Fiona Oakes - Searching for pain in pursuit of purpose

Fiona is the antidote to any 'get rich quick' or 'instagram' society. Her philosophy on life is simple; if there's a problem that needs fixing, fix it yourself. Don't talk about the problem, paper over the cracks, ask for help or look for shortcuts. Just get stuck in and learn from your experience. Expect problems and deal with them as they arise, the more you experience problems, the better equipped you'll be to deal with them in the future. In this conversation Fiona sheds light on:the 'doing' motivation versus the 'achieving' motivation how she moved 'pain and suffering' from the 'Avoid' section to the 'Seek' sectionpain in training being like depositing money in the bank and withdrawing it on race dayhow purpose trumps talent every day of the week how this 'talent-less' runner broke 4 endurance world recordsher adventures in 3 Marathon de Sable (often seen as the world's toughest foot race)           what it's like to experience the freedom of pain, discomfort and despairwhat it's like to live a 'no negotiation' lifeher model of "I'll do things at 100% or I'll do something different"ditching the Garmins and simply listening to your bodyher belief that congratulating herself will stunt motivationwhen it's appropriate to hide injuries from the doctorthe importance of grandparentsa life-time of veganismhow putting others first, puts her firsther super-talent of 'determination'why she prefers to tell people what she's done rather than what they should dohitting 100% as she crosses the linelearning how to fix herselfhttp://www.towerhillstables.com/https://runningforgoodfilm.com/#home-2-sectionhttp://www.cowspiracy.com