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The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener

Welcome to the wild woman podcast, on this podcast I bring to surface the conversations we have in private about the outdoor community. My hope is that by sharing these challenging topics, I can break the ice, promote positive change, and empower people to be more informed, aware, and intentional with their actions. I’m an adventure life coach, and whitewater kayak instructor based out of Asheville, NC. I specialize in empowering outdoor athletes and enthusiasts to overcome the mental side of

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E25: Trans Women, Hormones, and How It Affects...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/11/30

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ ---- Cici Cambron (she/her) is a whitewater paddler and instructor currently living in Asheville, NC. She’s been paddling and teaching kayaking for about 3 years, and has been out as a trans woman since early 2022. She’s here to share some of her story and dive into how those two facets of her life have intertwined - especially as she dips her toes into the southeastern race season this year. You can also find her on facebook as Cielle Cambron if you’d like to

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E24: Coaching, Guiding, Instruction, Therapy-ing -...

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2023/11/30

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ ---- Dan Horseman is a Certified Professional Life Coach and ACA L4 WW kayak instructor living in Asheville, NC. He recently became a new dad and is excited to share his passions for the outdoors with his 3 month old son, Brooks. When he's not on the river, Dan is usually spending time with Brooks, his wife, Kaity and their two dogs, Kara and Townes. If you would like to contact Dan regarding his life coaching or kayak instructional services, you can check out

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E23: River Tattoos, Tattoo Taboos, and How to Take...

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2023/11/30

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ ---- Candice Caldwell Day is an innovative fine art tattoo artist and is based in Sylva NC at Parlor & Co Salon at her private studio. A native to North Carolina, she has been a snowboarder for 15 years & a whitewater boater for almost 30 years, and held a position for multiple years on the US slalom racing team as a teen. A former aerial circus performer and coach, she holds an art Degree from Warren Wilson College and an MFA in Costume Design and

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E22: Processing Trauma and Reclaiming Joy through...

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2023/10/06

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠ ---- Alissa Gardner is a mother of two, an ICU nurse in Western NC, and a long-time outdoors lover. She’s been whitewater kayaking for over 25 years and grew up paddling predominantly on the Youghiogheny and Gauley rivers. She moved to Western NC in 2008 to attend school at Warren Wilson College where she participated in their paddling team. After college, she spent her early 20s getting to know the rivers and creeks of the region, then obtained her nursing degree

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E21: Raising a River Family with Jeremy Anderson

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/09/29

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠ ---- Jeremy lives in Truckee, CA with her beloved husband of 30 years and her 2 teenage daughters. Her passion for nature brought her across the country and into the Sierras in 1999 where she found she had a deep spiritual connection to the mountains, forests, and rivers of this place. Jeremy has been a Whitewater River Guide for 26 years. She currently teaches guide school as a volunteer for the CA non-profit Friends of the River and is the Youth Teams Director on

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E20: Who is Becca Ploener? with guest, Nicky Murphy

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2023/09/22

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Becca Ploener is a whitewater kayak instructor and authenticity coach based out of Asheville, NC. She works with folks who are feeling burntout, tired, and like they have NO TIME for themselves. Combining her knowledge from her background in psychology, experiential and inquiry based learning, wilderness medicine, women's health, and whitewater kayaking she helps people to take charge of their life again so they can have fun regularly. Her mission is to

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E19: Why Community is So Important with Ladies of the...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/09/15

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Andrea Newton started the Ladies of the Whitewater Community Group on Facebook. Originally the idea stemmed from a conversation about menstrual cycles on multi-day river trips. Andrea enjoys running class IV rivers on her RMR phat cat with a small Oar Frame or in a duckie. Her first experiences were rowing on the Arkansas River through Brown's National Monument. --- Becca Ploener is a whitewater kayak instructor and authenticity coach based out of

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E18: Hookup Culture and Sex Positivity in Whitewater...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/09/08

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ --- Brie Goodman seamlessly blends her roles as a public health nurse and a retired professional raft guide. Her years in Glacier National Park as a whitewater rafting guide have instilled in her a deep appreciation for the healing power of nature. As a public health nurse, Brie has witnessed firsthand the importance of spending time outdoors for mental health and overall well-being, especially during the pandemic. Inspired by this realization, she aspires to

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46:30

E17: Embodiment and healing through whitewater with...

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2023/09/01

⁠⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Christina Cunningham is a trauma sensitive massage therapist & coach with 25 years of experience in the field of embodied spirituality. She was compelled to start her own healing journey when she had her first episode of existential crisis when she was 18 years old. She went on to study the human experience from a variety of perspectives including: integrative massage therapy, Chinese energetics, western body psychology, whole food nutrition, auyrvedic

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46:49

E16: Preventing Self Sabatoge On and Off the Water...

