman who’d climbed Everest at 22 years old. When she saw that a woman so close to her age climbed the mountain, Mollie knew she could do it. While the men inspired Mollie, it was a woman’s example that really gave Mollie the confidence to embark on her adventure.

2. Commit to Fundraising

Getting the money and sponsorship to go on an adventure can be a huge barrier. Just knowing how much it will cost stops most people from planning their expedition. By looking at the websites of people who had already climbed Everest, Mollie learned how she could get financing from businesses and sponsorship. She planned to get corporate sponsorship by setting a record. Mollie outlined everything she had to offer and sent it out to 30-40 companies each week for almost a year. The rejections were hard, but Mollie had been told that sponsorships often came at the last moment possible. Talk about nail-biting!

Before a practice expedition to train for Everest, Mollie had a fundraising evening with friends and family. She held an auction where businesses donated things and while she had a number of donations, she still wanted a big ticket item that would really get the bids coming in. The morning of the event, Mollie had an idea to sell her bum as space for a tattoo. The idea was a hit and Mollie got around £1,000 for her right bum cheek which now features a tattoo of two kissing chickens. That is dedication.

3. Get Support

A year after her decision to climb Everest, Mollie started the climb and faced one of the most terrifying places on Everest with huge crevasses and teetering ice blocks. Between base camp and camp one there were more than 20 of these adrenaline-pumping obstacles.

Throughout her experience of this fear, Mollie kindled a deep want to keep going and keep experiencing the mountain. Every single day Mollie had to push herself almost to her limit. Having a team made a big impact on Mollie’s ability to keep going. Having someone to support you and uplift you can be huge during an adventure that pushes what you thought you were capable of doing.

4. Master Your Mindset

One of the hardest aspects of climbing Everest was maintaining a positive mindset. From beginning to end, Mollie faced a challenging 60-day climb. When you’re starting out with something that big ahead of you, you can’t help but wonder how you could possibly climb this huge mountain. The only way to do it is to take it one day at a time, Mollie advised.

Throughout several of her expeditions, Mollie realised that you have to be able to separate your emotions from the everyday emotions you’d have at home. While walking past someone who died in your regular life would be very traumatic, on the mountain you have to numb your emotions and keep going because it just happens.

On Mollie’s first summit of Everest, she admitted she was scared every day. The hardest part was summit day climbing in the death zone. At that point, Mollie had to control everything, focus on the climb, and keep breathing.

5. Know Your Ability

After achieving her goal of summiting Everest from both sides, Mollie had learned that as human beings, we can achieve anything if we want it enough.

Everest took everything Mollie had, but with enough effort, Mollie had achieved her goals. She learned that you can really achieve anything you want. All it comes down to is having enough perseverance and determination. Your body can do anything if you want to do it enough.

When you’re in the depths of a real challenge, this can be a game-changing realisation. You can keep going if you want it enough. Draw on that desire and determination to reach your goal.

6. Give Yourself Time

After Mollie’s second summit of Everest, she came back super tired. For two weeks she could hardly wake up without needing another nap. At times when you push your body so hard for so long, you do need that time to recover.

It may feel like your body isn’t working and that’s okay. Listen to your body and take it easy. You deserve this rest time after you’ve worked so hard. Don’t go back to work too soon. Enjoy your accomplishment and recover.

With 6 years spent focusing on Everest, Mollie doesn’t know what’s next. She simply shared, “I don’t have anything else to prove to myself.” While she knows exciting things are ahead, she’s content with her achievement and patiently waits for what comes next.

• Moles…
• Camp America interviews
• Reports written
• Evening plans over in Liverpool
• How Science Got Women Wrong
• Making the effort….
• Inferior By Angela Saini
• 36 pages in…

1) What is Tough Girl Challenges all about?

2) Why did you set up and how did you get in to it?

3) What are some of the best challengers and challenges you have interviewed?

4) Were are you hoping to take Tough Girl Challenges?

5) What’s the best challenge you have completed?

6) If I could grant you an entry place to any challenge in the world what would it be?

7) If you could interview or take on a challenge with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?

Find out more about Challenge Finder - 

www.challengefinder.com

Show notes

• Productive day - 2 podcasts edited!
• Anna Blackwell will be on the TGP tomorrow
• Jen Bricker - born with no legs- very fascinating story about how she overcame challenges in her life
• New Patrons - Seanna ? 
• Update post in the Tough Girl Tribe
• Comments from the tribe
• £1.53 a month
• Vlog 97 is key!
• Stopping the negative chit chat in my head
• What’s going to happen to Patreon?
• 1st day wanting to get hot and sweaty
• Sorry for the overshare!
• Front squats
• Catching up with Di
• Corporate Sponsorship 2018?
• Study tomorrow.. & Wednesday
• Hope you had an awesome Monday
• Tune in tomorrow for a new podcast episode & vlog!

