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

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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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E17: Embodiment and healing through whitewater with...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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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47:42

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

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

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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E5: Affordable Health Insurance for broke dirtbags...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/06/12

Carrie Soulliere is a South Eastern rafter and insurance agent who serves the whitewater community nationwide. Carrie focuses on affordable health insurance. Most members of the guiding and tourism communities qualify for health coverage that is generally free or less than $10 a month but still provides excellent coverage. She understands our community and the important things in our health plans. Things such as low-cost urgent care, free generic drugs, free physical therapy, and no cost mental

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E4: The Flipside of Misogyny — A Woman's Guide to...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/06/05

Morri Stewart has been a whitewater river guide for 30+ years, navigating rivers in the Western United States and the world, from the Colorado River to the Tatenshini/Alsek, the Tuolumne and Kern Rivers, California, the Salmon River, Idaho, and the Zambezi River, bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe. For the past two years, when she is not traveling the roads of Baja and the US in her conversion van, Morri has embraced the more laid-back lifestyle of Costa Rica, working remotely as a developmental and copy

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E:3 Damsels in Distress, Caretakers, and Being...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/05/31

Matty Alpert, they/them is newer to the whitewater kayaking world, but has been a part of the outdoor industry for the past 6 years. They started working for their university's outdoor program and now works for NCOBS (North Carolina Outward Bound School) as a logistics manager. Matty feel for whitewater kayaking about 3 years ago when they went to their first roll clinic and since then they have tried to get on the water as much as possible while being a summers only paddler. Matty also enjoys

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E:2 Fat Shaming within the Whitewater Kayaking...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/05/23

Claudia Behringer-Smith(she/her/hers), works for Camp Merrie-Woode as their Adventure Program Coordinator and has been working in the Outdoor Industry since she was 18. Claudia's been recreating outside her entire life, and has also been fat her entire life, which is a really complex thing since its uncommon to find fat people who are also outdoor professionals. She adores paddling in any form, whether that's whitewater or flatwater kayaking or canoeing, sailing, etc. She is happiest by the

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36:32

E1: Whitewater War Stories and Why We Glorify Trauma...

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener ·

2023/05/17

Julia Yanker is an adventurer and paddler, as well as a coach for outdoor enthusiasts. She specializes in treating stress injury after a traumatic incident, and also coaches adventurers with everyday problems like honing their mindset, group dynamics, anxiety, and other obstacles that keep them from achieving their objectives. She’s been wandering the wilds for 15 years and navigating how her authentic expression and needs can co-exist in close partnership with others – something they don’t teach us

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