#24 A VOIVE FOR WOMEN PLATING WILDER
WITH 'TRAVEL PLAY LIVE MAGAZINE'
Amy Heague and Kerryann Hayes are the co-founders of Australia’s only adventure lifestyle magazine for women –Travel Play Live. They have introduced a new female voice into the outdoor media and community, aiming to empower women from all walks of life to dream big, challenge themselves & expand their horizons through their unique adventures.
I wanted to have this discussion with these two incredibly down to earth women because I strongly connect with their shared ethos for assisting women via the adventure, travel and tourism space. Their messages align so strongly with my own endeavours through Find Your Feet and personally with questioning our current beliefs around beauty, prescriptive fitness and food.
I hope this podcast exposes a deeper, more intimate understanding of another way for us women to find our feet. But we didn’t forget about our male listeners! I know you will find this conversation just as insightful and inspiring too and, from my experience, I believe that it can often take two to tango in this adventure space. As we discussed in this episode, behind many strong women is a strong man!
I will take home a reinspired belief from this conversation that adventure stays with us through all seasons of life; but can show up in different ways as we ourselves grow and change. We don’t need to pigeonhole adventure to just being off the grid hiking trips. It could be, as Kez describes for herself, a sunrise horseback ride with a few girlfriends and being roped into a painting class even though you do not see yourself as a creative.
We agreed that when we are playing outdoors, we reconnect with our authentic selves in the ‘non-commercial’ use of this word. Each experience can invigorate our creativity, vibrancy and vitality. As we discussed in this podcast, I believe that it is important to recognise our unique values and then to let our actions come into alignment with those values. These two women and I collectively understand this is easier said than done, but Amy shared an amazing quote with us, which speaks to this
I wanted to have this discussion with these two incredibly down to earth women because I strongly connect with their shared ethos for assisting women via the adventure, travel and tourism space. Their messages align so strongly with my own endeavours through Find Your Feet and personally with questioning our current beliefs around beauty, prescriptive fitness and food.
I hope this podcast exposes a deeper, more intimate understanding of another way for us women to find our feet. But we didn’t forget about our male listeners! I know you will find this conversation just as insightful and inspiring too and, from my experience, I believe that it can often take two to tango in this adventure space. As we discussed in this episode, behind many strong women is a strong man!
I will take home a reinspired belief from this conversation that adventure stays with us through all seasons of life; but can show up in different ways as we ourselves grow and change. We don’t need to pigeonhole adventure to just being off the grid hiking trips. It could be, as Kez describes for herself, a sunrise horseback ride with a few girlfriends and being roped into a painting class even though you do not see yourself as a creative.
We agreed that when we are playing outdoors, we reconnect with our authentic selves in the ‘non-commercial’ use of this word. Each experience can invigorate our creativity, vibrancy and vitality. As we discussed in this podcast, I believe that it is important to recognise our unique values and then to let our actions come into alignment with those values. These two women and I collectively understand this is easier said than done, but Amy shared an amazing quote with us, which speaks to this
"When a woman lives by her principles, 99% of her decisions are already made."
We Discussed:
Social Media Links
Website - http://www.travelplaylive.com.au
Women’s Adventure Grant - http://www.travelplaylive.com.au/grants-apply
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/travelplaylive/
Instagram - @travelplaylive
- Fear – Women finding confidence and support to be outdoors by themselves. We acknowledged a genuine collective fear of being alone in the wilderness and the influence media has had on exaggerating the insecurity for women. Also, fear is merely something that you need to work through, rather than turning away from it.
- Redefining balance for you – ‘moving in and out of seasons’ instead of holding yourself accountable to have everything all the time.
- Self–compassion – Supporting yourself through different seasons of your life and recognising the importance of taking time to reflectively pause.
- What it looked like for Amy and Kez to start their 'Travel Play Live' publication and their journey so far in the shark pond of publishing.
- The pursuit of excellence – knowing why you compete and who you are without competition.
Social Media Links
Website - http://www.travelplaylive.com.au
Women’s Adventure Grant - http://www.travelplaylive.com.au/grants-apply
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/travelplaylive/
Instagram - @travelplaylive
“It is healthy to have a good dose of fear every now and then, and I think probably the greatest lesson that I learnt last year was that the importance of going beyond your fears. That fear really is there to say ‘whoah, hold it just there and think about what you’re doing,’ but it’s not there to stop you. I feel like often the only way to move beyond fear is to actually go through and out the other side.” (Hanny)
I hope you enjoy this podcast episode!