The Ready State Podcast Building Resilience Outside Your Comfort Zone with Ginger Naylor of Outward Bound
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Jan 15, 2026 Ginger Naylor, CEO of Outward Bound USA and a champion for youth resilience through outdoor experiences, discusses the power of stepping outside your comfort zone. She reveals how wilderness adventures help individuals discover their true potential and build resilience through 'threshold moments'. Ginger emphasizes the importance of discomfort for growth, the transformative impact of reflection, and the need for accessible outdoor education. Tune in for insights on fostering lifelong movement and the device-free Reset initiative that reconnects people with nature.
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Wilderness As An Education Tool
- Outward Bound uses wilderness as an educational crucible, not a skills factory.
- The goal is to build character and resilience by exposing people to genuine challenge.
Threshold Moments Drive Growth
- A threshold moment is hitting the edge of comfort where real growth happens.
- Instructors intentionally create and tune these moments to push groups into learning zones.
Turn Experience Into Learning
- Facilitate reflection to transfer outdoor experience into real-life skills.
- Ask targeted questions like 'What made it hard?' and 'What would you do differently?' to spark learning.
