Back in episode #17, Hayley shared her story and experience of becoming the first person - male or female - to kayak the length of the Clarence River.
The longest river system on the east coast of Australia, the journey of 400km took Hayley 2 weeks to complete.
If you haven’t listened to that conversation (recently), I’d encourage you to go back and listen to our initial conversation first — as it is our starting point for this chat. You can find it here.
Hayley had only completed her journey about 5 or 6 days before we spoke and shared it felt quite surreal to think an expedition 2 years in the planning was over.
So we begin this week's conversation by discussing whether time and hindsight have changed her perception of what she learnt from that experience.
Then we dive into Hayley’s next big adventure.
And I have to be honest, I didn’t know much of the details going into this conversation.
All I knew was that it involved a kayak, a river in Tasmania, and that she was taking her two boys, aged 7 and 5, with her.
We also talk about everything from the logistics and challenges associated with taking kids into the outdoors, mother’s guilt and why it is altruistic and not selfish for women - and especially mothers - to pursue their goals and full their cup a little bit every day.
Plus we discuss the power of visualisations, risk minimisation, the danger of complacency and why it’s important to have a series of “rivers” - times we step out of our comfort zone and grow into something that’s a bit scary and unknown - throughout life.
Get the full show notes for the episode here.
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