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2023/08/25

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ --- Candace Bethel is a Trauma Awareness & Energy Coach. She has been working in the alternative energy medicine industry for over 20 years specializing in childhood trauma, mental health, PTSD, medical massage, accidents, injury and pre/post surgery. As a survivor of childhood trauma and PTSD herself, Candace’s goal is to help others understand how they are affecting their life on an energetic and physical level so they can move away from physical and emotional

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47:39

E15: How to Access Skills While Scouting Whitewater...

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2023/08/18

TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH ON THE RIVER ⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ --- Sarah Connelly is a mental skills coach living in Pacific Northwest. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Kinesiology and Wellness Management from California State University. She went on to complete a Masters in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology from Fresno State. She is passionate about teaching people the power of the mind body connection and how we can use this power to improve performance. Sarah

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E14: Paddling Upstream: Surviving the Culture of...

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2023/08/11

TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT ⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ ------------------------------------------------------------ Holly Johanna Winters is 42 and an educator, farmer, musician, and proud activist parent of two amazing girls in Bothell, Washington. Holly is in her third season of guiding day trips and has aspirations to specialize in guiding multi-day adventures in the future as her children become more independent. Holly's connection with the river fuels her

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E13: Wet, Wild, and Woman: Fertility Awareness Method...

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2023/07/29

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠ ------------------------------------------------------------ Chloe Skerlak is wildly passionate about the menstrual cycle! A Full Spectrum Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner, she educates people from their first period to their last because she believes body literacy is for everyone at every age. She's charted her own cycle for 12 years and has 6 years of experience teaching fertility awareness education to people who want

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E12: How to be Taken Seriously As a Woman in...

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2023/07/28

Schedule a session with Becca⁠ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Award-winning adventure romance author, Stacy Gold would rather be in the middle of nowhere than almost anywhere else. She’s kayaked more than 50 rivers in three countries, been heli-dropped into remote ski huts, worked as a ranger for the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, and spent years as a commercial river guide and whitewater kayaking instructor. Her last “real job” was Communications

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E11: 7 Days Notice with No Experience Down the Grand...

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2023/07/21

Schedule a session with Becca --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Regalado is out to spread kindness and love to all. Whether he’s sharing his passions for the arts and outdoors with students, or photographing the candid love of his friends and family, he finds joy through being surrounded by lovely people in amazing places. Currently living out of his 2002 Prius, he is navigating his way through his 20’s working odd seasonal jobs, freelancing as a

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E10: Pregnancy Scares and Menstruation on Multiday...

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2023/07/14

Anna is an Atlanta-based outdoorsperson who has been guiding folks in the outdoors since 2014. She has taught a variety of classes including wilderness survival, map and compass skills, kayaking, stand up paddleboarding, and backpacking. Just over a year ago, she started a position with REI Adventures where she coordinates logistics for REI's multiday backcountry trips. She is passionate about getting people outdoors. If you'd like to follow her journey, her personal instagram is

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E9: How the River Shapes Us: 3 Generations Deep with...

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2023/07/07

Jessica Thayer works around presence and accepting what is. Her youth as the daughter of a single mom involved in whitewater has been an integral part of her journey so far. She grew up living an alternative life spending summers at the youth hostel alongside the Appalachian Trail, going to the Olympic time trials and hanging out with loads of river rats was an intriguing balance to the natural calming beauty of growing up on the river. She now works as a Mindfulness Coach and Unschooling mother of

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E8: Humility, Perseverance, and How to Be the Best at...

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2023/06/30

Jen’s life is fueled by adventure, travel, laughter, life lessons and doing the things people tell her she can’t do. She thrives on meeting new people and hearing their stores and using them to help motivate and drive her along her own path. Once considered a traveling hippie she finally found her home in the mountains of WNC and enjoys getting out and exploring the beauty of it all. Becca Ploener is a whitewater kayak instructor and authenticity coach based out of Asheville, NC. She works with

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E7: It's Not Always Easy Being Green - A Look into...

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2023/06/23

Kelly Holland is an educator living and teaching in Asheville, NC. Her 9-5 is in art education - teaching visual art to K-12 students with severe and profound disabilities. In the summer and on the weekends, she is a whitewater kayak instructor with H2O dreams based in Saluda, NC. She most enjoys teaching children to kayak or working with adults who want to improve their technique and efficiency. In her free time she enjoys traveling, reading, and looking for or identifying insects. If you'd

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E6: An Alternative Way to Leave No Trace with recent...

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2023/06/16

Mara MacDonell has a Masters of Environmental Science from Yale, where she grew her interest for community development, natural resource management, science education, outdoor recreation and environmental justice, with a particular focus on rural communities adjacent to public lands. Mara grew up near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota and has spent significant time in Telluride, CO. She’s coached Nordic skiing, served as an AmeriCorps VISTA, and guided raft, canoe, and

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