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Sarah Williams is the founder of Tough Girl Challenges and the host of the legendary Tough Girl Podcast. Thanks to her incredible life experience and the interviews with powerful women she really knows how to use the mind to overcome mental and physical challenges and be more resilient…
Sarah was working in finance for 8 years, she quit her corporate job in 2013 and spent 18 months traveling the world, climbing Kilimanjaro, backpacking around South America and doing a ski season.
She used this time to help her decide on what she wanted to do with her life. She set up Tough Girl Challenges as a way of empowering and inspiring women and girls.
She’s the host of the Tough Girl Podcast where she interviewed over 200 inspirational female explorers, adventurers, athletes and everyday women who have overcome great challenges. The Tough Girl Podcast has been downloaded over 840,000 times in 174 countries. It won the Women’s Sport Trust, Media Initiative of the Year Award in May 2018.
She completed the Marathon des Sables - 6 marathons in 6 days across the Sahara Desert - in April 2016 and in 2017 she thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail (2,190 miles) in 100 days!
She completed her Masters in Women & Gender studies at Lancaster University in 2018 and cycled the Pacific Coast Highway and Baja California solo and unsupported (over 4,000 km).
She is the author of four books and was also featured in the book called “Fantastic Female Adventurers – Truly Amazing Women Exploring the World” which is a collection of fourteen exciting and inspirational stories about the women that do.
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BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
1 – How to get aligned with your true self and find your passion after leaving your corporate 9-5 job and feeling lost.
2 – How to live a life of purpose and what it takes to follow through on your dreams. Even if they are big and scary.
3 – How to optimize your mind and how it will help you achieve any goal faster.
SHOW NOTES
[3:43] Sarah explains why she left her corporate banking job and what challenges she faced after that.
[8:19] Sarah reveals what helped her figure things out, become more aware of her interests and passions and how she started her mission.
[12:48] Sarah reveals why her mission is to motivate and inspire women and girls and be a role model for them.
[15:38] Sarah tells about podcasting and how it supported her mission.
[23:47] Sarah reveals the benefits of podcasting and how she built a thriving community of like-minded people.
[26:42] Sarah explains what she learned from interviewing and getting in touch with those powerful female explorers, adventurers, athletes, and everyday women.
[31:28] Sarah talks about the importance of mindset in sport and any area of life.
[37:43] Sarah tells about her practices about strengthening the mind.
[41:19] Sarah talks about the several books she has written.
[45:47] Sarah reveals why motivation is garbage and what you can focus on instead.
[50:01] Sarah reveals her biggest WHYs about Tough Girl Challenges.
[54:01] Sarah talks about the next exciting challenge she is preparing for.
[56:51] Sarah reveals her future vision about Tough Girl Challenges!
BOOKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE!
Kilimanjaro – Tips for the Top by Sarah Williams:
Chalet Hosting – Your Step by Step Guide by Sarah Williams:
Tough Girl – Sahara Challenge by Sarah Williams:
Start with Why by Simon Sinek:
The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins:
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