Quitting can be a Kindness: Nicole Antoinette

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Nicole Antoinette quit her thru hike of the Pacific Crest Trail after about 1,600 miles and she's ok with calling it a failure. In fact, Nicole questions why we have to choose either success or failure. Can't we be gentler with ourselves? Can't we set out to both succeed and fail? Nicole Antoinette has a gift for applying lessons she's learned to new chapters of life. We talk about how what she's learned in sobriety applies to distance running applies to thru hiking applies to us all. Women featured in this episode: Nicole Antoinette. Cameos by Carrot Quinn, Karen Wang, and Rahawa Haile Hosted by Gale Straub In this episode, you'll hear: How long distance running can be a gateway to thru hiking Physical activity as a way to cope with new sobriety Why you don't have to be "good" at something to do it Why growth is a value for Nicole When making life changes is a lonely thing Why Nicole wanted to hike the PCT on her own but also wanted a trail family What the culture is like on the PCT The awareness Nicole has for her body while hiking "'Success', whatever that means" Giving yourself room to fail (on a trail and in life) Post-trail depression and why "this too shall pass" The mindset of embracing "both/and" vs. "either/or" aka we don't have to be one thing Sponsored by Benchmark Maps and Outdoor Voices Join us in our She Explores Podcast Facebook Group Learn more at She-Explores.com Resources Nicole Antoinette's Website & Instagram Real Talk Radio Nicole's patreon 2019 She Explores Listener Survey Carrot Quinn's Thru Hiking Will Break Your Heart Carrot's episode on She Explores & Real Talk Radio Rahawa's episode on She Explores & Real Talk Radio Karen's episode on She Explores & Real Talk Radio Brainstorm National Park Puzzle Sponsor Websites and Codes Benchmark Maps: Take 20% with code SHEEXPLORES at checkout Outdoor Voices: Take 20% off your order of $100 or more with code EXPLORES at checkout at outdoorvoices.com/explores Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other people find us. Music is by Josh Woodward and Kai Engel using a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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