Recently I have had a number of conversations with friends and clients about guilt - and specifically the guilt we can feel when we take time for ourselves to do things that we love or need. Guilt is a complex interaction between the standards we set for ourselves (or are set by others…) and our assessment of how our behaviour meets those standards. So telling ourselves that we “shouldn’t” feel guilty rarely does anything to temper it! I’ve recorded this video and pod episode to delve a bit deeper into guilt - exploring the causes, when it is helpful and less so and ultimately what we can do about it when it is counterproductive to what we need. I hope you find it helpful - please do let me know what you think!

The Big Swim is a community driven annual event to celebrate International Women’s Day (8th March). The aim is to foster inclusivity, encourage environmental responsibility and spark collective action in support of women’s causes and campaigns. The event encompasses two locations (Poole and Brighton, UK) and participation has increased from 250 swimmers in 2023 to 1000 swimmers registered to take part on Saturday 8th March 2025.

This conversation is with the Big Swim founder, Nicky Chisholm and highlights her motivation for setting up the event, how to get involved as well as a wider conversation on the importance of stepping outside our comfort zones to support out wellbeing.

Find out more about The Big Swim hereFind out more about Nicky Chisholm (Pink Nicky) Instagram: @pinknicky1

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In this special solo episode of The Everyday Adventure Podcast, host Nicki Bass celebrates the milestone of reaching 100 episodes. Reflecting on her journey over the past four and a half years, Nicki shares insights into the challenges and unexpected benefits of podcasting. She discusses the importance of taking time to pause and celebrate achievements, the personal growth she has experienced, and the sense of community that has developed around the podcast. Nicki also reveals her plans to expand the podcast's reach by creating a community on Substack, where listeners can engage more deeply with the content. Throughout the episode, she emphasizes the value of taking action to overcome fears and encourages listeners to embark on their own everyday adventures.

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Conservationists Bex Band and Catherine Edsell have teamed up to launch the Ocean Advocate Summit on 1 Feb 2025, a one-day summit offering the chance to reconnect to the ocean, discover more about marine life and the threats they face. This event is for swimmers, surfers, sea-lovers, artists, educators and anyone else who loves the ocean.

Bex and Catherine will be familiar names to anyone involved in the UK outdoors and adventure world. Bex Band is the founder of Love Her Wild, a not for profit encouraging women to embrace the outdoors and one of the largest outdoor communities worldwide. Catherine Edsell is a global expedition leaders and founder of the Matriarch Adventure as well as a previous guest on the show - you can find out more about her and her work in Season 1 Ep 16

This conversation explores the motivation behind the summit and what visitors can expect on the day.

Find out more about The Ocean Advocate Summit here

Find out more about Bex Band here:
Website https://www.theordinaryadventurer.com/
Instagram: @bex_band

Catherine Edsell
Website: www.cathadventure.com
Instagram: @cathadventure

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On 27th December 2024, surfers Chris Howard and Craig Sharp left Bournemouth Pier on a 52 mile prone paddling endurance challenge, aiming to raise awareness and funds for Diabetes UK whilst paying tribute to those who tirelessly manage their diabetes every day. The event tested every element of their capabilities, relying on their physical and mental stamina to combat the cold and ever-changing conditions. To add to the complexity half of the journey was conducted in the hours of darkness.

This is the audio from an Instagram LIVE interview that was conducted with Chris and Craig on 23rd Dec 24, a few days prior to the event. During the conversation, they share their motivation for the challenge, the planning involved and their hopes for the day. It will be followed in a couple of weeks by a post-event interview where they will share what actually happened!

To find out more about the challenge visit:
Just Giving - Hell or High Water

Instagram: @52miles24hours

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Motivated by a desire to explore and connect with people and wild places, Israh Goodall is a qualified Mountain Leader who is trained in Outdoor Environmental Education and who has travelled and hosted programmes all over the world. This has included travelling the Silk Road, trekking in New Zealand, the Middle East, Central America and Europe, and the Pacific Crest Trial (from Mexico to Canada). Israh has particular interests in Rites of Passage work and runs a nature-based mentoring programme for teenage girls. As a trained midwife she has worked with remote tribes in the Afar region of Ethiopia and in Zanzibar’s government and bush hospitals.

In this episode, Israh shares her passion for adventures and how they lead us to feeling awake and present in our lives. We discuss her work around rites of passage, in particular for teenage girls and how we can support them in transition from child to adult - and what we can learn from them too.

This episode is part of the a mini series with Adventure Mind - a collaboration of researchers, practitioners and organisations in the outdoor adventure space. Adventure Mind offers a grant, an annual conference and access to resources and evidence to support adventure practice.

Each episode shines a light on a current/ former speaker at the Adventure Mind Conference, their reasons for being involved and the benefits they have personally experienced from living life adventurously.

To find out more about Adventure Mind, visit:
Adventure Mind

To find out more about Israh Goodall visit:

website: https://www.israhgoodall.com/
Instagram: @israhgoodall
Linkedin: Israh Goodall

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Diane Westaway is the founder and CEO of Wild Women on Top - a social purpose enterprise aiming to inspire and support women to embrace adventure and achieve things that they never thought possible. 15 years ago, she founded Coast Trek, a charity hike which started along the coastline of Sydney and now extends across Australia. It has raised over 50 million Australian dollars to date and seen over 80,000 Trekkers participating. In 2020, Di was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to women’s sport and recreation and charitable initiatives. She is the author of thousands of blogs about women’s health and fitness and hiking as well as two books, “How to Prepare for World Class Treks” and “Natural Exhilaration: How to Lead an Adventurous Life you Love.” Di's passions are rock climbing, mountain biking, mountaineering, hiking and sleeping under the stars and she holds the record for doing the World’s Highest Handstand on the 7,000 meter summit of Mt Ama Dablam, in the Everest region of Nepal to celebrate turning fifty.

In this episode, Diane shares the adventure that changed her life and set her on the path to providing a platform for others to live more adventurously too.

This episode is part of a mini series with Adventure Mind - a collaboration of researchers, practitioners and organisations in the outdoor adventure space. Adventure Mind offers a grant, an annual conference and access to resources and evidence to support adventure practice.

Each episode shines a light on a current/ former speaker at the Adventure Mind Conference, their reasons for being involved and the benefits they have personally experienced from living life adventurously.

To find out more about Adventure Mind, visit:
Adventure Mind

To find out more about Di Westaway visit:

https://www.wildwomenontop.com
Coastrek
Instagram: @wildwomenontop

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A Cornishman living deep undercover in Robin Hood country, Richard Chapman is the founder of Climbing Matters, a structured program of lived experience coaching and climbing for people living with trauma and severe mental illness. The program supports people to confront, immerse in and overcome the psychological and emotional barriers climbing presents, equipping them with new perspectives and mindsets which they can then take away and embrace in their daily lives.

This episode is part of a mini series with Adventure Mind - a collaboration of researchers, practitioners and organisations in the outdoor adventure space. Adventure Mind offers a grant, an annual conference and access to resources and evidence to support adventure practice.

Each episode shines a light on a current/ former speaker at the Adventure Mind Conference, their reasons for being involved and the benefits they have personally experienced from living life adventurously.

To find out more about Adventure Mind, visit:
Adventure Mind

To find out more about Climbing Matters visit:
Climbing Matters
Instagram: @climbingmatters
Twitter/X: @climbingmatters

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