Post by stealthytomato on Feb 6, 2018 10:11:01 GMT -8
I haven't been around in a while but I wanted to share this because I think you would appreciate it, and I want to get your thoughts on some things. If you've never listened to She Explores before, I highly recommend it.
She Explores: Fifty Plus
This podcast was a game changer for me. I've been struggling for a while, sort of a mid-life crisis I suppose, and listening to this helped me redefine myself. As an almost-50 year old amongst so many younger women I've been trying to find my place, my peers, my new path in life. You know, the small stuff.
I heard my own voice in so many of their stories but it took me some time to go from "I wish I were like those women" to " I AM one of those women".
I belong to an online local women's hiking group ("local" as in the entire Pacific Northwest) and have been venturing out of my introverted comfort zone to join them for hikes and Meet-ups. This has been wonderful for me as I have been mostly solo in the past but I do tend to be on the older end of the spectrum. Not a bad thing, but there is certainly a generation gap at times. This got me to looking for my older peers and I have been rather shocked at the lack of opportunities.
First - do you know of any forums or discussion groups (such as Facebook groups) that are specific to women over 40 in the outdoors? I'm looking for discussion on many of the topics discussed in the podcast such as our relationship with our bodies as they've changed, what those changes are (menopause, hiking with bunions, arthritis etc), going solo, as well as psychological changes. I've seen some interesting blogs of amazing women that touch on these topics but I'm looking for discussion.
Second - would you be interested in such a group? Have you ever felt a lack of representation, socialization, commiseration etc, as a "woman of a certain age"? I felt it but couldn't articulate it until I listened to the podcast. I'm referring mostly to hiking, backpacking, kayaking, climbing, snowshoeing type activities than travel or gym related exercise. Or why would you NOT be interested in such a group?
I'd also just love to hear other's responses to the podcast
She Explores: Fifty Plus
This podcast was a game changer for me. I've been struggling for a while, sort of a mid-life crisis I suppose, and listening to this helped me redefine myself. As an almost-50 year old amongst so many younger women I've been trying to find my place, my peers, my new path in life. You know, the small stuff.
I heard my own voice in so many of their stories but it took me some time to go from "I wish I were like those women" to " I AM one of those women".
I belong to an online local women's hiking group ("local" as in the entire Pacific Northwest) and have been venturing out of my introverted comfort zone to join them for hikes and Meet-ups. This has been wonderful for me as I have been mostly solo in the past but I do tend to be on the older end of the spectrum. Not a bad thing, but there is certainly a generation gap at times. This got me to looking for my older peers and I have been rather shocked at the lack of opportunities.
First - do you know of any forums or discussion groups (such as Facebook groups) that are specific to women over 40 in the outdoors? I'm looking for discussion on many of the topics discussed in the podcast such as our relationship with our bodies as they've changed, what those changes are (menopause, hiking with bunions, arthritis etc), going solo, as well as psychological changes. I've seen some interesting blogs of amazing women that touch on these topics but I'm looking for discussion.
Second - would you be interested in such a group? Have you ever felt a lack of representation, socialization, commiseration etc, as a "woman of a certain age"? I felt it but couldn't articulate it until I listened to the podcast. I'm referring mostly to hiking, backpacking, kayaking, climbing, snowshoeing type activities than travel or gym related exercise. Or why would you NOT be interested in such a group?
I'd also just love to hear other's responses to the podcast
