From Rock Bottom to Wild Adventure With Vet Dr Eleonore Op De Beeck

In today’s episode I talk to Dr Eleonore Op De Beeck. Dr Eleonore is a vet, conservationist, plant based chef, world traveller and author. She has travelled the world to collaborate and take part in various conservation projects from curing wounded zebras, swimming along side whale sharks in the Maldives to collect data for their conservation to gliding under water with manta rays and sea-lions in the Galapagos. Dr Eleonore has performed surgery on capuchin monkeys at an animal sanctuary in Costa Rica and helped rehabilitate sea turtles. She then went on an adventure by being a chef on a sailboat while crossing the Pacific Ocean. Her life and work is vast and varied. Her latest book called The Year I went Wild, tells the story of how she went from being a vet surgeon stuck in her practice, to surviving a chapter of deep depression and sadly wanting to end her life to bravely surviving and becoming passionate about life and living the dream by travelling and helping people and animals along the way. Dr Eleonore talks openly and frankly about the road of self awakening and the sacrifices she made in order to be able to achieve her life long dream and gain freedom to live the way that brought her peace and joy.