• All the vlogs for the Appalachian trail have been edited (apart from 99 & 100)
• New vlogs coming out everyday going forward
• Day 99 - no footage….
• Day 100 - Flynn will be editing
• Boston… & France footage…..
• Catching up with the daily podcast
• Needing to get back on it!!!
• Final push to the end of the year
• Changes to the Tough Girl Tribe…
• Limiting the Tough Girl Tribe & closing its doors
• Patrons will be able to join (female patrons only) $2 per month
• Time is precious
• Wanting to get ahead of the curve!!
• Family coming over on the 20th
• My deadline the 19th  - all podcast preloaded, essays written, Camp America interviews reports written…
• Holiday….. 2 week break 27th December…A Proper Break…
• Do I share my holiday on social media or not?
• You have to watch vlog 97!!
• Are you ready for Monday?
• I’m so excited for Monday!!!
• Lots of love!! xx

Show notes

• Working at Ground in Hoylake 
• Talking to real people!
• Editing Vlogs!
• Day 82 for the Appalachian Trail has gone live!!!!
• Scheduled vlogs ready to come out over the next few days
• Make sure you watch vlog number 97…
• Thank goodness the vlogs weren’t coming out in real time
• My mission this weekend
• Flynn is working on vlog for day 100!
• Boston footage & footage from France
• Getting more into vlogging…
• Vlogging as a way to grow your brand..
• Not being able to get access to my ad-sense money
• 148,000 views from 1,300 subscribers
• Interactions from the daily podcast via youtube
• I’m so pleased I vlogged the Appalachian Trail
• The White Mountains…
• My mental self talk
• Trying not to panic
• Being a LEGEND!!!!
• Feeling like a winner!
• Lots of love!

Show notes

• Flooding…
• Parking on a bridge
• Police knocking on my parents door at 1.30 am….
• The damage
• Catching up with my sister
• Travelling back up to Lancaster
• Flood damage
• Heading to the theatre
• Not sleeping too well
• Everyone is ok! 
• Check out www.toughgirlchallenges.com
• Fancy reading one of my books? 
• Treat yourself for Christmas!

Show notes

• Going to see a Psychic - Keith Watson 
• William…… 
• Grandma Babs
• A writer? Blogging
• Podcasting - my voice
• Dropping some balls
• 2018 is going to be a big year
• The Wirral is not the place for me
• Liking my bed!!!
• My commute
• Not being good in the morning…
• 4 year window if I want to have children 
• London?
• Being in my comfort zone…
• Siblings!
• Why I enjoyed it
• Catching up with Sarah
• Meeting Hector
• Not coming to London 
• Neglecting my  friends
• Meeting people face to face
• Having fun!
• Feeling guilty when I wasn’t working
• Building Tough Girl Challenges from the ground work
• A great day!
• THANK YOU!!
• Go watch some vlogs from the Appalachian Trail!

Monday 20th November - Should I quit my job to be full time adventurer?

• It is hard to make money being a full time adventurer!
• It depends on where you are in your life…
• You never know people financial situation…
• The illusion….
• Trying to get sponsorship
• Take a listen to Laura Try on 7 women 7 challenges - Raising £20K for the GB rowing challenge
• Making a living and needing to build up a brand
• How you are going to make money?
• Socks & headphones are not going to pay the bills
• Fake it till you make it!
• Are you miserable? Do you hate you life?
• Being sensible…
• Do you have a support system in place?
• It always takes so much longer than you think it will
• Saving your money - cut back on expenses
• Reduce your lifestyle costs 
• What do you want from being an adventurer?
• Can you take a career break?
• Freedom & flexibility
• Do you like structure?
• Feelings of isolation
• My recommendation
• Start the planning and preparation NOW
• How to become a public speaker… what can you charge?
• Not knowing how much money is coming in every month
• The costs of building a website - the fees, the time involved
• Hike your own hike - live your own life
• There is no right or wrong way of doing it  - what is going to work best for you?
• Make the right decision for you
• Should you quit your job….
• What are you passions? What are your interests? Do you want to share your life?
• Why I started the daily podcast
• NEW Podcast out tomorrow - with Melissa Urie - EPIC 5 Challenge
• Lots of love 

