In this special reflections episode, I, take you through my journey over the past six months and share my plans for the rest of 2024. Celebrating nine years of the Tough Girl Podcast, I'm recording from my bedroom on the Wirral, UK, offering a personal insight into my life.

I'll recount my adventures, starting the year in Wellington, New Zealand, and returning to the UK in March. You'll hear about the highs and lows of walking the Camino via De La Plata, dealing with physical and emotional challenges, and my personal health journey, including gut health improvements and medical support.

I'll also discuss the financial challenges of maintaining the podcast, the support from my Patreon community, and my strategies for growth on Instagram and YouTube. With nearly 3.5 million downloads, I'm focused on reaching over 1,000 episodes and continuously improving my craft.

Looking ahead, I'll talk about walking the South West Coast Path, participating in the Armchair Adventure Festival, Tremula Festival in Brighton and continuing my health and fitness regimen. As I prepare for new podcast episodes in September, I'll express my gratitude to you, my listeners and supporters.

Join me for an honest, inspiring, and motivational episode as I reflect on my journey this year and share my future aspirations. Thank you for being part of the Tough Girl Podcast community and for your unwavering support.

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Show notes

Intro
9 year Anniversary of the Tough Girl Podcast
Based on the Wirral, UK
Recording from my bedroom
Snake Plant benefits
Recording from my bed
Find out more info about me
Quitting my job in 2013
Travelling for 2 years
Starting Tough Girl Challenges
Taking on challenges from the Marathon des Sables, to hiking the Appalachian Trail in 100 days
My mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media especially in relation to adventure and physical challenges
Sharing my adventures
Sharing my stories on other podcasts
Ask me a question via Instagram
Sharing to be more transparent
Why I’m not complaining
Recording at the end of July
Where have the past 6 months gone?
Starting the year in Wellington, New Zealand
Listen to the New Zealand episodes
Back to the UK in March
Camino V New Zealand
YouTube shorts and why it didn’t work for me
Total stats and tracking my walks (distances, accommodation, costs etc)
Getting stung by bag charges
The challenges on the Camino
Emotional wobble
Dealing with negative thoughts
Blisters, and feet issues
Nutrition and food and the challenges and consequences
Not feeling good
Am I tired or just being lazy
Starting to note appreciate what I was doing
What am I doing? Am I enjoying this? Do I need to take a step back and do something different?
Having plans change and cancelled
Cotswold Way with Gemma
Not being able to make any more decisions
Watch the Cotswold Way Vlogs on Youtube
Getting a Drs appointment and having a blood test done
Blood test results
Going to AIM - Hoylake
Using the rebalance bed for sleep
Seeing Doctors, and naturopath
All the tests being done.
Vitamin I
Needing to improve my gut health
July…. Needing to make money
Patreon numbers declining
Off to Work
Starting to feel better and having more energy
Armchair Adventure Festival
Running an Adventure Planning Workshop
Live podcast episodes from the festival coming out in the late September
Walking the South West Coast Path (SWCP) - UK National Trail (630 miles)
Making my way to Minehead
Working with ZOLEO #ChallengewithZOLEO
Not having a hard deadline
Tremula Festival 20th September, Brighton
Francesca Turauskis - Advocate for Adventure & Epilepsy, walked the Camino de Santiago solo. May 21st 2019.
Catching up with friends
September and planning to be home for October, November and December
Needing to stop and take a moment.
Trying to do to much
Trying to figure out how I can fit everything in
Mobility training with Franco
Strength training
Run club?
Editing the vlogs for New Zealand and SWCP
Health, fitness, vitality, strength
New Tough Girl Podcasts interviewing happening in September
Podcast numbers
Coming up to 3.5 million downloads
Patreon - regular source of income which helps to fund the running costs of the podcast
Focusing on what I can control
How can I add value? How can I get better?
Being able to talk to people
Goal to get over 1000 episodes
Instagram - 13.1k followers
Facebook - over 5k
Youtube growth….
Editing and the creative process
The next reflections episode to happen at the end of the year
Thank you for listening and for your support

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