Sunday 19th November - Super chilled Sunday - beautiful feet & eating everything…

• Staying down in London
• Pedicure
• Gorgeous Lunch - Kale & Broccoli!
• Tattoo time!
• Opportunity cost of time
• Time pressure and getting things done for the end of the year
• Chocolates - not feeling guilty
• Eating habits
• Being in a home environment
• Temptation…
• What am I eating? Why am I eating it?
• Being kind to myself

Saturday 18th November - The Fawcett Society Conference

• The dreaded alarm clock…
• Conference with the Fawcett Society
• Sold out… what to do!
• Arriving at 8.15
• Helping out with registration, ushering, tidying etc
• Getting to attend the conference
• Plans for the day
• 2018 - women getting the vote
• Female statues
• If you can see if - you can’t become it
• Amazing speakers
• FeMANism
• Getting men involved….
• Why I wanted to go
• Listen to understand
• Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
• FGM
• Putting your voice out in public
• Getting off my soap box

• Suffering with DOMS
• Right knee issue
• New interview with Antonia Bollingbroke Kent
• New episode of the Tough Girl Podcast has gone live with Alice Gartland
• Meeting Jessica Pearson
• www.Shimnixfilms.co.uk
• The Space Outside - a 4 part series
• New blog post from Blog Post from Bex Band
• Podcasting day…
• Needs to be a study day… week 6
• Heading up to Lancaster
• Have an awesome day
• THANK YOU! 

• SORRY for the lack of daily podcasts
• Dropping the balls
• Not sharing the lows
• November 2016
• Having clear goals for 2017
• Being focused
• The Appalachian Trail wasn’t a holiday
• Plans for the future…
• Having a purpose but not..
• Am I making the right decisions with my life?
• My age & living at home with my parents
• Marriage and babies?
• Pressure from me
• Stressed but not stressed
• Is there a future in what I’m doing?
• August 2018 - 3rd year anniversary of the TGP
• Not wanting to talk about it
• Not knowing
• I don’t know
• Following my plan
• Slacking on Instagram
• All the stuff I haven’t been doing
• I appreciate you
• Doing the best I can 
• 48 days to go until the end of the year
• THANK YOU 

What I Learned From Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail in 100 Days

See Blog - www.toughgirlchallenges.com

Helping out Sophie with her uni work!

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Hi!

As I have mentioned in my Facebook message, I am currently writing a short film for a class in university (Concordia) about two women aged 22 and 25. Briefly, the story happens when the girls stop at the Greenleaf Hut. My teacher asked us to do some research about our subject. Thus, I have some questions to ask you to make sure my story is realistic! 

1. How many months do it takes to get to the White Mountains (considering you start from the very beginning in Georgia)?
2. Was there a point in your hike where you could not imagine yourself go back to ''reality''? Were you ever sacred to go back to the life you had before doing the AT?
3. Do you have any funny anecdotes or bad luck that happened on trail?
4. How were your relation with other hikers? Did you make good friends there?
5. What would be a typical discussion between thru-hikers in a hut be like (do you talk about your hike anecdotes or you talk about who you are)? 
6. Do you have any examples of trail names?  
7. How did your body changed due to the long distance hike? 
8. What was your biggest motivation for doing the AT?
9. Do the huts in the Whites have that principle that you can stay for the night if you help with chores? ( Dixie from Homemade Wanderlust talked about that in a vlog I think)

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Sunday 22nd October - Part 5 - 7 women - 7 challenges EDITED!!!!!

Show notes

• So pleased to have finished this edit!!
• Plans for next week
• Being in Lancaster Wednesday - Friday
• Catching up with friends
• Free weekend!
• Back at the gym on Monday
• New vlogs are coming out
• Day 71 has gone live today!
• Day 72 will be live tomorrow!
• Check out www.toughgirlchallenges.com

Show notes

• Camp America interview done
• Speaking with young people
• Sell yourself
• Editing 7 women - 7 challenges - getting rid of background noise, 6 hrs done….
• Keeping the editing simple
• This has to get out by Sunday
• Charity night at Liverpool Football Club
• https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/just4children/ourlittlewarrior 
• Our Little Warrior Campaign - fingers crossed over £10K was raised
• Caught up with Ali from the Tough Girl Team
• How can I support the volunteers who support me
• Sunday plans… clear diary!!!
• Too work focused at the moment
• Yestival this weekend! Hopefully members of the TGT got to meet up as well
• Have an awesome Saturday!
• Speak to you soon
• Lots of Love xx

Show notes

• Staying at a B&B
• Early breakfast
• Heading straight to the library
• Working with R.W. Connell - Journal time… getting men involved in gender equality
• Research into UN Women
• Thinking about my essay topic and linking it into the UN
• Thinking about doing an internship with UN Women and working in New York
• 5,000 word essay… still formulating ideals
• Academic wording….
• Getting my head around the academic language
• Being out of my comfort zone
• How much work I have to do 
• Week 2 is over!
• Scary how time is moving by
• Full on day of uni work
• Day 71 for the vlog…. issues with getting it uploaded to youtube…
• Plans for tomorrow
• I want to edit 7 women - 7 challenges!!! 
• Have an awesome Friday
• Big love xx

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Thursday 19th October - Uni work & uni work & more uni work!!!

Show notes

• Drove to Lancaster
• Attended my lecture
• Headed to the library
• Left at 5.45pm
• Stayed in Morecambe
• Got the books out again
• Study… Study…. Study….
• Early night…
• Getting a discount on student railcards!
• Cheap train travel
• Hope you had a great day!
• Speak to you tomorrow!
• xx

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Wednesday 18th October - I want a holiday - give me sunshine!!!!

Show notes

• Wanting to go on holiday
• Give me sunshine!
• Cheap destination for holidays in December
• Edited a vlog - Day 71(Still being uploaded to youtube)
• Flynn is editing Day 72
• Camp America interview & report written
• Uni work - notes and preparation for lectures on Thursday and Friday
• Taking breaks..
• New interview for the Tough Girl Podcast
• How I meet Zoe and why I wanted her on the podcast
• Not being able to read anymore 
• Having a balanced day… but wishing I could have edited a podcast
• Applying to be a volunteer
• Reddit…. Not a clue!
• I’m bored of myself complaining about how little time I have!
• Mini holiday in Lancaster!
• No checking e-mails… no Facebook… 
• New blog post coming soon - for Mighty Blue Podcast ( Need to write show notes)
• Have a productive day!!!
• Say yes - or say No!
• E-mail me - sarah@toughgirlchallenges.com
• Big love xx

Show notes

• Dealing with the DOMS
• Reading Connell - Gender
• Getting behind on my reading
• Working at Ground
• Washing dishes - making money
• I need to get some speaking gigs!
• Speaking at Wirral Girls School
• New article on the website - What I learned from thru hiking the Appalachian Trail in 100 days
• Reddit? How to use it?
• Vlogs….
• Missing footage..
• Rowing the Pacific Ocean… to break the current record
• Plans for tomorrow 
• Uni work or Tough Girl work…
• Have an amazing day! 
• Big love xx

Show notes

• Time to get back to the gym
• Catching up with Chris Thomas 
• 10 weeks of PT
• New fitness goal - Getting my pull up back and running a fast mile
• Feedback from his training plan
• What could I have done differently in training for the AT
• New Tough Girl Podcast coming out tomorrow - Meike Stones
• Awesome interview with Megan Hine
• Saving it for Christmas!
• Christmas Special - 26th December
• Storm Ophelia..
• Applying for a job -“Earn more or spend less”
• Still so much to do….
• Whole body is knackered!
• Sorry about e-mails and lack of response
• Have an amazing Monday
• Should I start setting an alarm??
• Doing what I can do
• Do what you can do!
• Big love xx

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Sunday 15th October - Blog post - 4 Things The Women’s Adventure Expo Taught Me - By Emily Woodhouse

Show notes

Emily Woodhouse

@TravellingLine 

Adventurer | Entrepreneur | Writer | Cyclist | Mountain Rescue   

Be Yourself - Know Yourself - Challenge Expectations

Takeaways

1. I feel like an imposter… but I’m not

2. Even the “proper” adventurers are winging it

3. Thousands of social followers doesn’t stop you from being a person

4. Nothing beats doing things in person

TAKE AWAY: We don’t appreciate the things we do every day. They’re so much a part of our life that we forget they might be interesting to other people.

TAKE AWAY: Just have a go. Don’t wait to be perfect. Don’t wait to be qualified. Make it up as you go along, you just have to start.

TAKE AWAY: Behind each social media account lies a person just like me and you. Don’t forget that!

TAKE AWAY: Reader: if you want to become an adventurer, go on adventures.

Read the Blog Post here: - 

http://www.travellinglines.com/4-things-womens-adventure-expo-taught/